Waiting for the other shoe to drop – “Waiting for a related announcement or event to occur after an initial announcement or situation. When waiting for the other shoe to drop, one expects a pending situation to occur that is dependent upon an initial event.”
Living with cancer is living between shoes.
After my first chemo regimen—six [...]
Entries from November 2009
November 17, 2009
Living Between Shoes
November 14, 2009
Nine Notorious Nouns
Nine nouns you never want to hear in a sentence of which you are the subject: (Guess which five I’ve experienced?)
Audit
Lump
Divorce
Anal leakage
Subpoena
Root canal
Catheter
Biopsy
Cancer
According to former president Ronald Reagan, the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
November 11, 2009
Chronically Challenged
In medical terms a “chronic disease” is long-lasting or recurrent (from three months to life). A “chronic condition” is a persistent and lasting condition. I may end up with one of each. To my disease—cancer—I may be adding a condition—back pain.
It’s been almost three months since my accident and I’m still sore (lower back) and [...]
November 8, 2009
Bone Marrow Debate Goes National
Bone Marrow Debate Goes National
NY Times, Nov 3 – Is the Ban on Selling Bone Marrow Unconstitutional?
. . . NOTA’s criminal prohibition of donor compensation has now just been challenged in a lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice. On October 28, a group of plaintiffs (including people with deadly blood diseases) sued Attorney General [...]
November 4, 2009
What Are the Odds?
I’m feeling pretty good these days but I have a 50/50 chance of needing another bone marrow transplant in the next two years.
There are around 70 diseases for which a bone marrow transplant is a viable treatment and in only a few instances—such as my lymphoma—is an autologous transplant an option. That’s where the [...]
