Mid-way Scan Results: Is this crap worth it?
After the fourth round of chemo, it was finally time to check my treatment progress with a CT scan.
Tag: Rectal Cancer
Round 4: Chemo Unicorn and the 10 Nurses
As with the side-effects, the “I don’t wanna” factor is also cumulative. At least I might be halfway done with chemo…
Round 3: Hello Darkness My Old Friend
If you do anything long enough, it becomes old; for me, chemo hit that point somewhere between round 2 and 3…
Thank You, I’m Inspired
Thank you, your support has been overwhelming! Also, we already achieved one of my original goals…
Round 2: Sasquatch and The Hulk
I’m not sure what was harder, going into the first round of chemo not knowing what to expect, or going into round two knowing how awful I was going to feel in a few days. Nonetheless, I rallied my round two chemo buddies and away we went…
Round 1: What did the floFOX Say?
Chemotherapy [kee-moh-ther-uh-pee], the delicate balance between killing cancer, but not the lucky recipient. I was the lucky recipient last week as I underwent my first cycle of FLOFOX chemo. Strap in, because it’s a wild ride.
Do these genes make my butt look cancerous?
I’ve always been skeptical about sending a pile of my life building Lego blocks (DNA) to an unknown lab, but then I got ass cancer…
Prepare for Battle
After the momentary respite, I met the last doctor on my cancer meet and greet tour, the colorectal surgeon. This guy sure knew how to throw a welcome party…
Meeting the Cancer Team
After finding out I have rectal cancer and deciding to receive care at a local university medical center, it was time to meet with even more doctors…
Setting the Stage
The process of finding out I had cancer was very bizarre and involved many steps…
Laughing about Cancer 