Shame on me for not posting anything in August! It was such a monumental month for me in 2009, but – happily – August 2010 was uneventful, at least health-wise. The best part of the whole month was spending five glorious days in Ouray, Colorado with five beautiful women who’ve been like sisters to me [...]
Archive for the ‘Appointments’ Category
Blood Work and More…
Posted in Appointments, Journal Entries, tagged blood work, colonoscopy, colostomy, Ouray on September 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Chemo Completed!
Posted in Appointments, Journal Entries, tagged adjuvant chemotherapy, aspen, chemo treatment, crabapple, side effects, trees, Xeloda on May 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I got the nod from Dr. Fekrazad yesterday – it’s OK to call it quits with chemo!! I’ve been leaning in the direction of stopping for several weeks now. I finished my 5th round last week – and I decided “enough is enough” when my hands were so bad that I couldn’t open the yogurt [...]
Xeloda Follow-up
Posted in Appointments, Journal Entries, tagged adjuvant chemotherapy, chemotherapy, Lovenox, Xeloda on January 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I finished the first two-weeks of my Xeloda “adjuvant therapy” (a fancy medical term for additional chemotherapy after the primary treatment is over, to lower the risk of recurrence). I also had an appointment with my oncologist Dr. Fekrazad so he could monitor how things are going. The bottom line: ”so far, so good!” I haven’t really noticed any [...]
Updated Appt. Schedule
Posted in Appointments, tagged colorectal surgery, colostomy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, ostomy, ostomy nurse on October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Now that the treatment is over, there are fewer appointments scheduled – but the next round looks like this: Thursday Oct. 22 – Office visit with Dr. Fekrazad (blood work and follow-up on Xeloda) Wednesday Oct. 28 – Pre-surgery office visit with Dr. Rajput No date certain – Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (w/ Dr. Rajput, to assess my response to [...]
Calm Before the Storm
Posted in Appointments, Journal Entries on August 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve just gotten a few friendly messages along the lines of ”more blog posts please” and “ok, how are you doing now?” I was about to reply that there isn’t much to say as I’m currently in a kind of calm before the storm – but I guess that’s exactly the thing to write about. It’s been about ten days since my [...]
Upcoming Appointments
Posted in Appointments on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For those of you who want to know what’s scheduled to happen when with treatment, here’s a list of my upcoming appointments and procedures. (By the way, I’ve learned already that these things are subject to change quickly). Wed 8/5 @ 9:00 - Ultrasound at UNM in Albuquerque (this is to help “stage” the cancer) Fri 8/7 @ 9:30 - PET Scan @ [...]
