Author Archives: Dan
Post Cancer Treatment of Other Stuff
Now that the cancer thing is pretty much over and done with I get to visit other doctors about various other items. One doctor I am waiting to see is a hearing doctor since I now have constant ringing in [...]
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The $70 Piece of Plastic to Fix My Microwave
After getting home yesterday from being out I was informed that the door on our 18 month old microwave would not open. It is a built-in microwave so replacing it was not as easy as running to Walmart and buying [...]
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A Great Way to Practice Surfing
A guy I worked with out in California has come up with a product that lets you practice surfing at home. It’s called the Goof Board. Basically it looks like a skate board without wheels sitting on top of a [...]
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My EDG Went Well and What That Means For Me
I had my EDG on Friday to visually inspect my esophagus to see how the treatment did in killing off the cancer. The doctors said that it looked as though I had never had cancer which is very good news. [...]
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I’ve Decided to Become Social
Actually I have been “Social” (Facebook, Twitter, etc) for a while but nowhere on the web could you find be being social all in one place. Well now you can. Right over to the right hand side I have a [...]
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Whoa. I Gained 10 Pounds
So my quest to get my weight up to 150 has been more successful then I had anticipated. I went to the doctor yesterday and weighed in at 154lbs. I weighed 144lbs about a month ago. My ideal weight is supposed [...]
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The Day I Have Been Waiting For
I mentioned earlier in the week that I got the results back from my PET/CT scan and they looked good – no cancer activity. We were happy about that and still are. Today though a couple of things happened that [...]
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Results are in From My PET/CT and CAT Scans
In short – the results are good. The first indication that the results where good is that they gave them to me over the phone (docs don’t usually give bad news over the phone). The second was that the “activity” [...]
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Alternative Esophageal Cancer Treatment Methods
In looking through the stats on this site and doing some Google searches as a result I came across a couple of alternative non-surgical treatments for esophageal cancer that I had not heard of before. As mentioned before I have [...]
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My Visit with My New GI Doctor