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 to [...]
Category Archives: Cancer
Whoa. I Gained 10 Pounds
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 [...]
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” level [...]
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 [...]
I Got My PEG Tube Out Today
It is a red letter day for me. I got my PEG tube out today after 3 months on it sticking out of my belly.
I would say that the tube and I had a love/hate relationship during the time [...]
A Special Thanks to Family and Friends in 2009
As most of you know 2009 was quite eventful for my family and I. From being laid off in January and being unemployed for 8 months to being diagnosed with cancer in September without having health insurance. The last part [...]
Back In The Hospital
Yep, I am in the emergency room right now waiting to get admitted to the hospital. I had be feeling pretty wore out for the last two days and developed a fever last night. Basically fevers and cancer treatment recovery [...]
Latest Update on Dan’s Cancer Treatment
As most of you know I was diagnosed with Cancer back in September. I have been doing various posts on my progress but they get buried because I also have my Twitter updates post here as well (Incidentally there are [...]
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. [...]