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Archive for March, 2008

plot twists

Sometimes I think God’s sense of humor is a little sick- we keep accidentally renting movies where one character unexpectedly dies of cancer. Suddenly the character has a cough or is tired and pale. No warning on the box or in the reviews. They should put a gold ribbon on the box. Or, better yet, [...]

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juicy snobbery

It is interesting to me that one of the hardest things for my friends and family to grasp amid all my cancer craziness is that I will not be drinking again, EVER. In fact, in retrospect, I think I think it fair to point out that I may have been somewhat of an alcoholic. It [...]

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First of all, I want to apologize to those of you who have sent me gifts, money, good vibes, etc., and have not yet received a thank you note. Please know that I am so grateful, you make me feel very, very, very loved. I am writing these things in little spurts, 3 at a [...]

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Since I missed the whole “liver mets” thing I decided to go back and look at the reports from my old CT scans. Turns out there was also lung mets (by the way, “mets” is short for metastasis, which means cancer that has spread to places other than where it originated.) Jesus F*##*%^ Christ, is [...]

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First, the good news

The good news is that the cancer in my bones has not grown or spread at all and that the cancer in my liver has shrunk to half its original size. Here is where the needle comes off the record- What the hell do you mean, “cancer in my liver?!” Apparently, I have been misinformed- [...]

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Well, it’s all about sticking salt water up your nose on purpose. That’s right. But if you lived in the 3rd worst metropolitan area for allergy sufferers in the country, you’d try a lot of wacky shit too. I am looking out my front window as I type and from this vantage point [...]

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