A Lil Lytnin' Strikes Lung Cancer

I had scans following two cycles of chemo and it seems that the medicine is working its magic. The cancer has been knocked back in my lungs ...

Things are not great in CancerLand. My rising tumor markers and MRI changes have confirmed that the spot in my cerebellum has grown back and...

Clearly this cancer likes to keep me on my toes. You may recall that I finally got some good news on my April brain scan, the first good n...

I am now 9 weeks post brain surgery on my cerebellum. And 1.5 weeks post targeted radiation to my cerebellum. And 4 weeks post-entry into ...

I have completed treatment 2 of 5 for my targeted brain radiation. You may recall that, since there WAS living tumor in the section they rem...

The good news is that my brain surgery recovery is coming along really well. I’ve even been approved to start driving again, so Jason is tak...

I saw my surgeon on Monday and all systems are go for brain surgery on Thursday, October 4. I’m oscillating between being incredibly nervo...

I don't even know where to start. The past 4 days have been completely absurd. As of Monday morning, I was out of the clinical trial b...

I started off my birthday this morning in the most bad-a$$ way possible - by getting kicked out of my clinical trial. Yes, that’s right, ea...

I'm sure you have all been following my brain met saga with baited breath ;) so today I will bring you the latest MRI results, which are...

Having been through the halo version of SRS (stereotactic radiosurgery) and the fancy new frameless "Edge" technology, I defini...

Well, another little bugger showed up on my MRI. The good news is that it's small (5mm) and we caught it early so SRS ( stereotactic rad...

My daughter shared her cold with me (thanks, Miks) and when you mix a simple cold with a "chronic disease" like metastatic lung ca...

I am not new to the world of cancer. I survived childhood osteogenic sarcoma , and have been living with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer ...

Ha ha - I couldn't help myself. My dedicated readers will recall from my last post, " The Other Shoe ," that although Xalk...

From the day I started chemo for my stage 4 lung cancer, I have had nothing but great results. The chemo started working immediately and my ...