I ’ m Baaack!
I have been away too long and I apologize. This is the longest I have been away from the blog since I started it in 2008. My Mail program on my Mac has been on the fritz since April. I … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - February 18, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Living with Cancer Source Type: blogs
I’m Baaack!
I have been away too long and I apologize. This is the longest I have been away from the blog since I started it in 2008. My Mail program on my Mac has been on the fritz since April. I … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - February 18, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Living with Cancer Source Type: blogs
Cancer Treatment Is Over!
I got to ring the brass bell in the lobby of the radiation center last Wednesday. I rang three times as is the custom. Except for that celebratory ritual, the day was a bit anti-climatic. This whole cancer episode has … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - June 10, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Journal * Living with Cancer Biotherapy Head and neck cancer Leukemia Radiation Recurrence Side effects Survivorship Source Type: blogs
Radiation Therapy
Yesterday I had my 15th radiation treatment. I am halfway through, definitely the easier half. I confess I am writing this under duress. I have just spent the last hour typing out a clear, seamless narrative of my recent experience … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - May 14, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Journal * Living with Cancer Newly diagnosed CT scan Head and neck cancer Radiation Side effects Source Type: blogs
Cancer Pathology Results
There are always two ways of looking at things. Sure I have a new cancer, my third actually, and given my medical history and the state of my immune system, perhaps not the last. After all there was a time … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - April 15, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Journal * Living with Cancer Newly diagnosed Rare cancers Head and neck cancer Radiation Sarcoma Surgery Source Type: blogs
New cancer, week one
I just reread my previous post. Boy, did I leave it on a somber, teasing note. I suppose we would call this post-op day # 8. I am in the waiting and recovery mode. The surgeon minimized the discomfort that … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - April 2, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Journal * Living with Cancer Newly diagnosed Rare cancers Anxiety Head and neck cancer Radiation Side effects Surgery Source Type: blogs
Frankenstein ’ s Cancer
“Frankenstein” that is the first word to come to the mind of Sophia. I was sitting in the family room with a cloth over my head when the two girls came in to see Papa. day #1 post-op. Since the … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - March 28, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Journal * Living with Cancer Newly diagnosed Rare cancers Head and neck cancer Hospital Parotid cancer salivary gland cancer Surgery Source Type: blogs
Frankenstein’s Cancer
“Frankenstein” that is the first word to come to the mind of Sophia. I was sitting in the family room with a cloth over my head when the two girls came in to see Papa. day #1 post-op. Since the … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - March 28, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Journal * Living with Cancer Newly diagnosed Rare cancers Head and neck cancer Hospital Parotid cancer salivary gland cancer Surgery Source Type: blogs
And the answer is … CANCER
When I last sat down to post, I was preparing for a biopsy of my parotid gland. Is it benign or malignant? Well, tomorrow is my surgery but that’s not much of a hint. They were going to take it … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - March 23, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Journal * Newly diagnosed Rare cancers Anxiety Biopsy Head and neck cancer Source Type: blogs