Yesterday, I met with Dr. Ryan Levy, a lung surgeon at Passavant Hospital in Pittsburgh. His evaluation is that I am a candidate for lung surgery to remove the cancer in the upper right lobe. The statistics he quoted was that with surgery, I have a 85% chance of removing all the cancer. The only […]
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On May 2, at 9:30 am I started the chemo pill Capecitabine. As instructed, I ate something to eat and took an anti-nausea pill (prochoperazine) 20 minutes prior. About two hours later, I had my first case of diarrhea. However, it was only that one occurrence. Since then, I have had minor nausea symptoms and […]
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April 29, 2025
It’s been 12 days since I last posted an update. During that time, Trevor completed the fireplace installation. Progress on the cancer treatment is not as fast as Trevor’s. On April 23, I met with Dr. Ramineni, thinking I would have Chemo that day. I didn’t. Dr. Ramineni is one of those doctors who does […]
My Cancer: I’m recovering more every day. Sleeping in not where it should be, one night 6 hrs, the next 3 hrs. My incision hurts at times. My belly (or liver ?) hurts off and on. I’m not walking enough and not using that silly device called a spirometer. I talked to Dr Geller’s nurse […]
6:00 AM: plan for the day: 10:00 pm Good day today, but I am still sleep-deprived. Hopefully I will be able to get 8 hours tonight. One minor concern: when I woke from my nap, I was fairly unstable on my feet. Rachel helped me to my chair in our TV area. She had set […]