Cancer
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September is designated as Prostate Awareness Month. Let’s just say I’m very aware of it, having learned to live and deal with it over the past eighteen years. But what I want to address is the idea of being a cancer survivor. When most people hear that term, they think of someone who has been… Read more
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Where We Go From Here I finished my last chemotherapy treatment last Thursday. It was both a celebration of sorts and a bit of an anticlimax. I went through my usual routine, and then it was over. Thus far, the following days have been less difficult than some of the previous cycles, although I am… Read more
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I just completed my third cycle of chemotherapy this week. I’ve reached the halfway point of the treatment, which seems like an accomplishment in and of itself. The week after next I’ll have a repeat PET scan to assess response to what’s already been completed, along with bloodwork to check my blood counts, followed by… Read more
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I find myself thinking often about the idea of brokenness lately. There’s an obvious reason, but it runs much deeper than that. We think of brokenness as something negative, something shameful and demeaning, something to be mourned. But consider this: brokenness may possibly be a prerequisite for entrance into the kingdom of God. I offer… Read more
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Well, the easy part is over, for now. The facial flushing and hiccups were annoying but bearable. The past couple of days have proven to be something more. It’s roughly a feeling of having been run over by a pickup truck, probably similar to a bad case of the flu. Tylenol helps a little, but… Read more
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I wish to start by expressing my gratitude for all the love, prayers, and thoughts that have come and continue to come my way. Y’all are the winds beneath my wings that keep me going. But there’s so much more involved in my “having to go through this’ that I’d like to try and explain.… Read more
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I knew it was coming. My PSA (a blood marker that monitors the progress of my 18 year survival of prostate cancer) has been slowly creeping upward over several months. When I hit 8.5 (this number is quite a bit above “normal”) this past month my oncologist decided it may be time to do something… Read more
Life Goes On-ForNow 