Category Archives: chemotherapy
Disjointed Ramblings and Mumblings
About this time, the time lapse after chemo, I’m usually feeling almost myself. My ankles are swollen to remind me that I’m not as 100% as I’d like to believe, and going up stairs is beyond me. But as I … Continue reading
When is it Time?
The air is still crystal clear from up here. I’ve gone through three weeks wondering when the smog is going to settle back in around my brain and my soul. I keep wondering when the air will become so rarefied … Continue reading
Separating Physical from Mental Wellbeing
I’m still on top of the world! I’d like to puke down the sides, but I’m up there! I took a blood test on Sunday morning. By Monday the results were in — and there has been a slight backward … Continue reading
Top o’ the Mornin’ To Ya’
I’m on top of the world. Really. Yes, I know my voice is gravely and I’m moving slowly, but I feel like I’m on top of the world. After the news last week my stomach clinched into a knot, my … Continue reading
The Waiting Game – When the Doc Delivers THE News
So, how are you? I never ask how you are. Too focused on myself I guess. Very selfish. Drop me a line. Tell me what’s going on. Late at night is probably the best time to write about the waiting … Continue reading
Posted in chemotherapy, renal failure
Tagged acute renal failure, agressive degeneration, chemotherapy, facing death, rare disease
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Should I Work While I’m Sick?
The night I ended up in the emergency room was the night before the start of one of our Social Media Marketing classes held near Hertzilya in Israel. I wasn’t teaching the class, fortunately. I was, however, supplying the printed … Continue reading
How Can I Say Thank You?
How can I say thank you to someone or something that is out to destroy me? Think for a moment on the following scenerio. Someone has been taken with an intense dislike of me. He perceives that somehow I’ve wronged … Continue reading
About Chemotherapy
Unfortunately we all know someone who has been through chemotherapy, is going through it now, or will go through it in the future. Until I started down this road I only knew what my sister told me about the process. … Continue reading
Posted in chemotherapy, renal failure
Tagged acute renal failure, cyclophosphamide, low hemoglobin, Lupus Nephritis
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