May 1, 2016
We haven't posted for a while. We've been trying to squeeze in some of our normal activities like gardening, hiking or visiting with friends in between all the other "stuff." Things were going pretty well for a while there but, unfortunately, Tim had a bout of either food poisoning or a food allergy a few days ago. He got . . .
April 5, 2016
Now it's Paul's turn for some good news and some uncertain news. Paul's latest lab results showed that his chemo treatments have reduced his cancer to impressively low levels. What this means, however, is that now he is ready for a bone marrow transplant. The idea is that a transplant will be most effective when Paul's cancer . . .
March 26, 2016
Although we did have some good news a few weeks ago about Tim's tumor shrinkage, he's had a pretty rough time with his recent round of chemo. The next day (after the good news), Tim got pretty sick. For the past 3 weeks, it's been mostly nausea, inflamed tongue and esophagus, loss of taste, and diarrhea. The side effects from . . .
March 4, 2016
At last a bit of good news. Tim's CT scan shows that the chemo has shrunk the tumor and metastases by almost 50% since this particular chemo treatment started in early January. There currently isn't a cure for pancreatic cancer, but just life-extending treatments. This buys us more time to enjoy life and hope for better treatment . . .
March 1, 2016
Tim will have an abdominal CT scan this coming Thursday March 1. This will be a watershed moment. The results will tell whether or not the chemo treatments have had any effect on his pancreatic cancer. We're hoping that at least the chemo will have stopped the cancer from growing, even better if it shrank the cancer. If the cancer has . . .
February 19, 2016
We decided to take a brief trip down to Monterey to get away from the cycle of doctor appointments, labs, meds, nausea, appetite issues, feeling tired and sick. When not at Kaiser, we're usually home.
The Monterey trip coincided with a short window of time when we were both off chemo at the same time. We thought if we were . . .
February 4, 2016
We usually photograph plants, but sometimes there are a few other creatures around. This photo is a little late for Groundhog Day (Feb.2). Plus, this isn’t the usual forecasting groundhog, but a close relative – a yellow-bellied marmot. We often saw them scampering around in the mountains at 9,000 feet or higher in the Sierra.
Given . . .
