Category: anatomy

Sharing my cancer story. It might be helpful, it might be interesting, it might be informative.

  • Further spleen adventures

    Last year I had a splenic infarct which killed off 20% of my spleen (more about that incident on this post). Terribly painful; I don’t recommend. There is no treatment for a splenic infarct (unless it takes over most of your spleen and then you get a splenectomy); you just have to wait it out…

  • Palliative Care

    I’ve had my first palliative care appointment, and it was nice. I spoke to a special Nurse Practitioner about my cancer story, my recovery so far, what goals I have before returning to work, and much more. We spent about an hour together, and she was very kind and good listener. I am going to…

  • The Big Surgery has happened!

    Ten days ago, on September 21, I had the big one. The best news to share is that although there was a possibility of a sigmoid colon resection, the surgeon didn’t end up needing to do that. YAY! There was a large walnut-sized cluster in that area that was able to be “peeled off”. Five…

  • One of the worst phone calls of my life

    PART 3 OF 3. When the call came from Dr. Pommier on July 21, 2022, I was at home, so I went outside and sat under our deck umbrella while he told me the results of my DOTATATE-PET scan. He is a very nice man with a good bedside manner; however, there was no way…

  • The in-between years

    PART 2 OF 3 So, there I was, late winter of 2016. I had just had two major cancer surgeries in five months. For the next couple of years my oncologist monitored me closely. I had a few scares (e.g. A Lump In My Breast!!! which turned out to just be a fatty lump.) along…