2007-02-14
A new journey...
It�s been awhile since I�ve posted, and even longer since I posted regularly. This time I really have a legitimate reason. No, really! As many of you know, I�ve been feeling a bit under the weather lately. Well, for quite awhile, really.
This �feeling like crap� (a technical term) recently got much worse, and I returned to see a Dr. After a few misdiagnosis and major blunders by Dr office staff, I was sent to see a pulmonary specialist on Feb 1st. He immediately sent me to the hospital to have a biopsy performed against one of 3 masses found in my lungs.
I checked in to the hospital that afternoon� and escaped (ok, was released) yesterday, Feb 13th. To make a very long story a bit short� I was finally diagnosed with lung cancer (there are a few types of lung cancer� I selected Adenocarcinoma to develop because it has a nice long name). Last Friday, I went through my first round of chemo and sometime soon (I hope!) I�ll be starting my radiation treatments.
Today is the first day in a long time I�ve felt up to writing anything, but I�m hoping that starts happening more and more often. I just wanted to put something up to let you know that I haven�t disappeared completely, only temporarily.
I suspect that much of my writing from this point forward will be about my journey to the land of remission, and I�ll always be honest about how things are going� but until I hear my Dr say it�s time to consider making things comfy instead of trying to beat it, you�ll never hear me say anything about a �prognosis�. I�ve given you the exact name of the type of cancer, and I�ll let you read the stats yourself. I haven�t looked, and haven�t even asked my Dr. He tells me what I need to know (i.e. we need to be aggressive and time is of an essence), and more importantly tells me that it isn�t what stage the cancer is in or what the stats say about survivability� it�s really all about how my particular cancer responds to the treatment. So� as far as I�m concerned, no matter what the stats say, something makes up the extremes of those stats. I intend on being the part of the stats that �goes into complete remission� that averages against the �mortality within 1 month of diagnosis� part of the stat. So�
OK, I�ve rambled enough for now. Hopefully it won�t be too long before I post again. :)
t85225 at 5:04 p.m.
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