Category: Cancer
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Medical Fun and Games Update
I had the scope yesterday. I got the all clear and the doc said I can wait ten years for the next one. I will be 72 then! There is no cancer or even an indication that it may be present after all the damned blood work, scans and invasive procedures……….
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Update on the fun and games
I had my ct scan on Monday of last week. I now wait……….. It’s part of the process ya know. I had an EMG on last Thursday as well. The lady that administered it says I have sciatica….. She says that the nerve is pinched in the lower back. She did tell me the results…
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Recent thoughts…………….
It keeps going through my head…………. What is down the road with the possibility of cancer, again………………. Sometimes the images are going at almost the speed of sound………… Appointments are made and it is the waiting game………….. Yes, I am scared of what may happen………… I should put trust in Hashem to see me through…
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About last Thursday…………..Life It’s Ownself……
This is what I posted at Old Retired Petty Officer this morning……. About Last Thursday But for the sake of not using links all the time here is the entire post……………………… On this past Thursday the 13th of April………………. I had an appointment with the neurologist at the Sepulveda Veteran’s Ambulatory Care Clinic in North…
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5 years ago today part 3
Arrived at Via Christi Saint Francis Medical Center at 0530. Got admitted. Went up to the surgical floor. Out of the clothes and into the gown. Belly was shaved. Warm up shot. Kissed Sharon. Rolled to Pre Op. IV in each arm. Second warm up shot. The last thing I remember was going through the…
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CT Scan Update
The letter from my doc was in today’s mail. All Clear. No new problems or any suspicious areas.
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My new T-Shirt
Missus ORPO got this for me……………………………………..It is a fitting thing for a cancer survivor such as yours truly. I think undergoing a nephrectomy is qualification. I am still here. I am still upright and breathing. The Sun rises in the morning and the Sun sets in the evening………………………..It’s all good.
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Rolled another one over on that Calendar Counter thing we pay too much attention to…….
Waxing Philosophical for a moment. Four years, three months ago, I had a life changing event. The Left Kidney went Bye-Bye. The Pathology said Cancer. Every time the counter rolls over, it is a good thing.
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Milestone, on a rough day.
Three years ago, on this day, I underwent a Nephrectomy. The left kidney had a ‘large mass’ on it. It went bye-bye. Pathology said cancer. I get a detailed physical every September since. The last results were all “in limits.” About that rough day. We at the 416 AMU/ Falcon lost a co worker to…
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Three years ago today, part 2
Three years ago today, part 2A bit lazy tonight……….linkage from my original blog………………………The events of three years ago today………………………………..More to come later in the month………………………………….
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Follow update for yesterday
Two years ago, today, my left kidney was removed. It is called a nephrectomy. The large mass was too close to the arteries, so the kidney came out. Still got the other one working real good! The only thing I have to do now is have a CT scan about this time of year……………………ad infinitum…………
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Two years ago, today………
September the Fourth, 2009. I went to my doctor with some digestive issues. After the usual listening and pushing and such, he ordered up a CT Scan. Had that done. Waited…………… Got the Good News-Bad News talk. Good News: Diverticulitis. Manageable with diet changes and antibiotics to knock the infection down. Bad News: Large Mass…
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Nephrectomy update
23 months since the kidney came out. Strange to mark such an odd milestone? Nah. Still around. That is the good thing! I will wax philosophical at the two year mark next month. I may even do a look back on the day the mass was found, the trip to the urologist and the surgery…
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Colonoscopy
Got home a little while ago. Done. All clear. I say again, All clear!
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Renal Cell Carcinoma
This is what caused me to go through a nephrectomy 18 months ago, today. It has pictures that are kind of ugly, so be warned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_cell_carcinoma
Among The Joshua Trees 