Author: Tom Faranda

Had my CBC today, and the pattern remains the same. My overall white count is 2.0 (down from 2.5), and the key abs. neut. # is 0.9 (down from a low normal of 1.8). So really no change in my general trend – I get a shot of neulasta (last one 23 days ago) and…

Leukemia and Lymphoma Cure-A-Thon running on Rush Limbaugh radio show

Apr 20, 2007

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Turned on the radio on the way back to the office and Rush is doing his 17th annual "Cure-a-Thon" to fight leukemia and lymphoma. He just talked about adult stem cell transplants. I emailed his website with a note that I’d love to talk to him about my transplant. I presume it’s highly unlikely they’ll…

Nor’easter results in spectacle at Croton Dam and on the Croton river

Apr 18, 2007

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The Croton dam is far and away the most impressive feature of my town of Croton-on-Hudson. Built at the end of the 19th century, it is the second largest hand hewn masonry structure in the world. Go here for the history and to see what the dam usually looks like: New Croton Dam – Wikipedia,…

Sue Konig continues her media rise

Apr 18, 2007

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My neighbor, radio host and author Sue Konig, continues her meteoric rise in the media firmament, with an appearance on Neil Cavuto’s television program on FOX yesterday. Here’s the clip – Family Security Matters She did an excellent job and I’m sure will be invited back. Sue recently ran for office in Croton and is…

Heroism in the face of Horror

Apr 17, 2007

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This is from the Jerusalem Post – Israeli professor killed in US attack | Jerusalem Post As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 76-year-old survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech College that left 33 dead and over…

Last night’s trip to Sloan Kettering

Apr 15, 2007

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I left a note here last night that I was off to Sloan Kettering Urgent Care, since my temperature was above 100.5 (actually reached 101.9) and I had some bad chills. Despite my call to the hematologist on duty last night (Dr. Apollo) who told me to go to Urgent Care, they didn’t know I…

Update on this morning’s health update.

Apr 14, 2007

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Bummer. The cold, sinus whatever thing I mentioned this morning has sent me temperature up this evening. It’s 101.9 So I am off to Sloan "Urgent Care" in a few minutes, where they’ll run some tests, and hopefully send me home with antibiotics. The whole scenario is very similar to my trip to Urgent Care…

My letter to the Gazette

Apr 14, 2007

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The Gazette is the local weekly for Croton on hudson. I confess that up until very recently I never read it. then I got a call from one of their advertising firms, took out an ad, and started receiving it gratis. Anyway, the letter is about the recent election and campaign in Croton. I wrote…

Health update

Apr 14, 2007

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Had my weekly blood test today, 17 days after the last shot of the white blood cell booster, neulasta. Last Friday my white count was 4.7, and today it is 4.2. My abs. neut. # last week was 3.6 and this week 3.2. So those numbers are ok – the abs. neut. number is in…

Kurt Vonnegut dies. So it goes.

Apr 12, 2007

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