Tom Faranda I saw Dr. Klimek this morning, as per my posting yesterday, and then had a CAT scan in the early afternoon, in anticipation of my meeting next week with Dr. Zelenetz, the lymphoma guru. The good word is – my white cell counts are up, and without any neulasta booster. Last week my WBC count … Read more
Tomorrow I will be heading to Sloan Kettering into Manhattan for a 9AM appointment with the hematologist, Dr. Virginia Klimek. Then I am scheduled for my six month CAT scan, in anticipation of my appointment next week with the lymphoma guru, Dr. Zelenetz. I think there’s an excellent chance that Dr. Klimek will want to … Read more
This short book is sub-titled "Meditations Upon Returning". It is written by former Lutheran minister now Catholic convert-priest Richard John Neuhaus. Neuhaus is the editor of the interfaith Journal First Things, and a prolific author and commentator. I read it during Lent. Neuhaus spends the first part of the book musing on life and death, … Read more
At last (for Tim), after six weeks his cast is off. Dr. Purcell cut it off today (three hours late) and we celebrated with alaskan king crab for supper. And tomorrow Tim gets new shoes (part of the deal.) Here’s the foot, the cast, and the crab dinner (it was excellent!). Here’s the “back” part … Read more
Heeeere’s Dave (and Sue)!! This was in the Westchester daily paper, The Journal News – Catholic radio brings church to new medium The channel would try to appeal to devout Catholics, lapsed Catholics, non-Catholics and maybe even a few closet Catholics who subscribed to Sirius so they could listen to Howard Stern. "You won’t find … Read more
My mother Jeanne turned 81 yesterday. Phil and Jim both visited her over the weekend and she came to our house for her birthday. Here she is with two of her eight grandchildren. At the beginning of June she’ll be going to her 60th college reunion at Mt. St. Vincent’s, with her roommate Dolores Cammarata, … Read more
The Times had a fairly long feature today on the link between chemotherapy and cognitive problems like memory loss and the ability to concentrate. Unfortunately the prima donnas at the Times only allow their articles to be accessed for free online for one week following publication (unless you’re an NYT subscriber or have a Times … Read more
The numbers came in almost identical to last week’s counts. WBC is 2.2 (2.0 last week) and the key component number, the absolute neut’s. is 0.8 (last week 0.9). So no neulasta shot this week, and I see the hematologist next Friday.
I am off to Sloan Kettering for the weekly blood count in a few minutes. Will probably have the results by the mid-afternoon. Meanwhile, my cough is back.
Around 10:20 I’ll be on Sirius satellite radio, channel 159. That’s the Catholic channel – Sue and Dave Konig’s show – and I’ll be interviewed along with a woman comedienne who has breast cancer. The topic is coping with cancer, the role of faith, stuff like that. If you go tothe Sirius website you can … Read more