Tom Faranda I have been following this lady for quite a while – since her daughter emailed me months ago. She had a stem cell transplant withthe stem cells donated by her brother – a much trickier situation than mine was (is). Anyway some good news Journey Through Cancer
Had my second dose of rituxin therapy today. Uneventful. Only glitch was I couldn’t get my up-to-date blood counts. The CBC machine at Sloan Kettering in Sleepy Hollow was broken, so the blood was sent to Manhattan. I could call and bug them and they’d fax me the results in a day or two, but … Read more
That’s the house belonging to one of the original feminist suffragete’s. The woman on the one dollar coin. It was purchased by a friend of mine, Carol Crossed, the original director of the Seamless Garment Network (now known as Consistent Life). It’s a bit of a coup for Feminists for Life of America. See here … Read more
I put camping in quotation marks because lots of people wouldn’t consider staying in a campground to be true camping. Anyway, that’s what we did for three nights, 20 minutes outside (just south) of Hershey. We returned to Croton late yesterday. We had an excellent time. The campsite was nice, and here’s our tent, along … Read more
Just got in tonight. We had a really good time – camped for three days just south of Hershey. Saw this sign outside a United Methodist Church in Hershey: Want to Avoid Burning? Use "Son" Block
We are going to Hershey PA. Driving out this morning and will be camping there until either Friday or Saturday. The trip was just hatched in the last week and basically was motivated by my desire to re-visit Gettysburg (prompted by the current book I am reading by Stephen Sears, entitled Gettysburg). However – no … Read more
As scheduled, I had my appointment with Dr. Caron at the Sloan Kettering satellite office in Westcheseter, and then the first of four weekly rituxin treatments. Probably as an effect of the shot of neulasta I had about two weeks ago, my white blood count was up to 4.4. Normal range is 4.5 to 10.5, … Read more
Here’s a very interesting feature in the New York Times. They have started series a entitled "The New Age" on how most people’s health has improved by leaps and bounds just over the past several generations. So Big and Healthy Grandpa Wouldn’t Even Know You – New York Times (See my note on the prior … Read more
Tomorrow morning I will be seeing Dr. Caron, and then have my 3 hour or so IV Rituxin treatment. This will be at the Sloan Kettering satellite office in Sleepy Hollow – next to Phelps hospital. The interesting thing will be: how’s my white blood count. I had the shot of Neulasta two weeks ago, … Read more
Joe finished his HAP (High Achievement Progam) five week summer stint at Fordham Prep today. As I previously mentioned, this was a program for boys entering the eighth grade, with academics in the morning and sports in the afternoon. They had a very nice graduation ceremony this morning. The 240 boys were in fifteen groups … Read more