Author: Tom Faranda

My family and I are infinitely grateful to all the people who have been and are helping us, for the last two and a half years since my initial diagnosis, and especially over the last five months of chemotherapy. The level of support has been absolutely astounding to us, and gratifying. I am going to…

I got out of Sloan Kettering one week ago today. Yesterday was actually the first day in weeks that I didn’t make a journal entry – since there was nothing new. And there’s still not much new – still have chemo fatigue. I can take all the rests or naps I want, I still feel…

I am feeling Chemo fatigue. As in walk up one small flight of stairs carrying a small bag and I am breathless. And always feel a little cold. This is no doubt due to low red blood cell counts. Next Tuesday I will see Dr. K for my first post-hospitalization appointment and it will be…

A reminder: for the many people who are only interested in my writing about lymphoma and related issues, you can avoid my other ramblings by going to the left hand side of this journal and scrolling down to "Categories" where you will see the title "My Lymphoma and related medical stuff". Just click on there…

This morning the NY Times had a story about the death of playwright Wendy Wasserstein, yesterday at Memorial Sloan Kettering due to “complications of lymphoma”. She was 55. Wasserstein, whose brother is Bruce Wasserstein, a very well-known and successful Investment Banker, won a Tony and a Pullitzer Prize in 1989 for her play “the Heidi…

I have done some really classical napping the last two days. I also spent about 90 minutes at my office today. I am pretty chemo-fatigued – although Brigid (bless her soul) says I don’t look too bad. In hindsight, the experience with the morphine was pretty strange, as I think I mentioned a few days…

Boy am I tired. Ninety minute nap this morning and three hours this afternoon. I got home yesterday around 3:30. Of course the boys were quite pleased to see me (huge grins), and decided to express their feelings with a few practical jokes, and playing a few games with me on the Playstation. I almost…