Author: Tom Faranda

We met with Dr. Kewalrumani, today (after a two hour wait!) and things are now finalized, with my entering Sloan Kettering on Monday, January ninth. Six days of high dose chemotherapy, the return of my previously harvested stem cells on day eight, and then we wait for my white blood cells to build back up…

Shortly after the Brusstar’s left in the early evening yesterday (see post below) we called a family meeting. We had refrained from telling the boys that the end of chemotherapy for me would be a fairly long hospital stay. We didn’t see the point of burdening them, or giving them too much to think about…

My last chemotherapy ended four weeks ago today. Here’s my post from the day I went in, complete with picture. Tom Faranda’s Folly: In Sloan Kettering for RICE #2 Of course, I still have a lot more to go – the big session, commencing in early January. Tom Faranda’s Folly: All systems GO for high…

From the NY Times – Doctors’ Delicate Balance in Keeping Hope Alive – New York Times This article will only be avialable for free on the Times website until the end of the year. I have archived a copy and can email it to anyone who would like it.

It’s incredible, but very few state and local municipalities have ever done the actuarial studies needed to determine what their future liabilities are going to be to their retirees. Or put it another way, the future liability of the taxpayers of the state or local municipality. This New York Times article focuses on NY City,…