Category: My lymphoma and related medical stuff

The weekend Journal has this very fine article – Why We’ll Never Cure Cancer – WSJ.com – Your odds of survival depend heavily on your physician You may not be able to access the article through the link – it may be in the subscriber-only section. If you can’t, I have posted the entire article…

There’s an excellent article/interview on MercatorNet (a website based in Australia and New Zealand) on adult stem cell research vs. embryological stem cell research. The interview is with an American physician and researcher. I left a comment on the website about my own autologous stem cell transplant. MercatorNet – Adult stem cells still trump embryonic…

We are living longer. It’s best if you’re a caucasian woman. U.S. Life Expectancy Hits New High – washingtonpost.com Hoyert also noted that women continue to outlive men. "The difference in 2005 was 5.2 years. This is the same as in 2004," she said. "But it’s at the lowest level it has been at since…

Well, this turned out to be an even easier day then I expected. Judy Anderson went down to Sloan Kettering with me, the traffic was light, and things were on schedule at the hospital. So I actually was taken down to the Interventional Radiology Department on time at 11 o’clock. And I was back up…

This article goes along with a much more comprehensivce feature, Tom Faranda’s Folly: The New York Times on research and treatment for lymphoma, and the play of various forces determining tr… which I also just posted. I find it odd that in the article below, lymphoma is referred to as a disease of the white…

Here is a feature article from the NY Times that I think is important for anyone coping with cancer to read – whether or not it’s my cancer, lymphoma. Because the Times only allows free access to their articles online for one week after the publishing date, I am going to post the link and…

Here’s an amazing story from a New Zealand/Australian website – MercatorNet. Has to be read to be believed. The beginning is excerpted below; hit the link for the whole story. MercatorNet – Escaping from Peter Pan’s prison by Anne McDonald Three years ago, a six-year-old Seattle girl called Ashley, who had severe disabilities, was, at…

Here’s something that’s sure to be contentious and can probably be legitimately argued either way. Breast Cancer Drug Study Canceled – washingtonpost.com The federal government yesterday canceled a $100 million study designed to test a new generation of drugs to prevent breast cancer in women at risk for the disease. The National Cancer Institute took…

The NY Times had a good feature article on identifying potential ovarian cancer symptoms. AOL picked up the article and you should be able to access it without signing in, and for longer then the one week that the NYT allows you without paying. The New York Times – A Possible Early Check on Ovary…

My CBC done last Friday was good – maybe too good, since my white count and most of the components were above the normal range, which sometimes indicates having an infection. WBC was 13.8 (normal range 4-11) and absolute neutrophil component 11.8 (normal range 1.5-8.8). AND my cough has come back. SO I called my…