Category: My lymphoma and related medical stuff

I am feeling a bit better every day. I certainly feel there’s been noticeable improvement since last Saturday. My chemo-fatigue has lessened quite a bit. I am no longer – as I did the first two weeks – sleeping late and taking an afternoon big nap. Now it’s one or the other, and the nap…

Besides getting a foot and a half of snow in my yard, yesterday was a funny day. Much of the day I had flu-like symptoms – muscle aches, tiredness (not like chemo fatigue), and when I finally took my temperature in mid-afternoon it was a bit elevated – 99.8. Since my normal temperature is mid…

It’s Saturday evening, and while the rest of the family is off to Church (to beat the big storm coming and which I can’t attend becuase of the crowd) I am plunking away on my journal and trying to catch up with the many emails I’ve been sent in the last three days. First, I…

Went well. "You are doing very well" said Dr. Kewalramani ( I knew there was a reason I liked the guy!). My white blood cell and platelet counts are normal. My hemaglobin is 10.2, which means I am a little anemic (12-14 normal) but that will straighten itself out over the next couple of weeks.…

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…