Category: My lymphoma and related medical stuff

The study below was widely reported yesterday. A year or two ago there was another in depth study, with results indicating that mammograms don't lower the death rate for breast cancer. Intuitively, it would seem that early detection of cancer should raise the survival rate. And of course other studies (for both prostate and breast…

This therapy seems very similar to my stem cell treatment. My stem cells were "pushed" out of my bone marrow into the bloodstream, and then harvested. After my high dose chemotherapy in January 2006, they were given back to me to rebuild my immune system. New stem cell treatment Stem cells transplanted into early-phase multiple…

Six months to a year. A good article in the NY Times a few days ago. Personal Best – Fitness Isn’t an Overnight Sensation – NYTimes.com CARL FOSTER, an exercise physiologist at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, was amused by ads for a popular piece of exercise equipment. Before-and-after photos showed pudgy men and…

Chocolate of course, has caffeine, in varying amounts depending on the type of chocolate. Bottom line – it can disrupt your sleep. Really? – Really? – Can Chocolate Be Disruptive to Sleep ? – Question – NYTimes.com

I suppose this is one of the main reasons that despite our greater expenditures for healthcare, we lag some other countries when it comes to various health categories – and life expectancy. Obese Americans now outweigh the merely overweight | U.S. | Reuters Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show that more than 34…

As I posted here My second annual New Year's interview with myself, I got a good report on Wednesday when I saw my lymphoma physician, Andrew Zelenetz, at Sloan. Bloodwork and CAT scan were normal, which I did expect, but was still nice to hear. He also is doing an immunoglobulin study, to see if weakened or…

both of these articles are from the NY Times health and finess section in the last week. The first one is by NYT reporter Gina Kolata, writing about her preparation for the NY Marathon, as she struggles with a stress fracture.   Coping (or Not) With Injuries in Training for Marathon – NYTimes.com And this…

From the NY Times health section: Shorter Radiation for Cancer of the Breast – NYTimes.com Three weeks of radiation treatment work just as well as the usual course of five weeks or more for women with early-stage breast cancers, Canadian researchers have reported, after monitoring a large group of patients for 12 years. The results,…

Here is a really neat article with pictures, that I set aside meaning to post awhile ago. There are  four pictures in the article. BBC NEWS | Health | Ovulation moment caught on camera A human egg has been filmed in close-up emerging from the ovary for the first time, captured by chance during a…

Great article! Prints out at nine pages. With Child, With Cancer – NYTimes.com LIZETTE IRVIN, HEAVILY PREGNANT, reclined on a hospital bed, relaxed, considering the circumstances. A bag of fluid dripped into her blood through an IV line as Irvin sucked on ice cubes, trying to pass the time. The ice helped to minimize the metallic…