The Journal had a great editorial yesterday on the progress that has been made in treating cancer in the last few years.
Unfortunately the Journal website is subscriber only, so putting the link up won’t allow anyone to read the article. And they have not posted it on their opinion site (opinionjournal.com), which is free.
However I have copied large excerpts from the editorial, "for your private use only" and if you hit the link just below, you can read them.
Saw Dr. Kewalramani this morning. Got there for 10:30 appointment a couple of minutes early, and was actually done by about 11:20, which is some sort of record. Everything continues to go well, with only my hemaglobin slightly blow normal range (it is 11.2 and normal is 12-14). I will start next week on Rituxin, … Read more
Dr. Kewalramani appointment tomorrow. We’ll see what the bloodwork shows. I am feeling better week to week, but still far from 100%. I actually managed to put together the exercise bench (Sunday night) which I thought was a bargain and then discovered needed assembly. Tom Faranda’s Folly: 14 days post hospitalization Very proud of myself, … Read more
This from today’s NY Times.Stem Cells May Be Key to Cancer – New York Times Here are the first three paragraphs: "One day, perhaps in the distant future, stem cells may help repair diseased tissues. But there is a far more pressing reason to study them: stem cells are the source of at least some, … Read more
Way back a month ago – January 23rd to be exact – I posted a little review of my latest read, which was "1776".Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest read – "1776" This is an excellent history about Washington and his army in 1776. The good times and the dismal times. I highly recommend it, even if … Read more
Plenty of hospitals frown on cell phone use in patient areas. Slaon Kettering is in the minrity that does not. Turns out there’s really no problem.AOL News – No Ill Effects Found in Hospital Cellphone Use
My seventh grader son Joe is down in Washington DC from today until Friday. He was nominated by his school for the “Junior Congressional Youth Leadership Council” which does programs for junior high school students. We applied and he was accepted, so he is down with 230 other seventh graders “scholars” (their term, not ours) … Read more
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 … Read more
Both the Washington Post Bush Calls For More Muscle In Darfur and NY Times Bush Sees Need to Expand Role of NATO in Sudan – New York Times ran stories on the Bush administrstion’s evident desire to move beyond the "stagnant" talks and get more aid to Darfur, as well as aiming to end the … Read more
Here’s a funny article from the Washington Post Fla. Teacher Charged as Children Pay to Cut Gym . The culprit is now facing felony charges, which is not so funny. I actually taught "Gym" for a year – my last year in the Caribbean. But I never thought to take money in return for letting … Read more