Brigid’s birthday today!

Today is Brigid’s birthday. She loves the fact that she was born on the same day as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. AND, that Tim’s birthday falls three days earlier – on the Feast of St. Juan Diego. For non-aficionados of Catholic feasts, Juan Diego was the Mexican peasant who Mary appeared to … Read more

Previous variations on “BUSH LIED”

A short op ed from the Wall Street Journal December 11th. OpinionJournal – Featured Article Here’s the title and first paragraph: None Dare Call it Conspiracy We’ve been hearing variations on "BUSH LIED!!!!" for at least 60 years. BY MORTON KELLER Sunday, December 11, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST Variations of "Bush lied" have been part … Read more

Tim Faranda – nine years old today

My younger son Tim had his birthday today. He actually started celebrating last evening when my mother was up. That’s when I took the picture below. Now Tim is a real boy’s boy. Which is to say: very athletic, quite funny, sassy to the point of being fresh, and a bit of an underachiever at … Read more

Two eventful days at Sloan Kettering

Yesterday, Tuesday December 6th, I met Dr. Kewalramani (henceforth to be referred to as Dr. K!) who will be the lead physician on the high dose chemo and autologous stem cell transplant which is the next and last step in my chemotherapy treatment.

The MSK stem cell and bone marrow transplant service is evidently a separate department. Dr. Zelenetz will be handing me off to Dr. K for the prep, the actual hospitalization, and the following two months after the hospitalization. Highly specialized stuff!

Because this is an extended post, I’ve tucked it away. Click just below to read the rest!

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One week after RICE #2

It’s Monday morning and I got out of Sloan a week ago, last Monday evening. Things are going almost identically to how they went after RICE #1. Pretty fatigued three to five days after the chemo, and then gradually feeling better. I went to the gym yesterday in the late afternoon, rode the bike for … Read more