The Journey

I write this blog for a few different reasons.

First, as a way to keep family members and friends updated as to how my journey into the cancer treatment realm is going. I suspect this will be the majority of followers, at least at first. I’m not any great wordsmith and website/blog design is not any kind of a great passion of mine, so it will probably be those that care that read my missives at first. lol.

Second, as a way to just write down my feelings each day. More or less as a…

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  • Recovery

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    MadDadder

    Surgery went well. They removed my adrenal gland and kidney on my left side, along with some lymph nodes. They took me back somewhere around noon, after giving me a sedative in the IV while in pre-op. I woke up somewhere around 8 hours later, not even realizing at first…

  • Surgery Scheduled

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    MadDadder

    So, God hears prayers! CT scans from yesterday came back good. No concerning spots for metastasis in the lungs. Surgery had a cancellation for Tuesday and the doctor grabbed the spot with me in mind. Nurse called to make sure it wasn’t too fast for us. Of course not!! We…

  • First Oncologist Appointments

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    MadDadder

    I’ll post my potential prognosis at the end of this rather long post. Because I have such a beautiful and loving wife in Melanie, that in many ways is the complete opposite of me, we were able to get into the doctors earlier than we would probably been able to.…