Key Updates: My surgery is at 6:00am (whoa!) and will last approximately 7 hours. Assuming things go well, I’ll be in the ICU for one night, and then spend 2 to 3 days in the hospital. We’ll stay at least a couple more days in Houston for follow-up visits and planning of my radiation treatment. [...]
We met with the neuro-psychologists for cognitive testing. We started by having a very thorough discussion of any symptoms I’ve been experiencing… seizures, memory loss, etc. It was pretty lengthy, and I was actually surprised at how well the doctors asked me questions about symptoms that made me feel as if they already knew what [...]
Hello all. Just wanted to let you know that we arrived safely in Houston. Two good days of driving, 18 hours total time on the road that didn’t seem all that long. I guess it was the good company that made it go quickly. Now we’re at the hotel. And it just so happens to [...]
First – the image was taken from my friends’ cabin. There’s really no relevance to the update, but I like the photo. :) Thanks, Josh & Matt. The lamb, and your company, were fantastic. Anyway, I’m slowly wrapping things up in Minneapolis in preparation for the trip to Houston. It’s strange… at work I feel [...]
Generally it’s about Russell Stover… or on a really good year some B.T. McElrath. This year it’s not chocolate, or even flowers on the 14th of February. Instead, it’s a bouquet of M.D. Anderson doctors, nurses and staff, doing their best to remove as much of my tumor as they can. With a little more [...]