cancer – The Sensory Dispensary

The Story So Far

Eight months ago today, on October 18, during a routine colonoscopy my doctor found a tumor in my sigmoid colon. One week later biopsy results[…]

Chemo Songs #5

Today was chemo treatment #5 and along with it a custom playlist I created just for the occasion. Tom Waits – ‘Get Behind the Mule’[…]

Update

Today would normally be my regularly scheduled bi-weekly chemotherapy but when I got there they determined that my most recent blood work showed my white[…]

Candied Ginger

I had some chemo related nausea after my first treatment so Gina made me some candied ginger which is supposed to help ease it. I’ve[…]

Treatment 1 – Step 1

Step 1 of my first chemo treatment is complete, home now with the supplemental pump which I wear for the next 46 hours (step 2).[…]

The Numbers

I met with the oncologist yesterday and he advised me to undergo a series of chemotherapy treatments to help minimize the chance of recurrence. There[…]

I’m Feeling Bionic

One of the things that is happening because of my cancer diagnosis is that I’ll be undergoing chemotherapy treatments. To facilitate this I just had[…]