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February 10, 2013
Year 1, Week 26: Some book reviews
1:26 Although without medical significance, have now passed the year and a half mark, so still something to celebrate. This week, I had been fighting, unsuccessfully, a cold. Never fully developed, but had a slight fever, so had to cancel most of my planned activities, as I cannot afford to be unwell for next week’s [...]

Published on February 10, 2013 04:05
February 9, 2013
Articles of Interest This Week
My weekly articles of interest: Cancer To CT scan or not: What is the ultimate goal of patients? reminds us that what we want, as patients, is not just tests but rather the information we need to know whether we should worry or not, and whether a test is in fact needed. In a similar vein, Do [...]

Published on February 09, 2013 05:01
February 5, 2013
Writing as therapy during cancer treatment Part II – Cancerwise | MD Anderson Cancer Center
Second part. Writing as therapy during cancer treatment Part II – Cancerwise | MD Anderson Cancer Center. Filed under: Cancer, Lymphoma Tagged: cancerwise

Published on February 05, 2013 07:33
February 4, 2013
Writing as therapy during cancer treatment – Cancerwise | MD Anderson Cancer Center
My latest piece on Cancerwise on the writing process and cancer. Writing as therapy during cancer treatment – Cancerwise | MD Anderson Cancer Center. Filed under: Cancer, Lymphoma

Published on February 04, 2013 13:40
February 3, 2013
Year 1, Week 25: ‘Unique’
1:25 I had my usual quarterly clinic visit this week. Another sign that I am on the routine track was being examined by one of the new fellows. It started off amusingly enough, when he walked in and said he had heard a lot about me as I was ‘unique’. When I made a bit [...]

Published on February 03, 2013 03:16
February 2, 2013
Articles of Interest This Week
My weekly list of articles of interest. Cancer From the UK, more data showing that the Cancer risk is much greater among men. Lifestyle factors (drinking and eating habits) are the likely the cause. And New Study Shows How Stress Feeds Cancer Cells provides confirmation of the contribution that stress can make to accelerating cancer [...]

Published on February 02, 2013 05:15
January 31, 2013
My TV Interview
Filed under: Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant, Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT), Cancer, Lymphoma, Mantle Cell Lymphoma Tagged: living with cancer, Living with Cancer: A Journey

Published on January 31, 2013 08:06
January 27, 2013
Year 1, Week 24: The Cold Snap
1:24 This week has been largely about surviving the cold snap (lows of -25 to – 20 ºC, which is roughly the same in ºF). Usual small problems, car did not start one day, and some secondary pipe freezing. Fortunately, warming up a bit now. While are walks have been fewer and shorter, we are [...]

Published on January 27, 2013 05:09
January 26, 2013
Articles of Interest this Week
Here are some of the articles I found interesting this week. Cancer What kind of patient are we? Does it make any difference? Susan Gubar on the advantages or not of being a good, polite and cooperative patient in Living With Cancer: The Good Patient Syndrome. She is more cynical than me; my experience is that [...]

Published on January 26, 2013 04:29
January 20, 2013
Year 1, Week 23: ‘Freedom’ 55
1:23 I made it! Formally retired now, another birthday, and reasonably healthy. Hard to complain. In many ways, more of a formal than real transition, as I effectively left work May 2011, having been on a mix of sick leave and long-term disability. No need to adjust to a new way of life and new [...]

Published on January 20, 2013 04:57