My Battle with Merkel Cell Cancer

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Most of the redness has disappeared. My beard has stopped growing on the left. My
cheek feels like a baby's bottom. (Sorry for the cliche).
Here is the commercial for which I receive no benefit. Boost Plus (chocolate), the
nutritional supplement has been my main source of calories and nutrition during this
adventure. I can taste slight sweetness. It is really good for swallowing pills as it is thicker
than water. I take 2-3 per day and my weight has remained at about 166 pounds.
Plans for travel are firm and flights booked. Judy and I travel together to Philadelphia on
October 6. I continue to Montreal. I return to Philadelphia on October 11, and we return to
Fresno October 17.
I hope I can taste the onion soup at Ty Breiz. I will be in Montreal the same time as Jon
and Sandy (my brother and sister-in-law).
I have scheduled a follow-up Pet/CT for November 24. I had a nightmare the other night
that it revealed liver metastases and I had to postpone our December Hawaii cruise to
take chemotherapy. Oh well I can't dwell on that possibility. It is just over 4 months since I
discovered the tumor mass and so far, so good.
Bridge results remain encouraging, 1st with Jill Woods, and 3rd with Steve Sharpe.
I close for this week with a photo of Eva, our oldest grandchild and the author of the
poem on friendship I include with my emails. She and her family will be here tonight for a
Rosh Hashona dinner.
This was taken on the Alaska cruise, before I started radiation treatments but after the
diagnosis of Merkel's
Posted by docshu at 11:27AM (-07:00)
My Battle with Merkel Cell Cancer