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My Battle with Merkel Cell Cancer

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Wow! No Doctor Appointments this Week! 33<br />

Not Much New 35<br />

Five Weeks After 36<br />

Progress Report 5 Months After <strong>My</strong> Tumor is Discovered 37<br />

<strong>My</strong> Visit to Montreal 38<br />

I am presented at Tumor board while in Philadelphia 39<br />

Six Months After 40<br />

Bad News on my PET/CT 41<br />

Images from my CT. The Dilemma of Treatment 42<br />

PET/CT Images Annotated. Musings 43<br />

Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst 45<br />

Thirteen. What Does it Mean? 46<br />

There is a Suicide Bomber Living in my Body 47<br />

From the Sapphire Princess 48<br />

Is This What it is Like to be on Death Row? 48<br />

Good News. The Circulating <strong>Merkel</strong> <strong>Cell</strong> Count dropped to<br />

ZERO 50<br />

Review of my <strong>Merkel</strong> Journey to Date 51<br />

Returning From Hawaii Cruise 53<br />

The Emotional Roller Coaster 53<br />

Surgery Wednesday 10:00 AM 55<br />

A Brief Update 55<br />

<strong>My</strong> Experience With Laparoscopic Small Bowel Resection 55<br />

I have my Pathology Report 58<br />

12 Days Post-Op 59<br />

A Plan 60

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