You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
94<br />
Here is a photo of me <strong>with</strong> Sammie and Eli. As you can see, there is some new hair<br />
growing on that chemo head of mine.<br />
I am feeling pretty well these days, and have agreed to work Tuesday and Thursday<br />
mornings this week. I have an appointment <strong>with</strong> Dr. Flam on Wednesday. That should be<br />
a courtesy visit, labs, flush Mediport, set up appointment for PET/CT quick physical, and<br />
out. Probably, I will be there less than 4 hours.<br />
On Saturday, Judy and I leave for a 1 week coastal cruise. I wanted to drive to LA from<br />
Fresno to take the cruise, but common sense prevailed, and we will fly there.<br />
After we return, I have one more week in Fresno, <strong>with</strong> visits to Dr Weinberg (to check my<br />
hearing) and Dr John (follow-up of radiation treatment). I plan to work 2 half days that<br />
week.<br />
On October 10, I leave for Montreal to visit my mother. <strong>My</strong> sister Ellie will visit from<br />
Edmonton and my brother Jon, from Florida. Robert lives in Montreal, so we will have a<br />
reunion of all 4 siblings <strong>with</strong> my mother. It will also be the 45th reunion of my McGill<br />
medical school class and the 50th year reunion of the McGill undergraduate class, <strong>with</strong> a<br />
dinner planned <strong>with</strong> fellow alumni of the Honors (Honours) Math Physics class.<br />
I return home to reality on October 17, <strong>with</strong> my PET/CT to be scheduled for that week.<br />
That is when I find out whether I have another reprieve or whether I will be looking for an<br />
experimental protocol.<br />
We have a family cruise planned for mid December <strong>with</strong> all our children and<br />
grandchildren, and I am determined to be on that cruise.<br />
Posted by David Shuster at 09:20AM (-07:00)<br />
Update From At Sea<br />
Friday, September 30, 2011<br />
Actually this post is sent from in port at Ensenada Mexico but "at sea" sounds better.<br />
A new post to my blog 9/24/11. I am writing this on the Sapphire Princess as we await<br />
debarkation from the Port of Los Angeles. Tomorrow, we stop at Santa Barbara, San<br />
Francisco on Tuesday, San Diego on Thursday and beautiful downtown Ensenada on<br />
Friday. I had my appointment <strong>with</strong> Dr Flam on Wednesday. <strong>My</strong> hemoglobin is down to<br />
11.2, my white count down to 4300, but my platelets are normal. I told him I am having<br />
mild shortness of breath, which he attributes to anemia. He was disappointed that I have<br />
continued to take zinc for my saliva production, although he never asked me to stop it. He<br />
says zinc can promote anemia and low WBC by interfering <strong>with</strong> copper metabolism. I<br />
<strong>My</strong> <strong>Battle</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Merkel</strong> <strong>Cell</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong>
Change language