Dec 25, 2019
Chemo is simple, right? Sit in a chair, get hooked up to a pump, and boom...you get your chemo. But it's not quite that easy, especially when our pancreatic cancer superhero has to have his chemo port replaced after only two uses.
Plus, you can hear about the joys of fentanyl (that'll make anyone feel like a...
Dec 17, 2019
You can't turn on the TV without hearing a cancer drug ad if you're in the U.S. And you can't watch a TV show without a gratuitous cancer story. And don't get me started about sappy sports stories and cancer. I mean, it's cancer-cancer-cancer.
In this episode, I take a break from the sequence of terrible, horrible no...
Dec 11, 2019
One of the benefits I get with pancreatic cancer is the expansion of my vocabulary. In this episode, I get into a situation that requires interventional radiology after I thought chemo round two went great. In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, "It's always something."
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Dec 9, 2019
Take a little tour with me today when I tell you all the details of my experience with my first chemotherapy round of FOLFIRINOX. That four-drug combination has proved to be a lifesaver for people like me who have pancreatic cancer. But I can tell you there are consequences for using such a powerful drug cocktail -- and...
Dec 6, 2019
When you have a dragon inside you like pancreatic cancer, you want to find the best dragonslayers out there. In this episode, I talk about finding the best medical team and undergoing my first treatment evaluation at Mayo Clinic.
I start out talking about my experience (and my panic attack) in the PET-CT scan. Then I...