Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Rest In Peace Sue

I was informed early this morning that my friend Sue in Cape Town, South Africa passed away.
 
In early 2010 we were introduced by a mutual friend. The reason for the introduction was that we had something in common. Lung cancer ! On my numerous visits to Cape Town we were always able to get together and chat. The last time we met was late October.
 
Last week I was informed that Sue had taken a turn for the worse. I emailed her and asked if she minded me giving her a call as I did not want to be imposing. Her reply was “Sure Adrian. Any time”. Well, this is one regret I will now always carry with me. I should have known better and not put off calling her for whatever reason. But I did.
 
Sue, I’m so sorry we did not get to speak. I will miss you and our chats. Rest in peace my friend.
Adrian.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Chemo 6 (Round 7)

Another good but “tense” chemo session.
 
Let me explain the “tense” first. I had a flight booked to Florida at noon and my chemo session started at 7:30 am. You can see where this is going, right ? To make a long story short, I made my flight by 7 minutes.
 
The good part of the chemo session was that, once again, my weight is stable, my vitals were fine and the blood work was good. In fact, very good. About 3 weeks ago I was put on a cholesterol lowering drug and also made some “minor” diet changes. The latest blood work showed a dramatic improvement in all my cholesterol numbers. Dr. Schraeder seems to be happy with how things are going for me at the moment. Now if we could just get the scans to cooperate.................
 
My next chemo session will be on January 24th. I leave for Africa on the 27th. I also will be meeting with Dr. Sidransky on January 21st to discuss the possibility of further genetic and molecular study options.
 
Carpe Diem.
 
P.S. My blood pressure was slightly elevated. Do you think it had anything to do with missing my Florida flight ?