Author: Nikkinator

Let’s see… where did we leave off? Ahhhhh yes, an iffy brain MRI and a pending “neck to knees” CT. Short and sweet of how things came out: GRRRRREAT!  Sincerely. They’re as wonderful as one could hope. “Neck to knees”

Oh the fun of survivorship…… “How are you doing?”… a seemingly basic question. But is it really? Think about it. When someone tosses this your way, do you filter the response accordingly for the audience? I’m not saying we’re all

What’s new and “newsworthy”? Not much! In the world of cancer, it’s good to be “boring”! It’s almost unreal to look back to 2013-2015, when brain MRI’s were three pages long, and included an itemized list of each tumor’s location,

Rain and GUSTY winds today. No running. This is sad. It did kick me in the shorts to spend some time organizing my “medical binders”. Yes, I have plenty of digital copies of all of these things. However, sometimes one

BRAIN: Going in for routine follow up MRI this week! I’ll update when there is something to share. Meantime, I need to spend some time in the kitchen, as I’ve worked a deal with my nurse friend. She gets a

So much to say… and yet, I’ve chosen a terrible time to try to do an update. Sooooo… I’m going to give you a real quick snip of what’s been going on, with the PROMISE to come back this week

Wow… soooo… 2020 has been a little intense, huh? While it hasn’t been ideal for tracking medical issues and staying in top shape, I must admit to being far more fortunate and unscathed than most. That said, I feel like

Yay… we’ve rolled over another new year and life has remained, for the most part, “boring”! **insert soft golf clap here** BRAIN: Basically the same old news. Brain MRI May — Stable slightly decreased size of enhancing lesion (now measuring

May 1, 2019 It’s May. How did this happen? At least 20 days per month for the past 5 months, I’ve been thinking “You need to update your site, or people are going to think you died.” It’s not for

December 27, 2018 BODY: (Sept 26) “Stable pleural redundancy of the right lung base. No suspicious nodules or lymphadenopathy. Stable 1.7 cm pancreatic cyst. No significant new finding compared to prior imaging of 5-29-18″ Everything is a lovely shade of