It has been 6 weeks since Michelle said farewell to this world. I am still grieving terribly, even though she is in my heart and giving...

On Sunday afternoon Michelle threw her last party. A small group of family and close friends gathered in our back yard, and over a couple...

Unfortunately the internal bile stint didn't work. I went back to UCLA 2 weeks ago for an external bile drain, which should have been...

Last Tuesday I had a telemedicine “second opinion” consultation with Dr. Konecny, an oncologist at UCLA. He thought that my failing liver...

I wish this post was four decades too soon. I'd even settle for four years too early. But unfortunately sharing my "Dying Wishes" blog...

I have not written in weeks because there was just a dribble of this and that, nothing warranting a blog post. I will get into the bits...

There have not been too many days during this 5 year hell of fighting ovarian cancer that I have felt like I was dying: 1.The few days...

This line of chemotherapy is a full time job. The previous three lines of treatment were infusions every 3 weeks. This regime of Carbo...

Greetings from my hospital bed at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital's Oncology ward. I did not expect to be here, but 2 days of fever and...

It has been a difficult few weeks, both physically and emotionally. I know I have been saying that all too often lately. I can feel the...

Before I dive into the latest peer reviewed literature, I'll mention some canna business news. GW pharmaceuticals, the UK medical...

Now that I have many followers who don't know me personally it feel odd leading with my health news, but here it is: a 16 day post-op...

UPDATE: Michelle is home from surgery, sore but otherwise well. And the procedure was successful in obtaining enough tumor cells for both...

I weep for our crumbling Democracy. The one thing which makes watching this sedition/insurrection/coup easier is knowing my time in...

It has been a dark and perilous year of quarantine and isolation for everyone. Coupled with my long fight against Porlock and topped off...

Last month my CA 125 inched up to 18, while my CT scan showed No Evidence of Disease. But today's CA marker rocketed to 107. I am back...

I dedicate this blog post to Sean, who lost his heroic fight with colorectal cancer this month. He leaves behind a wife and young son. ...

An update is long overdue. I'll start with the good news. My cancer antigen marker, CA125, fell from 9 to 5 during my last blood...

Is there anything worse than being 43 and diagnosed with terminal cancer? A sneaky cancer with no diagnostic test and vague symptoms...

It has been a meandering and diverse adventure keeping myself alive these past 4 years. It all started with a crash course in ovarian...