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Monthly Archives: July 2016
LLS, TNT, & SSB
I feel like this recent relapse and treatment has further strengthened my relationship with Team in Training and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I don’t know if strengthened is the right word, perhaps validated is or fortified. Whatever the word is… it all feels even more connected. I’ve been symptomatic all year to varying degrees. [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, motivation Tagged bendeka, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, leukemia & lymphoma society, rituxan, team in training, trirock philly Comments closed
2016 WEGO Health Activists Awards
WEGO is excited to announce the start of the Fifth Annual WEGO Health Activist Awards – a program to recognize all of the important people in your online healthy community.
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It is no secret Health Activists work tirelessly, endlessly informing and inspiring so many within their health community. Unfortunately, most of the time [...]
What a Difference a Run Makes
I can happily say that my mood shifted 180 degrees from yesterday. If you read yesterday’s post, that’s a good thing. Since one of my treatment drugs (Bendeka) is new to me, I’m still learning what my typical rate of physical and emotional rebound will be. I’m one week post (round 1) treatment and feel [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, motivation, survivor Tagged bendeka, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll, crozer keystone, leukemia & lymphoma society, rituxan Comments closed
Funk #9 & All Things Must Pass
I worked out last night. That was a little humbling. The first few minutes were actually pretty demoralizing but I finished the workout on a much more positive and promising note. I felt like the first few minutes were needed to prime the pump and flush out some impurities. Here’s hoping I can keep that [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, motivation, survivor Tagged bendeka, chemotherapy, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll, leukemia & lymphoma society, recovery, rituxan Comments closed
Round 1 Post Treatment Blood Check
I had my post treatment check in this morning with my oncolodoc. Things are moving in the right direction. My WBC is coming down and the rest of my counts are still at overall safe levels. We know those will dip in the coming months but today they are good. Many lymph nodes are starting [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, motivation, survivor, team in training Tagged bendeka, cll, leukemia & lymphoma society, rituxan Comments closed
Battle Cry at the Park – It’s a Very Real Thing
I wanted to elaborate a little more on my cancer treatment hill climb and battle cry that you may have seen this week. There is definitely a meaningful history to that and I’m very happy that it’s grown into even more. The venue is the Veterans Memorial Park on Lawrence Road in Marple Township. The [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, survivor Tagged chemotherapy, cll, crozer keystone, leukemia & lymphoma society Comments closed
Tuckahoe Sprint Duathlon
So, here’s the thing. I registered for the Tuckahoe (NJ) Sprint Duathlon long before we jumped into the chemotherapy pool and luxury spa. My hope is that I should still be able to pull this off. The race is next week, 7/31, and is a few short miles from our house in Marmora NJ. It’s [...]
Posted in cancer, duathlon, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, racing, survivor Tagged city tri racing, cll, leukemia & lymphoma society, remission, team in training, tuckahoe duathlon Comments closed
Neulasta Boost
Yesterday’s Neulasta booster shot went off without a hitch. If you are just joining our program, Neulasta is an injection given after a round of chemo to inject good, healthy, infection fighting white cells back into your system. This was given yesterday after receiving chemo on Monday and Tuesday of this week. One of the [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, survivor Tagged bendeka, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll, crozer keystone, leukemia & lymphoma society, neulasta, rituxan Comments closed
Seemingly Innocuous and Viciously Toxic
It’s very strange to sit in a relaxing chemo recliner and watch bags of crystal clear and seemingly innocuous fluid slowly drip into your blood stream which are actually deadly killers. Here I sit the morning after two full rounds of chemo and I’m still feeling good. I did experience a mild bonk last night [...]
Posted in cancer, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, motivation, survivor, team in training, training Tagged bendeka, chron, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll, decad, decadron, leu, rituxan, team, team in training Comments closed
Cancer Warrior Episode