chronic lymphocytic leukemia Archives

A Cancer Journey: Endurance, Part 5

Submitted for your perusal: a partial list of additional aggravations (and sometimes traumas) inflicted by “imperfections” in the healthcare system…

Submitted for your perusal: a partial list of emotional traumas…

Submitted for your perusal: a partial list of painful, time-consuming procedures, treatments, and surgeries…

Submitted for your perusal: a partial list of physical traumas…

Some things don’t hurt at all…

Fast forward to a place that allows me to end this long, painful thread with sincere words of encouragement…

Imagine trying to function with tubes coming out of your back…

Turns out that my left ureter was so compressed that they couldn’t install the stent.

There are not enough words to describe the pain…

In short order, thanks to the compassion and expertise of my oncology team…

This can’t be right. I need to call my oncologist’s office to see what’s what…

Rewind to that very first dose of Acalabrutinib in mid-October.