The C Word

Today marks 100 days since my surgery.  I am amazed at how well I feel.  I am so blessed with the people around me.  Everyone has been so encouraging to me.  Right now, I feel that I am able to do everything that I could the day BEFORE surgery.  I do not have the full energy I did before, but I am shocked at how much “normal” has returned to my life.  I am thankful for all the people that have checked on me, many friends have sent a random “how are things going?” text.  I am so happy to tell them that things are going GREAT.  I am STILL overwhelmed by my Bradford friends.  The support, caring, and outpouring of love has been such a driving force in my positive attitude.   I am blessed to have a wonderful wife, who is always making sure that I am doing okay.  Somehow the surgery feels like 2 weeks ago AND a million years ago at the same time. 

  I am now into the 2 nd round of chemo pills.  I have developed a small side effect.  The palms of my hands and the bottoms of my feet are now very sensitive to contact.  This is a know side effect.  I have taken the precautions of a)        Wearing 2 gloves when I golf.   1 on each hand b)       Always wearing socks or slippers while in the house c)        Wearing a glove when I am driving the car d)       Using moisturizing cream 2 – 3 times a day. This is way more an annoyance than anything that is causing pain.   But what I really wanted to update everyone on, was the pre-chemo blood screening results.   Before I started Chemo, they came out and did a blood draw to detect if there is any circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the plasma of patients previously diagnosed with cancer. The test results came back NEGATIVE. ...