The Challenge Ahead!

                                                                        N E W S !!!!! My last post was not uplifting, to say the least. Despite the fact I have a long recovery ahead, I did receive some positive news yesterday! I received a call from my radiation oncologist, Dr. Stuckless. It was basically a follow-up call to see how I was doing, also I had radiation in August. She did not know how sick I had gotten, but she was saddened when she brought it all up on her screen. However, she really called to go over the pathology report from my original surgery. Basically : the cancer was gone       ...

                                                                     October 8, 2017 Well it appears I stayed at St. Clare's with a catherer and 2 large tubes inserted thru the rectum to get rid of the abcesss for 4 days, comfortable as you can imagine. Then all was removed and I was released all in the same day! Well 4 days later Sharon noticed that I had a temperature. Back to the hospital ( HSC this time ), much to my joy, I was admitted immediately, seems the abscess had never beed totally drained so the infection was still there. This time I was under the care of Dr Michael Hogan. I was admitted Sept 14 and discharged Sept 29! When I went in for surgery Aug 14th I weighed 186lbs, tod...