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Surgery number three went much better than  I anticipated. I can walk without a brace or other assistance and my left foot and leg are as strong as they were before surgery. Last Friday, my surgeon who is fond of food … Continue reading →

I write to you from the comfort of my new studio apartment in San Francisco a couple blocks from the Balboa Theater and walking distance from Golden Gate Park and Ocean beach. It’s so quiet that I can hear the … Continue reading →

First I want to report that my daughter Sia has just finished her first week as a freshman at Westminster college. I think it is a good sign that she is not feeling too homesick that her first message to … Continue reading →

Where to start?  I have been home for a week and my physical recovery has been going well but I have been struggling with a profound sense of displacement. I recognize my home and my familiar surroundings but I am … Continue reading →

Last Thursday I got the news that my post-op MRI revealed that a portion of my tumor remains inside me. The surgeon removed all he could see and access approaching through my back but because of it’s location a good … Continue reading →

I was sitting outside in the late afternoon sun two days ago after two MRIs looking over the China Basin canal at the houseboats along the shore and basking in a sense of well being and decided it was time … Continue reading →

I’m going to be taking a few days off work this week to catch up with myself and prepare for what is likely to be another inconclusive set of biopsy results. The latest word is that there is ‘not a … Continue reading →

Pathology Report I have never seen so many omas, oma, oma om ahh oma, oma … oh ma! un classified neo plasm this new tissue that resists an easy name. I like names, and had seized upon Shwannoma my own … Continue reading →

Last Wednesday I coaxed my nurse practitioner into letting me read and keep the full biopsy report she had just received. She said “I don’t know how to interpret this”. My new oncologist also said neurology was beyond her. She … Continue reading →

Preliminary results of the biopsy I had Wednesday look favorable. When a neuroradiologist says she is optimistic, I take it as a very good sign.  My nerve root is most likely sharing its space a critter named schwannoma, a benign … Continue reading →