Ruth's Medical-logical Meanderings

Addendum to this post: I am not talking about stopping chemo altogether, but the most toxic agent. I'm sorry that I worried you peop...

The 2nd leg of my first round of new chemo has gone very smoothly. Other than a headache and chilling through the weekend, I really have h...

As much as I'd like to deny it, with cancer, comes depression. Some of it from the anger, frustration, fear, etc. that you get from s...

Last Friday was the first day of my 2 nd line treatment. I was hoping to go into it feeling emotionally strong and physically healthy, but ...

  Today was my last of 10 radiation treatments for cancer that is encroaching on one of my sacral nerves and causing some really lous...

Since my diagnosis, I have been the recipient of The Face on several occasions. I have tried to imitate "The Face" here: ...

Four years ago today, my husband and I were married at the Cook County Courthouse in downtown Chicago. Both of us had one marriag...