This is how I look today. I snapped this while waiting for breakfast at the local diner. I try to keep a pleasant countenance. But I loo...

When my cat, M. Gaston, was still a kitten, my Basset hound, Bailey, adopted him as her own. She would gently pick him up in her mouth and c...

The CT scan from Nov. 16 shows that my tumors have not shrunk further, and may have in fact grown about a millimeter. My oncologist says thi...

They've changed my chemo medication. The active ingredient is still 5FU, but some of the other stuff is different. Short version: more n...

It's been roughly six weeks since my last blog post. I have now done 14 chemo cycles. Some long term side effects are now manifesting th...

One of the things I've discovered about being a cancer patient is that it becomes your identity: mcarp, cancer patient. When you're ...

I'm past due for another update. I have completed 11 of 12 scheduled chemotherapy cycles. The doctor had to delay the twelfth because...

Guess it's time for an update. I have completed nine chemotherapy sessions. They warned me the effects would be cumulative, and indeed t...