Although nobody hears much about it, November is Lung Cancer Awareness month. I am trying to create more awareness of this leading killer among all the cancers. One way I am doing that is attending a Lung Cancer Awareness vigil tomorrow at 6 p.m. at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates. (Anyone is welcome to join Doug and me there!)
Another way is to ask those of you reading this blog to take the one minute required to watch this very short video at the following YouTube link - This Cancer - and send it on to anyone else you think could benefit from learning the real facts and statistics about lung cancer.
The "color" to represent lung cancer is transparent, grey, white or pearl, which is meant to represent the fact that this disease is so often hidden. I personally think that whoever comes up with these things could learn a few things from the breast cancer awareness folks who've managed to get just about everything conceivable to become pink, especially in October, which everyone now knows is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Please help spread some of that awareness and publicity (and funding!) to Lung Cancer.
Thanks.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Icing on the Cake!
Those were the words my sister Deborah used to describe the news of another clean MRI scan of my brain today after returning from a two-week trip to Italy with her, her husband Jim, and Doug. We just got back on Friday night.
First, the doctor's visit:
Had an MRI with and without contrast this morning and then blood work followed. All results came in normal and everything looks fine. They want me to work on trying to gain a couple pounds - that's a first! Next check up at Rush is on November 30, when I will have a chest CAT scan, blood work and doctor visit. This coming Thursday, I will have a check up with the neurologist, Dr. Angelopoulos, but don't expect much to come from that appointment.
Now, for Italy:
My eldest sister Deborah and her husband Jim gave Doug and I a most generous and incredible gift - taking us on a trip to central and northern Italy for two weeks and two days in grand style. We started in the Tuscan wine country, staying in Cortona; next going to Siena; then to Florence; followed by the Italian Riviera, staying at Santa Margherita Ligure and including a trip to Cinque Terre; and wrapping up in Lake Como in a town called Blevio. It was the trip of a lifetime. One place more spectacular than the next. We had exceptionally warm, sunny weather and we all had an absolutely fabulous time. What a huge reward to celebrate a good outcome to a trying year. I am eternally grateful to Deborah and Jim for making such great memories for all of us.
First, the doctor's visit:
Had an MRI with and without contrast this morning and then blood work followed. All results came in normal and everything looks fine. They want me to work on trying to gain a couple pounds - that's a first! Next check up at Rush is on November 30, when I will have a chest CAT scan, blood work and doctor visit. This coming Thursday, I will have a check up with the neurologist, Dr. Angelopoulos, but don't expect much to come from that appointment.
Now, for Italy:
My eldest sister Deborah and her husband Jim gave Doug and I a most generous and incredible gift - taking us on a trip to central and northern Italy for two weeks and two days in grand style. We started in the Tuscan wine country, staying in Cortona; next going to Siena; then to Florence; followed by the Italian Riviera, staying at Santa Margherita Ligure and including a trip to Cinque Terre; and wrapping up in Lake Como in a town called Blevio. It was the trip of a lifetime. One place more spectacular than the next. We had exceptionally warm, sunny weather and we all had an absolutely fabulous time. What a huge reward to celebrate a good outcome to a trying year. I am eternally grateful to Deborah and Jim for making such great memories for all of us.
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