Saturday, December 31, 2005

PA family (view this post) (print this post) :: No comments

Visit with Marilyn, Ed, Amy, and Jimmy

Posted by KJ @ 10:36 pm :: Status, Photos ::

Friday, December 30, 2005

Visits (view this post) (print this post) :: No comments

Dan enjoyed spending time today with friends and family from out of town.

Posted by KJ @ 6:04 pm :: Status, Photos ::

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Bone pain (view this post) (print this post) :: 1 comment

How Dan’s doing this week with pain & other side effects of the lung cancer mets

Posted by KJ @ 4:06 pm :: Supportive Care, Status, Prescriptions, Painkillers ::

I fight cancer (view this post) (print this post) :: 1 comment

Blogger activism: ACS web badge ‘I fight cancer’ added here

Posted by KJ @ 12:31 am :: Advocacy ::

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Beware of fentanyl (view this post) (print this post) :: No comments

FDA warning on fentanyl overdoses

Posted by KJ @ 7:43 pm :: Supportive Care, Prescriptions, Painkillers ::

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Good news (view this post) (print this post) :: No comments

Our prescription insurer has agreed to cover Oxandrin (steroid) for Dan, for one year.

Posted by KJ @ 11:58 pm :: Supportive Care, News, Prescriptions ::

Christmas 2005 (view this post) (print this post) :: No comments

Spent a great Christmas day together and with our families.

Posted by KJ @ 11:55 pm :: News, Photos ::

Saturday, December 24, 2005

DC visit (view this post) (print this post) :: No comments

Short but very worthwhile trip to Washington, DC to visit out-of-town friends

Posted by KJ @ 10:45 pm :: News, Photos ::

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

End of Dan’s 2nd trial (view this post) (print this post) :: 1 comment

Dan got his brain MRI’d and we got results from Dan’s CT scan and bone scan. Clinical trial #2 is over - the Abraxane does not seem to have worked - and we are evaluating next steps.

Posted by KJ @ 10:25 pm :: Treatment, Supportive Care, Chemotherapy, Tests, CT scan, MRI scan, Bone scan, Bisphosphonates, Bloodwork, Abraxane, Carboplatin, Prescriptions, Painkillers, Brain MRI ::

Thursday, December 15, 2005

No brain MRI today (view this post) (print this post) :: 1 comment

Jim drove Dan to Garner for his sedation MRIs today, but it didn’t work out. We’ll get results from last week’s tests on Tue 12/20.

Posted by KJ @ 9:25 pm :: Supportive Care, Tests, Status, MRI scan, Painkillers, Brain MRI ::