Back in 2010 around Thanksgiving things became very complicated for me personally. I was in and out of the doctor’s office a few times and ended up in the hospital. There is no gentle way to explain so I’ll just come out and say that I have cancer. The specific type is multiple myeloma.
It’s treatable and could even be cured with a very risky bone marrow transplant (which I'm probably not going to have). My main problem at the time was severe back pain that has been lingering since June. The back pain was being caused by a tumor inside the cervical part my back. The tumor was pressing on my spine. The tumor turned out to be inoperable but responded well to radiation. By "well" I mean the radiation killed it. Now I'm wearing a neck brace full time while my neck bones (hopefully) heal.
In order to treat the cancer I am having chemo therapy for six months. There are also medication for me to take at home.
Now I'm back home and trying to catch up. There might even be excitement. OK. Maybe not so much but a boy can hope.
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