Medical Updates

When we originally planned our trip to London, began selling our furniture and gave notice on the Hong Kong apartment, the novel coronavirus was contained in China. My goal was…

Last weekend, for the second time in two years, Brad and I took a one-way flight to another continent. This time to a continent where we don’t have health insurance…

Previously on… Following December scans that showed new brain activity, Maggie had consulted three specialists in the US and come out with a “consensus” of either radiation necrosis or leptomeningeal…

Previously on… Maggie had been declared “No Evidence of Disease” in Hong Kong based on the findings of October scans and blood test results. She sought a second opinion to…

Friday I had my monthly blood test and the first meeting with my primary Hong Kong oncologist since the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance team found new activity in a previously…

The report from my last scans October 28 read “complete response” and during my November appointment my Hong Kong oncologist confirmed that meant “no evidence of disease.” Nevertheless, I still…

I’m posting this quite a bit late because Brad and I both needed some time to process the results of my one year scans. The results of my scans were…

I’m so excited to say that Brad and I committed to fly back to the US to attend the Fourth Annual Metabolic Health Summit in Long Beach next year. While…

The coolest part of this post is the title. I realized that I need to start adding the year to these monthly blood test result posts. I had my monthly…

Let it be known that all your prayers and good vibes are paying off. Cancer needs your prayers now ’cause I’m kicking its ass. Both blood tumor markers that the…

I can’t believe I let a week pass before writing this post! Apologies! The news out of the Mayo was good: Brain MRI shows that the two new tumors treated…

We’ll start with the good news. Actually, it’s all good news in the end but we’ll start with the obviously good news: my tumor markers are down and one is…