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Wednesday 5/16 - end of treatment!!!

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On May 15th, 2017, I learned that my relatively-innocuous "hip flexor strain" was in fact a hip tumor-- and so began our harrowing journey. First came the 3 months of testing, pre-diagnosis: I was slow-tracked (owing to the low likelihood of cancer at my age), which made for a whole summer of anxious waiting periods, insurance complications, long drives, and uncertainty. Then, as you've borne witness, came the 9 months of treatment: sixteen rounds of chemo with complications occasionally escalating to ER visits and a major surgery with extensive rehab. After all this, you can imagine my relief and thrill to share that my treatment is now O-V-E-R: Yesterday afternoon, coincidentally another May 15th, I was released from my last 4-night stay at Johns Hopkins; last infusion of chemicals straight to my heart; last bout of lousy side-effects, hospital food, and constantly-interrupted sleep; and most importantly, last of all my planned cancer treatments! Exactly one year a...

Wednesday 5/2 - one left

I just got home from my 15th round of chemo, which means just one more to go!!! And other than acid reflux and the usual low energy, I seem to be coping with this one pretty well. As for the next and last round, the exact admission dates are always pending (blood counts and bed availability) but I expect I'll be in and out by around May 16th - 2 weeks from now. The finish line is IN SIGHT.