Not much running last week until the weekend where I got in 4 and 10.  I need a bit more consistency.

Bert - good news I guess is that it's getting worked on finally.  Praying and hoping for the best.

QOTD: Not sure I have really run in any extremes.  I do remember Montour 24 (12 hour night version), it was 99 degrees to start the race.  But some poor souls ran all day in it (ah hem....Daydreamer).  At least for me, I had to endure a couple hours before the sun went down and the temps did too.  I have run in snow but not a snow storm. I have run in wind but not a hurricane.  Rain, yes.

Have a great day!

Bert, I see a small sliver of sunshine peaking through all that shitiness.  This is going to be a long and tough road, but we all know how strong you are.  I'm glad you seem to have some good doctors on your side now.  I've known a lot of runners who have battled through cancer and are still here and still running.  You're going to go on that list, my friend.

bert- been thinking of you and praying for you; I’d take the scan as a big win

hang tough pard!

 .  We ditched our oncologist and asked for one who worked with the GI and ENT doc and worked out of the same hospital.  They hooked us up with a new oncologist and radiation oncologist, so that the entire team of specialists closely know and work together.  And the PET scan which we have been battling for for over a week was scheduled in no time.  Things are finally starting to fall into place versus the endless game of hurry up and wait another week for the next appointment, etc.

 

Good news is that the PET scan showed no signs of cancer spreading to other important innards (I failed to tell them that they forgot to scan my feet.... um, aren't they important for us runners?!?!?!). 

 

The head of the radiation oncology dept. came to see me and discussed his treatment plan and I will go in for a "mapping" first thing tomorrow morning.  I suspect the ball is rolling on that side.  And even though the oncologist was out, his Fellow came to see me a few times and even gave me the good news on the PET scan hours after it was completed and before the official results came through, since he called and talked to the doc directly.  I'm not so much relieved as I am for DW, who has been in knots since I told her I couldn't swallow anymore.

 

1) Very good news to have someone actively pushing for resolution vs. passively waiting.  Sound like your "New Team" is a real positive trade up, so good call on the right ER.

2) Great News !!!  Now time to shrink that little fucker, and sounds like that's the plan now.

3) Yes, be as proactive as you can. Being an active part of your care is crucial, and sounds like your new team is fine with that, so ask away and have your W ask away as well.  Write down questions so you can have them answered because people tend to forget them once they are in the office. The oncology nurses will know a ton of answers, so ask them as well, they see it all, and it's new for you.

4) Hang in there, but this is mostly good news, except for the tiny straw stuck in your throat part.

.  Mike, the former professional logger, tell me that happened to you so I don't feel so inept. 

 

 

yes it would definitely happen, tree your falling gets hung up in another tree- our "fix" was to simply fall another tree to knock the original tree out, occasionally that tree would get hung up as well, so we used a third tree to free the first two trees  occasionally you would get several trees all hung up in one tree and it would resemble a teepee!  with no other trees left you had to fall the tree that was holding everything up

no surprise that tree was under tremendous pressure w/ multiple trees pushing on it; what made it worse is you had to enter into the "teepee" to get at that tree- this caused a severe pucker factor as it seldom took little more than a slight back cut for the whole thing to come tumbling down, hopefully with you not in it!

so yeah, you did good

Bert-o, I’m glad you checked in and there’s some progress in your care and treatment plan. As Winston Churchill said: If you're going through hell, keep going.  So keep moving forward as best you can, friend, and kick that bastard cancer to the curb.

SRD for me today.  Drop bags all set to go.  Now I just have to hang out and go stir-crazy for a few days until we start traveling Thursday after work.

 

I’ve made some pace charts for me in the 100 (5am start) and my DD in the 50 (6am start).  It’s a 50 mi loop, obviously she’ll do 1 loop and I get to do 2.  I figure that there’s no doubt that Gatsby Bird is going to come flying by me at some point so that’ll be fun.  Maybe I’ll even try to hang on for a mile or so… but that’s doubtful.  The more interesting thing will be if I’m going a little slow and my DD is moving along we may get to do quite a few miles together starting about half to two-thirds around the loop.  That’ll be cool too!!!

 

Sandy, per Bert-o’s instructions, I’m gonna have to slap every ass that I run by until I get to yours.  I appreciate your optimism about my pace. 

QOTD: I got nothin. Just a sissy Cali runner here.

Berto: I am super happy to hear what I consider to be good news. Hang in there. I think you got the right doctors now. I am praying for you, and I am thinking of you.