The Binary Biker

I’ve been called tasteless in the past but now I know what it really means. Every day, I have radiation treatments. As these treatments have progressed I have found it more and more difficult to actually taste anything. The other day, I finally reached the point of tastlessness. Nothing I eat or drink has a […]

I never knew. I’ve always thought of myself as “strong,” “tough,” or “able to withstand adversity.” When I was younger I was a brawler. I would start fights, finish fights, win fights, lose fights. I would break bones – mine and others – and laugh at the blood flowing from my mouth. I’ve felt the […]

I’m sitting in a big La-Z-Boy right now, an IV in my left hand and my chemotherapy in mid-session. It’s been a long day and I’m a little tired emotionally. Let me start from the beginning. At 7:50am this morning I had my first official radiation treatment. It was pretty much as I described it […]

I had my “big” meetings with my radiation oncologist and my medical oncologist today. We established my treatment plan and did most of the prep work necessary to get me started. As I have said before, I will have both chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The details of this are below: Radiation TreatmentTreatment Start: November 10th, […]

It’s been close to a month since my surgery and I am just starting to deal and cope with the reality of my changed body. It all started a few days ago. Inexplicably, I began to have feelings of anxiety and doubt about myself. They were general and non-specific and I in no way associated […]

I learned this weekend one of the side effects of being completely numb on the left side of my face. I shower daily – sometimes twice a day. I am meticulous about washing myself, especially my face. So I get a good thick lather on my face and in my hair with the shampoo. Then […]

I had my meeting with my radiation oncologist today. Went very well. Basically we reviewed the results of my surgery and discussed my treatment plan going forward. I’ll just make a list of bullet points because I have a lot of little points to make: I go back on the 31st of this month to […]

Tomorrow is my first post-op visit with my radiation oncologist. This meeting, I am pretty certain, is to begin planning my treatment plan going forward. My research on the subject tells me that after this visit I will probably get another CT scan and maybe another MRI. This will be done to fine-tune the radiation […]

I am sitting here at my computer breathing slightly hard. During my post-op visit yesterday my surgeon said I could start light workouts. Considering how badly my surgery knocked me on my ass I took him very seriously. So I sat down about half an hour ago at my workout bench and did the following […]

Interesting blog title, eh? I have been doing some thinking about this for some time. Today is day 2 back at the office after my surgery. The fact that I have time to blog this means that I haven’t fully re-engaged again here at the office. That’s a topic for another time though. 🙂 Today’s […]