A quick update on what’s happening these days. In a nutshell I’ve had two chemo treatments so far and both have had some cardiac side effects. So, in a nut shell, I’m still trying to get the right mix.

36 hours after my first treatment I had severe chest pains. Fast forward through an ER trip, ambulance ride, and a day in the cardiac wing and I get a referral to Mayo Clinic. They try another round of the chemo and we have the same thing after twenty five hours. Bummer.

So now for the next round we’re trying an alternate delivery method that will hopefully not have the same cardiac issues. Normally I wear an infusion pump for 46 hours. This time we’re going to try a quick IV infusion. As long as it kills the cancer cells I’m good with it.

That’s the tough part so far. Right now I’m cancer free. They removed it. But, and it’s a big but, there could be a few stray cells floating about. And that’s the reason for the chemo. It’s a terrible sword hanging over me, not knowing, and just waiting.

So I do all I can. I eat well. I exercise as I can when the nauseau and fatigue isn’t too bad. I take a single supplement (curcumin) and I trust in my doctors.

And I pray for my 41st birthday. That’ll be my five years. If I make it without cancer that long I’m considered cured.

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As far as my next novel… it’s done. I just need to finish the draft and have it edited. But for now I’m focused on a bigger task.

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