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Why another round?

Sloan’s protocol is 5 rounds of chemo and surgery. Followed by radiation + immunotherapy, and then a vaccine (which is not one shot, but...

Reclaiming flair

I was writing the below BEFORE I got the call from Steve about surgery being postponed and starting chemo Thursday. Had a lot of freak...

Another outlier

We just heard from the surgical team. They have decided to do another round of chemo before surgery. We start on Thursday, round 4. It is...

Runneth over

Stem cells runneth over. At least they do in this household. We were told that we would need at least two days of stem cell harvesting....

The “right” side

I will start with the flair to my right. The right side of my body. #1: Evil eye ring. This ring found me in the fall of 2011. On the...

Flair

I talk about this a lot. The flair I speak of is as in the flair showcased in the classic and BEST movie, Office space . You know...

Short day

Today we harvest stem cells. And before you even offer to give us yours, we did that whole embryo thing too. That stuff doesn’t seem to...

The temple. The burn.

Burning man is upon us and at this event is a temple. People have been reaching out to have Jacob’s presence in the temple. So here is...

Rescue 1 plus phone number

The real number is 917-825-8489. I feel terrible to the poor individual who has been getting Benno’s phone calls. My apologies sir!

Steve is thankful he had cancer

Steve said he is thankful for his cancer. That was a strange conversation. Listening to Steve say that he was thankful he had cancer....

Rescue 1 Plus

Today I walked again. That is two for two! I even attempted a light jog (attempt is a key word here). BUT, take that cancer! I am coming...

You’re flicking is still working!

Latest report has 55% reduction in tumor and the small masses have 63% and 70% reduction. It’s working!! Flick. Flick. Don’t know if he...

The new Brodys. What will we be?

Realization last night. This is not just a year, this is YEARS. This is our new life. Steve and I sat and mapped out our path and it...

How I cope (not doctor approved)

How are you doing this? It is so kind that you ask. You always do. You ask about Jacob and then you ask how you can help me. I know I’ve...

Screen Time

So screen time has increased in our house and mean INCREASED. There are no rules around it, except that devices can’t be in your room at...

The land of unpredictable

Like with everything in this journey there are no “knowns.” And very few consistencies to study. When you ask a doctor what the average...

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