Hello. It’s been over a year since I posted on here, and a long year at that.
It began with lower back pain. Then I nearly tore the nail off my right big toe! Then I woke up not feeling so hot and checked my blood pressure: 214/110. So, off the the emergency room.
Long story short, they discovered a Pulmonary Embolism in my right lung, and the urologist also saw some very minor abnormal fluid flow in one small tube in my right kidney.
Fast forward, we discovered I had Stage 3 kidney cancer. The PE went away and I started chemotherapy. Since I was so healthy, they gave me the harshest combo they had. I have to tell you that it’s a very weird feeling when they sit down dressed in full protective gear to inject poison into your body.
Anyway, once the chemo was done, about a month later, I had surgery to remove my right kidney and some lymph node’s that were also infected. Good news, the pathology report said there was no evidence of anything surviving that chemo, so cancer free.
However, as it was a cancer in the lining of my kidney, I’m at high risk for bladder cancer, hence a life of scopes and scans probably for the rest of my (hopefully) long life.
So, I didn’t get any writing done. Which is ok. But I have started again, getting into the book and working it. I do hope to complete this one by fall, but we’ll see.
In the meantime, wishing you all health and peace.
Glenn
