Sorry to hear that Nick. Wishing you the best.

Lifted from the Details thread, regarding a cool cane.

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1609869

PASTA wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 1:55 pm Seeing my neurologist in the morning for more info/ come up with a plan. I imagine this is largely due to the location of the recurrence. Here we fucking GO!

Gasp. Hope all went well. I wish you the best.

PASTA wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 1:55 pm Woke up Sunday with significant numbness, and impaired mobility on my left side, when it didn't improve, Leah took me to the emergency room. Had a seizure, (first in 6 years) and a ct scan. thankfully not a stroke. Was kept overnight, with a wild eeg helmet thing on.MRI yesterday. No tumour growth. came home last night with a new anti-seizure prescription, a referral for PT. my left arm is pretty week. and I have one hell of a limp. (keeping this all off social media till I get my Pop on the phone). Seeing my neurologist in the morning for more info/ come up with a plan. I imagine this is largely due to the location of the recurrence. Here we fucking GO!

any tips on cool canes?

Man, you’re in my thoughts. I really hope the doctors sort this one out pronto.

And the wolves head cane is clearly the best option.

To explain what is going on is VERY "inside baseball" neurology shit. There is nothing in the CT or MRI that "answers"why this weekends events played out, nor is anything concerning.. This may just be another long-term radiation effect. It really seems like this is what Long-term Brain Cancer Survivorship looks like, at 13.5 years .
I'll see ya all at the things. Save me a chair.

PASTA wrote: Thu May 08, 2025 8:42 am To explain what is going on is VERY "inside baseball" neurology shit. There is nothing in the CT or MRI that "answers"why this weekends events played out, nor is anything concerning.. This may just be another long-term radiation effect. It really seems like this is what Long-term Brain Cancer Survivorship looks like, at 13.5 years .
I'll see ya all at the things. Save me a chair.

This is excellent news!

I've seen and seldomly read this thread here and on the old forum for the last 10+ years, first time poster.

My dad is 69 years old and has pancreatic cancer. Despite his usual peppiness and optimism, the stats are depressingly grim and I have been coming to terms that he won't be around much longer. This spurred my decision to move out of LA at the end of the month and head back to Dallas so that I can spend as much quality time with him as possible. I'm grateful that I have the option to do so (one upside of having been laid off six months ago and still haven't found work), and that I love him more than I hate Texas (and I fucking HATE that place).

Not looking for advice or sympathy or anything, just putting it out there.

That’s what this thread is for.

Sounds like you’re making a good decision. My dad died of skin cancer at 76. I didn’t really have much of a relationship with him. Nothing bad, just never that connected. It’s great you have a close bond. Definitely something to value regardless of how things go. It’s a regret my dad and I never had that strong of a connection but accepting that was part of the process.

Well, the Big C isn't always sunshine and roses... my turn for a bit of a brain dump. I've hit a bit of a bump in my maintenance treatment. I've been pretty good for a while now, "no residual disease" meaning deep remission, all looking good, then a couple of weeks ago I finally got hit with unpleasant side effects from the drug I take to keep me clear. Just as I started a really good new job. I've been in meetings in cold sweats nodding and just waiting for things to end. I'd been at my last job eight year and could basically do whatever I wanted in terms of taking time off. As great as the company I work for now is, I can't do that, so I need to power through. It kind of sucks as I was really enjoying and looking forward to an extended period of not thinking about this shit...

Anyhoo, my clinician paused my meds and told me it should pass quickly.

Godspeed, y'all. Start the new course of treatment after dinner.
A little something Leah penned about our journey

https://www.abta.org/mindmatters/from-c ... -the-abta/

PASTA wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 5:41 pm Godspeed, y'all. Start the new course of treatment after dinner.
A little something Leah penned about our journey

https://www.abta.org/mindmatters/from-c ... -the-abta/

Fingers crossed and best wishes for the new course!