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Gerald Lane with help from Timothy (daddylane)


March 26, 2008


Silver Spring, Maryland


12/23/1938


Colon and Rectal Cancer


signet ring cell


Feb 5, 2005


Stage 4


No


Irinotecan (brand name: Campto), Fluorouracil


Cancer Survivor


Can't enjoy my wine man! The stress & distress it brings to the ones I love.


We must live & love every day as fully as we are allowed. And, look forward because that's the only direction you can go.


We will make an arrangement with a local colon cancer support group.


Multiple flushes of bloody stool, spontaneous initiation & resolution, over four hours in mid-December 2004. Analyzed by a PA to probably be a manifestation of diverticulitis shown on sigmoidoscopy 2 yrs before. Six weeks later further flushings resulted in ER admission to Holy Cross Hospital January 31, 2005.


Blood transfusion immediately, multiple tests, & scheduled colonoscopy resulted in surgery Feb 5, 2005, showing the presence of a tumor just above the appendix that had to be removed. A 2 foot long section of the colon was removed & the ends reattached. Biopsy showed stage 4 disease with metastasis to the peritoneum.




daddylane's Cancer Blog

April 23, 2008

A picture is worth a thousand what?Views: 524

I can never remember what it’s worth. But I can tell you this…

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Ok, previously I mentioned the flying squirrels, so here they are. Momma says they look like rats, which I can not stand, so lets just say they are insanely cute, which rats are not!

couch

Any more questions? The response from the last Momma/Daddy photo was powerful…so just take a deep breath and feel the love people.

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We went to the National Museum of Art. Mom was the one that went to the Archives building and ironically she ran into a former High School classmate of Dad’s. Weird.

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Dad had a really crappy time, as you can see he almost didn’t calm down from this little tissy fit. Good thing I brought some strong tranquilizers!

dali

“OK Dad, now I want you to look really serious in front of this awesome Dali painting”

Thanks for looking People, now go out there and show your love to somebody, PRONTO!

Timothy!

Timothy – Thanks for your comment. You and your family are a true inspiration. I love reading your posts everyday. and those squirrels are adorable, not to mention your folks.

Great photos. How cool is it to see you having a life, and a fun life at that!

The photos of mom and dad are inspirational and challenging. They have decided to keep living and loving and laughing through a period that has so many just giving up.

Many of us are better off for your sharing.

Thank you
Mac

Love the pictures. Thank you for sharing these times and thoughts with all of us. It helps us understand things about our selves and to relate to what is going on with life.

Love to all!

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