Hey friends, A little forewarning, this post is a bit long and it is going to take you on wild ride of lows and highs. These past few weeks have been some of my toughest on cancer mountain. For 3 years now, having skated past many close calls and the expected painful path most colorectalContinue reading “Week 161 on Cancer Mountain: Some Pain and Set-backs, But Thanksgiving Starts Now for Team Crafty!”
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Week #158 … 3 Years and 3000 Miles … Now Ready to Blaze a New Trail on Cancer Mountain
Hi Friends, With all the turmoil and uncertainty throughout world today, I hope you will find this little blog post to be some uplifting and maybe even celebratory news. It was 3 years ago this week that I was diagnosed with very serious, Stage IV Colorectal Cancer. Since then, I’ve come learn there are 3Continue reading “Week #158 … 3 Years and 3000 Miles … Now Ready to Blaze a New Trail on Cancer Mountain”
3000 Miles, A Goal Supporting Cancer Research Breakthroughs
Hey friends, Tomorrow is World Cancer Research Day and that’s a very special one for me. You see, down at UCSF Cancer Center, my medical team calls me “a miracle and the future of medicine”. I am here today because of decades of cancer research breakthroughs that have made it possible for patients like meContinue reading “3000 Miles, A Goal Supporting Cancer Research Breakthroughs”
Week #150 … Chemo Round #41: It’s All About How You Use Your Time
For the past couple weeks, the NorCal fires have kept us indoors and out of the smoke (… and off the bike). Thankfully, our town has been far from the action and not threatened with evacuations or evacuation warnings. We hope that continues to be the case for what has unfortunately become our annual ‘fireContinue reading “Week #150 … Chemo Round #41: It’s All About How You Use Your Time”
Week #147 … Chemo Round #40 … And Obi Wan Said “Use the Force, Crafty. Keep Rollin!”
Last Friday, I hit one of my cycling mileage goals right out in front of a very low-profile Petaluma tourist spot called Rancho Obi Wan. According to Guinness World Records, Rancho OW houses the world’s largest Star Wars memorabilia collection. (Who knew? Right here in PTown of all places!) Anyway, as I rolled by and clicked overContinue reading “Week #147 … Chemo Round #40 … And Obi Wan Said “Use the Force, Crafty. Keep Rollin!””
Week #143: And Then There Was SWAG!
Hi Friends, Even before I got sick, I’d always been weary of (and frankly saddened by) the drabness of many of the hospital environments I’d visited. Once I was diagnosed, understanding I’d soon be going to hospitals and cancer centers like a fitness nut goes to the gym, I feared these places might suck theContinue reading “Week #143: And Then There Was SWAG!”
Week #136: Who Was That Masked Man? … Memorial Day 2020 …
All this talk of masks … It’s sad to see people making such an issue of it. Today starts Week #136 of my journey on cancer mountain. You might say I was air-dropped on to it along a double-black-diamond run over 2.5 years ago with a very difficult Stage IV diagnosis. Since then I’ve runContinue reading “Week #136: Who Was That Masked Man? … Memorial Day 2020 …”