Saturday, May 29, 2010

Less is more

How so?  My post-operative adjuvant chemotherapy is ending a month and a half sooner than I had expected.  If all goes well I will have my last treatment on July 5th rather than the first week of September.  Hell yeah!  My own independence day :).  By the way adjuvant therapy refers to additional treatment, usually given after surgery where all detectable disease has been removed, but where there remains a statistical risk of relapse due to occult disease.  In the case of colon cancer the additional treatment is generally six months.  But because of my good path report and other factors, the six weeks of chemo I had prior to surgery will be counted towards the total adjuvant therapy.  I am getting 4 1/2 months post-op chemo.   

Also Alex and I planted seedlings of lettuce, tomato, and herbs in our new 4X8 bed at the community garden.  It may sound small but having access to any land in NYC is worth fighting for.