Went for PET scan #7 last week, and my doctor this week said it was completely clean, as expected. I’m now switching to twice a year for future scans. It was a little over two years ago that I had my Crohn’s surgery and started chemo, but it feels like forever — which is fine [...]

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It’s been over a year since my Surgery to fix the most problematic areas of Crohn’s disease in my small intestine. As I’ve mentioned before, the surgery was a huge success, and I’ve been feeling better than I have in 8 years or so. One consequence of fixing this long-standing problem is that my intestines [...]

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Back on August 22 I posted a “3-month health update” blog entry, explaining that I had just had my follow-up PET scan. Especially clever readers may have noticed that I never posted the results of that scan. The earliest oncologist appointment I could get was about 3 weeks after the scan, on September 12. When [...]

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We like popcorn, and a couple years ago I finally broke through the taste vs. laziness barrier and started eating microwave popcorn. It wasn’t quite as good, but it was really easy. I always found it to be a little “tough” though, compared to “fresh” popcorn. Also, since popcorn can be difficult to digest, it’s [...]

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I finally had my 6-month follow up appointment with my gastroenterologist… about 4 months later than it was suposed to be. It takes about a month to get an appointment, and my last two attempts ended up being rescheduled. We discussed the results of the ASCA (anti saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody) blood test I had done [...]

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