Until about two weeks ago my boy could not give a memorable kiss on the cheek. He was terrible. It was like putting a mackerel from the local fish market up to your cheek. The kid was a mess. No suction. His mother and I have smooched the boy quite a bit in the last [...]
One of the things that I've learned from blogging is that people want change. They aren't happy with maintaining the status quo in their personal lives, careers, or in society at large. Many of the people that I've met in cyberspace want to revolt against their lives as they are in a POSITIVE way. Some [...]
Incurable- Not capable of being cured; beyond the power and skill of medicine to remedy Treatable- Possible to treat; responsive to treatment Incurable does not mean Untreatable Advanced Prostate Cancer is incurable, but it is treatable. Incurable and untreatable should never be confused. Today, there are treatments that provide varying degrees of control of advanced [...]
Last Thursday, March 29, 2007, I had the opportunity to participate as a patient advocate in the FDA's Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee. The purpose of the committee meeting was to evaluate the application of Dendreon Corp for approval of their new drug, Sipuleucel-T (Provenge). I want to clarify the facts and dispel some [...]
Who the heck gets a cold the first week of spring? My son, that's who. He's coughing, sneezing, and grouching all over the place. Earlier I pulled him out of the car, pulled something in my poor back, then he coughed in my mouth as I dragged his limp body up a flight of stairs. [...]