Yes it is a made up word. Sort of the “affluenza” of the cancer set. The word may be made up but what it represents is real. Very real. Basically, scanxiety is the anxious feeling anyone who has had cancer experiences when they go in for their annual scan. Which …

January 15, 2013 A day that will live in infamy. At least in my house and in my mind. That was the day I had my surgery for bladder cancer. They took my bladder. Took my prostate. Took some of my ileum out and put it back in as a …

  and … Nothing. For those of you keeping track at home, last week I had my 1.5 year CT Scan to check for any new uninvited guests. Today was the day they read the tea leaves from that scan and the news was good – no runs, no drips, no …

Now I feel a bit silly saying I was in for surgery (background on the need for another surgery here) since the surgery took less time than I took getting undressed and putting on the gown and the hairnet.  Really.  I almost could have done it via a drive through. …

I was reminded yesterday that I sort of left everyone hanging on the outpatient surgery thing from my last post.  I said it would be in February but didn’t say exactly when. Funny thing… The surgery was scheduled for Feb 5 – but we had a bit of snow that …