The Suspense Builds...

This is the fax I sent to the Fancy Dermatology Dept. today. I succeeded in getting an appt. Sept. 1 with another derma on the staff. But th...

Will it never stop? the annals of bureaucracy

When we were in southern Maine in July we walked along the beach, got our legs wet, rinsed off, then started back up the road to our motel. ...

Elevator

Today I was waiting for the elevator to take me up to the 21st floor at Fancy Hospital. That's the you're-in-big-trouble floor, wher...

Light-headed

Tonight at rowing practice (indoors) we were to row hard for one minute, then not as hard for one minute, for a total of 40 minutes. After 2...

Using the cancer card

I was riding my bike to the Belmont L and had stopped at the light at Belmont and Sheffield. I felt someone bump against my basket. Some guy...

Elevated

I was in the elevator at the Fancy Hospital Medical Building after my phototherapy session, which has really helped alleviate the itching/bu...

Type 2014A...

in the folktale roster is the "That's good, that's bad" formula story. I found out that it did not originate with my cous...

Son of Son of Meltdown/I am Zapped

One symptom of my polycythemia vera is itchy skin. All over? two people asked in one day. No, not all over. Not my hands or feet or face or...

How do you solve a problem like tamoxifen?

I take it and don't think about the side effects very often because I can't bear to. The oncologist said to take it so I take it. I ...

Mauled by a Student Nurse

Alert readers will recall that Cancer Bitch has a rare blood disease that borders on cancer. It becomes cancer when plaintiffs' lawyers ...

More from the Annals of Polycythemia Vera

L's office brings in people to test our blood every year in a "wellness screening." I have polycythemia vera, that in layman...

Older

I was talking on the phone to R today, and she told me about her hometown best friend who has a terrible blood disease. What is it? I asked....