The Seattle Journal 5

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(This is part five of a series. You can read part one here, two here, three here, four here, and the book that started it here.) While I was in bed with mouth sores, Sarah was one floor up in the hospital’s little family room ministering to families.  She met Matthew and learned about his sister.  She met Barb, and …

The Seattle Journal 3

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(This is part three of a series. You can read part one here, part two here, and the book that started it all — which is free, by the way — here.) How could I forget to tell you about the tentacular chest dongles? Before we went up to Seattle, I was told that I needed something put in me …

The Seattle Journal 2

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Note: This is Part Two of probably a three-part story. You can read Part One here, and the book that started it all here. Not long before we headed up to Seattle, my wife, Sarah and her mother, Pam, organized an emergency family meeting. Our whole lives were about to turn upside down, so they figured we should get everyone …

The Seattle Journal

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At the beginning of 2014 I was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  Near the end of January I started chemo therapy, and four months later the cancer was completely gone.  However, about four months after that it was back.  And that’s where this story begins. (To read more about those initial months, though, be sure to check out my …

The Cancer Journal Part Four

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(This is Part Four of The Cancer Journal.  You can read Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Three here!) Two days passed following the PET scan.  I tried to push the technician’s look out of my mind, but without much success.  And so we came to Friday evening.  I was driving when the doctors’ office called, and because …

The Cancer Journal Part Three

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(This is Part Three of the Cancer Journal.  You can find Part One here and Part Two here.) We went into treatment.  Prior to starting, though, we were told the laundry list of side effects.  These included, but were not limited to: Nerve Damage Heart Damage Lung Damage Severe Fatigue Demolished White Blood Cell Counts Demolished Red Blood Cell Counts …