We’re turning another page on the “Our Cancer” blog.
This time, the blog is making the trip North on 95 to Baltimore.
It’s finding a new home on the Kimmel Cancer Website at Johns Hopkins. This will be an easy transition for all of us. There’s nothing complicated about joining the site. It’s a new web address, but that’s about all there is to it…
http://our-cancer.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org
This is such a logical spot for “Our Cancer” to continue to grow.
This community was born, in a sense, in so many of those exam rooms, surgical suites and chemo pods, as Leroy battled his cancer at Johns Hopkins. He created “My Cancer” from his experiences there. “Our Cancer” followed in those footsteps. These were big shoes to fill, but we did it because it was important to keep this voice, his voice alive.
Remember, nothing changes…”Our Cancer” will be there for you. You’ll be able to post your comments just as you have over the years. NPR will NOT forward any of your account information to the Kimmel Cancer website, so to get email updates, RSS feeds, you must re-subscribe at the new site. And, of course book mark the new address too.
This will be the final week for the blog to apprear on NPR’s website.
http://our-cancer.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org
See you here..at the new address.
Laurie
Mar 20, 2011 @ 09:46:54
Laurie….. Will we still be able to access the “discussions” from the previous NPR site? I know there are a lot there, but there are a few I’d like to see forwarded, such as Prayer requests, memorial garden, support, etc. Also, those that dealt with someone’s particular problem or concern and the responses they received. I think we also had a resource discussion which had recommendations for treatments, advice, books, etc.
Mar 24, 2011 @ 16:27:29
Betty…We weren’t able to bring the discussions along with us but that doesn’t mean we can’t start new ones here…So “let’s discuss!!”
Laurie
Mar 19, 2011 @ 09:44:19
I posted my last response under the wrong comment. Let me begin again!!
Hi everyone….Glad to be here in our new home at the prestigious Hopkins Center. We’re living in Florida now, but are originally from Philadelphia, PA and have lived in PA, NJ, DE and DC and I know what a great place Hopkins is.
I also know what a great place “Leroy’s Cancer” was and how it developed into “Our Cancer”. We have lost a lot of followers after Leroy passed and as our format changed, but we still have several faithful followers and I am hoping that they will follow us here. I am also looking forward to all the potential new members who come here to search for help, information and comfort. You are welcome here!! Please don’t hesitate to introduce yourselves and make yourselves at home. We are here for you to help in any way we can. Welcome!!
Mar 17, 2011 @ 21:22:10
Betty, love your spirit! Blessings to you and Bill.
Brady, nice to see you here.
Mar 16, 2011 @ 20:07:25
We’re still living those days but not with as much urgency and fear as before.
Yesterday we got the results of Bill’s last tests. His tumor markers are continuing to climb and, in fact, are the highest they’ve been since he was diagnosed. There is a new tiny (12 mm) nodule in his right lower lung this time…very small and it was not present three months ago. Otherwise the scan is clean; nothing new in the abdomen, including his liver…..his PET scan from 3 months ago was also clean. He feels great and looks good. His Dr. and we discussed the change and all agreed not to go back on chemo at this time. We’ll give it another 3 months to see how much, if any, this nodule grows. Since his chemo was still working very well when he stopped last April, we fully expect it will do it’s job again if it is needed.
We had both been nervous about this visit. Each of us had come to a point on our own where we were really beginning to think perhaps this thing had been beaten…and it was a scarey feeling, because once you begin to hope that way, it’s so much more difficult when you get knocked down. Surprisingly though, I don’t feel that way this time and neither does Bill. We are still hopeful. The Dr. said..”Hey, we know we can’t cure this thing, but we’re going to do everything we can to control it.” I remember him saying that to us in the beginning and feeling scared that it couldn’t be “cured”. This time though, it gave me hope…hope that he could continue to sometimes have these recurring months without chemo, when he can replenishes his body and regains his weight and his strength. Times that are filled with peace, gratitude and joy. If the bad days come again…as they do to us all in one way or another…we’ll deal with it then. No more living in tomorrow..or the past. We’re living in today and enjoying it as it comes.
Mar 14, 2011 @ 20:56:01
Laurie, I look forward to ‘seeing’ everyone at the new home and to the continuation of the blog you have kept up.