A NEW CLINIC, A LOT OF BLOOD & DECISIONS

The past two weeks has seen some of the worst days of my life.  We were not too happy at Bio Care when they said that Lennie needed surgery.  I did not have a good rapport with the doctor that was assigned to Lennie as he seemed to ‘Americanized’ with...

BIRTHDAYS – ONE YEAR LATER

Today is Lennie’s birthday.  It was exactly one year ago today that Lennie started bleeding from his rectum and left for Mexico.  At that time his rectal tumor was blocking the passage by 85% and had metastasized to his lungs, seminal vesicles, lymph nodes and a...

INTERNATIONAL BIO CARE HOSPITAL

It is Sunday evening here in Tijuana as I sit here in my little cottage trying to keep everything straight in my head.  Lennie’s CAT scan revealed that the cancer has once again metastasized, this time to his liver and some lymph nodes on either side of his one...

PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES

It is 2 A.M. on Tuesday morning and someone is shaking me, telling me to wake up.  It’s the bag lady sitting next to me in Los Angeles’ Union Station.  I’ve been here since 10 P.M. and I must have dozed off, waiting for my bus that is supposed to...

THE LONG ROAD BACK FROM CANCER

My mom use to say that “No news was good news”.  That may have been true decades ago when it was so much of an effort to hand-write, stamp, address and mail out a letter just to say that you were doing fine.  But in these days of blogs and tweets it...

LOVE LETTER TO LENNIE

“When somebody love you, it’s no good unless she loves you….. all the way…..” It is late at night as I sit here at the desk while you sleep.  I am surrounded by photos of us.  Happy photos that I look at now, knowing that in every one you...