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 spot on his spine. About 4 months later the [...]
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 ureter (the tube that drains urine [...]
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 arrive at 2:30. I’ve had [...]