Ken's Cancer Blog

A journal of my battle with metastatic ("mets") muscle invasive bladder cancer, chemotherapy, surgery, clinical trials, complete response ("CR"), relapses, and the joys and travails of life

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Five Years of Remission

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On Thursday I had another set of CT scans (#60 for those keeping count). Today all the readings were posted, and I remain cancer-free. The ...

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Thursday, December 12, 2024

It's been a while

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I've been puttering along since my last scan in June. On July 5 I had a total left shoulder replacement. The orthopedist described to b...

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Saturday, June 22, 2024

Scan 58: Still NED, but needing a new shoulder

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My semi-annual CT scans on Thursday were negative for metastatic disease ("No Evidence of Disease"). I like NED. My current remiss...

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

NCI Patient Advocate Seminar and Durability Data

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On Friday May 10 I attended a Patient Advocate seminar at the Nation Cancer Institute in Bethesda Maryland. The seminar was to train new pat...

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Jennifer's Obituary

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Jennifer Marberger Brothers Jennifer Marberger Brothers eased into immortality on January 6, 2024, after 60 years of love, compassion, and...

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Sunday, January 7, 2024

No hard feelings

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No Hard Feelings When my body won't hold me anymore And it finally lets me free Will I be ready? When my feet won't walk another ...

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Jennifer died yesterday

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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,  Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,  To the last syllable of recorded time;  And all our yeste...

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Ken: I specialize in bad puns, playing games with my children and grandchildren, skiing, long motorcycle rides, and wondering what I'm going to do when I grow up.

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