Michael Chase

Plucky Hard

I needed a lot of pluck this week!

Michael’s Medical Journal: Brain Radiation

Last week I completed my brain radiation treatments, a total of eight sessions! I have Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, so I get treatment for both Myeloid and Lymphoblastic types of cancer. We learned Lymphoblastic Leukemia cells like to gravitate into the Central Nervous System (brain and spinal fluid) and hang

Michael’s Medical Journal: Diagnosis and Round One of Chemotherapy

Information = Knowledge = Understanding. Tracking my stats gives me a small sense of control in a very uncontrollable situation!

Michael’s Medical Journal

Let’s dive into the details of my cancer treatment. I’m a project manager who deals with data and deadlines. Not much about this has gone according to plan, but I’m recording it all. I’m just coming to the end of Round Four (of an expected eight