Beam room music rundown: “She’s Always a Woman,” Billy Joel “The Boxer,” Simon & Garfunkel “Lonely People,” America ...
Radiation Day 18 – Asking for what I need
Beam room music rundown: Some country song I couldn’t make out because the radio was too quiet and...
Radiation Day 17 – Winehouse, and only Winehouse
That’s right, only one song in the beam room today, folks: “Valerie,” Amy Winehouse – This is a...
Radiation Day 16 – It’s classic rock all the way down
Beam room music rundown: “I Can’t Tell You Why,” The Eagles – Once again, I side with The...
Radiation Day 15 – “Whoa-oh we’re halfway there.”
(I really, really hope you read that title in Jon Bon Jovi’s voice to the rhythm of “Livin’...
Radiation Day 14 – Silence is golden
Today was the second day of no music in the beam room. The common factor in both days...
Radiation Day 13 – A subtle shift in language
Your day 13 beam room music rundown: “Fool In The Rain,” Led Zeppelin “I Am a Rock,” Simon...
Radiation Day 12 – A Solo Journey
Beam room music rundown: “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head,” Dean Martin – A little too on...
Radiation Day 11 – Country music!
The beam room really switched it up on me today, defying my expectations. Country! Here’s the rundown: “Chicken...
Graduations, Community, and Connectedness
Yesterday was Olin’s graduation. Despite a dreary, and rainy start (thanks, New England “spring”!), by the time the...
Radiation Day 10 – The sound of silence
Well, week 2 of radiation therapy is officially in the books, but there was no music in the...
Radiation Day 9
Beam room music rundown (only two songs today thanks to the Eagles’ propensity for writing looooong songs): “I...
“I don’t think I can wear an ‘F Cancer’ t-shirt.”
About a week after my surgery, I had a follow-up appointment with my neuro-oncologist. We needed to wait...
Radiation Day 8 – Tom Petty sparks San Francisco nostalgia
Your daily beam room music rundown: “Fire and Rain,” James Taylor “Black Water,” The Doobie Brothers “Mary Jane’s...
Radiation Day 7 – I could have chosen the music today…
…but I didn’t. I had to go to a different beam room than my normal location today because...
Radiation Day 6
Beam room music rundown: “The Space Between,” Dave Matthews Band (really, more DMB?) [Sadly, I forgot the other...
The Cancer Nod
Do you know what a “bro nod” is? No? Well, click away on that there link and get...
Radiation Day 5 – Week 1 is in the books (and the music wasn’t bad)!
Beam room music rundown: “Eleanor Rigby,” The Beatles “The Way You Make Me Feel,” Michael Jackson “You’re My...
Radiation Day 4 – It was a good day
Beam room music breakdown: “Ants Marching,” Dave Matthews Band (swing and a miss) [Another DMB song I couldn’t...
Radiation Day 3 – Beam room music rundown and the odd sensation of flashing lights behind my eyelids
Song 1 – “Ho Hey,” The Lumineers Song 2 – “Yellow,” Coldplay Song 3 – “Stand By Me,”...
Radiation Day 2, Part 2 – In which the music in the beam room makes me feel old
When I was back home for the holidays this past winter, an old friend of mine remarked how...
Radiation Day 2, Part 1 – “The Man in the Plastic Mask”
Yesterday I alluded to a sweet, custom-made plastic mask that attaches to the table of the external beam...
Radiation Day 1
Well, well, well, the first day of radiation and (bonus!) half-dose chemotherapy has arrived. There’s a strict schedule...
A baseline for my brain
Today was a day of milestones (and mile-markers, I suppose). This morning I had a neuropsychological assessment to...
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