by Joe Birch | Nov 15, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
I will be sharing some writing from my journal this morning that explains the differences between my first chemotherapy Gemsar, which I took from Jan – June 2021, and this new type of chemotherapy pills.For me, this experience is life-changing and so perfect for...
by Joe Birch | Oct 30, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
In the long trajectory of “Living with Cancer” there are so many twists and turns, ups and downs, surprises and disappointments, laughter and tears, stress and joy, unexpected good news, discouraging test results – it’s like being swept up with the ever changing...
by Joe Birch | Oct 10, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
Let me begin by saying it’s a miracle that I am alive today. This is my 4-year Anniversary! Pancreatic cancer is notorious for its high mortality rate. It is often not detected until patients are an advanced Stage 4, with few warning symptoms. It is an extremely...
by Joe Birch | Sep 18, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
In this video you will see me working hard to restore my back garden – which had overgrown passion fruit vines and fig tree, wooden planter boxes filled with hard, poor soil, and a network of stubborn, tough vines that I needed to remove. I use this work in the...
by Joe Birch | Sep 11, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
Next month I will be living with Pancreatic cancer for 4-years. To get to this point, I have endured a Distal Pancreatectomy in October 23, 2020, which removed 40% of my Pancreas, my entire Spleen, 8 lymph nodes; 6-months of the chemotherapy Gemsar from January...
by Joe Birch | Aug 14, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
Despite the adversity I experienced in the first 4 days after the procedures, I must say that Day 8 is looking wonderful to me.This is the first day I have been able to take a 1-hour walk (with wrist weights) in my neighborhood since the procedures – which...
