My final blog and thoughts... It was five years ago today, August 25, 2007, that I was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer. Six doctors...

The last eleven cancer patients who have contacted me have all said the same thing. They don't want to do chemotherapy. I don't bla...

Blood test to spot cancer gets big boost from J&J Associated Press/AP Online By MARILYNN MARCHIONE BOSTON - A blood test so sensitive...

Long time no blog. I've been taking some new holistic medicine. It's called Agaricus Phalloides D4. It's extract from a poisono...

There’s a new cancer medicine called CV247. It stops the spread and growth of tumors. It was developed by Dr. John Carter, a veterinary sur...

I was scanned last Thursday and everything was clear.  So now I have another scan in October and one in January.  When those are clear then...

Healthcare reform... Where? I started to read the health care bill and found a lot of it is written in "Lawyer" (Shakespeare was...

I finally had the port removed from my chest. The port was a small medical device beneath the skin, through which drugs and chemo could be...

I was scanned today. It's so good to hear your doctor say, "I'll go over the scan with you if you want, but there's nothi...

I met with my doctor from Germany yesterday. I never thought I would or could get excited about anything that has to do with medicine or t...

It'll be two years Friday-- January 8, 2010-- since I was CyberKnifed in Germany.  According to a number of cancer specialists, I'...

A friend of mine is on the list to go to Manchester, England for gene therapy. The results in the gene testing testing period were pretty ...

Last night I had a cancer dream.  I've had a couple in the past, but this one was seemingly so real. I woke up at 3:30 this morning in...

It's one thing to listen to the news and watch all the Sunday morning political chat shows; it’s another to actually read and digest t...

I’ve started to read portions of the 2,100 page healthcare reform bill. A half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts, 400 billion dollars in...

I have an idea. I've already sent several emails to elected officials. I suggested that "we the people" get the same insur...

If you’re following “The Great Healthcare Debate," read between the lines and you’ll realize it has little to do with healthcare at a...

With all the talk about medicines and costs, pharmaceutical companies and health care reform, I realized this morning that I’d overlooked ...

I read an article in The New York Times yesterday that is, as far as I’m concerned, the "writing on the wall." The article sa...

I was talking to my brother Bill on the phone a couple of days ago about something that I think should be addressed in this great healthca...

I got scanned on Tuesday. I was supposed to get the results on Thursday but didn't. My brother Bill was over the house today asking ab...

I really didn't have much to blog about because I was taking the thalidomide to remove the micro tumor cells found in my blood and doi...

Four more weeks of thalidomide and then I send off another twelve vials of blood to Greece to see if the low-level micro tumor cells that ...

It was two years ago today that I was diagnosed with stage four throat cancer. On that day, two doctors told me that if I didn't get a...

It's never easy. After my scan, the doctor comes in and says that everything was fine, the lymph node is normal and my entire body is ...

I  get scanned again on Thursday. I always get anxious before a scan because I hate going in that tube. Being claustrophobic is no fun.  I...

I read an article in the Daily Mail newspaper from London about Patrick Swayze and his cancer battle. He looks much better than he did thr...

England has finally gotten is first CyberKnife. It was reported yesterday in the UK Mirror: CyberKnife gives cancer cure hope 13/07/2...

Since I posted that last entry about the micro tumor cells in my blood, I’ve gotten lots of e-mails and phone calls from other cancer surv...

I got the results of my blood test for micro tumor cells back from Greece. There are still some remaining tumor cells in my blood-- but a ...

I got on the scale this morning. I've gained five pounds in six months. And I’ve been fighting hard to keep those five pounds on. I ne...

I went to say goodbye to my friend Farrah yesterday. Her funeral service was beautiful. Her son Redmond read Lamentations 3:17-26, Ryan O...

Having lived in Canada for a year and a half and in England for almost two years, I can tell you firsthand that National Health Care or go...

I'm posting on my iPhone from my doctor’s office while getting maintenance treatments: one IV drip of Vitamin C and another of an anti...

Many of you know that I appeared on the syndicated television show Extra last week, talking about Farrah and my own experience being treat...

                                                    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama predicted travails ahead for                     ...

After my scope and scans were clear, my American doctors told me I was all done, to go home and they would see me in three months for anot...

It was really tough for me to watch Farrah's Story on NBC the other night. Farrah Fawcett is my friend. I pray that she's comfor...