After a relatively hard 60 mile bike ride,

Jul 042007

to Laguna Beach and back, there’s nothing like a nice hot shower and a nap to rejuvenate you.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the luxury of partaking of the nap portion today, as we are going to a friends house for a 4th of July barbecue in Santa Monica, and some friends are picking us up in about 10 minutes.

At least this time, I’ll have a reason for being tired besides a low hemoglobin.

A little about me

Hi, my name is Marc [that's my wife Edie beside me], and I have Mantle Cell Lymphoma, a typically aggressive form of lymphoma, except it so seems in my case.

I was diagnosed over 10 years ago, and have managed to survive since then without treatment, by following a few simple rules. Eat a [mostly] well balanced diet, exercise (cycling, at least up until recently), abstaining from taking supplements or any medications, drinking 5 to 6 cups of [Japanese] green tea a day, and most importantly [lots of good wine], flossing and brushing my teeth twice a day, everyday.

I started this blog mainly to chronicle my life, putting down in writing what goes through the mind of a cancer survivor (although I have been seen straying into unrelated areas on occasion), and along the way help educate others about lymphomas and other blood cancers, and filter out some of the hype and misinformation so often associated with the internet, which unfortunately there is plenty.

You can read a lot more about me by clicking here

Living with MCL

After a relatively hard 60 mile bike ride,

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