IT’S 7:30 AM

Mar 292008

and I haven’t even started getting ready for my bike ride. I actually slept till 7 AM, which is very unusual.

So here I sit, after leisurely eating breakfast, sipping my tea, trying to drum up enough energy to go meet the club.

I won’t make it to the start, but fortunately I have till 8:45 AM to meet the club, at the alternate starting point, for the “hammer zone” portion of the ride. (The first part of the ride is just a warm up, so I haven’t missed much, or so I tell myself.)

[BIG SIGH]

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

IT’S 7:30 AM

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