Ten days. I think this is the longest I've gone between blog posts since I started writing it.
Unfortunately, it's because my Dad died last week. He was diagnosed with lung cancer over the summer, and he'd been in hospice care for about 5 weeks. (Everyone wants to know if he smoked, and he did, but he quit over 25 years ago when his first grandchild was born.)
So the last 10 days or so have been taken up by family obligations, making up work that I've missed, and then just not really feeling like writing about cancer.
The good news (and you know I'm all about good news) is that the ASH abstracts came out on Wednesday.
ASH is the American Society of Hematology, the major organization for doctors who specialize in blood diseases, including lymphoma.
The abstracts are the short descriptions of the different sessions for their conference, which will be held at the beginning of December. Doctors who will go to the conference can read the short summaries and then decide which lectures or presentations to attend.
Every year at this time, I like to go through the abstracts for Follicular Lymphoma (there are 249 of them this year) and write about the ones that look interesting to me.
From what I can tell, there aren't really any big "blockbuster" presentations about FL this year, though I could be missing something. There will be some chatter in the next few weeks about ASH, and I'll keep an eye out for anything that people seem to be excited about. I'll also look out for the ones that won't get as much attention, but that I think are important, like research about Quality of Life and how drinking scotch will help you if you have FL.
(I didn't think there would really be anything about the benefits of scotch being presented at ASH, but I searched for it anyway. Nothing. And nothing for bourbon, either.)
So I'll pass along any interesting new research that I come across in the next couple of weeks.
(And thanks to Shelly, for checking in on me when I hadn't posted in a week, to make sure I was OK.)
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15 comments:
Hi Bob,
I am very sorry for your loss.
No need to apologise for the delay in your updates, as family comes first.
I lost my father nearly four years ago and it is a tough one to deal with.
Best wishes
Robert
Hi Bob,
I'm sorry to hear about your Dad's passing. I was wondering why we haven't heard from you in a while too! Prayers to you and your family during this difficult time. I haven't lost my Dad yet, but I have lost him to dementia. I miss him!
So sorry to hear about the passing of your father. Losing our parents is hard; something I've never truly gotten over. Please take care and don't worry about us....
Condolences on the loss of your father.
Thank you for sharing with us.
Donna
Sorry for your loss Bob. Thanks for sharing. Please keep busy - it helps.
William
Sinto muito Bob
Sorry for your loss Bob, a difficult road to travel. God bless Chris
Accept my most sincere condolences Bob. A greeting
So sorry. Sending love your way.
Bob, I agree with most everyone above.
However, for me - Barbara Patch best echoes my feelings.
So sorry. All my love commin' at ya.
Roger
Sorry for your dad Bob.
Andrea
So sorry for your loss Bob, I lost my dad to Pancreatic cancer 2 years ago. It's a hard thing to go through..My thoughts are with you and your family.
Lilly
Dear Bob,
So sorry for your loss.
My father died in 2011, victim of a heart attack.
Rodrigo
So sorry for the loss of your Dad.
Lost my Mom one year ago, some days it feels like yesterday.
Thinking of you, thanks for taking the time to post during this difficult time,
Prayers are with you.
Thank you, everyone. I really appreciate the kind words and prayers.
Bob
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