http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/ Home page and HQ of Gasbarro.net en-us 2008-09-22T10:40:33-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000190.html We'll return in a few days.... As you may have noticed I've been getting spammed in my comments section lately so I am going to close these off for now. If you need to reach me, email me directly or... gasbarro 2008-09-22T10:40:33-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000189.html As many of you probably know, tomorrow evening, all 3 major television networks are airing a special titled “Stand Up 2 Cancer”. Despite the fact that this is yet another place that fails to recognize orphan cancers like mine, they... Other gasbarro 2008-09-04T12:35:27-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000188.html Got your attention? Good, because it’s true. I did jump out of a plane on Saturday, as did Pat. And no, it wasn’t on fire or crashing – we jumped on purpose. Tandem skydives to be exact at Jumptown in... Other gasbarro 2008-08-12T22:42:31-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000186.html After many discussions with doctors, family, and friends and days of deliberation I have decided to postpone the surgery. This is definitely the best decision for me at this time. I feel fortunate that my doctors understand and agree that... Surgery gasbarro 2008-07-29T19:40:49-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000185.html To bring you the latest update. Where to begin? A lot has happened over the past few weeks - too much to try to explain, but it all lead to where I am today. Today is the first day of... Surgery gasbarro 2008-07-21T19:15:08-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000184.html That’s my date. A bit later than I had hoped, but coordinating the schedules of 4 surgeons in the summertime is a bit like, well according to the secretary at the Department of Surgery, “getting an audience with the Pope.”... Surgery gasbarro 2008-06-23T21:39:48-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000183.html Apologies for the delayed update – technical glitch behind the scenes which locked me out of the website for the past week. Didn’t make much of a difference though because I didn’t have any information or news to share until... Surgery gasbarro 2008-06-11T22:41:31-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000182.html I’m not holding out and keeping my surgery date secret. I still don’t know when it is going to be. I’m a bit frustrated at this point and just want the date so that I can move forward with planning... Surgery gasbarro 2008-06-04T15:45:35-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000180.html I had planned to update this site much sooner, but I had to tell some people personally before I posted the following and those of you who know me, know that I am really good at procrastination. Plus I’ve been... Surgery gasbarro 2008-05-21T22:20:22-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000179.html I’m tired of medical and health stuff dominating every aspect of my life. I need a break. So I took one. The weather has been beautiful and spring-like even on the weekends, so I’ve been spending as much time as... Other jean 2008-04-21T22:00:32-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000178.html I spoke with Dr. Zeitman this morning and got the news that I didn’t want to hear, but unfortunately was expecting. I’m not a candidate for Proton Beam Therapy. He spent hours examining every angle of my CT scans and... Follow Up jean 2008-04-08T12:20:31-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000177.html I am getting as bad as Pat with updating the site lately. I’ve been busy – with work, personal life and health stuff. It’s never ending and I always say “Oh, I’ll write an update after I hear from Dr.... Follow Up jean 2008-04-06T20:20:07-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000175.html I’ve spent the past several weeks trying to wrap my brain around all of the information we had received from the many doctors and specialists I had met with these past 2 months. I wanted to wait until I had... Follow Up jean 2008-03-03T21:43:25-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000174.html No surprises here, the results came back Thursday morning and confirmed what we already knew. The tumor is muscinous cystadenocarcinoma (of the appendix). Dr. Karian called me bright and early Thursday morning to give me the report and to let... Surgery jean 2008-02-06T14:46:38-05:00 http://www.gasbarro.net/jean/archives/000173.html Thanks to Pat for updating the site yesterday to let everyone know the procedure went as planned. I was home and asleep in my own bed by noon, and spent the rest of the day in and out of dreamland.... Surgery gasbarro 2008-01-29T20:48:44-05:00