Ed’s Story

Site created on January 19, 2018

Welcome to my CaringBridge website. I'm using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. I appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. My chemo and radiation treatments for throat cancer begin Monday January 22. Chemo drug is Cisplatin and takes about 6 hours to be applied, followed that day by a 10 minute blast of radiation.  Chemo will also be done Feb. 12 and March 9. Radiation treatments will be everyday M-F until March 9. After that, the radiation resonates against the cancer without the beam for 3-4 weeks. Had a food tube placed in me on Jan 16, kind of reminds me of being a Borg from Star Trek. Also had a mediport placed inside my chest Jan 17 so they don't keep pricking my veins for the chemo, blood draws, etc. University Hospitals team is very impressive, also have a nutritionist and speech therapist that'll help me keep swallowing correctly. Got plaster casts of my teeth today, used to create  "tooth trays" I'll use for fluoride treatments 2x a day.  Plan to use them as paperweights! Stephen King would be proud, haha. 

Newest Update

My next book this fall!

Journal entry by Ed Rossman —

I've gone into contract this week with Christian Faith Publishing to do my next book, "A Guy's Guide to Throat Cancer", based on these journal entries. It should be out by October. You'll all get signed copies!

Thank you for your love and inspiration!!! You made my struggle easier, and I know thanks to you, we'll be helping a lot of others as well.
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