With Dr. Feldman raising funds for fertility preservation. Friends and family! I can't believe it's been almost 10 years since I was diagnosed. What grace and blessing to have lived a full life in that decade and to welcome Juniper and Iris to our family and watch them grow. It is all a … [Read more...]
The Nutcrackers are back in person!
May 15, 2022 by 1 Comment
The last year has proven to be another challenging one for us all but the increased opportunities to gather safely in person feel like much needed medicine and food for the soul. Next Saturday, for the first time in 2 years, we will be riding to raise funds for germ cell tumor research at … [Read more...]
Nutcrackers Ride Again
May 15, 2021 by 1 Comment
What a year. Personally, I have been both overwhelmed by the intensity, the disruption and the grief and, at the same time, have been in awe of acts of compassion and moments of connectedness, healing and growth. On many levels these juxtaposed feelings remind me of the year I was sick. I remain so … [Read more...]
Riding for Survival
March 6, 2020 by Leave a Comment
I am writing after just moving back to Pawling, NY from Buenos Aires, Argentina where we spent a year living and our final 3 weeks camping in Patagonia (pic below at El Chaltén). We drove 2,000 miles to the end of the southernmost road in the world. I was back in NY in December of last year for my … [Read more...]
Celebrating 5 Years & Riding with the Nutcrackers
February 24, 2019 by 10 Comments
When my family and I sat down for dinner last night my daughter, Juniper, asked me why I was crying. “Because I am so happy and grateful we are all here,” I told her. It was our first meal in our new house in Buenos Aires where we are living for a year and as I took in the sight of the food on the … [Read more...]
A Very Happy New Year
December 31, 2017 by 3 Comments
I am at my wife’s childhood home in Minnesota watching the sun drop slowly behind the bare trees for the last time in 2017. As I reflect on the year during this rare moment of quiet (one daughter is napping, the other playing with her grandmother) I am overwhelmed again with gratitude. I think of … [Read more...]
The Nutcrackers Ride Again
February 4, 2017 by 9 Comments
It has been almost a year since I posted here and a wonderful year it has been. I remain free of any evidence of disease and a few months ago graduated from getting tested every 3 months to every 6 months which feels great. I had the privilege of doing a few readings from BLOOM and published an … [Read more...]
Someone Told Me It’s All Happening At The (terato)Zoo(spermia)
March 3, 2016 by 21 Comments
All clear again two weeks ago for my quarterly tests! Despite being in a relative safe zone, my sense of relief and comfort always deepens when I get the news and my gratitude and joy ratchets up. As I sat in the waiting room at MSK a young man huddled with his parents after receiving some bad … [Read more...]
Gratitude with a Side of Turkey
November 29, 2015 by 10 Comments
I went to Sloan Kettering two weeks ago for my quarterly testing and got the all clear! Now that I am about 2 years away from my last round of chemo my oncologist says my chance of recurrence is now less than 2% which sounds pretty low to me and, just as important, I feel great. I still have a … [Read more...]
A Book, a Bike Ride and a Party
March 3, 2015 by 10 Comments
Hey all! Wanted to let you know about a few things. First of all I am feeling great, enjoying (and trying to figure out) fatherhood and re-assimilating into the world. All of my monthly tests have been clean and I just graduated to bi-monthly testing which is an exciting milestone to pass! I … [Read more...]
Giving Thanks
November 26, 2014 by 23 Comments
I Hey team! It has been a long time since I’ve posted and I hope I haven't caused any worry in the interim. My health is great - official cancer status is "confirmed complete remission" (which is pretty much as good as it gets). I am now in "surveillance" with monthly blood tests and x-rays and … [Read more...]
You Can Call Me NED
August 12, 2014 by 37 Comments
One year ago today at around 6pm I was in the orchard staking a young tree in an attempt to get it to grow straight when the phone rang. I let it go to voicemail deeming my arboreal correction of greater importance. The phone rang again. This time I went inside and looked at the caller ID which … [Read more...]
One More Round
July 29, 2014 by 20 Comments
Hey team! Just a quick post to let you all know I am going in Monday, 8/4 for my right lung thoracotomy. It will likely be in the morning and should take 3-4 hours. The standard hospital stay is 3-5 days - I'm gonna try and make it 3. I feel strong and energetic in my body and am drifting towards a … [Read more...]
A Big Time
July 11, 2014 by 15 Comments
Summer is swinging and bursting open with dewy sweet mornings and evenings like molasses. A few weeks ago KR and I got married for realz on a day so filled with light and joy and smiles and hugs and tears that only the solstice could contain it all. It was a trifecta celebration of union, health and … [Read more...]
No, YOU Grow the Placenta
May 26, 2014 by 26 Comments
Hey Team! It’s been a beautiful, sunny, warm late Spring day -I can almost hear the trees and plants growing- and my cancer is nowhere to be found. I got a CT scan and labs and met with my Dr. Feldman (my oncologist) last week. My tumor marker remains in the undetectable range for the second time … [Read more...]
Adventures In Testicular Cancer 