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Time for some blog posts!
My blog is composed of my writing on a variety of topics. It serves as a journal, a source of entertainment, and hopefully a resource to help others.
Lessons in friendship
This hasn't been an easy week. I lost a really good friend to cancer. Cancer leads to a different kind of friendship. The relationships...
Burt Rosen
12 hours ago2 min read
3 year reflections (or why I jumped out of a perfectly good airplane)
I was diagnosed 3 years ago (7/1/2022). This year (2025) marked my 3 year since diagnosis (I won't call it a cancer-versary, not my cup...
Burt Rosen
3 days ago4 min read
3 years and hold the Mayo
Hopefully I don't sound angry but I just wrote an entire post that was lost. BOOOOO. So today is my 3 year diagnosis anniversary. I was...
Burt Rosen
Jul 12 min read
The time has come
So, update time. Saw Pegna and Pommier on June 2nd and we pretty much agreed that surgery makes the most sense right now. For starters,...
Burt Rosen
Jun 192 min read
"It's time to do something" - a health update
Those are not the words you generally want to hear come out of your oncologists mouth, but, here we are. I had my MRI on 5/19. Being me,...
Burt Rosen
May 221 min read
I yam what I yam
For some reason, in today's acupuncture session, while lying on a quiet table with needles sticking out of my body, and my mind racing...
Burt Rosen
May 92 min read
60 - it's not a birthday it's a state of mind!
Last week was my 60th birthday. I used to wonder what turning 60 would feel like. But now, I don't care. What I care about is that I am...
Burt Rosen
Apr 204 min read
Never enough
I am not shy about sharing that I have been in therapy for a while (and highly recommend it if you aren't). One of the themes that...
Burt Rosen
Apr 202 min read
Liminality; will I ever ring a bell?
I had acupuncture yesterday. I love acupuncture. Sure, the needles going in isn't always my favorite, but once they are in, I relax a...
Burt Rosen
Mar 283 min read
Happy Kidney cancer awareness month
Well, it's kidney cancer awareness month and although I have kidney cancer (in addition to the Pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumors (PNET)) I...
Burt Rosen
Mar 163 min read
Expect the unexpected!
This is a combo post, updates, and thoughts. Updates first. I had my latest scans last week For the first time, I showed some growth and...
Burt Rosen
Feb 193 min read
What does the future hold? Who knows, let's ask AI!
Some quick updates before we get into the thrust of the article. I feel good. A little more fatigue but still pretty good Work is great,...
Burt Rosen
Feb 163 min read
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