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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.
This or that: Thoughts from the Kippur 2025
Unfortunately, my Yom Kippur walk in the woods (WITW) tradition is slightly delayed this year. I had my 2nd radiation treatment on last...
Burt Rosen
Oct 2, 20253 min read
Yes, I have an ego!
NETRF, one of the premier organizations in the Neuroendocrine Tumor world, just put out an interview with me in their latest newsletter....
Burt Rosen
Sep 25, 20251 min read
A walk in the woods
Welcome to this week's hodge podge of a post. I don't really have a topic or a theme, but I needed to write so here I go. First, a health...
Burt Rosen
Sep 13, 20252 min read
and then (hopefully), superpowers
Radiation starts for me this Friday. First, let me explain the radiation. Then I will explain my feelings. The radiation treatment is...
Burt Rosen
Jul 29, 20252 min read
Just be, because the rest is still unwritten
If this is a little repetitive, I apologize. But if you are going to be on my blog you are going to live by my rules! So I did a thing...
Burt Rosen
Jul 19, 20253 min read
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
Jul 8, 20252 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
Jul 6, 20254 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 1, 20252 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 19, 20252 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 22, 20251 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 9, 20252 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 20, 20254 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 20, 20252 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 28, 20253 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 16, 20253 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 19, 20253 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 16, 20253 min read
The only thing to fear is fear itself - and some other stuff
Fear is real and is sometimes good because, to some degree, fear can cause us to be more cautious which can keep us safe. It's kind a ...
Burt Rosen
Jan 4, 20255 min read
New fun holiday blog post on Cure!
See the poem (if you care) here!
Burt Rosen
Dec 18, 20241 min read
It happened, I am working again - and loving it!
Not sure if I have discussed this here before, but, I GOT A JOB!!!!!! And not just a job, but a job that I am VERY excited about (yes,...
Burt Rosen
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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