I have not written here in a while, but not for lack of content. I have been off active treatment for almost a full year but I am still a regular at MSK Uniondale, talking NY Knicks with security guards and responding to “Doc,” which a lot of the staff call me, having either taken…

As promised here is a list of some things that were unwrapped for me over the last year, in no specific order of incidence or importance: 1. The human body is fragile. It doesn’t take a lot to upset balance. 2. The human body is mighty if you treat it with respect. 3. Friends are…

If you asked me to name the best day of my life, I would have to give you a list: the day I got married, the births of my boys, admission to Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Super Bowl 42 (Giants win over the undefeated Patriots, helmet-catch, etc.), to name a few. The worst day…

On 3/18 I received my last session of chemotherapy. A month later, some things have changed: I am lifting heavier weights, cycling a little faster, and daring to do more abdominal exercises with minimal fear of ripping stitches or getting a hernia. I am tossing my boys around like the Sachin of old who treated…

Last weekend Sapana and I were joined by our friends and family to participate in MSK’s Cycle for Survival event on Long Island. For those unfamiliar with this event (unlikely if you are reading this because you know us and as such have had your social media blown up by our solicitation), MSK uses this…

I went back to the operating room shortly after the New Year to definitively address the healing issues of my hepatic pump incision. It turns out that the initial positioning of this annoying hockey puck was a location where I only had a thin layer of overlaying skin which could not handle the tension. My…

It’s been a while since I have posted an update. I don’t think it is because I didn’t have anything worth writing about in so much as I have been reluctant to share how debilitated I have felt over the past several weeks. But I am starting to gradually realize that being open about such…

This week I resumed chemotherapy! So fun! Sarcasm aside, I do feel good about this in that the next step is underway. It is a strange feeling, having a needle plunged into your abdomen. The hepatic artery infusion system essentially is a temperature-sensitive reservoir. It has a spring-activated release that infuses über-potent chemotherapy into the…

On 9/13, I underwent an open low anterior resection of my sigmoid colon, partial liver resection, cholecystectomy, and implantation of a hepatic artery infusion system. Sapana and I checked into a hotel in Manhattan the night before so that I could perform my pre-surgical bowel prep in chic, urban style. At that point, I was…

I know Sachin’s been slaying cancer since June but this week felt especially surreal for me. While I’ve been to every single appointment, chemo round, and scan, this surgery created a level of reality that I couldn’t mentally wrap my head around. While he had smaller procedures (getting his port), or chemo (which is medical…