<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ruminations on Melanoma @ upislandeggs.blog-city.com</title><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Ruminations on Melanoma) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 upislandeggs.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:22:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Ruminations on Melanoma @ upislandeggs.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Ruminations 15: Lawyers 10, Science 1</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_15_lawyers_10_science_1.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_15_lawyers_10_science_1.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruminations%5F15%5Flawyers%5F10%5Fscience%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination  15. Lawyers 10, Science 1 By Thomas  P. Vogl August  4, 2008 &nbsp; The experiment that I  proposed in Rumination 14, to get infused weekly instead of bi-weekly, (back  issues are archived at http://upislandeggs.com/Ruminations.htm)  was,]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 14</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_14_still_crazy_stable_after_all_these_years.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_14_still_crazy_stable_after_all_these_years.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F14%5Fstill%5Fcrazy%5Fstable%5Fafter%5Fall%5Fthese%5Fyears</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination 14: Still Crazy Stable After All These  Years. By Thomas P. Vogl July 4,  2008 &nbsp; I had my scheduled  re-scans on Tuesday. I had predicted that I was stable or possibly slightly  regressed. To the bemusement of my docs I was right on t]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 13 - This is Science?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_13__this_is_science.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_13__this_is_science.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F13%5F%5Fthis%5Fis%5Fscience</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination 13. This is Science?    by  Thomas P. Vogl  May 9, 2008  &nbsp;  This week I had a  repeat PET scan as well as a CT with contrast. My record for correctly  predicting the results remains intact, although my level of certainty was lower  th]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 12 - Stable is Good</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_12__stable_is_good.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_12__stable_is_good.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F12%5F%5Fstable%5Fis%5Fgood</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination  12. Stable is Good by Thomas  P. Vogl March  19, 2008 &nbsp; Last week I had a repeat PET scan that  reported &quot;stable disease&quot;. That is, in the two months that had elapsed since the  previous scan little had changed.&nbsp; There]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 11. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_11_nothing_ventured_nothing_gained.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_11_nothing_ventured_nothing_gained.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F11%5Fnothing%5Fventured%5Fnothing%5Fgained</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination 11. Nothing Ventured, Nothing  Gained   by  Thomas P. Vogl  January 24, 2008  &nbsp;  It has been an  interesting start to 2008. On January 4th I met with Dr. Geoffrey Shapiro who  went over with me in some detail the four phase 1 clinical]]></description></item><item><title>Ruminations collected</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_collected.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_collected.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruminations%5Fcollected</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve put the essays Tom has been writing about his melanoma, Ruminations on Living with Cancer , all in one place. It is over on our website and that will be updated with new chapters as they are written. The new chapters will also be posted here]]></description></item><item><title>Ruminations 10: Not So Glad Tidings</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_10_not_so_glad_tidings.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_10_not_so_glad_tidings.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruminations%5F10%5Fnot%5Fso%5Fglad%5Ftidings</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination  10: Not So Glad Tidings. by  Thomas Vogl December  15, 2007 &nbsp; The good news is that I feel just as hale and  hearty as I did when I wrote Rumination 9 in late September and that there are a  number of options now open to me that were]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 9. An Experiment in Diagnostics</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_9_an_experiment_in_diagnostics.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_9_an_experiment_in_diagnostics.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F9%5Fan%5Fexperiment%5Fin%5Fdiagnostics</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination  9. An Experiment in Diagnostics By  Tom Vogl September 20, 2007 &nbsp; My remission is holding up beautifully and I  have no further formal medical workups planned until my next set of scans, PET  and MRI, in early December.  &nbsp; That]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 8: Whodathunkit!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_8_whodathunkit.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_8_whodathunkit.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F8%5Fwhodathunkit</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination 8: Whodathunkit! August 4, 2007 by Tom Vogl &nbsp; &nbsp; Written July 27,  2007: &nbsp; I start with the  good news: Much to everyone surprise I am still asymptomatic, feeling fine, and  operating at 100%. &nbsp; Before answering the  que]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 7: The Path Ahead</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_7_the_path_ahead.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_7_the_path_ahead.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F7%5Fthe%5Fpath%5Fahead</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination 7: The Path AheadJune 21, 2007&nbsp;We had a  glorious time in Italy, spent entirely in themedieval part of whatever town  we were in. While,alas, it is no longer true that one cannot get a  badmeal in Italy, we had wonderful food and grea]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 6: Intermission</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_6_intermission.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_6_intermission.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F6%5Fintermission</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination 6:  Intermission  May 24, 2007  &nbsp;  Several unexpected  events have occurred since I wrote Rumination 5 on Sunday, May 13th. The first  occurred on Monday, when Dr. Hodi called me in the evening to tell me that the  lab results have fi]]></description><category>melanoma</category></item><item><title>Rumination 5 - The Lost Month</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_5__the_lost_month.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_5__the_lost_month.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F5%5F%5Fthe%5Flost%5Fmonth</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination 5 &ndash; The Lost  Month May 13, 2007 &nbsp; You may have noticed  discussions of clinical trials and patients circumventing them in both the  popular (e.g., Wall Street journal, May 4, page A15) and in the scientific  literature (news@na]]></description><category>melanoma</category></item><item><title>Ruminations 4: Pet Results, Decisions and Uncertainties</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_4_pet_results_decisions_and_uncertainties.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_4_pet_results_decisions_and_uncertainties.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruminations%5F4%5Fpet%5Fresults%5Fdecisions%5Fand%5Funcertainties</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ruminations 4: PET Results, Decisions, &amp; UncertaintiesApril 13,  2007&nbsp;It has been an interesting few weeks, full  ofuncertainty, and while some decisions have been made,the uncertainty  will continue for several more weeks.This is just an in]]></description><category>melanoma</category></item><item><title>Ruminations 3</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_3.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_3.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruminations%5F3</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ruminations 3: Radiation Therapy DecisionsBy Tom VoglMarch 22, 2007 As I mentioned in the first of these rumination,Reprise, medical decisions are intrinsically syntheticrather than analytic.  My currently imminent decisionon whether or not to undert]]></description><category>melanoma</category></item><item><title>Ruminations 2 - Reprieve</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/reprieve.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/reprieve.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=reprieve</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reprieve  March 8,  2007  &nbsp;  Yesterday I had  meetings with both the surgeon, Dr. Norris, and the oncologist, Dr. Hodi, about  the upshot of which more later. In the month between my last surgery]]></description><category>melanoma</category></item><item><title>Rumination 1 - Reprise</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/reprise.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/reprise.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=reprise</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tom wrote this about his cancer and we sent it out to the mailing list of people who wanted to be kept uptodate on his condition. Someone suggested Tom publish it, so here it is.   I am rather amused that the message I started teaching to my  bi]]></description><category>melanoma</category></item></channel></rss>