Author: mattkassoff

Hi all, I received news that my chemo will begin on Tuesday 7/7. I'll need labwork done the day before each chemo session to check my blood cell counts. They will give me drugs 1, 2, 3 consecutively at the treatment session and then send me home with drug 4, which will pump for 46 … Continue reading Treatment update for 7/1

Before I’m too sick to be able to think about or fight for anything other than my own survival, I want to remind everybody of some of the reasons why I’m in the enviable position of having an actual chance to beat cancer. The statement below is not debatable for me, these are facts and … Continue reading My Privilege

This past Thursday evening, 6/25/20 I went to sleep with an odd pain in my abdomen. I woke up a few times during the night but it wasn’t piercing or anything that required an immediate ER visit or anything. When I woke Friday morning, 6/26/20, I was still having the pain and nothing really seemed … Continue reading Butchie Beats Cancer, An Intro