My routine oncology visit to Pittsburgh last Tuesday was, thankfully, uneventful. I calculated that this was our 11 th trip. We were in and out in less than an hour – a new record! Typically, my bloodwork is scheduled for noon and then we wait for nearly an hour (or more) to see Dr. Villaruz at 1pm. This time, we walked out at 12:52pm. My scans are stable, and I return in 4 months. I also learned last week that my pulmonary function test results are back in the normal range. That is a big relief. It seems the lower number from my January test was a fluke. This Wednesday is the launch of the book I co-edited with Rakhat Zholdoshalieva at UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). in Hamburg, Germany. Family and Intergenerational Literacy and Learning: International Perspectives is a free, open-source book published by UIL. (You can register for the April 2 book launch here .) Why do I mention this in my cancer blog? Because this three-year book project is intertwined w...