Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks is a world famous neurologist and author. The movie Awakenings was based on one of his books. His most famous book, The Man who mistook his wife for a hat is probably one of his most famous books, a collection of stories based on case studies.
A few years ago we invited him to give a presentation at Oswego. I was asked to pick him up at the airport and drive him to campus. We ended up going out for lunch and taking a lovely drive through thecentral NY countryside spending about 3 hours talking about our mutual interests in the cognitive neuroscience of vision.

Lately have been having weird experiences in my "blind spot" every once and awhile coherent complex images will appear there. Wrote to a number of "experts about this phenomenon. Dr. Sacks wa the only person to respond. Iowas thrilled just to get a response then his assistant emailed me saying Dr. Sacks wanted to meet with me to discuss my"problem"

Gary
10/23

Sept 30 scan

The Sept 30 scan showed no evidence of the tumor.

scan

Next scan is scheduled for next week. will post the results

Gary

Back towork

Wednesday I was back in the classroom. By the end of the day, after three classes, I felt better than any time since my surgery

latest scan

I met with my oncololgist yestereday and hesaidthe last scan continued to show imrovement.

Scan

As everyone who has gone through this has told me. Today and the past few days have been incredibly distressful. I have my scan late this afternoon and I meet with my oncologist tomorrow morning to go over the results. As a result of my stress level I probably have been taking it out on my family and can't apologize to them enough.. After my last scan I was expecting bad news as i thought my physical condition was deteriorating. then my Dr said I had a dramatic improvement. This month I have been feeling great and expect good results that makes me nervous.

Had a great visit with my nephew Richard and his wife Janice. It is hard to believe that this little kid I used to babysit is now 40. I certainly have been blessed with wonderful family

Latest news 7/25/08

Just got back from Syracuse and Gary looks and feels great. He's gained weight and lost the steroid bloat. The new medication for his stomach is really doing the trick .He is going for therapy twice a week and is planning on teaching an introductory course in the fall semester. He is so much stronger then my visit in May. He walks better and doesn't tire as easily as he had. And to all this I say pooh, pooh, pooh!
His next scans are Monday and he will get results on Tuesday. Prayers and good wishes are always welcome.

Susan