***Click Play Below to Listen to Loren Read Along*** A pair of California Condors flew over us, bright and early one morning. I marveled at their unmistakeable white wing markings. And then I threw up. That’s the kind of week…
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Condors & Cancer
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Ranch & Coast Magazine Interview
A couple weeks ago I sat down with Ranch & Coast editor-at-large, former anchorwoman and coworker, Andrea Naversen. You can check out her article on The Nancarrow Project in this month’s issue of Ranch & Coast Magazine by clicking here. (Hint: Page 70) Thanks…
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More Tomorrows Like Yesterday
***Click Play Below to Hear Loren’s Voice*** I tied my shoes this morning—and I’m typing about it with my own hands. Rode my bike to the coffee shop too. Small tasks for some, major feats for me. I guess I’ve…
Tagged with: Cancer, Encinitas, Graham Nancarrow, Loren Nancarrow, Music, Susie Nancarrow, Swami's
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The Kelp Forest Suite
***Click Play Below to Hear Loren’s Voice*** This walking a line between living and dying continues to make me question my own depth. I’m in my late fifties and I’ve never really considered death before. I’ve got a lot of…
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A Blown Fuse and Safe Harbor
An Update From Susie: Sea Lions barking outside, the sound of water clipping the shore as we rest in Morro Bay. Living in the moment. Loren had fluid drained from his brain on Thursday and was released on Saturday. We…
Tagged with: Brain Cancer, Brain Tumor, California, Cancer, Loren Nancarrow, Morro Bay, Road Trip, Susie Nancarrow
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The Text
The pathology results are in for the fluid in Dad’s brain… There was a chance that the fluid was either (in order from best to worst news) dead/dying cancer cells, goo from the trauma of surgery (and/or hitting his head…
Tagged with: Brain Cancer, Brain Tumor, Cancer, hannah nancarrow, Loren Nancarrow, Nordstrom, Road Trip, Text
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Surgery #2
Dad’s second brain surgery was at 7:15 this morning. He did very well and was awake and cracking jokes by 11AM—all while sporting an impressive head bandage (although he refused my plea for a photo shoot). It’s not yet clear…
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The Smaller Room
Well here we are again. A smaller room this time but back to the hospital it is. Allow me just a moment to say: Damn! And things had been going so well. Here’s the timeline: January 27, 2013 — Discovered…
Tagged with: Brain Tumor, Cancer, Fox 5, hospital, inspiration, Loren Nancarrow, San Diego, surgery
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Fox 5 Interview with Kathleen Bade
Today Susie and I stopped by Fox 5 San Diego for my first T.V. interview since the diagnosis. It felt so good to be back on air with my co-anchor Kathleen Bade. Click to watch the interview: part one / part two Thanks for…
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To Live
{***Click here to listen to Loren read this post: To Live***} Apparently, it’s not okay to acknowledge that cancer may kill you. People get really angry when doctors hand out life expectancies based on statistics. In an earlier post, I confided…
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The Nancarrow Project 