The Chronicles of Cancer and beyond ...
I wasn’t sure if I should write about him … because he isn’t mine to write about. We broke up almost 3 decades ago after dating and living together for over two years. He was my first love. We met at work. I was the youngest of interns – barely 20-something – and was invited […]
Every story has a beginning, middle, and end. There is a plot culminating into a climax … followed by an anti-climax to the end … and then the epilogue. Today – as I completed 16 chemo infusions in 5 months (23 weeks), interrupted by 5 trips to Emergency and 2 hospital stays totalling 10 days […]
There are only two things … no, three things that will make me froth at the mouth in anger. Being too hot Being hangry Being late for an appointment Today … it wasn’t very hot at all. The car told me it was a mere 20C/67F. So I wasn’t cranky because I was hot. And, […]
So sorry I haven’t been writing. I’ve been out dating! Had lots of first dates, but have spent the last two weeks with one ruggedly handsome 6’2″ firefighter. Date #1 was six hours of talking at Brock St. Brewery then Milestones … Date #2 was eight hours of hiking then more chatting and getting to […]
I picked this idea up off another blog, and thought it would be a good entry for today. I was writing another swan dive slash tear jerker of a post and decided I needed to lighten up. So here it is … Fifteen Totally Random Things that people don’t know about me. I’d really love […]
The Number 22 has always figured prominently in my life. It’s been there as a blessing … a guide … a warning … a safety number. Matthew, my only child, was born on February 2nd … 2/2! When I got Carly, our chocolate lab puppy, she came from a puppy mill. They told me her […]
FIVE!!!!! Today is my fifth last chemo infusion!!!!! I can finally – finally – see the light at the end of this terrifying tunnel. I was absolutely giddy with excitement as I waltzed into the Chemo Lounge … in a long black dress with a side slit all the way up my thigh and my […]
I visited my Reconstruction Surgeon – Dr. V – yesterday. He is young, stylish, engaging and forthright. And he is Dr. X’s next door neighbour in the medical building. Dr. V shook my hand as he welcomed me into his large and beautifully decorated office and Heather beamed her best smile. “I’m Dr. X’s […]
Several weeks ago I asked my Oncologist Dr. F to cut my steroid dosage in half. Before receiving chemo, I am pumped up with Pepcid (to inhibit histamine responses in my gut), Benedryl (to prevent allergic reactions) and Dexametheson (a steroid to crush my immune system). The steroids were giving me a bad case of […]
My Oncologist Dr. F read me the riot act today … for not going to Emerg when my fever hit 39.6C/103F on the weekend … a whole degree over the GO TO EMERG IMMEDIATELY level. I told her that I had no one to take care of my son and dogs. She said “You’re useless […]