Blog of Random Thoughts
A couple of nights ago I decided to listen to my playlist that I created last year when I was in the hospital. It is remarkable how memories of being in the hospital flood back. I played the same playlist when I was in the hospital after my brain surgery as well. When I play…
We started hockey again and had a scrimmage against another team last night. Xavier is playing really well and shut out the other team during the scrimmage. In the past this team has beaten us by a considerable amount. When he plays well it seems to energize the team and they start to play better….
Melanie remembers dates of events. I tend to not remember all of them. I know roughly when some things occurred but not the exact dates. One year ago on January 29th, I received the phone call from my doctor telling me that I had cancer. I think I had written about it in some update…
It has been interesting some of the small issues that we have had over the last couple of weeks. Small electrical things here and there, the garage door not always closing or opening. Today Mel had to bring the van to get check the tires. We have barely driven the truck and it did not…
One of the ways that I know that I am feeling better is by the amount of time that I sleep. Melanie loves sleeping and likes to sleep in. She is a night owl and is not fond of waking up in the morning. Xavier is like her and does not like getting up in…
I had my doctor’s appointment a couple of days ago and it went well. I avoided asking questions about the cancer because I did not want to hear the statistics again. I am well aware that the survival stats are bad and was not in the mood to hear them. I did cancel my appointments…
When we first bought our house, our neighbours all thought that we had installed a heated driveway. I had a standard that I maintained. Before I went to work I would shovel. That would mean that on some really heavy snow fall days I would set an alarm to get up at 5am or even 4:30am…
I have now gone half a year cancer free and have an appointment with one of my doctors on Tuesday. It is an appointment that I do not expect too much drama as my latest scans for things have been discussed with some other doctors. The last time that I spoke with this doctor he…
With the new lockdown things are going to be interesting. The kids will be attending school from home which is always a lot of fun. The nice thing is that they tend to bother Melanie and not me. I do not talk to them when they enter my office and tell them to leave. Normally…
Cancer patients are told that they need to advocate for themselves. If you do not then you may potentially get lost in the system. Previously there were system navigators to help patients navigate the system. When you are going through this, it is not always clear what you are suppose to do at each step,…