Blog of Random Thoughts
Today has been quite crazy as we prep for tomorrow. The morning started with a message from a friend that requested Xavier go help out at the new facility creating ice. Xavier was sleeping and I had meetings in the morning so I could not ask him yet. He of course said yes and went…
Xavier and Mel were making the bed last night and he remembered that when he was a kid, we used to play with his duplo that I would always take the chicken. His characters would have all sorts of crazy super powers and were basically unbeatable. My chicken had 1 power. Instant death if someone…
Yesterday I got the results from my CT scan and we met with the doctor this morning. The concensus is that we are unsure of everything and just know that I have cancer “somewhere”. The doctor is concerned about the neuropathy becoming permanent so he wants to switch early to a different treatment. Things seem…
Things are starting to go back to normal. My bowel movements have returned to normal and I am now eating more normally. The texture of some food still sucks a bit and it is still not pleasant to eat, but I can eat more things now. Mel does not want me to cook dinner tonight…
I am still struggling today and I do not like it. I think that it may be due to me having difficulties eating, as that is impacting my energy levels and leading to fatigue. There is a lot of food where the texture is not sitting right and it makes me not want to eat….
I have been rather tired today, and my hands are cold, but there is no tingling. This morning I did not do much and I told Mel that I was quite tired. She shared that I was on the steroids for two days and now I was coming off of it so it was expected…
This morning we decided to make smoked ribs on the smoker for preparation for tomorrow. I got up early to make sure that I was prepared for things and realized that I should be using briquettes instead of lump charcoal. We did not have any briquettes so I waited and went to the store at…
Captain’s log July 10th, star date 86976.6. I am sitting in a hammock watching my fire burn in the fire pit that I painstakingly started with my first progeny if F1. He cut wood for me but we did not make enough kindling so I had to make some myself. The fire is subpar as…
After 48 hours I am supposed to get my chemo bottle disconnected. The bottle it supposed to be drained in approximately 46 hours but it might drain faster because of different factors. I get the bottle somewhere between 10:30 and 11:30 generally so it should be disconnected around 8:30 to 9:30. I think that it…
When I was in Grade 6, Canada was holding the Winter Olympics and our school had decided to host our own games where the Grade 6 students would choose a nation and then we would choose our team based on the population at the school. It was a lot of fun and we had to…