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Having a close circle through difficult times is both a blessing and a curse. You get to lean on them to help you at your darkest hour. But at the same time you force them to live it with you. Their days are impacted just as much as your own. You could argue even more….
Even though that quote is attributed to me, Xavier is the one that said it. Today I started telling more people at work as my presence will have an impact on the work that they are doing. Everyone has been awesome and tell me to focus on my health and not worry about work. The…
I am actually writing this on the evening of September 9th, but will post it in the morning. I am writing out my thoughts as I go through this as self reflection of my journal and my thoughts. When I read back the first time I saw the shifts throughout and I am curious to…
September 9th, 1:58pm. I have back to back meetings all afternoon and Mel is working from home doing some online training. There is a conference the first week of October that I was in the process of booking and just about to finalize payment for flights and the conference.I received a phone call that I…
A couple of months back we had a referral for genetic testing and I have been slacking off on that a bit. I am going to go get my blood work done soon for it though. I do not expect them to find much as the population I will be compared to is North America…
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Over the course of the last year I have been going in every 3 to 4 months for checkups. During my last scan late summer, they had noticed that I had some fluid in my abdomen and while it normally would not be a concern, with my history they wanted to be careful and schedule…
I finally fixed my laptop enough that I can use it now. I should have done it a while ago but I did not. The battery needed to be replaced by a screw had been stripped so it was hard to get off. I managed to get it off and replaced and now it is…
Time flies by so quickly. It surprises me that I have not posted anything for 10 days. I had thought it was only a couple of days. Last year when I was diagnosed a friend of mine said that before I know it the year would be done and I would be back to normal….
Last week I was quite tired. Over the weekend we had a wedding to attend and Olivier started to get sick. Instead of having the boys at a sleepover we had my brother come and watch the kids and I came home early to take care of him. As a result I have now gotten…
Yesterday I had my gastroscopy to verify that everything went well with the surgery last year and to make sure that the cancer has not returned. The first time I did it I was not sedated and was able to drive back home that same day. This time I opted to be sedated so I…