Blog of Random Thoughts
We are approaching December, so it is time for Hallmark Christmas movies now. Melanie records them and all and spends each evening watching one. Generally they have the same formula that repeats. Yesterday she watched one that was interesting where someone asked for one small change and it had a ripple effect. I have often…
I am a member of a cancer forum that I joined when I first found out I had cancer. I get daily email about people posting and when I first joined there were a couple of other people who had stomach cancer as well. I have not participated on it much lately but the others…
While I was in the hospital we had mentioned several times to people that we had a background in neuroscience. I also did not realize that nurses did not learn how to read and interpret CT scans. I had shown my scans to a bunch and one told me that they did not learn to…
I was released from the hospital yesterday morning. I did not realize how tired I am. I was told that I can not work and I think that right now I am going to listen to people because I do not think I could even if I wanted to. I can not wear my glasses…
Reading some of the writing from the last couple of entries, it seems odd that I did not pick up on this early. It looks obvious that something was going on when you know what happens at the end. The boys have had quite the last couple of years. They are very gentle with me…
Things have been quiet the last couple of weeks. Some minor things with dizzy spells and light headedness. Life was getting into a routine with school and hockey. So obviously we need to figure out a way to make things fun again. We started the story with the falls and concussion and this week we…
Over the last couple of days I have had a quite a few people reach out to me. I am not sure if it is because I have not been writing as much, but things have been busy with work and hockey. I am struggling a bit with typing and something that would normally take…
Hi everyone A couple of weeks ago I went in for some bloodwork and a CT scan. I had not heard back from any of the doctors yet but I had an appointment with my oncologist today. I am not going to lie, this was an appointment that made me nervous. It was my first…
On Tuesday I had an appointment with my family doctor. She had wanted to see me in order to try and determine why my blood pressure is so impacted. I have a series of tests that will be scheduled to measure blood pressure. We will also be changing my migraine medication to a lower dose…
Today I had a series of appointments for blood work and CT. For most of the year I had blood work or needles every week. Now I am not a fan of the needles. It brings me back memories of when I was going through treatment. For my bloodwork in the morning it was a…