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My abdomen feels really tight and it has not been super comfortable right now. Yesterday Mel and myself went to Costco in the afternoon and we went through the store fairly quickly and that is about the limits of what I can manage. We went through and got all of the groceries required and managed…
Cancer is quite expensive. Today I will have a nurse come and she is going to give me an injection. The purpose of the injection is to help out with my white blood cells so that they do not drop too much. If my lab work comes back with concerns then it delays my treatments…
Today is family day and we have been pretty lazy today. Mel slept in until close to 10:45am, where she just lounged in bed. We have not had a weekend like this in a while where she can sleep in. I did not sleep in and was up at 3am. It is awesome with the…
We met with my radiation oncologist this morning who is a friend of mine. Our kids played hockey together years ago and we worked together at HSN and it is someone that I like to get his opinion on things. He is extremely biased to try and help me and what he says carries a…
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We were out all day today and I made quite the mistake. I forgot to take any of my medication but it seemed to be ok. I felt some nausea throughout the day but I managed it seems. I did not sleep well last night and got up in the middle of the night and…
Today was a busy day as we went to the Sens game and then out for dinner at a steakhouse. We arrived back at our hotel at 8:30pm so we were out of the hotel for most of the day. It was a bit tricky eating throughout the day but I think that I managed…
We left approximately 2 hours today after I was finished my treatment. I think that today I may drop a bit of weight as traveling was a bit tough. I ate things throughout the morning, and we stopped for Subway in Mattawa. I ate half of my 6inch sub and then afterward I did not…
For the last two weeks each morning there is a patient that has his appointments either before or after mine. As we both like to be early we have started chatting for the last week. He is in his second week of treatment and his wife also has stage 4 cancer and is currently undergoing…
I now have a driver to take me to my appointments as Mel does not think that I am capable. She is also cutting up my food and feeding it to me after she pre-chews it. I am actually not that bad at the moment but I think that Mel is doing it to prevent…
On Friday morning, the weekend seemed that it was going to be relatively calm and quiet. Xavier had a game on Friday night and that was all that was on the agenda. By the end of the afternoon we found out that he was going to have 4 more additional games. He is playing 3…