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I was concerned with my weight as I was not sure if the ascites was building up quickly, but this evening my weight is in the normal range which is quite reassuring. We told the kids that tomorrow we were going out for dinner to celebrate and the kids asked why. After informing them that…
When I am not feeling well, my writing and thought process is so bad. I am glad that I have it documented as it shows the level of cognitive decline when my energy reserves are low. I need to make sure that I do not get to those levels and make sure that I monitor…
I am exhausted today. I am a bit surprised about how tired I am and it kind of hit me this afternoon at half time of the World Cup. We attended the celebration of life and I ended up standing for 2 hours as all of the tables were full and I did not know…
Mel thought that I was pretty peppy today all things considered. I think that this treatment cycle actually went fairly well. Most of the issues from previous sessions I was able to deal with. Neuropathy still sucks and I am not sure if it is getting better or not, but it has not been impacting…
Last night it poured. I had some difficulty sleeping and was up repeatedly through the night. The difficulty was self inflicted as i had a lot of ideas running through my head and would occasionally document things and run through scenarios. I also wanted to make sure that Mel’s snores were real and not an…
Today was quite the interesting day. I was supposed to have chemotherapy today and I had an appointment withe supportive care team prior. Talking with the doctor there he has scheduled an ultrasound next week to see how much fluid build up I have to see if it makes sense for me to get drained…
This morning we had a meeting with the oncologist and some other appointments. The traffic in the morning when school buses is running is crazy, a trip that can normally take 5 minutes can get extended an extra 10 or 15 minutes because kids are picked up two driveways apart. We arrived at the cancer…
Yesterday morning a friend of mine sent me a photo and I made the front page of the printed Sudbury Star which I think is hilarious that they put it there. I guess that it is a feel good story and it is for a good cause. I did not really see a huge spike…
This morning when I woke up I has thinking about everything that has happened this week and things that I wanted to write about. I wanted to write an update for the GoFundMe but I was not in a great place mentally. What really hit me this morning was I get why people give up…
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My vision on my laptop was improved significantly but there is a till a bit of fatigue when I am on it but it seems to be getting better the more that I use it. This morning with the nurses I have had interesting interactions. She orginally was going to enter my room but then…