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I am gaining weight, and it is not a good thing because the increase in weight is a bit too fast. I have gained I think 3 lbs since my last weigh in and I am concerned about that because rapid weight increase may be due to increased ascites fluid. Mel wanted me to contact…
We talked with the social worker yesterday and we are going to have individual sessions for everyone. The social worker wants me to unpack my feelings. We told her that I write about everything daily but I think that they are concerned that I am not feeling any sorrow or sadness. The concern is that…
I am not sure if the ascites build up is increasing or not, but there is a bit more discomfort within my abdomen. Mel thinks that it may be due to my muscles just getting use to things. It does feel that it does feel like muscle over anything else. It feels like tightness in…
Things were starting to get planned and then all of a sudden everything changes. As they were scheduling more and more appointments for me I contacted the research coordinator and asked if I should book the hotel for next week. He told me not to book anything until one of the doctors called me. A…
When Xavier first started his goalie training we had some group sessions that he would attend. Normally my preference is to 1:1 training as it caters to him and not to the lowest common denominator. These sessions were free as the association had paid for them and he would go and socialize with other kids…
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…
Today we decided to go to Mt. Dufour for a family ski trip, except that I can not ski right now. On the drive here we had a discussion about grades and we had to explain to Olivier that sometimes you need to play the game and answer things accordingly and not necessarily answer “truthfully”….
Yesterday I think Mel and I were a bit preoccupied after chatting with the oncologist in the morning. Afterwards Mel did quite a bit of research and she found out other techniques used to treat this and I actually found a research institute in Spain that specializes in treating this. They want a lot of…
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 use to always tell Olivier that we got him discount from Treasure Hunt. He was on sale so we decided to take him home with us. There is a Treasure Hunt right by our hotel and he remembered our ridiculous stories. He always has all sort so stories and always wants to share them….