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Yesterday was a pretty swell day for eating. I managed to eat pretty consistently throughout the day and I think I have things dialed in now. Liquids are not giving me as much trouble as they have in the past. I can manage to drink things fairly easily and I do not feel crazy full…
This is the first week prior to my treatment and I have seemed to confirm that I can not eat as much in the morning right now. It seems that my intake in the morning is less than it was prior to radiation. As the day progresses however it does get better. It seems however…
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Xavier ended up getting a shutout last night and we found out after the game that our afternoon game was moved to first thing in the morning. What this meant was that Olivier would be home alone for quite some time. I texted my favorite brother and asked him if he could pick up Olivier…
Like all families, my family has some odd quirks that I do not understand. Within the last 1 or 2 months we have had several deaths in our family. One is my uncle, my father’s brother in Vietnam and the second was my cousin in Vancouver. My mother has been trying to shield me from…
Last night was a rough night. I woke up at 1:45am. At first I thought it was because Mel was assaulting me as I felt something in my chest. I grabbed Mel’s arm to stop her from assaulting me. But she was sleeping. It seems that I had some acid reflux and it woke me…
I am at the halfway point of my treatment now and I also have an appointment with the surgeon today. Mel will come with me to meet up with the surgeon as I am not sure if I will remember everything that I need to say for that not all of the information that he…
When I arrived at the Cancer Center this morning there were a bunch of people standing around the machine where you pay for parking. If the weather is cold the machine is a bit glitchy and they do not always work well. In the past they use to put a cover over the machines to…
We have arrived home after being gone for the whole weekend. The arena that we played our games in was freezing cold and not super pleasant to be in. We knew that it was going to be cold ahead of time so we had prepared for it already. Now that I am back in the…
Yesterday my goal was to not nap and work throughout the day and see what the impact at the end of the day would be. As the day progressed I was more tired, and as of right now with increased fatigue I do not drive in the afternoon as I am not sure if cognitively…
I remember the first time I went into treatment a friend of mine told me that 9 months is going to fly by. She was right. In a blink of an eye I was done all of my treatment and was on the road to recovery. That was 4.5 years ago now and the kids…