Blog of Random Thoughts
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…
I finally have my radiation appointment booked for next Monday and then I will hear what the rest of my schedule will be. We are leaving to go to Timmins next weekend so hopefully it will not be too late. It was interesting because when they called they initially said that I had to fast…
Olivier’s bus has been scheduled to be 45 minutes late at the end of the day for the last 2 days. Fortunately we have been able to arrange for him to get picked up otherwise he would be waiting at the school till at least 4pm before the bus even arrives to pick them up….
My family’s religion is Buddhist even though no one practices it. My aunt use to as did my grandmother but no one in our family does. My brother is actually baptized Catholic I do believe. One of the beliefs in Buddhism though is rebirth or reincarnation. Once upon a time there was a psychic who…
I have been sleeping much better now. Mel was out with friends until the wee hours of the night and returned home at 2am. I had to get up to drive Xavier to hockey at 6am and slept the night except for Mel waking me up briefly as she came home. Food intake has been…
Clarity makes such a big difference to how I feel. Yesterday was a bit of a long day at the hospital and those seats are not super comfortable, but last night I slept well. A lot of the previous anxiety that I may have had went away after talking with the doctor. What we know…
A while back I had written that having a bad day does not necessarily mean that everything is bad. Yesterday we had our appliances delivered and the delivery group was fantastic and super professional. We did not have any issues with them or what they did, but in the evening we realized that we were…
I have been taking less pain meds as the days have progressed and for the most part it is quite manageable unless I do things that activate my core. This morning I went with a drive with Mel, and it was painful. It is hard to say whether it is her driving or the streets,…
When I was in high school I started watching F1 racing for some reason and my favorite team at the time was McLaren. In 1990 they won the championship with Senna but I was just a casual fan then. I would watch it on occasion. In 1997 Adrian Newey one of the best car designers…
This is my fourth day home from the hospital and I am starting to feel better. I am still annoyed that there is so much that I still can not do. Everyone says that this is expected as I have had major surgery. That is true, but I do not have to like it. I…