Blog of Random Thoughts
Mel loves to watch Hallmark style movies all year long. It has progressed from Christmas movies to things that have been released throughout the year. They tend to be feel good stories with no real “bad guys” with generic storylines. I always tease her about it but lately I have been just as bad. I…
I had mentioned prior that something that I have always enjoyed was teaching. Lately, over the last couple of days I have felt that this has increased significantly. Whether it was at work or in my personal life. When I was younger I had to adapt and spent a lot of time growing into this…
I had to go buy some groceries today for dinner and for lunches tomorrow. As I was entering the grocery store a random guy asked me to buy him food. I declined and went in and bought everything that I needed. As I was heading out in saw him sitting there and I thought, why…
I spend a lot of time at the arenas. Every time Xavier has hockey it is a 3 hour commitment as he likes to be at the arena at least an hour early. On Saturday he was on the ice for 3 hours straight and Mel asked me if I wanted to come home. I…
The unknown is probably what is the most stressful part of this journey. You are left in the dark not knowing what the next steps are, what the plan is or if anyone is actually doing anything in the background. I am very fortunate that I know the healthcare system and know people that are…
When I first was diagnosed with cancer, I think that they recommended for me to find a support group of some kind. I do not remember the exact details. But I did join Cancer Connect. I recently tried to log back in and could not. Posts there are sometimes slow and far between, but I…
Having a close circle through difficult times is both a blessing and a curse. You get to lean on them to help you at your darkest hour. But at the same time you force them to live it with you. Their days are impacted just as much as your own. You could argue even more….
A couple of months back we had a referral for genetic testing and I have been slacking off on that a bit. I am going to go get my blood work done soon for it though. I do not expect them to find much as the population I will be compared to is North America…
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I have not written an update for a while now. Primarily because the space bar on my laptop is not really working well and I have been too lazy to fix it or use my other laptops. I can not remember the date of my last update or what I wrote since then. The news…
Last year at this time we were explaining to the kids what the PICC line was and how I would have a tube coming out of my arm for a couple of months. Originally they were going to leave it in there for the whole time. This would have meant it was in my arm…