Blog of Random Thoughts
Melanie remembers dates of events. I tend to not remember all of them. I know roughly when some things occurred but not the exact dates. One year ago on January 29th, I received the phone call from my doctor telling me that I had cancer. I think I had written about it in some update…
It has been interesting some of the small issues that we have had over the last couple of weeks. Small electrical things here and there, the garage door not always closing or opening. Today Mel had to bring the van to get check the tires. We have barely driven the truck and it did not…
When we first bought our house, our neighbours all thought that we had installed a heated driveway. I had a standard that I maintained. Before I went to work I would shovel. That would mean that on some really heavy snow fall days I would set an alarm to get up at 5am or even 4:30am…
I have now gone half a year cancer free and have an appointment with one of my doctors on Tuesday. It is an appointment that I do not expect too much drama as my latest scans for things have been discussed with some other doctors. The last time that I spoke with this doctor he…
Cancer patients are told that they need to advocate for themselves. If you do not then you may potentially get lost in the system. Previously there were system navigators to help patients navigate the system. When you are going through this, it is not always clear what you are suppose to do at each step,…
When I first found out about the cancer and was told that I could expect to be off of work for 6 to 9 months it seemed like such a long time. One of my friends told me that the time would fly by and before you knew it, the time would pass. It did…
The boys woke up early for Christmas but they knew that they could not come out until after 7:30am. They stayed in bed and chatted and then you could hear the countdown begin once it approached 7:30am. It is far more exciting watching the kids open gifts then receiving gifts. They get so much joy…
Today we went over to my in-laws for Christmas brunch and to open some gifts as my sister in law is leaving for the holidays. It has been the longest I have been out for a while and I must say that it was exhausting being out so long. It surprised me that I would…
Yesterday I had a conversation with my neurosurgeon and he said that my brain is healing nicely. It is not back to normal yet, but the progress is looking good and much better than it was when I was released from the hospital. I have had less headaches and things are starting to get back…
I finally got around to getting my hair cut. It was a bit tricky since I had half of my head shaved on one side. She was quite reluctant to cut it that short on both sides, but I told her that it was fine. It looks much better now but super short. My hair…