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I have previously written about how the church helped out my family when we first moved to Canada on Day 52. Throughout my life I have had assistance from others, so I feel that we should always give back. We have taught the kids to give back and they are pretty good at giving back….
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We are approaching December, so it is time for Hallmark Christmas movies now. Melanie records them and all and spends each evening watching one. Generally they have the same formula that repeats. Yesterday she watched one that was interesting where someone asked for one small change and it had a ripple effect. I have often…
I am a member of a cancer forum that I joined when I first found out I had cancer. I get daily email about people posting and when I first joined there were a couple of other people who had stomach cancer as well. I have not participated on it much lately but the others…
While I was in the hospital we had mentioned several times to people that we had a background in neuroscience. I also did not realize that nurses did not learn how to read and interpret CT scans. I had shown my scans to a bunch and one told me that they did not learn to…
On Tuesday I had an appointment with my family doctor. She had wanted to see me in order to try and determine why my blood pressure is so impacted. I have a series of tests that will be scheduled to measure blood pressure. We will also be changing my migraine medication to a lower dose…
Tryouts are in full swing now and I think that Xavier has a decent shot of making the team. On Wednesday we took him to get his custom pads. This is his design. Quite a lot of colours. The team colours are red, black and white. His favorite colour is orange and he decided he…
It has been over 200 days since this journey has begun. I was told that I should expect to take 6-9 months off of work. The time has flown by, and things seem to be getting better now. This morning I drove myself to an appointment and it went well. The receptionist came out to…
Xavier has hockey almost every day right now, and it was nice to see the parents from hockey. Over the last couple of years when Xavier was playing with the team they were super supportive of him and he has developed and grown a lot playing with them. A lot of the parents came to…
Today was an interesting day. When I woke up I was feeling great. Last night when I had weighed myself i noticed that I had gained 3 lbs since Thursday. I not only stabilized the weight but I am increasing it now. I have been eating more and my caloric intake is about 2000 now….
Yesterday really hit me hard. It was a stark reminder that I have cancer and I am going through treatment. It was one of the roughest days I have had in a while. Melanie and the boys left for camping on Thursday night so I was by myself and was not feeling great at the…