Blog of Random Thoughts
When I post a big update or have not posted in awhile I receive a lot of positive reinforcement. I have said it before and appreciate all of the support. While going to treatment I saw a lot of people that were struggling with treatment worse than I was. I appreciated that I am surrounded…
Over the course of the last 200+ days the support from everyone has been astounding. Old friends and colleagues have sent me messages or drop off cards and gifts for me on a fairly regular basis. Even though I have not spoken to some in years I am grateful for the thoughts and concerns. Today…
Today was my last day of radiation treatment and my last oral chemo treatment for this round is tonight. This is the completion of round 3 in my treatment. I am surprised by how difficult this round was. Partially because it was not something that I could just overcome with will power. This is not…
Today my surgeon called me to give me an update on the pathology of the cancer. Some of it was not necessarily good news. From all the scans and pre-operative scans, they were anticipating that it had not spread to any lymph nodes. When the pathologist examined the tissue, they found cancer in 14/19 lymph…
Last night I was able to sleep throughout the whole night. The head of the bed and the foot of the bed is elevated which helps with my sleep but makes it hard for Mel to sleep. That is all right though, we take turns on having the bed flat and then having it up….
I am a little disappointed that I could not hit my discharge date of Friday. I am not surprised as I was in no condition to be discharged yet. Everyday gets easier now and I will be out today or tomorrow barring some thing weird happening. I walk more and more everyday. I have a…
I had surgery 2 days ago and it went well. Originally he took out 50% and then sent it to pathology. There was no sign of cancer in those cells but he decided to err on the side of caution and took out more. There is some discrepancy on whether he took out 80 or…
6:30 – I am waiting in the surgery admission room now. It is interesting how many people are here first thing in the morning. The atmosphere here is much different than last time. A lot of the people this morning have a support person with them. Not everyone is here for overnight, but people have…
Yesterday when I came in for pre-admisson there was someone at the entrance asking for money. I never carry cash so did not give him any. The lady behind me asked him what he needed the money for and he said for some food at Tim Hortons. She proceeded to give him enough money so…