Blog of Random Thoughts
It is day 3 now in Barcelona and it still seems surreal that I am here for treatment. Talking to some locals as took a taxi back to our hotel last night it is a highly regarded hospital. The driver was from Pakistan and chatted with Mel the whole way in English. He asked about…
We decided to take the on off bus today to just drive around the city and see a couple of stops. We spent a couple of hours at try Barcelona Cathedral. Something that people probably do not know about me is that even though I am not religious, I have a collection of rosaries. I…
The kids will be sharing a room to themselves and a concern that I have is whether they will get along or not. If we prep them and tell Xavier he needs to take care of his brother he is pretty good. So far on this trip things have progress quite smoothly. The two of…
Resilience is the deliberate act of moving forward through difficulties while choosing what endures, turning these experiences into lasting meaning for the people who matter most. Today we start the journey to Spain where we can hopefully better combat the cancer. It was important to Mel that we bring the kids this time as she…
As more people start reading my blog a comment that came up was that it seemed like they were looking into our lives. One of Mel’s coworkers commented about it and she said that it was all public. It was easier to share updates over this as opposed to trying to keep everyone up to…
I had to go for my CT scan this morning and then have my pump disconnected. Arriving at the hospital parking lot I had found a space but with the truck you need to back into the spaces and I could not figure out a method to actually get the truck in because there was…
It amuses me how easy it is to forget things about the chemo treatment. It has only been two weeks but yesterday so many things happened that I forgot some of the effects. I forgot that when I eat my whole mouth locks up and it is very difficult to swallow. I forgot that I…
This is the third session of Chemo and things are a bit better today compared to my first two sessions. The port seems to be getting better as there was less discomfort when they inserted the needle into the port. I could feel the needle being inserted, but the sensation of the fluid going into…
The amount of support that we have received over the weekend has been surreal. Mel does not think that we deserve all of the love that we have received and she has made comments about how we need to pay this forward to everyone. I reminded her that people have wanted to help us out…
I had mentioned on Friday when I was speaking with the social worker while writing my legacy document that I got emotional at one point. Over the weekend, I have seen numerous posts from people I have interacted with over the years sharing positive things about me and my family, and it gave me a…