Everyone wants the best for their kids and most parents that I know try and give their child what they did not have and give them a better life. I know that is why my dad chose to leave Vietnam for here with all of the risks. Right now we are in the middle of hockey tryouts and the sheer amount of politics and things like that always amused me. There are so many shenanigans that do not even matter, and skill level does not matter as much as who you know or what you do. The thing though is that really good talent normally rises and you can tell, but sometimes it can be buried. I never understood why some parents would try and influence situations by paying or smoothing your way up because your child then gets exposed if they are not at the right level and in the end none of it matters. I have never advocated for Xavier for someone to take him because neither him nor I care what level he plays at. He did not play at the right level last year but it did not matter. The sports was there to help drive him to succeed, discipline to get better and the goal of always trying to get better. Those are the life lessons we want him to learn and he has achieved it. Next year he does not want to join the hockey program at school because he thinks it is better off taking classes that will help his career as opposed to having a couple of easy and fun classes where he gets to work out. His philosophy is that he can work out at home, he learned a lot from what his coaches taught him, but the program is not conducive to his long term goals. Sports are not everything and he loves playing it and the competitive challenges with it, but in the long run it means nothing. Even if you make a lucrative career out of it, you need an exit strategy and what do you do when your dreams are over. This is the part I appreciate about Xavier, he understands that part and knows you need to have a path forward outside of sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been an interesting day the last couple of days. On the bright side I have gained 7lbs since Friday which is a clear indicator that I am eating more and that I can and am gaining weight. My mouth sores is much better and I am eating more solids now, but I need to try and vary my diet a bit more. I keep on eating the same thing and I am getting a bit bored of the same routine of food. Hopefully I will be healed in the next couple of days. Solid food does not hurt as much and it is not as difficult to eat. I have absolutely no taste buds though which makes things interesting. I can not tell the difference in the middle of the night if I am drinking a chocolate or vanilla boost which to me is rather hilarious. It takes me about an hour to drink a boost drink because of the thickness of the liquid. Costco had a protein drink that you mixed yourself that was plant based and much lighter. I tried it yesterdy while we were out and I actually enjoyed it. So that might help me out with things. The bad thing is while I was showering last night clumps of my hair were falling out so now it is time for me to shave my head. I have an appointment tomorrow at around 6pm to go in and to cut it all off. Should be a lovely experience and I am looking forward to it. Right now I have been wearing a skull cap so I do not have hair shed everywhere. When it happens it is interesting, because you just touch your hair and you get a huge clump of it all at once. There is no pain associated with it, it just simply falls out int your hands. The neuropathy in my hands has not gotten worse and it seems that with the better temperatures I am not as cold. It is interesting that I was still cold in Barcelona where it was a much higher temperature here. The amount of solid foods that I have been eating has increased significantly as well and hopefully in the next couple of days I can test things out more. The first test in the morning will be a breakfast sandwich. Prior to leaving I could not finish one but I think that I should be able to now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fatigue is still a bit of a concern, when I work all morning by the afternoon I am quite tired and need a break. This morning I also spent some time prepping some food that I wanted to eat in a couple of days which took me a bit of time to prepare. I am making some marinated eggs to eat in the next couple of days, I also had a coulpe of eggs at the same time without issues. There are some flavours that I can taste, and a lot that I can not. I want to figure out what my taste buds are responding to and try and eat a bit more of that. I can taste some sweetness but not a lot. Anything salty I can not tell at all, and bitter, sournesss I have not tested out as of yet. Progression of cancer is interesting as some symptoms have gotten so much worse even though I have now not had treatment for a week. I am curious to see what the results are from a CT\/PET scan now as well as from all of the bloodwork that I have had done. The team from Spain is in constant daily contact and checks all of the blood work and everything to make sure that I am ok. The coordinated care between the teams in Spain and Canada have been awesome and I appreciate what everyone has done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone wants the best for their kids and most parents that I know try and give their child what they did not have and give them a better life. I know that is why my dad chose to leave Vietnam for here with all of the risks. Right now we are in the middle of…<\/p>\n