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Everything went well with the breast cancer surgery yesterday. I was lucky enough to get an early slot, so I didn’t have to lie there starving all day. GC was allowed to stay with me until surgery. You know those shapeless blue hospital gowns? They gave me the usual gownage, but I also got great big […]
Mayor Larry and his necklace I’m taking a philosophical approach to Mayor Larry O’Brien’s acquittal on influence peddling charges. The worst thing about his lack of conviction is that, at least until the next election, we have to let him sit on the throne and wear the stupid necklace and swagger around Ottawa like he […] When I said it was going to be a good week, I forgot to factor in the fact that because I’m having surgery on Thursday, I have to stop taking some of my meds beforehand. Something to do with blood thinning and internal bleeding; the nurses were very stern about it. Yesterday was my first […] Yesterday we celebrated the birthdays of my niece and nephew – Mudmama’s kids – who are visiting from Nova Scotia. My favourite line from the day came from Wild Thing, who is actually a very sweet little thing. I forget exactly what he said, but it was while we were filling our plates at the […] Getting cancer – or perhaps more accurately, living with cancer – has really de-mystified the disease for me, and stripped it of its psychological power. It’s no longer the boogeyman it once was. Even so, I can tell it’s still the boogeyman for a couple of my friends, who seem uncomfortable with the fact I […] My surgeon called me on the weekend to tell me the results of my pathology report. There was good news and bad news, and I’ll share it with you in the order she shared it with me. The good news – aside from the fact that my pathology report was finally available and my tumour […] Something bizarre happened yesterday. Something that made my head spin around three times and then snap off my neck and bounce on the floor. I called the breast cancer clinic to find out if my pathology report for my tumour was in, because it’s now been over three weeks since the operation and it was supposed […] Things have been moving ahead ever so slowly on the health care front. In the good news department, the neurosurgeon’s office called to schedule an intake appointment! I’m seeing him on July 30th. This is a great big step in the right direction. I have no idea how long his surgical wait times are, but I […] I really set myself up yesterday, promising to reveal the meaning of life today. You know I was just kidding, right? I mean, I’ve got all kinds of gems of wisdom I can pull out of my ass on a moment’s notice, but the meaning of life is not one of them. The thing I […] Although I’ve always lived with an uncomfortable awareness of my own mortality, my cancer diagnosis brought it careening into the foreground for awhile there. I’m feeling pretty good these days about my prospects for surviving, but in the early weeks I thought I was a goner. One of my blog readers wrote to tell me […] |
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