I’m HOME
I’m HOME Hi everybody , finally I can say I’m home sweet home ! I got out May 11 2023 after 8 months and 3 days ! My little grandson Connor advised me to look for an opportunity to escape , I found it and escaped ! It feels weird to be home , I […]
Yikes hair !
Yikes Hair ! This happened the other day . Ken brought me in a mirror so I could see to comb my hair , my new room was missing the one attached to the over bed table . I combed my hair and couldn’t help but notice how thin it is getting on top and […]
Surgery in the rear view mirror and the Queens lingerie sale!
Sorry for the wait but I have been super tired . Anyway, surgery went well on April 3 . They feel they got all the cancer but still waiting for pathology report. Of course if there was a complication to get I would get it. Wound infection, healing now but still on triple antibiotics and packing it […]
With Gratitude
Well, here it is the day before my surgery, April 2 2023. I have asked Emily to post this tomorrow for me, so that while you are sending your prayers and best wishes you will know that I am also thinking of you . It’s hard to believe that I was diagnosed last Feb 8 […]
Dancing with a Rattlesnake
I have decided that showering at the hospital is like dancing with a rattlesnake. The shower rooms at the Leduc Hospital leave very much to be desired. If you dare, picture this : 1’st you are wheeled through your unit across the main corridors by the public elevators and into another unit wearing just your Johnny […]
Lessons to be Learned
So last week I had a heated conversation with my Dr of the week. My nurse was present. My hemoglobin level was 79. My care plan is the give me a blood transfusion when it drops below 80. I told my Dr the HGB was 80, I was extremely fatigued, too tired to even drink […]
Still kicking it after 190 days in captivity
A big set back
A big setback Sorry for the delay but I have encountered a few major setbacks unfortunately . I did my chemo round 9 and it whipped me up pretty good . I literally felt I had been run over my a truck . I could barely make it from my bed to bathroom and back […]
Still kicking cancer
Well I’m still here kicking cancer ! I have put chemo rounds 7 and 8 in the memory book since I last updated. Round 7 was rough ,really fatigued and added blurred vision to my side effect list along with the numb feet and fingers and cold sensitivity. So hard to type lol! Brooklynn and […]
Chemo round 6 Starts with a bang or should I say tumble !
Chemo round 6 Starts with a bang or should I say tumble ! Hi folks , Chemo round 6 in the books as of Wed . Special thanks to my dear friend Pat Hebden for unhooking my home pump and line yesterday in my daughters Emily’s absence . She is in NS for a few […]