Not really, just seemed that way. I got my Neulasta shot as directed on Monday February 8th. As you may know by now, Neulasta kicks the living daylights out of me. Far worse than the chemo. The week is plagued with a constant temperature, low but constant. Extreme fatigue accentuated by bone aches that seem [...]

This was a good week overall. A bit of trepidation getting mentally ready for the chemo session. Not sure why there is any trepidation. This has become an almost routine event.
Janet had to work this week, and Devin had to go to his piano lesson. I drove to the hospital for the 10:00AM appointment. Registered. [...]

No not from chemo. Side effects from stuff like this blog.
I am not sure what the original motivation was. Communicating with family and friends? Therapy for me? What?
The effects of the blog have been nothing short of amazing.
An acquaintance of Nancy’s wrote at the very beginning thanking me for the blog. Her aunt had cancer [...]

I am late, so very late in keeping this blog up to date. I will make this post an update of two weeks.
You have all read the Euphoria piece in which the cancer cells appear to be retreating before the shock and awe that is chemo. The spell of the good news kept me going [...]

The days are a blur. Christmas was barely noticed, as is the Hew Year. Cannot stay up to celebrate the coming of the new year. I guess I will have to celebrate when I wake up in the morning.
This is a chemo week. My oncologist’s New Year present. Went in for blood work on Tuesday [...]

Our friends came over for dinner last Friday night. We brought in food from Riz, always wonderful and tasty. Unfortunately, Daryl who organised the evening came down with stomach flue and could not come.  We had a great time. I monopolised Judith all night which was wonderful.
My back had started hurting in the afternoon. This [...]

The Oncologist
We received an eMail from  our Oncologist”s assistant, Shahnaz, that we should come in ad see Dr. Hedley on Wednesday, the day before our chemo. He needs to see the blood results and discuss us taking Neulasta, a drug designed to boost the white blood cell count. It appears to be standard release in [...]

Monday, Nov 23
Had an appointment to see the surgeon, Dr. Erin Kennedy. She was ecstatic. Have never seen her so amazingly cheerful. You look great she says. Have you seen your CT Scan report? Yes, we say, met with Dr. Hedley. Don’t pay any attention to it, she says. The increased size of the tumours [...]

Last week was bad.
Slept badly in spite of not feeling guilty about it.
A whole bunch of side effects, which we believe to be from Avastin. My skin has felt hot all week. No temperature or nausea or or feeling hot or anything that is usually associated with hot skin. Just very hot skin. Janet keeps [...]

Went to see the oncologist yesterday with mixed results.
The last CT Scan we did was at the end of July, before the full diagnosis, and before the operation, and before the chemo, and just plain before.
Monday’s CT Scan revealed more cancer tumours and activities. This is to be expected. No treatments results in very active [...]