No idea what time it was when I was ushered into the step down room. Janet tells me there were five patients in the room. The guy in the bed next to me was out of control. The nurses took turns trying to calm him down. He was being released the next day and was [...]

We show up on time and are ushered into the waiting room. There are a lot of people waiting, all accompanied by one or more person, and all carrying some sort of a bag. We are no different, except our bag is BIG. We were told to bring a house coat. The one we have [...]

Show up at the hospital. We have been told that this will be an all day affair and to be patient. Dev is with us. They weigh me, take vital signs, take my blood and ask all sorts of questions. Forms are filled out and consents signed.  All the forms acknowledge the light risk of [...]

A week before the operation and the wait is interminable. I went to sleep early last night as I do most nights. Janet is calling the cats in for the night. We have three cats, Marble (the alpha cat), Busbie, and BooBoo LongPaws. All the cats have multiple names. Marble is known also as Monkey. [...]

I have an appointment with Yama and Steve Lennox for the big handover. It will be emotional. I take another Percocet to kill the pain. Janet and I drive to her office and I walk over to Monarch, same as any other day. The handover is quite smooth. Steve Lennox and Chandler are both there. [...]

I am not sure who comes up with the medical terminology, but I am positive the terms and names are designed to obfuscate matters. Oncologist is one such word. Went in to see ours today. This is the quarterback of the chemo treatment. Dr. David Hedley (I have to stop giggling) is amazing if his [...]

Sunday. So many people come to visit. To talk. Just be there. Kali and David want to come for lunch. Aviva and David join us as well. We go through the whole story from the beginning. Everyone wants details. What were the first signs? When did you know? The unasked questions, what turbulence is going [...]

I have an appointment to talk with Yama at 10 this morning. I am not looking forward to this. Lucky I kept him in the know through it all. We sit in the boardroom and I bring him up to date. I have to liquidate my company. Changing phone numbers, making all sorts of changes. [...]

I have a 9:00AM appointment to see a Ki Energy person. All these things are so interesting. Janet insists on driving me. She is very uncomfortable leaving me alone in case something happens. It is all I can do to convince her to go to work after she drops me off. So many people who [...]

Sunny outside. No hospital visits planned. We can pretend this is all happening to someone else. We decide to make a day of it . I have a massage booked for 10:30 at the Asha Massage & Ayurvedic Healing on Danforth. The charming Megan is going to make me feel better. I am not big [...]