Had my appointment with the oncologist who immediately made comment about how good I looked the night she saw us at the Malabar restaurant and how scruffy she and her family looked. She was pleased to see me enjoying life to the max. She was also encouraged by how quickly I am bouncing back after [...]
8 days ago I was cursing a nosebleed where I lost 200ml blood due to low platelets. That meant my chemo appointment had to be delayed till yesterday (Friday). Last night I had another small nosebleed at 4am during which I discovered there were prowlers around our back fence, car and the church. I turned [...]
I’ve been reading some of the lame excuses offered on behalf of offenders in our courts. There is a mentality that suggests that society causes people’s problems, therefore society must pay the consequences of its neglect of these misunderstood criminals: that our emphasis should not be upon punishment but on rehabilitating these poor lost souls. There [...]
There are many frustrations when one walks into a dark valley and sometimes they get on top of a person. It is not only hard for the ‘patient’ who is not being patient. It is also very hard on the carer who sometimes finds they need caring themselves. There are moments when there are clashes [...]
In the TV series, Hogan’s Heroes, Colonel Klink the prison-camp commander would say, “Ve have vays of making you talk!” God is Lord over all the earth and as a benevolent King says, “We have ways of making you rest!” After a couple of frustrating weeks, I had to miss chemo again on Friday because [...]
People tell me to ‘just rest’ but seeing the mess increases the stress! Bills pile up and just the management of my treatment takes a surprising amount of time. It is more than a trifle frustrating the way cancer can take over one’s life and focus switches from wellness to the disease. At least I’m [...]
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