The one thing I can honestly say, is that a massive dose of chemo medicine is everything advertised and then some. From one day to the next you don’t know what to expect. Wake up feeling good and you’re puking by lunch, or wake up feeling like crap and puke first thing, then go […]
Prior to the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army was considered a premiere fighting force. No one gave the Ukrainians much of a chance against the Russian army. The Russians had better equipment, were better trained and had an arrogant attitude from the Kremlin down to the grunt on the ground. There was no […]
The dictionary.com definition of Chemotherapy is: “the treatment of decease by chemicals, that have specific toxic effect upon the decease-producing microorganisms or that selectively destroy cancerous tissue.” My simple definition: It’s a chemical cocktail, for dealing with cancer. For the last six months I have been receiving chemotherapy. Four months of weekly injections. Then […]
I don’t speak medical-ese. I don’t understand it when I am told what drug I am receiving and how it will cause a reaction within my bloodstream causing a certain gland to create a certain bio-gene, etc., etc., etc. I don’t need to understand, that’s what the medical professionals are for. It is helpful […]
I am now at Day 7 of the final portion of my cancer treatment, aka the transplant. With the transplant completed, all that remains for me is to manage through the side-effects. There are three effects that I feel I am trying to manage. Fatigue, an overall tiredness and lack of energy. Pain, which […]
I have a private room at the Health Sciences Centre in the Big City. It has a single bed, a small desk, a small reclining chair, and a small private bathroom with a bathtub and shower wand but no shower curtain. Oh yes, how could I forget, it has a 55” flat screen TV. […]
As has been the case since the beginning of my cancer treatment adventure, the anticipation and anxiety created by an upcoming procedure, has been worse than the procedure itself. The one exception has been having to give myself fourteen injections, that was worse than I had thought it would be. On Day One of […]
The time is finally here for me to head to the hospital for my stem cell transplant. I been home for the last few weeks, allowing my body time to heal from all the puncture wounds that it sustained during the ‘harvest’. Giving me some time to regain my strength, so I can handle […]
Don’t tell the boss. Give him what he wants to hear. He doesn’t take bad news very well. He is prone to outbursts of rage. Does this sound vaguely familiar to anyone? The latest public perspective on the war on Ukraine is being supplied by the Intelligence sector of most countries. The ‘spy-guys’ are […]