Today's chemo session started with some very good omens: - I was assigned to my favourite nurse, Nicole, who was also my first chemo...

I hope I live long enough to see widespread adoption of less harmful, damaging, crude, cruel, and brutal therapies to treat cancers. I...

My heart sank into my shoes when the Unit Clerk at the Chemotherapy wing told me that my chemo for today had been cancelled. I had...

My next chemotherapy is now scheduled for Wednesday 29 December at 1:30 PM. On the up side, I will get to enjoy a few more days of...

Hello Dear Readers, Yes. I was supposed to have chemo today. Unfortunately, it is postponed again. My dental infection is gone, and my...

(late December 2017) My dentist will extract my problematic tooth later today. I know that sounds ominous, but I'm an old hand at...

Hello Dear Readers, A few of you have noted my silence. Thank you for your concern. Yes. It has been a difficult couple of weeks....

View from Oncology Clinic office, 29 November 2021 Chemo was uneventful this morning. A new nurse, Melanie, used a different vein on my...

(artist unknown) There's good news. And bad news. First the good news: the tumour is shrinking! Definitely shrinking. After two...

(Photo by my friend Michelle) Thank you, everyone, for all your well-wishes and support. It means a lot, and makes the chemo seem less...

Today is the anniversary of the death of my beloved Aunt Joan, my mother's oldest sister. It seems auspicious, in a way I don't...

A story by the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hahn The Leaf I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn and...

My lovely neighbour came for a visit recently, bearing a thoughtful gift and a card. She is a lively, active, cheerful mom of a 6-year...

So many people have sent loving messages of support! Thank you all! Words seems so inadequate to express my gratitude. I just want to...

(A mutated carrot, in the shape of a heart, pulled last weekend from the dark soil of the garden.) It is strange to think that the body...

I have only heard good things about the Cancer Clinic here in Kingston: the people are kind and caring; things run smoothly; the care is...

Alongside medical tests, appointments, physical examinations, and a serious medical diagnosis, the last two months have also been full of...

(Summer 2020) Dr. Walker's sense of humour is so understated that it wasn't clear to me when he made the full skeleton image of my bone...

I have had more medical tests in the past 3 months than probably the last 20 or 30 years combined. Mammograms, ultrasounds, bloodwork,...

I wrote down my intentions for this new phase of my life, in the new journal I started in September. I think of intentions as reminders...