First of all, I just want to thank those of you who have sent well wishes for me and my family. I really, really appreciate it. I don't have a lot of news. Things are going well, I guess. As well as something that makes you feel continuously yucky and flu like and tired can go. The good news is my mom's body is responding. The Interferon is having an effect and stimulating her immune system to fight those nasty cells. This means that she was taken off the treatment for two days (no, it didn't really help with the... More »
Mom's The Word
I have loved having my sister here for the last week but to be honest everything is overwhelmed by my mom's cancer and the treatment. I feel bad for my sister. Her life is in such a wonderful place! A baby on the way. A wedding to plan. In her mid-30's I'm sure she sometimes thought this might never happen. And now that it has she can't joyfully plan everything all carefree. She has to worry about cancer. Today my mom went for her treatment again. She is feeling better thanks to some pre-meds which means the side effects are... More »
Yesterday was rough. Really, really rough. I think we were fooling ourselves a bit to think that my mom might escape any real side effects. Although I do believe that a positive attitude helps, it can not fend off the full-on body aches, shivers and fever brought on by the Interferon. Even worse than all of that was the severe chest pain that forced my sister to rush my mom to the emergency room to get checked out. After a day of treatment the last thing my mom needed - not to mention my preggo sister - is to sit... More »
Yes. It snowed today. In Toronto. In October.... More »
The past few days have been crazy busy. My "little" sister is here from the UK (yes, I know the woman is well into her 30's but she will always be "little" to me) and we had a big party for her and her growing belly on Saturday. There was tons of food and tons of fun but I have decided that I much prefer to attend parties than host them. I barely got a chance to have a full conversation with anyone. Then, on Sunday, my mom arrived to settle in at our house for her month of treatment... More »
I really wish I could do this. It brought tears to my eyes. Amazing. Just watch...... More »
I spent the day yesterday pulling out all of our summer clothes and replacing them with winter gear. I washed all of the mittens, hats, and scarves. I had my kids try things on to see what needs to be purchased (surprisingly little despite huge growth spurts...their clothes must have been ridiculously long last year). And then I moved to my own drawers. I pulled out all of the summer clothes and decided to only store what I would actually wear next year. I have a bunch of stuff I keep year after year but never put on. So,... More »
