Hockey never really stops in our family but it is that time of year when the regular season begins and the enjoyment of watching games and traveling is now upon us. The team had a great weekend playing in the Justin Williams Cup in Cobourg. The Bulls played hard and...
Davin’s team had a great day travelling to Ajax together on the team bus Sunday. It was fun to for everyone to be together and an exciting win for the Bulls. Davin got one goal and the final score was...
2016 seemed to be the quickest year I have ever experienced. Hoping to capture memories of last year I put together a video of one second clips from every day of...
Fun times with the team! This latest tournament was in Ottawa and the the boys played hard against some very strong Ottawa teams and had fun bonding while making lasting memories together as a...
Each year the kids enjoy making a list of items and shopping for our boxes to send with Operation Christmas...
We have a fabulous night on a quick trip to Ottawa to see the Sens play the Predators. The boys got off school early and we stopped at the famous Gourmet Restaurant in Carlton Place. Fun times! Thank you Bruce Mackay for the...
So this day started out as my annual trip to KGH for blood work and to see my oncologist so I thought I would take some video of our usual trip. It turns out that this was my last checkup at KGH and from this point on I will do blood work each year through my...
A few times a year, usually fall and winter one of our favourite places to hike together is the Frink Centre. I am glad no one ended up in the...
Davin’s Hockey team has been having a great season and they really enjoyed a warm fall thanksgiving tournament in...
My latest quest to start a new business has been very exciting. There have been many steps along the way that felt familiar yet some led into uncharted territory. Emotions and knowledge battled it out as my life-work balance shifted and I discovered after three...
It seems that winter is upon us and the snow has landed, staying warm inside with a good book this morning brought my thoughts to my Off-Roading Group. Yep that’s You…. Thank you so much for being part of this group and sharing this adventure with me. I...
Last week was pretty busy, I saw my oncologist for my first post treatment appointment. I had a CT Scan of my chest done, my doctor will only call me with results if there is something to be concerned about. I also had my PICC (central line) removed which feels...
After 2 years and 3 months(116+ treatments) I am excited to share that I am officially done my chemo protocol. My oncologist decided that I should skip the remaining four treatments considering my current liver challenges. I will continue to post updates throughout my...
Very typical of this entire off road journey the last month of treatment has been full of surprises and challenges. For months my liver has had difficulties caused by the chemo however on Jan 4th it was creating so many complications and to avoid further liver damage...
Happy Sugar Day! Today was the two year anniversary of starting my chemotherapy treatment, it is sort of fitting I suppose considering how ugly and ghoulish this toxic cocktail has been. This has not been an anniversary I am too excited about celebrating and it was...
If you know me well enough you know I used to avoid going to the doctor or taking medicine at all cost. For the past 4 weeks I have been struggling with some old digestion issues as well as nausea and vomiting. My oncologist prescribed another new drug to hopefully...
Hello May! Hello summer, I think we skipped spring altogether! I am enjoying the warm weather, I hope you are as well. With the little bit of new energy I have found I have been regularly out walking, and I continue to feel a little bit better each day which allows me...
Yesterday was a typical day at the KGH cancer clinic, I started cycle 11 of 24 in the continuation(final) phase. Each 3 week cycle starts with a doctors appointment then after examination and consultation “Doctor Orders” are sent the Chemo Clinic. Usually...
Time has been going by soooo… quickly, I feel bad I haven’t updated Facebook since November! As I enter OneNote I see there are several drafts that I started in December, January and February however for some reason I never completed them. I will piece together...
The last 3 weeks have been pretty good and I have been able to enjoy going out to hockey, church, movies, and work a little, all which make me feel a little bit more normal. I am still struggling with a infection and other side effects from chemo however they are...
It is hard to believe I started Chemo one year ago on Halloween 2011! I tried to celebrate the occasion thinking about the accomplishment of completing a year of treatment and the good times I was able to have throughout the year. I tried not to think much about the...
The last few weeks have been full of ups and downs mostly due to the usual side effects from chemo however I have been so blessed by friends and family that even though the off road adventure was very rough I could not help but notice “The View” was...
Off-Roading is well overdue for an update, my apologizes for not posting sooner. The month of May was a challenging one medically and emotionally, with almost four straight weeks of low hemoglobin I was very week and struggling more than ever with side effects,...
Thank you again for comments and encouragement, Recently I had several weeks of issues that kept me in bed continually, most of them were caused by the antibiotics I was on. They have since stopped the prophylactic antibiotics and are going to give me a monthly dose...
My blood counts climbed back up enough to get my full chemo on Wednesday. I have nausea as usual however my energy level has continued to increase making life much more enjoyable and the side effects more manageable.
Thank you everyone for the recent encouragement and prayer, it has been another rough few weeks. Actually for over a month I was struggling with coughing, antibiotics helped clear it up mostly but it never went away and it came back 3 weeks ago really bad. I went to...
A quick update, I was to see the doctor on Wednesday however my chemo was delayed a week because my blood counts were too low. Hopefully I can recover more this week without the chemo. I am currently having a hard time with the nausea again which is really...
Sorry I have taken so long to post an update, In January I was optimistic that after starting a new chemo cycle that there would be more consistent side effects allowing me to post more often. However the road has not been smooth and I have been up and down with...
I am thrilled the last two weeks are over! They have been the roughest weeks ever, I had to go to KGH every day for radiation treatment to my brain(chemo does not travel to the brain so this is a preventative treatment to stop cancer from going there) which is now...
Hey everyone, thank you for the recent encouragement. Just a quick update…. I came home on Tuesday and will be home now as long as I can avoid any complications and travel back to Kingston on Monday for more Chemo and radiation planning. I have been very weak...
I am home for a few days! It is a long story I can explain later but I wanted everyone to know, I had one of my worst days yet but it was still nice to be home.
This is my room, me feeling pretty good a couple days ago. Recent Protocol Timeline ———-Nov 6: Normal OP meds, recovery Day! Lord’s Day of Rest. MTX level =? (Hopefully low enough to be taken of rescue hydration) ———-Nov 5: Normal...
Had a great day visiting with Lisa and the kids today.
This is as good as it gets here, I have been waiting 3 days for this breakfast, French toast, banana loaf, porridge, tea.
The view from my room is nice, I hope to leave hear before all the leaves are gone!
Final test results are in and it is the same as previously thought. T cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. I am getting tests done and getting hooked up to start day 1 of chemo on Monday. I am in KGH room Kidd 934. Thank you for all your prayers and encouragement.
I still do not have the final test results but the doctor is confident enough that he will have them today and will start chemotherapy treatment for T-cell Lymphoblastic lymphoma (this is very similar to Delaney’s diagnosis). I am getting admitted today @ KGH and the...
My oncologist called me yesterday and the bone marrow is clear and normal. The thoracic surgeon suggested they will repeat the needle biopsy one more time because there is a wait for surgery(required for the more advanced biopsy), and they are pushing them to do that...
Today went well, pretty much what I expected. The Doctor is great, a bit quirky and very nice. The biopsy results are inconclusive, the test they could run excluded Thymoma and showed some primitive Tcell blast which he feels is Tcell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, but this...
I talked to the doctor today,….. he and other doctors had been working on my file and based on the tests it is not Thymoma, he said “that is good news because if it was I am not sure I could have gotten it out”, this was alarming to hear! He said it...
Sorry for the late update, the biopsy went very well. They did not need to go through my lung, instead the needle went on a angle from my left chest in front of my lung and under my breast bone, this reduced the risk of my lung collapsing and poking something by...
I am home, feeling like I was stabbed (not that I know what that feels like). I will update with more information after a good sleep. Thank you for your prayers today.
It is hard to believe more than a week has gone by! Welcome to all the new people who have joined the Facebook group, I appreciate your prayers and encouragement. Last week the Off-Roading seemed less exhausting, not that is wasn’t difficult or full or unknowns...
First let me give you more background behind the group title “Off-Roading”. I often wish and pray for life to be easy and predictable, with smooth roads for miles ahead. Time and time again I have seen God taking the wheel, He likes to go off-road! He...
I went to KGH yesterday and had a consultation with a thoracic surgeon, he was really nice and I felt so comfortable as he explained everything. I was thinking… “if you need to have someone remove something from your chest, this is the guy you want!” The...
2009 *** Well I beat my old record for not blogging in over a year, WOW.. I guess updating Facebook status was all I could manage last year. 2009 is a new year and it has brought so many changes in my life I feel the urge to start blogging! So here’s is what I am up...
It is pretty sad when I can’t even blog once a month… hard to believe last years Igloo is still on my blog! Oh well live goes on, I had a great time with the kids today making an igloo, Lisa got me a block maker for Christmas so I didn’t have to use...
We had an amazing time at the cottage last weekend, the weather could not have been better. Delaney had been using here fishing rod all weekend with a rubber fish on the end and I was feeling sorry for her that she was not catching anything… so before we left to...
Delaney decided that she wanted to be a princess tonight, and what would a princess do without a unicorn, Delaney thought Davin would make a great unicorn so she raided the closet and dressed him up.
