Free, Again

July 10, 2010

A quick update on the cancer front. Yesterday the neck bandage came off. The antimicrobial fabric is indeed a medical miracle and apart from the public spectacle part of it, I would recommend it highly. The open wound area was almost totally gone and the remaining area has responded very well to flamezine. That’s a [...]

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Neck Bandage: Day 2

July 6, 2010

Is the magic fabric working? Maybe! In the meantime, I feel like an animal just home from the vet with one of those Elizabethan collars so it can’t lick itself: They’re hilarious on pets, but it turns out I’m not as fond of them on humans. Also, the thing hates the heat. I got this [...]

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Well, crap

July 5, 2010

Today was of mild medical interest and greater sociological interest. I visited the respirologist, and neither he nor I are any longer certain whether I actually have asthma, so there’s another round of tests in a couple weeks. It could be a misdiagnosis from when there was a giant dead tumor in my neck last [...]

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Race, Nation, Canada

July 5, 2010

The comments section below this linked op-ed on multiple citizenship nicely illustrates the suspicions many white Canadians still entertain towards multiple citizenship for immigrants. Given the Canadian reputation for tolerance among Americans, I always have an instinctive surprise when I read comments like this. But there you have it. I have never given much thought [...]

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10 days out, the wave breaks

July 4, 2010

After a few days of stuff hurting more, the burn on my neck appears to have crested (although there’s a nasty raw part I won’t detail here–suffice it to say that I’ll be stopping by the nurses at radiation oncology tomorrow on my way to the respirologist; also I was motivated to buy some open [...]

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Without a countdown, I lose all sense of time

June 30, 2010

Not really, but I think the opiates are staying with me into the daytime, making the whole “get back to work” thing a little tougher and slower than I had imagined. I can confirm that without daily treatments, the radiation’s effects continue to get worse. The burn is really ugly, and swallowing hurts more, not [...]

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There Is No Zero Because Zero is Not Exactly a Number

June 25, 2010

and because I have no more cancer treatments to count down. Sure, there’s weeks of recovery and years of follow-up, but the acute phase of treatment is officially over and I am a happy camper. What I am doing to celebrate: 1. Completed and will mail out our application for Canadian citizenship. 2. Long nap. [...]

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