Announcing an exciting new feature of cancer blogging: symptom Haikus! Since at the beginning of EBR I won’t be able to tell whether most symptoms are actual side effects or just things happening in my body, and they come on slowly and cumulatively, the minimalist form of the Haiku seems appropriate. It also gives form …
Category Archives: Cancer
Cancer Crawl, 12 May 2010
This went out to my email distribution list last night. Not much of it is new news, except maybe the part at the end where I talk about my feelings, which as usual are somewhat inappropriate to the situation. But hey, they’re mine and I’m keeping them. — Dear Friends Near and Far: Here’s your …
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There are two running counts on our chalkboard at home. The first is a counter of actual days until my term as department chair is up (31 May is the last day of my term). That number is at 19, though the chairing is pretty light in May and I’ve had lots of help from …
Quick Update
I had the first treatment today. It was uneventful and painless. It took a little longer than 15 minutes since they were getting used to me and adjusting my body on the bed. The mask was nice and tight. I was hoping there would be a laser or light sabre or something spectacular but I …
Well, that’s a relief
This morning, when I had planned to be writing up the AHCS strategic plan, I got a call from Jewish General asking if I could come in so they could adjust my mask. I was delighted to oblige. It turns out that whatever the mask is made of, you can mold it some by making …
Good News/Good News/Bad News
Yesterday was a big medical day. Good News 1: First up was an appointment with my endo, who upped my synthroid dose quite significantly–almost doubling it. Let’s hope that handles the hypothyroidism. I expected that. The bigger shock was that he told me my parathyroids were working. My sense was that they were damaged during …
Promotional Photo for Saw XXIV + Holding Pattern
Neal Thomas graciously offered to photoshop the pictures of the EBR mask onto my faculty photo. The results are impressive, though I am as yet undecided as to whether this should replace my official faculty photo on the McGill site: