Category: musings
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Pain Protocol
I’ve had 3-4 calls since my pre-op tests last week from not only the internal medicine doctor’s resident but the nurse in charge of my case, Stephanie, and a research nurse seeing if I would like to take part in s study that involved me taking Celebrex as part of my after care. We had…
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Irn Bru All The Way
Yesterday afternoon I had a scheduled visit to one of our local CLSC (general medical clinics) for out patient treatment. My red blood cell count is down and, with a big op coming up, they wanted to boost my iron levels to stimulate making red blood cells (a process that takes upwards of 10 days…
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The Cut
It’s a little frightening to know they’re going to cut a foot of colon out of me. Let that sink in for a minute. That’s a whole foot. You know, the length of a ruler. Go on, go find one, set it out in front of you and take a good long minute to stare…
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The Dandelion Girl
When I was a very young child my dad affectionately called me his favourite dandelion. Well, dandelion head actually. Why? Because I have ultra fine, fly-away baby hair. Hair that, even on the best of days, forms a static-induced halo that obviously resembles a dandelion when it’s gone to seed (not that for a split…
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Pre-Op Preparation
I missed posting yesterday because I spent most of the day at the hospital. We arrived at around 10 am and did registration at admissions, which was quick—surprisingly so. As usually there’s a huge queue at most hospitals here in Quebec City. The speedy registration meant we were 30 minutes early for my first appointment.…
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How to Forget
I was reading something this morning that made me think of something my mother once told me. I don’t know if it was something she learnt herself, or was told, but I distinctly remember her saying to me: “One of our greatest gift is our ability to forget.” It wasn’t till much later in life…
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The Story So Far
I feel like I’ve been away for months, though in fact it’s not been a month, not yet … but there’s been a really good reason for my absence. My health. To summarise, as a lot of you already know, the OH and I went on holiday to Montreal for a short week away to…