my first blog, a way for me to process my experience of being diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma
I am a professor at a Canadian university. I’m married, have close relationships with my family, love my 2 dogs, love travel, and enjoy hiking (but day hikes only – not really into the hut-to-hut thing). I really hope I can get through this and do some major hikes again in the future. Thank god I also love reading novels (literary prize winners, but also espionage, detective, and sometimes Sci-fi). And thank god I live in an era of excellent tv. And thank god I love writing. There are many things I can still do that I love, even having cancer and being more home-bound than I would like to be.
If you’re new, I recommend starting with How I Found Out.
Having cancer has meant that I spend more time at home than I usually do, and so I’ve overheard conversations between Jacky and Gordy that I normally wouldn’t. The topics of some of their conversations have really taken me by surprise. They have been more philosophical than I expected – very rooted in their own…
Well, I was hoping for more dramatic results, but I’ll take what I can get. The tumor is now 7.4 x 4.6 cm. If I compare this with what I think of as our benchmark or baseline CT scan, which was done March 29 — after I finished chemo-immunotherapy, but before I started the zenocutuzumab…
Oh, to be blissfully unaware of Canadian drug policy! Returning to that state of ignorance would be so nice. Or rather, never having felt the need to know about it would be so nice. But, ever since we embarked on the quest to obtain zenocutuzumab, it has felt important to have a better understanding of…
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