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.
I’m a pretty private and introverted person. If you don’t know me, this might surprise you, since here I am blogging to the world about things like having diarrhea while on a walk or wishing I could get rid of my cancer by giving it to someone I don’t like. But, not a lot of…
Wicked Thoughts: On the way home from the 3rd Zeno infusion yesterday, I tested myself. If given the choice, are there still people in the world that I would give my cancer to if some little demon made the offer? Yup, totally. People I know? Yup, sorry to say, but totally. This made me and…
That a well known oncologist, who earlier in the day had given a fascinating scientific presentation, taught us some Bollywood moves at the final dinner gives you a little bit of a feel for what this conference was like. (Link below is to a video of us doing our best to Sapphire, the song by…
My Liver Cancer Blog 