My Liver Cancer Blog

my first blog, a way for me to process my experience of being diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma

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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.

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Holiday indulgences

I had to go in early this morning for bloodwork before chemo. There’s always something. This time my creatinine levels are too high (though this just in — they are fine now. Phew).

Before we left I told my husband I thought that today we should just pretend I don’t have cancer, skip the appointment, and fuck off to the movies. He said, “Ok.” “Really?” “You have cancer. You can do what you want” (“I have cancer. I can do what I want.” Our new slogan. We saw it on some guy’s t-shirt at the hospital. His kids had it made for him.) Of course we went anyway, but it felt good to think I could just blow it off.

Also lovely? That I had some coffee this morning. Due to the gastritis, I haven’t had coffee since June at least (too acidic). But I’m in that “oh fuck it” kind of mood, so I had a few sips. OMG. One thing I cannot pretend, even after all these months, is that I don’t love and miss coffee. More holiday indulgences to come!

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