(Original title: Dobby’s Reward) I did a fundraiser during May for Love Your Sister, which is something that I’ve never done before. Sure, we’ve all done the “doorknock your neighbours and get $5 to do a fun run” thing as a kid, but that doesn’t count. You only raise $50 or so and it goes to I don’t even know where – maybe the school? – and you run or walk the course and then you totally forget about it….
(Original title: The Heir of Slytherin) Every time I go to the hairdresser, I apologise for my hair. Sometimes because it’s dirty, but mostly because of the mess it’s going to make on the floor. I have so much hair. It is thick, and I have a lot of it, and when it’s on the ground it’s just everywhere. Through the diagnostic process, I knew I had cancer. I just knew it, and I made the decision to cut my…
(Original title: Cornelius Fudge) I am trying to think of a good story to tell you about myself while my flight has been delayed, cancelled, delayed and delayed again at Hobart Airport. I don’t really know if I have a good one that is in its entirety from the same day, but I’ll tell you about when I moved to Melbourne and how awesome my friends are. This was actually written over two separate airports on two different continents, so…
(Original title – Mudbloods and Murmurs) The cancer life continues – I have had post-op review with my oncologist, bone scan, palliative care appointment for pain, and a bone and CT scan. I’ve been dealing with a lot of pain over the past six weeks or so, mostly at night when I lay down to go to sleep. So now I have a brand new prescription for morphine, which seems like fun. It’s now another two tablets a day on…
I’m not changing the title of this update, because it’s so perfect. Those of you familiar with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone know that the Mirror of Erised shows Harry his parents and his family. Harry’s faithful sidekick Ron The Ranga sees himself as Head Boy and being the Gryffindor Quidditch Captain. Dumbledore explains that “The happiest man on Earth would look into the mirror and see only himself, exactly as he is.” The mirror shows your deepest desires….
(Original title – The Sorting Hat) So, I’ve been sitting on this for a couple of months now, waiting for the right moment to a) tell everyone; and b) start sorting through my actual feelings about the whole ordeal. This post is about news in two parts: Part One – I have metastatic breast cancer. It’s lurking in my liver and in five vertebrae in my spine (T11 – L3 for those of you playing along at home). Part Two…