A Song Not Scored For Breathing

** " I'm getting less moody, aren't I ?" He pauses and then says, " A little. "  I start to tell him just how w...

It was -45C with the wind chill factored in this morning. The windows are frosted up nearly to the top but the sun is shining through them....

I've spent the past week trying to point in the direction of getting back to normal, whatever 'normal' is. One thing I'v...

Tumour test results came back today and I don't need chemo. I am so, so relieved. There is only a PET scan ahead of me before the end o...

That about sums up my day yesterday. I went to my home group meeting for the first time in six weeks. Drain tube free. Pain free. Good...

** little glimmers of hope the past few days have been a relief. ** thank you for your support and prayers. I think we often fail to real...

** As a child I made it through each day by looking ahead to something else. It was like living in perpetual limbo. That's what I feel ...

** realized yesterday that the number of people one can truly take into their confidence about how things are and not get shit on is small....

** drain tube #2 came out Boxing Day. So far so good. When Dearest One was helping get the tensor bandage back on again this morning I lame...

When   Y2K  was coming, preparing for it was like reliving the tension of my childhood but on steroids. I knew all about needing a plan t...

This week we travelled for a second opinion about my treatment options. It was surreal to be in a hospital solely devoted to cancer care....

This morning I brought my breakfast back to bed, added in a heated wheat bag to keep me warm, stopped and picked up a long sleeve shirt I h...

"Don't laugh too much when I have a needle stuck in your chest." For a moment I have an urge to laugh even harder, in that ...

My temporary breast prosthesis is shaped like a little cotton filled football. I tried it out yesterday and well, between it and the increa...

Dearest One and I are silent as we glance at the arrow on the "Cancer Clinic ahead" sign. We drive past it like it's a gateke...

"I'm scared you're going to die." She hugs me tight, her words filtering down through her fingertips onto my back, desp...

"I know, I've touched your incision." His answer surprises me. I have absolutely no feeling for several inches on either si...

It doesn't take much to make me dissolve in tears and this certainly did it today: (Thanks  Rebekah Grace !) Story of The Sweater ...

I apologize for the silence. Typing increases my pain level so I've tried to cut back on it and it's helped. I've also felt con...

"How are you?" Dearest One asks the waitress as we place our order for tea and toast. [lovely song about tea and toast  .] ...