Tag: cancer

My Last Day At The Tom Baker Cancer Centre Is Bittersweet

I started this journey in September 2010. 6 and a half years later,my last day at the Tom Baker cancer centre is bittersweet. Well, more sweet than bitter, obviously. I noticed an abnormally large lump in my left axilla (armpit, in non medical terms) and presented it to my family doctor for investigation. She sent… Continue reading My Last Day At The Tom Baker Cancer Centre Is Bittersweet

3 years cancer free doesn’t mean being free from cancer

I just realized that in mid February, I was ‘officially’ 3 years cancer free. Pretty amazing considering the last few months have been a roller coaster of lumps and tests and needles and stitches. I know the last time I updated about my health it was with a huge sigh of relief that my oncologist’s… Continue reading 3 years cancer free doesn’t mean being free from cancer

The Results Are In

Nothing is more terrifying that knowing that the results are in. It’s the longest drive to the hospital. It’s the longest walk down the hallway and the longest wait in the waiting room. Diagnosis. Right neck node; Biopsy: – Reactive follicular hyperplasia – NO definitive morphological evidence of involvement by nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma… Continue reading The Results Are In

Don’t Panic

He looked me in the face and said, “don’t panic, not yet. let me do the worrying and when there’s something for you to worry about, I’ll let you know.”     That’s what my oncologist said to me at my 6 month check up. See, I was deemed cancer free after my scan came… Continue reading Don’t Panic

In Treatment

Part 2 Being diagnosed with cancer was a life changing, life interrupting, life crippling event. In the hours, days, weeks after hearing those terrifying words, “you have cancer”, I plunged into a deep depression. I lost all ability to control my life, manage my thoughts, basically function as a mother and wife. I was broken.… Continue reading In Treatment