They Say Bad News Comes In Threes.

01/14/16 - Wow, first Lemmy from Motorhead, then Bowie, and now Alan Rickman who played Snape in Harry Potter has also died of cancer at age 69. Well if I wasn't nervous before for my first six-month MRI today,  I am NOW!   But least it was a different kind of cancer & he was much older than I am. OK,  calming down now... Give me a minute, though, that could change!

My First Six-Month MRI Tomorrow

01/13/16 - I’ve got my first six-month post-surgery MRI of my thigh & hip tomorrow.  Fortunately, I haven’t experienced the scanxiety I had with my last batch of tests (x-ray & ultrasound).  I’ve been too busy coming to terms wit the death of David Bowie.  Reports are now saying he had liver cancer.  You’d think all this talk of cancer & death would increase my anxiety, but no… I’m just tired!  I’ve been keeping busy working on some material for another blog I have, so perhaps that’s got a lot to do with it.

As for the MRI, this first post-surgery one is to get a baseline image, so that they have something to compare future scans to.  Hopefully, all goes smoothly & there are no nasty surprises.  Here in Canada, our medical system is primarily public, so unlike the private system, I most likely won’t get the results until later next week.  I’ll be sure to post an update then.  I also asked to get a copy of my final pathology report, which they’re going to send along with my MRI results. I’m eager to learn my final round cell count, since the >25% I was originally given was from my pre-surgery biopsy, which only examined three small pieces of the tumour.  The final pathology will be on the entire thing, so it’ll be much more accurate.

Meanwhile, I've added a few Blogger gadgets on the menu to the left to make it easy for people to subscribe or share any posts of interest on Google+.  Besides helping other sarcoma patients & helping myself not go crazier than I already am, my new goal with this blog is to also help spread awareness about this forgotten cancer.  Speaking of awareness, I also added some helpful links, as well as I few sarcoma-related blogs I've come across over the past year.

Well, that’s it for now.  Gotta be up at stupid-o’clock tomorrow to be picked up to go to the hospital!  I swear, they saved me only to try & kill me!  Scans that early should be outlawed!!! Zzzzzzzz...

The World Stood Still Today

01/11/16 - The earth stood still today when I heard the news of David Bowie's passing.  I felt like someone had punched me in the stomach. I may only have a few of his albums, but almost every single artist I love has been influenced by this man in one way or another.  For as long as I can remember, he's been a part of my music universe, directly or indirectly.  I am in total shock and disbelief. His secret 18-month battle with cancer was lost just days after his 69th birthday. Such a huge loss for music fans everywhere.  :'(