To recognize the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial, I am holding a fundraiser this Thursday November 24th at Tilted Grill in Mission. For complete details check out Grey Matters event page. Hope to see you on Thursday.
Time to Warm up with Soup
Chilly weather here in Calgary so soup is back on the menu. Here is one of my favourite recipes
Tumeric Scented Brocoli and Cauliflower Soup
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Canadian Brain Tumour Foundation
I am featured as part of their Blog this week
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50/50 Movie Review
Not that I am a movie buff by any stretch, but I was very excited that a movie like 50/50 came out just after this last surgery. Jared and I went to see it on Sept 30th opening night and both really enjoyed it. I didn’t walk out with it on my Top 10 list, but I thought it did an excellent job of hitting some of the real themes that many of us who are walking this journey face in our day to day outside of the actual disease. Before I went to the show I was interviewed – here’s the article. If you know someone with cancer, I say take them and then take them for coffee and get their reaction.
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Happy Birthday To Me – I Get Surgery Round 3
Last post on July 21st ended with hopes of more blogging, return to treatment and yet another new “normal” in this journey with cancer. Well August 2011 had other plans for me, and boy am I happy to say goodbye to summer 2011.
August recovery was going very well. It definitely was taking me longer to get my energy back, but by the time I made the trip back to Ontario in mid August, about 4 weeks post the surgery on July 18th, I had gotten back into some slow running and Yoga, as well as most days was not needing as many naps. On August 18th, I had spent the morning enjoying a light 6 km run touring around my old neighbourhood at my parents place in Kitchener, came home and was making a quinoa chocolate cake when I experienced my first seizure. Continue reading
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Surgery Round 2
Well I have been a little silent on the treatment front as of late, and those connected to me through Facebook have seen the posts about my recent stay in hospital, so thought it’s time to break the silence.
I have mentioned in the past few updates that the team has been watching some “scar tissue”. The team has always reinforced that “they are not worried” but they have been transparent that it might be more than just scar tissue. I had my last MRI on June 28 and on July 7th, my oncologist said that the spot had grown again, and told us my neuro-surgeon was willing to operate and the team thought it was the right time for more treatment. As you know, I am blessed with the expertise of a world class team in brain cancer, and we literally trust them with my life. So when they told us they felt surgery and more chemo was my best option, we of course took them up on the offer. Continue reading
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LEAP
I’m featured in Alberta Cancer Foundation’s latest LEAP publication – in the article “No Pity Party” Also check out the cover article about my friend Mike Lang. An incredible guy who created an incredible film called Wrong Way to Hope.
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