Four years and counting ∼ Page 2 ∼ BC Becky

Then the phone rang …

Fri May 31, 2019

The phone rang and woke me up. It was the call I had been waiting for, but also dreading. When I talked to my oncologist the week before vacation,…

A day at Tassajara

Mon May 27, 2019

Emotional Journey

For our last full day of vacation, we decided we wanted to spoil ourselves. I really wanted to spend a day at a spa or something. We were driving…

Things I need to write

Tue May 14, 2019

Four years and counting

I wrote this before I got the results of my PET/CT scan, which was all clear. I'm publishing this now (June 2023) because I think sharing the thoughts is…

Patient health literacy

Sun May 5, 2019

Four years and counting

For my dissertation I've been working on the concept of patient health literacy, and what that has meant for me. Recently I've developed a passion for digital storytelling -…

Is moving back to Canada and the improved quality of life worth living a shorter life?

Fri April 26, 2019

Four years and counting

This post crossed my stream today - 'The face of health-care crisis': Cancer patient calls out N.S. premier in viral video This is what scares me most about moving back…

Back on the bike

Mon April 22, 2019

Four years and counting

On the weekend, I got back on the bike - specially, hubby and I went out for a ride on our mountain bikes. This is the first time I've…

My intimate relationship with my lymph system

Sun March 31, 2019

Emotional Journey

I didn't know what a swollen lymph node felt like. When I went through treatment, I didn't have any known lymph involvement. I hadn't really even heard of the…

I cannot help but ask…

Tue March 26, 2019

Four years and counting

You would think that by now I would remember the answer to the question, and yet, I keep asking. This time I was prompted to ask because a research…

Just do it …

Sun March 3, 2019

Four years and counting

I remember during my childhood there was this participACTION campaign about trying to get people off the couch and exercising more. I can hear the sounds of music associated…

A heaviness

Fri March 1, 2019

Four years and counting

I have been feeling a heaviness lately that I could not quite place. I had originally put it on my lupron shot - the heaviness associated with ongoing cancer…