What's a wallflower wildcat to do?
One day in January 2011, I made it to work and after about an hour and a half could not even stand up without wobbling so bless her heart, my boss sent me home. That night I was trying to sleep but I had immense chest pain. I couldn’t take a deep breath at all. I... Continue Reading →
Hey y'all. Just a little disclosure: this is an e-mail I received after asking my donor to write her story about the process of being on the other side of a stem cell transplant. I will follow shortly with my side of the story but wanted to share this for those who are curious about... Continue Reading →
I'm a little emotional tonight. At the end of last week I received the story of my donor's stem cell donation which I will be sharing on my blog in the next coming little while. A couple of weeks ago I had started a draft post encouraging those around me, especially my friends and extended... Continue Reading →
This year, in November, will mark 10 years since my mum died of breast cancer. On September 7th my family will be celebrating what would have been her 65th birthday, our 10th without her. I was devastated when she died. I literally collapsed in the palliative care unit of the hospital. She had gone in... Continue Reading →
I haven't posted in three weeks because I've been on vacation and out of town but I wanted to do a post-birthday post to reflect on the year and share some (10) bites of wisdom I've accumulated over the past little while. I was born on a hot August 12th evening and in my 27... Continue Reading →
It's 4:37 AM right now and I'm still awake. Caffeine has a half life of 6 hours and I broke my rule of not having coffee after 2:00 PM because I was headed to the last night of the fireworks competition here in Montreal for the summer 2016 season and I knew I'd miss the... Continue Reading →
It's August on Monday, already! And this August marks a very exiting milestone for me. On August 26th it will be 5 years since my stem cell transplant for acute myelogenic leukemia. The whole ordeal feels a whole lot closer than 5 years ago, I still remember it vividly. I spent a total of 9.5... Continue Reading →
