Our February was filled with recovery from an anxiety filled January and the second run of intense chemotherapy, which apparently did a number on Dave’s health. It also included flirtations with depression for Dave that is anxiety driven as he can’t do as much as he would like to be doing and is struggling toContinue reading “February, the month of love or depression”
Category Archives: Dave’s Journey
January: The Month of Anxiety
I am very glad January is over, it was a very challenging month. While everything according to medical professionals appears to be stabilizing, we haven’t really seen this manifest in his physical recovery. Managing anxiety has been our largest challenge in January, both from Dave and from the children. On the way home on FridayContinue reading “January: The Month of Anxiety”
A state of “We Don’t Know”
It appears that the first part of 2020 is going to be a state of “We don’t know”, “we need to wait and see” statements from our medical professionals. Kind of feels a bit like throwing spaghetti at a wall to see what sticks mentality. I’m sure that’s not what is going on, but itContinue reading “A state of “We Don’t Know””
Holiday Season | Progress
Dave returned home from the hospital in a “medically stable” state on December 12 in the afternoon. “Medically stable” meant that there had the seizures were generally under control and there was no good medical reason for him to remain in hospital. We were a bit skeptical as there were still focal seizures happening throughoutContinue reading “Holiday Season | Progress”
Set backs
Sicknesses continued to plague our immediate and extended family through the rest of Dave’s treatment. Seth got over whatever asthma thing he had only to get pink eye twice, and Dax ended up with some slight flu and pink eye as well. In addition to our family sicknesses, our extended family had to be voluntarilyContinue reading “Set backs”
Treatment and Changes
Radiation and chemotherapy treatment began on October 15, 2019 for Dave’s glioblastoma. It took until October 8 for us to find out what precisely this cancer was, which really isn’t that long if you look back on when this all started which was August 20. The first day was rough as the anti-nausea medication didn’tContinue reading “Treatment and Changes”
Challenges and Changes Pt 3 (Steroid withdrawal is Scary)
Recovery from brain surgery continued to go very well at home. While tired and struggling a bit with word finding and putting concepts together we didn’t notice a great deal of change in behaviour or personality, at first, but I’ll get to that in a bit. The first thing that I noticed when we gotContinue reading “Challenges and Changes Pt 3 (Steroid withdrawal is Scary)”
Challenges and Changes Pt2
September 17: Surgery Day Surgery day arrived early (4am early) on September 17. Dave had to be at the hospital by 5am to check in for surgery that we were told would start at 7:30am. We were surprisingly calm and unworried when we arrived at the hospital to check in. We both likely anxious, butContinue reading “Challenges and Changes Pt2”
Challenges and Changes Pt 1
Big changes happening very fast. I thought that I was adaptable, that change didn’t scare me so very much, but apparently I wasn’t being honest with myself. The last two months have been the most challenging months that I have ever had to face and the journey isn’t over. It might never be fully over. Continue reading “Challenges and Changes Pt 1”
The Adams-Schlag Family 