The End of the Road

Dave’s Brain Cancer Journey ended on April 28, 2021 at around 8:35 pm. It’s been a rough road, full of bumps, detours, rough patches, potholes, and any other obstacle you can imagine put into our path. We knew in January where we would end up, but still hoped for a miracle. That miracle came inContinue reading “The End of the Road”

More Family Trauma

So, in addition to our Cancer Journey with Dave we have had additional family trauma over the last few months. I am waiting patiently for the good things to start happening to our family as we are getting worn down by all of the negative. It’s been hard to cope with all of the sadnessContinue reading “More Family Trauma”

Two Weeks of Hospice

Dave has been in hospice care for two weeks as of yesterday. During this time he has settled in nicely and is getting great care. He appears to be happy and engages when visitors are around. For the first week Dave was awake most of the day and very alert. When he arrived we madeContinue reading “Two Weeks of Hospice”

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””

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)”