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So I finally got out of the hospital and made it home. It was a very exhausting day as I settled in but was very good to have some sleep in my own bed.

Unfortunately, being released from hospital does not mean that I am better and the poor family was exposed to the amount of...

A very exciting day for me as I finally get out of the hospital. All that needs to happen is the doctor needs to clarify some stuff with my dental scans and subscriptions filled for all the various medications that I am on.

Even though I am leaving the last 24 hrs has proven that I...

Yesterday was an ok on the recovery front but great on the news front. I met with the doctor in charge of my Chemo / Radiation and he passed on some potentially good news which should see me in a good position by Christmas. The key points are:

Potential reduction in Cancer Stage

When you have...

Yesterday was a relatively good day where I managed to eat mashed potato (amazing I know!) and went for a walk beyond level 10 of St Vincent’s hospital which was even more exciting. Unfortunately I probably pushed it a bit too far and struggled through the night and woke up a bit worse for wear...

It’s been a good day and I continue to feel better and better.  Apart from the need for a bit of Morphine at 3am for the last few days’ pain has been under control and I have started to drink as much as I can.

My goal at the moment is to...

Had the Nasogastric tube removed yesterday, although I was a little apprehensive if it would help with the Phlegm issue and swallowing it had a major effect? Within 4 hours of it being removed phlegm had removed dramatically and I was able to drink!!! I went crazy and had 5 little apple juices, some soup,...

For more complete update make sure you read yesterday’s post here

The cable is now out and am accelerating too getting out of here.  Not only have I drunk about 100ml of fluids I swallowed some pills too! Oh the excitement of it!

If you want to come and visit that is cool,. The hours are...

Finally a blog post from me instead of Kirsten on how I am progressing. Going into this operation I thought after a few days I would be fine to be browsing the internet, watching tv, have visitors etc… unfortunately the operation took it out of me as I worked hard to deal with what it...

Well the big operation is tomorrow (14 September).

It’s been a weird week trying to recover from the first operation. I had expected that every day would get a little better and by this time I would be feeling relatively good and ready to go, however, it hasn’t been like that.

Everyday new pains seem to come...

Back home a little earlier than expected, can’t do much but sleep and eat jelly.  But feeling better as the hours go by.