Welcome to my website! Join me on this wild ride called life, where I’m currently navigating a period of cancer treatment and recovery which I am trying to do by being proactive and staying positive.
19 Sept – day 5 post surgery
- September 19, 2015
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- Kirsten Piper
after a night of little sleep Spiros was is feeling a little worse than yesterday. He found out this morning that the tumour removed was the biggest the surgeon has ever removed, which may be why revovery is not as fast as expected. Also suggests the cancer has been there a long time, so it’s...
18 Sept – Day 4 post surgery
- September 18, 2015
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- Kirsten Piper
Spiros has turned a corner and it looks like he is finally on the mend. He is getting out of bed and is looking to move from liquids to mushy food tomorrow. He is swallowing a little and has gotten some good sleep. He is still in pain, and having morphine to help, and gets...
17 sept – no morning visitors
- September 17, 2015
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- Kirsten Piper
Spiros is doing a little better – but no visitors this morning as he had some specialist appointments. Will provide an update tonight. Thanks.
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16 Sept – day 2 post surgery
- September 16, 2015
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- Kirsten Piper
Not a lot has changed overnight – still a lot of swelling and speaking is difficult. Main priority for Spiros today is to try get some sleep, which continues to be difficult. He is still not up for visitors today, but is pretty sure he will be tomorrow. He does look better on the outside...
15 sept – 1 day post surgery.
- September 15, 2015
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- Kirsten Piper
1 day post surgery and Spiros will be feeling the maximum swelling in his tongue and throat for the next 24hrs. It’s not a pretty sight, nor is the challenge of swallowing when part of your tongue is missing much fun. For the time being, we are requesting no visitors so Spiros can get as...
Surgery went well
- September 14, 2015
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- Kirsten Piper
Spiros second surgery today to remove the cancer went well. The robotic surgery was able to remove the lump in one go – the surgeon was extremely pleased with the result. He is now in a ward at St Vincents hospital recovering. He can’t speak yet and is on morphine for the pain so mainly...
Big operation tomorrow
- September 13, 2015
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- spiros
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...
At home for a few days before next operation
- September 08, 2015
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- spiros
Back home a little earlier than expected, can’t do much but sleep and eat jelly. But feeling better as the hours go by.
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Fathers day
- September 06, 2015
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- spiros
Happy fathers day to me. Kirsten, Zoe and Lexi all came to visit. Kirsten made me a breakfast not that I could eat any of it.
Zoe was an angel and sat next to me and quietly hugged me for about 20 minutes.
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Operation finished successfully
- September 05, 2015
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- spiros
1st operation finished successful. Thanks heaps for Vanessa, Shu and Jamie for being there when I came out.
Was a bit more than I expected but all things considered apart from the pain all is good.
The main initial pain was muscle pain in the shoulder. Nurses, doctors and support staff all excellent!
the morning after...
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