A brand new year!

Made it again. It was 2 new years ago that Kiara and I looked back on a year in which I almost died. Well, still going strong!

A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous year to all of you!

Merry Christmas!

Make a Smilebox greeting

And now for something completely different

After last week's crazy events I took a short break with regards to posting. Good thing I took a little time off because I had no pics for you! I couldn't find my camera. Where I found it.....well, I'm sure most people put their camera's in the washing machine! After washing my remote, I figured I could wash my camera too. No, honestly....I went bazerk! I decided to get a new cam asap.

Last week I finished rehab. Done it again!
I am now trying to look forward to a more stable situation. The problem is, you never really know what is going to happen next. 2 years ago I was at the same point and look at what happened this year.

Still, it is important to move forward again and make plans for the future. Living by each day will only enforce living and feeling like a patient. It is my aim to try to move toward leading a reasonably normal life again. I have loads of projects waiting to be set-up. But those of you who know me can imagine that I am a too ambitious for my own good. I had decided to take a short break before diving in but life seems to be leading in my itinery. I still have therapists to see but they are no longer at one location.

It is so extremely busy at the moment moving towards Christmas. It will be nice to take a week off with Kiara. No hospitals, no therapists, just some family time.

I decided to take-up another old hobby and figured it would be fun to partake in a talentshow. Boy did I have to practice! It had really been a while and my voice has really changed due to medication and a change in hormones. I sang 3 songs!

1. That ole devil called love
2. Summertime
3. Somewhere over the rainbow.

And guess what? I came in second place in the quarter finals. More to come at the end of January. So far so good! Seems like a pretty normal life already!

Jacques le Brun, rest in peace.

Jesuit cross for Jacques.

Life can be so full of tragedies. Yesterday morning my sister Adrienne's husband, Jacques le Brun suddenly passed away.

He will be greatly missed, by myself, but also by Kiara who was his little princess.

Jacques died of a heart attack. He was in Senegal making preparations for a project to boost the welfare of the Senegalese in the Casamances, one of his favorite places to be.










Jacques was a lovely man who succeded in making my sister happy. It is an enormous loss for her and our family. I really hope that there are sailing ships in heaven.

Results!

A trip to Dr. Lips has saved you from a rather nasty entry concerning my new oncologist!

It's a good thing that positive news can overshadow annoying experiences.

But here is the great news:
It is very likely that my chemotherapy is working. I received my bloodwork of the first month that I was on the Nexavar. My Thyroglobin levels have decrease from approximately 4500 (on Thyrax) to 3500 (on Thyrax). This is a significant amount after just 3 weeks treatment! The chance that this drop is caused by something else is very unlikely as I had no other treatment during that time. I thought that I would have to wait until January for some results, but this is going to be ONE MERRY CHRISTMAS!