My Say
My opinions and comments, blog posts where I have my say.Good and Bad news
Even though I’ve been reacting well to treatment, doctors want me to be aware of the reality of the situation: my cancer is terminal. It is likely that I have less than 12 month to live. My intention is to prove the doctors wrong.
My Last Cancer Update (hopefully)
My most recent posts on this blog have been about my health and battle with pancreatic cancer. Thankfully the growth was discovered early enough for doctors to be able to totally remove the tumour. Six months of chemotherapy has hopefully reduced the risk of...
Cancer and Chemotherapy
The last couple of posts, here on my personal blog, have been about my health issues and diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer. Since then I've spent eight weeks in hospital at Monash Clayton following the "Whipples Procedure" surgery, which removed the head of my...
Cancer Surgery
I explained in my previous blog post that I was in hospital with what is more than likely a cancerous growth on the head of my pancreas. Tomorrow I'm having major surgery to remove the tumour, which will also mean loosing the head of my pancreas, gall bladder,...
I’m in hospital
As I write this, from beside my hospital bed, I've spent the last eight days in two different hospitals. All of that time has been the investigation phase, as the doctors try and work out what's going on. It started two weeks ago, just feeling sick. I thought...
Bushfires
A couple of weeks ago, you probably heard about the bushfires here in Victoria. The big fire in the Bunyip State Park was pretty close, with plenty of smoke being blown across our house in Pakenham. However, it was even closer to our family in Garfield and...
Australia Day, should we change the date?
There's been lots of heated discussion around the date we celebrate Australia Day. I've committed to posting a daily video to YouTube for 30 days, so I thought I'd make my January 26 video all about Australia Day. I talk about alternative dates to celebrate...
Black Friday
Just like in America, Australia had big Black Friday retail and online sales last weekend. These sales kicked off a month of Christmas shopping, but where did Black Friday come from and did I personally pick up a bargain? Black Friday in Australia When I was...
Pencil and Paper Votes
Yesterday Victorians voted to decide who would form the state government for the next four years. The highlight for me was my 18 year old son, Josh, voting for the first time. He collected all the How-To-Vote fliers from the various parties, lined up with me...
Halloween – I Don’t get it
Halloween, I don't get it. Kids, of various ages, are dressing in "spooky" costumes, walking the streets, knocking on the doors of people they don't know and taking lollies (I'm not going to call it candy) from complete strangers. When we grew up, Halloween was a...
18 Months Later… My Mega Catch-Up Blog Post
The key to a successful blog, so they say, is regular updates. "Regular updates" probably means at least a weekly blog post, so not doing anything to this site for more than a year, isn't really good form. Back in April I realised it had been 12 months since I'd...
My stolen photo
Last weekend we decided to have a look at a house being sold a few doors up from us. During the "Open For Inspection" the realestate agent, Craig Currie, invited prospective purchasers to visit his website for a floor plan and more information. We are 12 or 18...