Monthly Archives: September 2014

I just had one of the craziest encounters here at the Ottawa Hospital that I’ve had in a long time. Someone once said to me that I have this strange ability to bring people close to me that I need … Continue reading →

I got my new needle for my port in yesterday, at Carefor. The nurse and the nursing student were very friendly and helpful. We mostly just chatted about the differences in the two countries’ healthcare, where most of the horror … Continue reading →

I’ve never smelled anything like this before. When I was visiting with my father today, I noticed this strange smell. It’s not just BO, it’s a different kind of BO…I can’t even put words around it… It’s like, the smell … Continue reading →

I’ve never been into anything other than Western Medicine, mostly because I prefer to have at least one constant, knowing exactly what is going into my body. I have so many weird things happening to me, keeping the medicine under … Continue reading →

Near the end of my 400mg doxy dose (even for me that’s a heavy dose, so you know I must be feeling really, really, bad if I’m doing that…) but near the end of the infusion (it’s a 4 hour … Continue reading →

As sick as I am feeling right now, it’s comforting when my vital signs are okay. Being chronically ill, we become experts on learning our personal degrees of sick–as bad as I feel, I know what much worse feels like, … Continue reading →

This is part of what my doctor and I have been trying to figure out in order to help me feel better this week…figure out why I’m posting numbers like these even though I’m on IV Vancomycin. The Vanco had … Continue reading →

It never ceases to amaze me the inhumanity and cruelty of some people. I have a friend whose wife has horrible, debilitating health problems. She is in and out of the hospital all of time. That means they are constantly … Continue reading →

I don’t know why, but the Vanco is still wiping me out. I feel like I’m draped in a lead coat. My bp machine broke a few months ago, so I had to order another one but it hasn’t arrived … Continue reading →

I went to Cedars today, and got some bloodwork done. I had a chem panel, cbc, sed rate, amalyse and lipase, and two sets of blood cultures. The most I’m concerned about the cbc and the blood cultures. It’s most … Continue reading →