Mum saw her GP and he “didn’t seem too concerned” according to her feedback.
I asked what on earth that meant. I didn’t get an answer that made sense in line with my worldview but she has an appointment with her surgeon next month for a follow-up.
I can’t relate rationally with someone close to [...]
I was at the folks’ house for dinner and my brother and I were eating in the loungeroom so the visiting neighbours could eat at the dinner table.
We were talking crap and watching something on TV about Jamie Durie and a beer-drinking grizzly bear when mum came in. She asked if we’d overheard the [...]
I don’t like mince tarts. I don’t see the sense in having steaming pudding on a stinking hot day. I feel sad when I see pile upon pile of fresh food left in rubbish bins because overcatering everywhere you step is seen as generosity. And I’m not a fan of the gastro that’s hit me [...]
I have many things to say about the new job, but they’ll have to wait until I perform my planned stunt involving the stash of Hustler magazines in the lunch room. Let’s just say the highlight so far was scrubbing the women’s toilet today as apparently Friday afternoon is clean-the-place afternoon. At least I could [...]
I’m tired to the shithouse and can’t put a sentence together without either falling asleep or forgetting what I’m talking about, so here, have a film review by my niece. She is a teenager and I can understand about a third of what she’s saying.
omg.. i went and saw Harry potter on the weekend.. [...]
Mum went in yesterday afternoon for part two of the surgery. She was jittery the night before and had come down with a head cold and wouldn’t know until morning if she’d be okay for surgery, and the surgeon’s home was vulnerable during yesterday’s bushfire warnings and no one was sure if he’d be available.
The [...]
Finally, some news. Mum’s bowel cancer was confirmed and she has an appointment with her surgeon next week, after which she’ll be booked for surgery. She wasn’t able to tell me how many lesions or whatever they’re called (I haven’t Dr Googled once) but the specialist said she probably won’t need chemo after surgery and [...]
I was thinking only a few days ago, with Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling in Adelaide this week and interviews about his cancer foundation, that my family has thankfully never been affected directly by the insidious disease. We’re a tough bunch of mix-breds; my parents are in their sixties and have never required anything more [...]
I was hoping for a few more years of familial independence before adopting the role of the child who will be parenting the parents, but I’m in a bit of a pickle.
My mother has always been a ‘if you want something done properly, do it yourself’ kind of woman. That’s great when things need to [...]
