Ladies' Brunch 12/02/07

On November 30th Irene and Lisa came over to help me put my Christmas decorations. We ate xmas cookies and listened to carols - it was G.T.s. It was all in preparation for the Ladies' Brunch. So much food... it was delicious. Zeljka was amazing! I wasn't feeling well at all and she took over. She cooked and served and everything. The bacon kicked ass. It's been so long so I don't remember all the stars of the menu. Bailleys and hot chocolate or coffee. Yum - that was good! I had such a great time, and I loved seeing everyone. I hope to make it an annual thing. What better way to kick off Christmas? Ladies, booze in the a.m., and eating for hours. Oh ya - we wore PJs! Well, only 6 or 7 of us actually wore them, but we were comfy. Here are some pics:

Return of the Blog

Since my hospital stay I've decided to try to blog again. The only reason I quit was because I started spending so much time in hospital and when I was out, everything hurt or I was sick. It was total bullshit. So here's a recap of what's been going on recently: I'm off chemo - they say it makes me too sick. I'm not on any kind of treatment right now. I'm trying to get walking again - I've been stuck in bed for over a month. I'm going berzerker. I also need babysitters when Al is at work - good thing I have the best friends in the world! They have a schedule worked out where they come over once a week to watch me and make dinner. Oh, and empty my pee bags. I have problems with my kidneys now, so I have tubes running out of my kidneys that drain into bags. Since I'm stuck in bed, Al and I have been having "Lost" marathons. I love this show - right now we're on season 3. Al's birthday was last week and I bought him a GPS. My cousins had one and it looked so cool I had to get one. It's effin fun, I can't wait to get in the car. You can have celebrity voices tell you where to go - like droopy dog (that's only funny to me and Lisa). OK this pen sucks so I'm done. Al's going to type this up for me.
The next blog is going to be about the ladies brunch I had back in December. I went to the hospital the next day, so I couldn't write about it or put up pics. See ya.

Bing Bing Blog

Good morning. I just got out of a week long stay at the luxurious Toronto General. Amenities included tv/phone, free drugs, remote control bed, and nurse service 24/7. Activities included CAT scans, being pricked 100 times for an IV line, and having a brand new tube and bag inserted into my kidney. My most favourite feature, though, had to be Bing Bing Bong. All day, all night "Bing Bing Bong". Man what a catchy tune. Al tried to record it, but unfortunately a picture will have to suffice.

PMH Update

hi there,
since al is so wonderful, he has offered to update the blog for me while i'm away.
so no news yet. there was plans for a surgery but it doesn't look like it can happen so they're "racking their brains" trying to figure something else out. i really hope they do soon cuz i'm going to go loco up in here. it's day 2 and i'm so bored. i'm really happy about all my visitors though, my mom even came up!!
here's a couple of pics of what i've been up to:
eating french fries

reading magazines

getting a constant supply of dilaudid


the drugs are definitely taking the edge off of the pain. and even though i only sleep for a couple of hours at a time, they are deep sleeps. i even remembered a dream i had. yesterday i had watched tyra and it was about spotting couture fakes. so in my dream, i was in the audience at that same taping, and tyra was talking about how the biggest culprit right now is an Yves Saint Laurent counterfeiter. then she went on about how buying fakes contributes to street crime etc. but then she started praising the person who was responsible for these ysl fakes and said the tyra show apprehended her and here she is... "yves saint lauraunt" kay!
then aunt kay rolls out in her black slacks and white blouse and was doing her aunt kay-isms "oh god love ya anyway" "uh huh, uh huh, yup" and the audience was eating it up. so was i, i thought it was freakin hilarious.
anyways, my eyes are crossing from the drugs and al needs to get home so i'm done for now. there's a small chance that i can get the internet in my room, hopefully i'll find out soon.
'night.

be back soon....

well they are hospitalizing me. i go in tomorrow morning and i may not get out until monday. im nervous but i know its for the best. i have things ive been wanting to post about but ive been way to sore and tired. when i get back im going to blog the heck out of this thing. its going to be a blog o topia.

good night.

sigh.

originally i said i didnt want to use this blog to complain or post anything negative, but things have been so hard lately i have nothing else to post about. i cant go out, i cant leave the bed/couch. its really starting to affect me mentally. not only am in in constant discomfort and pain but now i just feel like im going crazy. and i just found out that i cant get into see the doctor till the 5th of december. i dont know what im going to do for the next week. im afraid. and i start chemo on the 3rd. i really wanted to have this last bit of time to myself, to feel strong and do what i wanted to do before the chemo starts. and i was under the impression that i needed this appointment before the chemo, just in case i needed surgery. i really hate feeling like i have to suffer because other people drop the ball. like basically my whole experience at this hospital. this appointment was supposed to be set up last week. clearly they forgot and wouldnt have called me if al and i hadnt hounded everyone that works there yesterday. i dont know how im going to do this, another week of living like this. i was just hoping i could get an appointment so they could give me some tips on how to get relief. i shouldnt complain im sure there are a ton of people going through much worse than me. i just feel like im having more time stolen from me. its not fair. i spend at least 3/4s of my day in the bathroom. the rest of the time im waiting to have to go to the bathroom, or in pain.
im going to try to think of positive things. we are ordering swiss chalet for dinner. theres a new gossip girl on tonight. fonzie is so cute, she knows im sick so she has been following me around and acting like a guard cat. she wont leave my side, its so adorable. ummm. thats about it.
im also very thirsty. im drinking fluids, but obviously that doesnt help my constant leaking situation. but if i stop im worried about my kidneys since theres only one good working one.
well i have to go back to the bathroom. sorry for being a drag. hopefully my next post wont suck.

say what?

sorry i havent been blogging this week, ive been feeling like total shit. im going to d o a big one later, i already have some saved in a draft.


see you tonight!

look below me!!