Sylicious' Braindumps

….On the road with a brain tumor

Archive for the '5th phase – English' Category

115 Shuman & Angel-Eye

A lot has happened since my last update (Nov. 28th): On Nov. 29th, Riette stopped by, which was a great reunification (Syl and Riëtte always had that kind of relationship). She brought us a great lunch, but I forgot to take pictures; luckaly she will be back this wednesday, so I can try again 😀 […]

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114 I want my wife back!

Things are reasonably steady. In the morning Syl is washed by someone from home care (I assist her) and in the afternoon and evening someone from home care comes by to do things that need to be done (cleaning e.g.). The washing part is painful, so I give Syl a little bit of morphine one […]

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113 Good news

Time for some good news! Moving down to the living room with an adjustible bed and three times a day help from home care is having positive results on Syl’s wellbeing (and mine as well).  The last few days she is feeling much better because she has much more rest now (she does not have […]

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112 Long update

Wednesday November 6th we had an appointment with a homeopath to see what she could do. We had a very good discussion and she promised to do her best to make a difference (she hoped she could help Syl’s body to stop or slow down the tumour growth), but she also could not promise more […]

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111 Open Home

Time for a little update, which I will be writing, since Syl is feeling too tired to do it herself. And she loves to save her energy so she can keep doing things that make her happy. Like yesterday: we went to an Open Home day at my work in Vlaardingen. Syl had not yet […]

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110 Great dinner

Had a great dinner with even greater friends!  

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109 Second Opinion

Today we got back from the Daniel den Hoed Clinic (part of Erasmus Medical Centre) for a second opinion. Cutting straight to the point: they share the same opinion as the medical team in Westeinde Hospital in The Hague, what basically comes down to: any alternative treatment will have little chance of success and will […]

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108 Meet Buddy

I had a dream….please meet Buddy, this soft and smiling Buddha that Karin and Esther sent as a present to lift our spirits. Thank you so much, dear ladies. It’s doing just that. He followed me into my dreams and the small bells made me smile. Just awesome. Xxxx again….thank you xxx Also spoiled by […]

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107 About love

Spoiled by my dear friend Ineke and her husband with a beautiful book about love this afternoon. Not just applicable to our friendship, but also to last night: a lovely evening with brother and sister-in-law. Beautiful things are happening xxx Ineke and John…thank you very much for these beautiful words.

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106 More perfect timing

More perfect timing, this time by Peter’s colleagues. These were waiting for us when we came back from hospital. The meeting was heavy, but at least we now know the state of affairs and no, they are not good. And the doctors combine those with expectations, based on their experience. But I am not an […]

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