Sylicious' Braindumps

….On the road with a brain tumor

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11 Love Day

I feel truly blessed, because every day is a Love Day for me. But this Valentine’s Day was extra special. Extra aware of all the love surrounding us. Extra aware of all the gifts. Like our family doctor finding/making time to pay us a visit. To show his support. We had a good talk and […]

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10 Synchronicity

Synchronicity. I just love when that happens. Sure, you can call it coincidence if you want to. I don’t. I like to call it synchronicity. The experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance, yet are experienced as occurring together in a meaningful manner (thanks, […]

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09 Meetings

Back home after a long day in hospital. Tired, but calm. We don’t have a date for the biopsy yet, but they explained the risks and the procedure. I did some tests, blood was taken AGAIN, bloodpressure, all that stuff to make sure I’m fit to have surgery. And I am. At my own request […]

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08 Present day

Today my dad celebrates his 80th Bday and I felt good enough to surprise him with a (short) visit this morning! So grateful he’s still here. So grateful I’m still here. xxxx Happy 80, Dad! And I got even more presents: my friend Jeannette created a Facebook page – Support Generator –  where you can show […]

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07 Business as usual

It’s SO good to be home! Overwhelmed by the support and love. Thank you so much. My Facebook page turned into an awesome meeting place and it’s nice to share this adventure. But I also have a freelance job to do and today – with help from  Peter – I did just that. And I […]

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06 Peace and love

We had several requests from friends wanting to visit, but we decided to keep the weekend as low key as possible. All the emotions had drained us and this was just the first phase. This coming week we expect a call from the Westeinde hospital in The Hague to discuss further treatment and we needed […]

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05 Home!

Rough day for my body. One of the scans needed radio-opaque fluid and so a drip had to be prepared. But my body had enough of all the needles and poking, so getting the necessary stuff into my veins was pretty impossible. The nurse was getting desperate and so was I… it was very painful. […]

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04 Nice surprise

Early this morning I returned to my hospital bed. My ‘room mates’ were happy to see me and I surrendered to this change of scenery. Sure, I’d rather be home, but this wasn’t hell. The staff and my fellow patients were very nice. I’d be fine. I understood why they wanted me close by (if […]

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03 No party

Because we met each other on the 30th (of May 1998, to be exact), we always celebrate the 30th (of every month) with a nice dinner. Not this month. This 30th I’m in hospital. This 30th we had a meeting with two doctors and the moment they moved us to a private room, I knew […]

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02 Down the Rabbit Hole

Waking up in the hospital bed was weird. But soon I noticed something even more weird. Everybody felt familiar. The situations were new, so it was not a déjà vu or anything like that. But all the faces, nurses, patients, doctors…I ‘knew’ them. When I told Peter, he wasn’t as surprised as I expected him […]

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