The last few days have been absolutely insane- so much so I haven’t really had time to sit down and reflect on them yet. Today I have a bit of downtime and I wanted to talk about how incredible my weekend was. This weekend I attended a retreat for women…
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Day -23
Appointments: Pulmonary Function Test, Blood Work, ECG, Dental Extraction, Bone Marrow Biopsy. Today was pretty crazy. Was up early to be at a pulmonary function test where they see how my lungs work before the transplant. Because my care is part of the University Health Network of hospitals, a lot…
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Country Music KICKED CANCERS ASS!
Yesterday was amazing, and truly insane. After a wonderful weekend retreat, to walk into something like that was overwhelming. I cried in the corner for the first ten minutes because I was so filled with gratitude. I can never thank or repay everyone enough for all that you’ve done to…
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Day -24
Today was so crazy, I don’t think I could have fit it all in one post, so I had to split it into a few which I will link to throughout! I woke up today and finished up my last day at the Pink Pearl retreat which was so amazing…
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How yoga saved my life
Today was just so amazing it’s going to be hard to put in to words. I woke up and went to yoga with the girls at the Pink Pearl retreat. It was the first time I had practiced yoga since I was diagnosed, which was a powerful step for me…
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Day -25
Today was the best day in a really long time. It started earlier than I wanted to, because I couldn’t really sleep that well again last night, but Sarah, my room mate at the retreat woke me up to see if I wanted to go to the first session of…
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Day -26
Appointments: CT, 2DEcho, Dental Exam Today started out a bit hard but ended off wonderfully. Last night I spent the first night in the ‘temporary home’ my husband and I had to rent in Toronto, since we live too far away to be within a safe distance if something goes…
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Country Kicks Cancer’s Ass for Cadence!
The Canadian country music community is just amazing. Over the last few weeks, a fundraiser has come together to help Cadence Grace of Runaway Angel prepare for a bone marrow transplant. Read The Full Article on SiriusXM Here
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Setlist for Surgery- DurhamRegion.com
I sat down with Jennifer O’Meara to talk about my upcoming Bone Marrow transplant, the top ten songs I will be listening to on ‘Day Zero,’ and why you should consider joining the Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell Registry to become an every day hero! Read the full article here.
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How you can be a HERO
Did you know, that in one single day you can save someone’s life, while watching netflix? Neither did I until I was diagnosed with Leukemia, and told that without a bone marrow transplant, I wouldn’t survive. When I was first diagnosed with Leukemia I barely understood how my own body…