Timeline

​​Glory and Honour to our God in Heaven:

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I wanted to begin this timeline with this line because I am so full of faith in God and in how God has led me to this point in time. I am now inviting you to continue reading as to why I’m praising our Heavenly Father. 

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While this whole intensive whirlwind of appointments, diagnostics and surgery has been so overwhelming, I am so filled with fervent energy to give my praises to our loving God our Father in Heaven.

 

I have such a support with my hubby & family (4 adult children) & my faith-community and my friends, neighbours and community.  I feel so absolutely blessed and I give Honour and glory and praise to our God, our Father in Heaven.

 

Look yourself in your face, place your hand on your heart, and join us on this road to recovery.

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I want to give you a “Reader’s Digest” timeline...

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Timeline

March, 2024

#1 - Back in March 2024, I had completely soaking night sweats as if I had reffed 3 basketball games in a row, which was weird.

I also had a resting heart rate of over 100 beats per minute. I had really bad pounding sinus headaches, nausea, too much exhaustion, unexpectedly lost 20 pounds, and I chose to act upon these symptoms.  

Thus, I went to my doctor to say how something weird was occurring. Cue the blood work testing to begin, which then found that my white blood cell count was astronomical which then connected me to a referral to a Haematologist in December 2024.

Thus, like layers of an onion, the continued investigations began to find out what was going on.

Again, please do let me stress to you to advocate, advocate, and then again advocate for yourself if you’re having weird symptoms. This is within your power to do for yourself, and you are actually more powerful than you would prefer to acknowledge.

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Friday, October 17, 2025

#2 – on Friday, Oct. 17th, 2025, my hematologist had me have a full-body C/T scan, which came back for an “Urgent” request for an MRI to be performed within the week.

Following surgery, both Dr. Ghare, Neurologist, and Dr. Souied, at the Allan Blair Cancer Centre, said that they were so absolutely surprised that this type of brain tumour just simply presented itself on the full-body C/T scan.

At this moment, I did recognize that God’s Hands had been on the tumour to move it to the right front temporal lobe so that it would present itself at the moment of the C/T scan.  God our Father had His Awesome Hands on the tumour to ensure it would present itself to be seen!

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Friday, October 24, 2025 

#3 – on Friday, Oct. 24th, , 2025, I had the MRI which came back for an “Urgent” neurosurgeon consultation;

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Thursday, October 30th, 2025

#4 - On Thurs., Oct. 30th, 2025, we received a phone call from the neurosurgeon to say that I’m being booked for a Nov. 10th surgery which was followed by yet another call to advance the surgery date to Friday, Nov. 7th.

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Thursday, October 30th, 2025

#5 still on Thurs., Oct. 30th, – right after this phone call, hubby and I met with our lawyer to set up POA [The Power of Attorney} and also our Medical Directives and other legal logistics so that we would be able to carry on as required. It is so important to take the necessary time to set up these officially legal logistics in advance so that things are prepared should they be required.  Sounds like an airplane metaphor to me when the stewardess announce that you must apply your own oxygen mask first before assisting others.  This part of take off has always really been my favourite part of a plane takeoff, since I love metaphors, yet actually for its wisdom: apply your oxygen mask first so that you can now go to assist others!

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Friday, November 7, 2025

#6 - Friday, Nov. 7th: during the 5-hour surgery, 70 to 80% of the front temporal lobe tumour was removed [their term is ‘resected’]. While in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, my referral was made to the Allen Blair Cancer Clinic for follow up for the 20-30% remaining amounts.

Our daughter Allie informed us of the most interesting paradox of how the remaining 20-30% responds with such hungry attachment to which ever chemo/radio therapies are developed for treatment plans.

Thus, if there are bits left, then they’re paradoxically hungry to quite easily and effectively be destroyed in follow-up. This is faith for me, this is where I again continue to recognize how God’s Hands are guiding me from surgery to my follow-up treatment plan so that I’m on my road to recovery and can go forward to make a difference in our world.

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During the Oct. 30th neurosurgeon consult, she explained that she already knew that she would not be able to remove 100% and that there’d be the referral to the Allan Blair [now look him up and see what a ‘maverick’ Doctor he was!] Cancer Clinic even right away before any pathology had been determined. Thus, the protocols are in motion for the medical team to do their job and we have complete faith in our medical team and on the guiding hands of our loving God. 

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Monday, November 10th, 2025

#7 - On Monday, Nov. 10th, only 3 days post-brain-surgery, I was discharged from the Surgical Intensive Care Unit since all systems were good to go. Please read inbetween the lines that I’m not a patient patient, and as this is my 15th major surgery, I had my checklists in my head of what to achieve by what timeline so that I could bust out of that joint. Also, I’m confident that all of you know how I’m a dreamer and a schemer and I was just so ready to come home. My neurosurgeon did give me the following instructions:

No cooking / No cleaning / 

No laundry / No housewor / 

NO DRIVING

Thus my hubby Stacy & adult kids abd friebdscK neighbours have been awesome since I am  100% entirely dependent on them, or obSKIP the Didhes!m

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Monday, November 17th, 2025

#8 - Then on Monday, Nov. 17th, I had the removal of all the 38 staples in my head since I now have a titanium plate onto which this skull has been attached. It’s MRI-Safe so that future MRIs are easily achieved to check on things. I will confess that I did embrace my inner-Star-Trek-Sci-Fi metal head from Nov. 7th-17th!!!!!!  I will also confess that I’m so glad to have all of that hardware off of my head since the arm of my glasses on my right side was directly on top of and beside way too much hardware which then wouldn’t allow my progressive bifocals glasses to be placed correctly on my head.

May I invite you to look up from #1 - #8 again?  This is the work of our God our Father, putting all of the pieces in their correct sequence so that the results are achieved.  This is our Loving Father leading us and caring for us, and answering our prayers!  

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Wednesday, December 10th, 2025

I am excited that Wednesday, Dec. 10th was the start to my 30-day radiation therapy protocol! YAY!  

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The new chemotherapy also begins on Weds., Dec. 10th to be in tandem with the radiation therapy!!  I can give myself my chemotherapy pills every morning. Dr. Souied and I had discussions to minimize nausea and maximize chemo efficacy. This chemotherapeutic will be a 45-day protocol since I can administer it on weekends and holidays. Thus it’ll last until the same date as the targeted radiation therapy treatment, and both will have been completed by Fri., Jan. 23rd. Then I’m sure there’ll be a reassessment and then more plans on plans on plans. WhoooooooooooHooooooooo!

 

We are so blessed to have such a fabulous Care Team! I liken them to Community Schools’ staff, especially in how they are choosing to work in this capacity! 

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Thank you for virtually taking my hand and joining me on my faith-filled Road to Recovery!

Yes, I am so blessed!  Sending you my love and GOD bless you all in your household!