Category Archives: Life

18 August 2025

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Renee

This is the first instalment of what I’m calling the “Ave Maria Variations”. Variation 1: PURGATORY – Waiting for treatment to start

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8 August 2025

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Renee

I often joke that I try not to make the same mistake twice because there are so many other new and different mistakes I can be out there making! Same applies for to this second ride on the cancer carnival … Continue reading →

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June-July 2025 Catching Up: The story so far…

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Renee

23 June 2025 Okay friends, it’s a fork in the stream path day for me and things could be getting turbulent. Heading into Princess Margaret Hospital for biopsy to find out if my pal ‘leftie’ is sprouting another round of … Continue reading →

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7 Sep 2022 – Time Machine Update

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Renee

Turned out that blogging about cancer treatment in real time was too much for my capacity. I did post things on Facebook and Instagram and am copying them here onto my digital scrapbook. Looks like my biomachine will be getting … Continue reading →

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15 Aug 2022 – Time Machine Update

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Renee

Turned out that blogging about cancer treatment in real time was too much for my capacity. I did post things on Facebook and Instagram and am copying them here onto my digital scrapbook. 15 August 2022: Even a trained biomechanic … Continue reading →

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12 Sept 2022 – Stage 0

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Renee

So it’s been a year and some more. To summarize: Pandemic, turned 50, work, family, Covid vaccines, getting actual Covid, vacations where we actually went places*, and generally returning to “real life” or whatever that is going to look like … Continue reading →

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13 March 2021

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Renee

Good hair day plus still warm from flexibility class equalled this silliness. Still can’t do a back-walkover yet, but am hopeful it is in reach for my 50th birthday next year.

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04 January 2021

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Renee

It took a lot of activation energy to convince myself to do back-bending today. So glad I did because looking at the video I took makes it very clear that consistent work is starting to pay off! Not gonna lie, … Continue reading →

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1 January 2021

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Renee

Like most people across the world, we welcomed the New Year from home last night. It sucked to not to be with our friends in Collingwood eating, playing crokinole, bed at 10:30p (they are as wonderfully lame about this one … Continue reading →

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28 December 2020

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Renee

Catching up with December. Christmas prep often becomes a part-time job leading up to the holiday. With no social activities allowed I wanted to make sure the kiddo still felt like it was a special time. I think we succeeded, … Continue reading →

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