The Last One!

Today at 9:15 am I will have completed my last of 33 radiation treatments! This another bittersweet ending as there is comfort in routine. I like comfort and I like routine. For the past 7 weeks, I have been getting up earlier in the morning and going to see the fine people at the Nova Scotia Cancer Clinic, Dixon Center. They have been wonderful people.

I will say goodbye to these folks today with an idea that was recommended by a friend in Regina. He also finished his radiation treatment this past September. I will say goodbye to all the great radiologists at the Dixon Center by giving them an appropriate gift ... a bag of Lifesavers! This seems appropriate. Thank you Wayne for this great idea.

I also met with the Radiation Oncologist yesterday; the good Doctor H. I asked him if there was one thing I could do to ensure future success against the monster ... "Remember Harvey, you just completed an aggressive cancer treatment program; you had surgery and now just completed a radiation program. Don't expect to be on "top of you game' in the next few months. It will take a year to get back to your original energy state".

These will be great words to remember.

I am so thankful for the great Radiology Team at the Dixon Center of the Nova Scotia Cancer Clinic.