one year ago today. It was on Saturday morning, November 7th last year that I began my strategy development as I immediately took control of my environment. I look back on this time with amazement as I had no idea of what the next few days would bring exactly, but my intuition guided me to take control and set things in such a way that would allow me to be prepared for whatever was to come my way.
Against the wishes of many friends and family I put myself in a self-imposed isolation, almost like I was isolating myself to deal with what would be the most significant challenge of my life. I felt I needed a clear head and very few outside influences, as I was confident in my ability to handle what was about to come my way. Whatever it was! That Saturday was basically a day of waiting as we received very little news. I know now that things are done that way on purpose, or that’s how I feel. They, the Docs, appeared to give me time to accept my new surroundings and situation as at this point I was expecting to be in hospital for about the next week. As during my emergency stay I went from thinking I was heading to hospital for x-rays, which would take a few hours, to missing a full week of work and spending the next 5-7 days in hospital. In hindsight I feel that this method may be best for other patients but I would have much rather known the details of my situation much earlier. Actually that was one of my biggest “beefs” with Game 1, getting information from my Doctor’s. Perhaps they weren’t used to a patient placing such demands on them, I certainly know they weren’t used to a patient, in essence, sitting them down and telling them how I was going to approach my situation. I am thankful that Dr. Scully, one of three Dr’s on the team, was assigned to me, it was pure luck and something that has made my year much easier as she has always made the effort to understand my strategy and more importantly supported it fully completely.
Tomorrow is the day when I first heard the word Leukemia and I am really looking forward to writing about the events of November 8th, 1998.
Until tomorrow,
Geoff
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