Tuesday, 7 March at 11:45am(ish), I’m having surgery to remove cancerous areas in my esophagus and stomach. Surgery was originally planned for March 9th, but I started getting calls last Friday about surgery on Tuesday the 7th not Thursday the 9th. Turns out the surgeon’s office/nurse neglected to notify me. Yet more stress, worry and…

You’ll have to for forgive the the non-linear storyline, think the likes the Pulp Fiction. Hopefully will eventually make more sense as story unfolds. I have chemo brain (https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/chemo-brain ) as a side effect which might explain my semi-coherent ramblings. On December 1, 2023 I left work early. Life took a hard turn from here.…