And?!?: Dydd Mercher yeagh! Wednesday yeagh!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Dydd Mercher yeagh! Wednesday yeagh!

248 Blouberg Road, St. luke's Hospice shop, today

Not a pic of Romeo, next door's cat that always visits me, but a pic I got from a cat book months ago,
before I knew a cat t called Romeo! Spooky coincidence?

Me last year on 21 November , my Birthday!

Hi all of my blog readers, from different parts of the world, who are reading my blog postings for today!

How has your Wednesday been?

The day started off cold and overcast here today. It is cold and sunny at the moment, weatherwise. A vast improvement!

It is another Wednesday, so no surprises as to what I did today, for anybody who has read my blog postings before! Yes I was doing my 3 hour, 10am until 1 pm, volunteer job at the charity shop this morning. Nothing changes much at the shop, same as last week, same as every week?!? Next week it's off to Doodle's Restaurant in Bloubergstrand, for me and the rest of the Wednesday morning volunteers. We like to go to lunch every now and then, it breaks up the monotony, associated with the "job". There are 8 of us going to lunch. AAH, the ladies who lunch. Apart from me they all are ladies, the shop volunteers.

BBC Knowledge last night had a documentary on the London underground. What a fascinating place. The London Underground are busy replacing the current trains from 1965 with newer trans, that are more spacious and modern. Apart from that the programme was mostly about fare dodgers on the oyster card system, who do not tap their cards correctly when using the underground. Some users that travel on the underground do not realize that you have to tap in and out with your card. Mostly tourists, so why not tell them when they purchase a card? See a simple solution!?!

Unfortunately that is all from the author, publisher and producer for today, ME!

Signing off for a life not like yours, dave-another blog and my amazing journee blogs for today! Have a wonderful Wednesday further folks!

Ciao
Dave

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Qotes I Like

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." - Elanor Roosevelt

"Success isn't about how your lfe looks to others. It's about how it feels to you." - Michelle Obama

"The best way out is always through." - Robert Frost

"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love." - Brene Brown

"You get in life what you have the courage to ask for." - Oprah Winfrey

"When you talk you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new." - Dalai Lama

"Time is a created thing. To say "I don't have time." is like saying "I don't want to." - Leo Tzu

About me!

My Afrikaans teacher, who was Miss Liebenberg when I was at St. John's College, in the late 90's (1994-end of 1996) and other people I know, have in the past, asked me why I don't have my full story on my blog, as my story is one that would help inspire others facing a similar situation.

So here we go folks- In December 1996 I started getting blinding headaches and became very photo phobic, my pupils were hugely dilated. I never really got headaches before then. We were on holiday at the Sugar Beach Hotel, in Mauritius, when my life changed forever. On our return my situation just kept getting worse and I went temporarily blind from the pressure behind my eyes my tumour caused. Christmas 1996 was absolutely nightmarish for me. I did not know what was going on with my body - I thought I was facing my last days here on earth.

On 15 January 1997 (I can never forget this date), the day school started for that year, I was in Hospital having Brain Surgery to try and remove my tumour. Thank God it was too firmly routed to my brain stem for this to be done. According to my Neuro Surgeon (who will remain Anon.) he tried everything to remove it but it was not possible - I haemoraged and he panicked. Had they been able to get it out my left side would have become my right side in my minds thinking. I distinctively remember waking up from surgery in the operating theatre and puking into my oxygen mask. I lost my speech for several months, my ability to walk (to this day I limp as my left leg is not in sync with the right side of my body), I could not use the toilet for months and was in agony as neither end (a bit graphic) but what the worked as my brain was not correctly sending the signal to my netherlands- so I could not get rid of my body's waste. It was a long and crap year 1997 and trying to survive. I was on a tv programme on SABC1 (I believe, you believe?) in June 1997 and a month later, my mom, dad and me went to Australia. OZ (We flew to Perth on SAA) is a nine hour flight from Johannesburg and a twelve (12) hour flight back to Johannesburg? Strong head winds on the return flight. (one of life's odd stats.?) On our return I started getting rapidly worse again. The Oncology doctor gave me a diagnosis of three weeks to live in December 1997 as there was nothing more he could do for me. - I gave my oncology Doctor Martin Chassen a hug - he started crying. Well I guess only God knows how long you will be around?

I turn 38 on 21 November of this year (2018), I have not seen a doctor for years, I do not take any medication, but only vitamins and I am still here! I have tremendous faith in God. I believe all religions are equal, in the way that the basis of all religions is of a higher power, a god, the way you choose to practice your faith is up to you. I am a Catholic Christian and know 100% that I would not have survived what I did without God, Strangers awesome healing prayers (they prayed for me in churches, mosques and Synagogues my family's parish Priest Father Leithem sent a petition to our Lady of Medjugorje in Croatia and used to bring me aloe vera mixed with Grapa that a parishoner used to make for me. A boy (he's 39 now) from St. John's College, Anthony Spanjaard, told me about these vitamins his mom sold. I took them in a large dosage (16) a day at first to boost my immune system. I prayed like mad and voila.

This I have no answer for and for many years I felt guilty - why did I survive my cancer and many other people do not. Go figure?

DAVE