Sunday 22 June 2025 – Wake up – Shake up

The Sunday midday diagnosis had been brutal.  Retreating to the ‘nothing box’ in my brain was a pleasant relief. Regretfully, wallowing in my ‘nothing box’ turned out to shortlived. At 14h00, the advanced reconnaissance troops arrived.  My 34 year old daughter, Ashley (straight off the Air France flight) and my best friend, Jane just walked […]

Sunday 22 June 2025 – Zoning Out

My bed in the hospital became my sanctuary. Nurses came and went. I zoned out in a blur of  drips delivering nutrients, antibiotics, antacids and painkillers.  Having struggled with fatigue for so many weeks, my body just imploded. As a news junkie… I watch every aspect of war, politics, volcanoes, floods and earthquakes. I had […]

Saturday 21 June 2025 – The Ultrasound

It was an ordinary, cold midwinter day in Johannesburg. Blue skies. Get there early, I was told. The radiologists are not crazy about walk-ins on a Saturday. I got there at 09h30 and with my doctor’s script requested an ultrasound to check for gall stones. It was a last-ditch effort to try and understand the […]