The Book: Woo

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Woo

Good Bye St. Luke's Hospice shop see you in a month and a few days time!

Better than a pony?

So many people put photos of their pets on Facebook. They are part of the family? My tips on how to have a good flight suggest you pin a picture of a loved one on the seat back of the seat in front of you! You won't be a popular fellow passenger if you do that?!? When I stand up from my seat on an aircraft I always have to touch the headrest of the seat in front of me. The looks you get from the person sitting in that seat!(If looks could kill?) Perhaps a business Class upgrade for my mom and I would be a good idea ??? We have paid extra for your economy plus seats already. You do not get much value out of the ??? Economy plus section! No improved food (Cathay Pacific offers this), an amenities bag (on most airlines you get one even in normal economy class) or friendly cabin crew (you can't have it all?)
Anyway moving on...

Hi all! How is your Wednesday?

It has been a cloudy day here in Bloubergstrand (home) and Tableview Today (shop). It is a bit cold too!

I said Good Bye for a month and a few days to my fellow workers at the charity shop today. Who knew I was that liked? Maybe they were doing the Good Bye and Good Luck thing I posted to my blog a few days ago. ("Good Bye and Good Luck, and when I say Good Bye and Good luck I really mean f u!") Some of the shoppers wished me a pleasant journey too. Louise (a shopper I know well) told me Air Mune I am busy completing a course of is brilliant and she also takes it before she flies too.

I got a pleasant message on face book yesterday from Marion Dunsford-White (she was my German teacher at St. John's College) apparently she really likes my blogs! Ich Danken Sie sehr Frau Dunsford-White. Always good to know your blog amuses somebody! It must amuse a few peeps out there? I have had almost 10 000 views of all of my blog posts since January last year.

I do realize I am not very well liked by a certain percentage of people out there in this big wide world, but remember folks my blog, my rules, my opinions, my views and like the saying says words can never hurt me, so anybody who does not like me, am I bothered? Bothered am I?

Lunch at Doodles this afternoon was cancelled until my return.

It was the anniversary of 9/11 yesterday. Rest in peace all who had an untimely departure from this world.

Sorry to disappoint anybody but this is the bit where I say "that's all for today folks!" Have a pleasant day further y'all.

Signing off

Ciao
DAVE

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My story

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 from St. John's College, Anthony Spanjaard, told me about these vitamins his mom sold. I took them in a large dosis (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