9 September! It is one month since this episode started.  A month of having to be patient, slow down and allow others to do for me. A part of me wishes that this never happened, and at the same time, I am grateful for the grace of God over my life. After a few days of...

When I finally sat up in bed at 4 am on 9 August, my babes realised that something was wrong.  When I told her that it was painful to breathe and even more when I cough, she decided there and then that I need to go to the hospital.  Not go see a doctor, but go to the...

When examining my CT scan results, my pulmonologist noticed a dark spot in my lung.  This spot was unrecognizable, the size of a coin (1”). To get a better look at this spot I was sent for another CT scan. When the scan results were available prof Sewlall examined...

One of my fondest memories as a child is of us being at the Zoo Lake (one of our local parks), with my dad pace walking and us as children running to keep up.  My father would walk so fast, that even though we were running we could not keep up. I seem to have...

When you’re a person that tends to do things for himself it is incredibly hard to lay in bed and not be able to do certain things yourself. Don’t get me wrong. I have been blessed with a wife and a family that would do pretty much anything for me. The day I came out...

When we celebrated my 50th birthday, my brother Chris when saying a few words said that he feels that the day I die, there would be so many people at my funeral. People whose lives I had influenced. He added that I am a loved person. While I thought that this was a...

There are so many things that I feel grateful for from this past week alone. Firstly, my babes! From the day I went into hospital she was by my side. She would arrive in the morning from when visitors are allowed at 9 am, with her “mobile office”. She’d set up her...

On Saturday 6 August I worked on my car (inside). Because I had to work under the dash, I lay across the two front seats briefly lying on the handbrake. It pushed on my side causing discomfort, so I lowered the hand brake. That evening I had an uncomfortable sleep,...