My Hyperreality

Which is a bit of a record, even for me. Although I suppose I can plead extenuating circumstances. My last post on this fantastic blog of awesomeness was September 3rd. That same night, my parents called from India to tell me that an MRI had revealed a tumor in my father’s brain. On September 5th, they arrived in Perth and raced over to the neurosurgeons office. He comfirmed the presence of a tumor (although when it’s the size of a baseball it’s a pretty certain thing), and told Dad he’d be dead by Christmas if they didn’t operate. On the very auspicious date of September 11th, they cut him open.

These past five months have been a whirlwind of events, and emotions. The things that have happened could rival the content of the most melodramatic of soap opera’s. One day, when things are a little bit more distant, I plan on trying to write about the experience. But for now, everything is still a bit too raw.

Last week we went to see the chemotherapist with a new MRI. The results were better than we had dared to hope - thanks to surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy the tumor is being beaten into submission. Walking out of the building, tears in my eyes, I looked up at the clear sky and felt the hot sun beating down, and thought to myself, Oh, that’s right. This is what hope feels like.

As life returns back to some semblance of normality, I find myself a bit at loose ends. One way I plan to deal with this is by returning to my poor, neglected blog and showing it some tender loving care. After all, it’s a terrible thing that I’ve done, wasting the generosity of friends who helped me set this up in the first place.

So expect at least one post a week from now on. I give no promises as to length or content, but trust me when I say that it will be awesome.

Welcome to the future: My Hyperreality 2.0