Officially Discharged

At 9am this morning I went back to Princess Margaret to see my Radiation Oncologist. After examining my skin I had a little chat with him before being officially discharged. He made me aware of some potential side effects that I may experience and what future steps I should take. One of them was exercise. After discussing the complications I'm currently having with my heart, he suggested that I get a heart rate monitor and ask the cardiologist that I'm scheduled to see this Thursday what would be a safe heart rate to take my heart to before I risk heart failure. He assumes some brisk walking would be okay, but running isn't advised.

And that's it. One chapter of this journey ends, just like that...still very sudden, still very much surreal, still bittersweet.