While the next chemo is already next Tuesday it is very nice to see my wife recovering a bit. Especially since she will be turning 40 year old tomorrow. That she has a little more energy also means she

This morning I found a small window to run a 5k, it was raining quite a bit but that was oke, as I was wearing a running cap I was not too bothered with it. After a few 100 meters I noticed my heartrate

After the half marathon distance on Monday I resisted the urge to do it again on Tuesday, instead I took time for a long walk where I could chat with my own father and talk about the complex situation

I needed to test my mind today, as most of you know, I have been running so much less since my wife started her chemo’s. While I only started getting some rhythm back since last week, I know I needed to

While I didn’t expect to run today, it was possible (and honestly needed) to take a small break - just enough for 5 km. Marking my 4th run this week, which feels great after these crazy months. Today the

This morning we could definitly see that the summer period has left the Netherlands. The first autumn storm happened today, which can be quite fun to run in. While I was aiming to run on a low heartrate

This week the kids school started again, which provides me the opportunity to get some time to take care of my own. I decided to go for a medium distance easy pace run as I am looking ahead towards longer

Yesterday my wife had to get her 6th chemo, which was already very intense for us by itself, but on the shared room a young woman was given bad news from her test results. Hardly any privacy , but shared

The Netherlands is famous for it’s waterworks, next to protecting the ground that is below sea level, they also use the waterworks to preserve sweat water in times of extreme heat. This means that they

That was an crazy morning! While I was running this early morning I was thinking how much graditute I feel for so many people both here from hive but also in the offline world. Currently we don’t have

After getting slightly back on my feet last weekend I found an opportunity today to run a little longer. While it was “only” 11 this time, it felt really good as I was able to take an our of me time rather

As mentioned with last weeks Sunday morning running post, it is a rough period for my family. It really had me feeling lost and down for weeks. While I was able to take good care of others, I was not taking

Hi all, Let me start by apologizing for the radio silence, last few weeks have been rough - but should had tried to keep you updated. We had the ct-scan on the 22th of july, the outcome was twofold, yes

What a weekend this was… Side effects from the chemo reached there peak yesterday and today, which is very rough my wife and our family. Today a whole day giving everything but still feel like failing.

Been a long time since I was able to go for a short run. Life is quite stressfull at the moment but got to stay positive and hopefull. Last Tuesday my wife had her 4th chemo session. Since we had to go

Last Tuesday my wife went for the second round of chemo’s. Whereas the first two days were pretty ok-ish, it went downhill fast in the weekend. While there are no signs that she would require medical attention

A lot had happened last week, including an unexpected hospital visit and some days where my wife was recovering quite a bit. With the next chemo on Tuesday I hope that knowing there will be a couple of

The developments with my wife’s illness forced me to make different choices and changed my risk appitite for the time being. Days like yesterday where we spend the whole day at the acute stay in the emergency

What an intense week that was! Whereas on Tuesday we did had an appointment planned for installing a PICC-line in my wife’s arm so they would be able to administer the chemo’s easilier and partially from

Sometimes you need to take a step back to move forward, right? Well today I needed to re-adjust my plans as I could no longer ignore the irritation I had for last 3 weeks on my left foot. Rather than pushing