I didn't get the new Investigator Award, but I've got some good notes for improving my next application.  Overall, they didn't identify a lot of weaknesses. One of the issues they did flag is annoying, because there was a confusing part of the application and I emailed CIHR for clarification, did exactly what they told me to do, and then lost ( Read more... )

I have a very sore and very bruised right breast.  But that's okay.  Because it turns out that I do not have cancer. I'm fineFor the past few months there was some concen.  I had a suspicious mammogram, then another one. Then I had a suspiciopus ultrasound. This week I got a second suspicious ultrasound and then five biopsies of the suspicious lump ( Read more... )

I've off work this week, and it's been driving me crazy.  Of course for me, a week off means I'm down to only 1 of 2 jobs, so I had some work to do.  But apart from checking my email every day I didn't do any CAMH work.  And the gap it left in my life was palpable; the way a hand around your throat is.  All week I fought the feeling that I was ( Read more... )