I’d heard rumours about the waffles and coffee served to radiation patients at Radiumhospitalet which is the only cancer-specific hospital in Norway. I had my radiation at Ullevål sykehus and apart from the first day, they managed to set up all my 15 appointments between 4 pm and 7 pm which was great for driving but both the café and Vardesenteret. Vardesentre (varde = cairn) are run by the Norwegian Cancer Society and are meant to be a space for cancer patients and their dependents. There are Vardesentre in the largest seven hospitals in Norway and they offer a hand to hold, a shoulder to cry on, ears that have heard the same stories, and coffee.

I need my coffee.

But at Ullevål the Vardesenter closes at 3 pm as does the café, so I had to bring my own.

So when I had my post radiation check-up at Radiumhospitalet I decided that I was going to find this coffee and waffle heaven!

Sirius kafé is run by the Odd Fellow Society of Norway and offer food, waffles and tea/coffee for radiation patients at Radiumhospitalet.

The waffles are donated by Prior and were seriously delicious, especially with blueberry jam! Loads of blueberry jam. And raspberry jam.

Last medical appointment for now. Check-ups in summer and still waiting for cardio, but I felt as if these lights were guiding me into the next part of my life.

Or an alien landing strip.

Especially seeing as Sirius used to be ‘my’ star – Siri (and) us! The dog star, the brightest star in the sky.