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Another Test

by Richard on 30. Nov, 2010 in Medical Experiences, Relationships

Here I am again with a new catheter in my arm, drinking my 1000 mls of some cold red liquid before my CAT-SCAN. Much has happened in the three months since the last time I was at Sloan Kettering to test to see how aggressively my prostate cancer is attacking my body. Suzanne and I [...]

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Advice to a Friend with Critical Illness

by Richard on 02. Aug, 2010 in Cancer, Care-giving/getting, Critical Illness, Energy: positive & negative, Healing Practices, Health & Illness, Healthy Living, Inspiration & Resiliency, Loss, Grief & Survivorship, Love, Mind body harmony, Psychology, Quality of Life, Relationships

The cell call confirmed our worst fears. “It’s not breast cancer” said our best friend’s daughter. My initial reaction was relief. “Thank God” I said. Then before I heard her next words “NO! Not good!” I knew it was worse. Days before we had discovered that something had spread to five places in our best [...]

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California Gold Rush — Part 2 of 2

by Richard on 08. Jul, 2010 in Inspiration & Resiliency, Mind body harmony, Travel

As we walked up the trail we learned that we were near mile 97 of the toughest endurance race in the world, the 37th annual 100 mile in 1 day Western States Endurance Run then going on. The two lead runners were heading towards us on the same narrow trail, just a few minutes away. [...]

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California Gold Rush — Part 1 of 2

by Richard on 05. Jul, 2010 in Inspiration & Resiliency, Mind body harmony, Travel

Every human being is surrounded by wealth. The challenge is having the right equipment to mine it and recognizing real wealth (rather than fool’s gold) when you find it. Last night we arrived by car to Auburn CA, a little town with a big history. It was the original site of the California gold rush [...]

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At this Moment

by Richard on 30. Jun, 2010 in Mind body harmony

At this moment I would freeze time and stay here forever. At this moment I’m sitting next to the love of my life staring down at the clouds on a return flight to NY after a perfect visit to Palo Alto with fantastic new friends and with powerful new ideas to help others in the [...]

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