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“How can I do that?”

by Suzanne on 13. Dec, 2010 in Cancer, Medical Experiences, Prostate Cancer, Relationships

Everything shifted today. His PSA is rising slightly but significantly enough to warrant an added medication. The progression continues – what he calls “a ticking time bomb inside me with no way to get it out.” Denial of the inevitable breaks into consciousness and plummets me into a visceral depression of mind and body. How [...]

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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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Postcard from Provincetown

by Suzanne on 05. Jun, 2010 in Energy: positive & negative, Inspiration & Resiliency, Love, Quality of Life, Relationships, Travel

Richard and I have been under much stress and when my cousins invited us to visit them, I hoped that the four of us would get to know each other better and that Richard would come to love a place that has always enchanted me (and that has all happened)! More on our visit in [...]

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Vulnerability in the middle of the night

by Suzanne on 30. May, 2010 in Relationships, Social Media & Tech

Last night I had a nightmare. I walked into a room where my very weak mother was in bed. She started pointing toward a closet, suggesting there was someone watching us who was dangerous. I began trying to decide how to make an emergency call but without being stopped. I awoke from this dream very [...]

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