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It is MY WISH that should a situation arise that I am unable to communicate, and there is no reasonable expectation of my recovery and I am being kept alive by artificial or mechanical means, that all artificial support including support for breathing, nutrition and hydration be removed. At no time shall I be intubated for breathing support. ( Read more... )

I am so tired of throwing up. For a few days last week absolutely everything I ate came back up and I've lost a bunch more weight. I'm down to 178 pounds at the moment. When I told my Mom she freaked out a little. She's actually on her way here so she can see for herself. Food has stayed down yesterday and today so I hope I'm over whatever the hell ( Read more... )

Something my friend in Ontario just e-mailed me that made me cry:

When you have to walk that lonesome valley and ( Read more... )

The weather forecast for Calgary today was sunny and plus 10 degrees.... as I look out my window right now I see endless grey skies and snow falling.

Greg and I went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire this afternoon and coming out of the theatre the wind was icy and biting. I think we're in for a bit of a storm. Wheee!!

This weekend was kind of up and down. On Saturday I was running a fever of 39.7 so the nurses were trying to get me to go into emergency. I said no, le'ts handle it at home, that's what the palliative care team is supposed to help me with. So Greg went out and picked up some prescriptions that the nurses set up through my doctor (again, I'd be lost ( Read more... )

What a very long day ( Read more... )

I've been out of the hospital for 3 weeks and I'm very happy about that, but the folks who are monitoring my blood levels are not happy. My hemoglobin has dropped from 98 to 79 in just one week so the oncologist is concerned that there is a small internal bleed going on. She has ordered me back into the hospital on Friday to have another ( Read more... )

Well Jan, between the two of us we've now had 4 weddings. Weddings are fun, aren't they? But enough is enough, Colin is definitely a keeper. I've seen how he loves you and the kids, what a great father he is and what a patient and sweet partner he has been to you. I've watched your family grow and change as you take care of each other, listen to ( Read more... )

Plans for the near future.... I started looking at airfares to Vancouver and I think it's going to work out for us to make it to my sister's wedding but not before that. She's getting married May 20th so I'm looking at us coming out May 17 and flying back May 24 or so. It doesn't make sense for us to make 2 trips so I had to choose between the ( Read more... )

It's been a good day today. wetbird is here visiting and she is a wonderful distraction from my usual routine. She and gossg can talk and talk about anything and everything and I like to listen to them until I don't understand the science any further. She also helped us decide some things, but more on that in a moment ( Read more... )