My grandmother is back in hospital - her blood tests came back looking real bad. It's weird because she seemed to be doing ok. It's a roller-coaster - then she's a bit better, and I'm elated, and then she goes down, and I sink back into this black hole.... read entire post
Fire-flower
posted on Jun 11, 2008
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Tags: death, death and dying, grandmother
It's been nearly 3 weeks since my beloved Nanna died, and I have been an absolute wreck, curled up in the fetal position, sobbing, and barely capable of making a cup of tea, let alone turning on the computer. I knew it would be hard, I never imagined it... read entire post
Fire-flower
posted on May 04, 2008
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Tags: cancer, death and dying, Me, medical care
I have a brilliant chiropractor, and whenever anyone compliments him, he always says "Well I don't get to medicate or bury my mistakes, so I've got to get it right". My grandmother, as some of you know, has cancer, and hasn't been doing too well. I know... read entire post
Fire-flower
posted on May 17, 2008
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Tags: death and dying, death, maple story mesos
An update on what's going on with my grandmother. She is home now, and I have promised her she never has to go back to the hospital again. She is very weak, and I have to help her to the bathroom, and fix her her, and try to get her to eat.
I... read entire post
Fire-flower
posted on May 07, 2008
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Tags: cancer, death and dying, death, dying
My beloved grandmother is back in hospital again. She has pneumonia, and the plasma cells have overwhelmed her bone marrow, so that she has hardly any red and white blood cells left. We are treating her conservatively, she may rally, but I can feel her... read entire post
Fire-flower
posted on May 10, 2008
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Tags: grandmother, cancer, death and dying, family
My grandmother and I have been close literally since I was born. For the last 14 years she has stayed with me. I have people coming to me all the time, saying 'she's so lucky to have you...'.I beg to differ - I a... read entire post
Fire-flower
posted on May 17, 2008
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Tags: death, death and dying
I've barely slept in days, and in the moments between caring for my grandmother, I've been thinking about why I feel this compelling need to write about death and grief as I have experienced, and am experiencing it. This is what I've come up with:... read entire post
Anyone whose been reading my blog knows that I recently lost my Grandmother, and have been, consequently, lost without her. I bumped into my neighbor, D, who is more an acquaintance than a friend, and she asked me to come for coffee - she had heard abou... read entire post
Fire-flower
posted on Apr 25, 2008
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Tags: cancer, death and dying
I remember long ago, when I was still at school, watching one of those 'made for tv' movies about a mother who is told she has terminal cancer. You watch her die by degrees, while her family stands helplessly by, unable to stop the cancer which is eati... read entire post
Fire-flower
posted on Jun 13, 2008
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Tags: depression, death and dying, death
So I got up again this morning, and walked my dogs. This is really hard for me, because my Grandmother and I always used to have a cup of tea and give the dogs a little tea as well, and chat about this and that. When I got home this morning, I felt the... read entire post
What would Jesus do? Better question why should I do that?... read entire post
This has to be one of the hardest things a family is forced to go through. My father is now in the final stages of his cancer, and he was just released from the hospital last night. It was his choice, because he wants to die at home rather than in a... read entire post