cancer

Cancer Crossing (book): Sandra-The Caregiver story

Cancer Crossing: Sandra – The Caregiver: Meet Sandra.   In her arms, a photo of her Dad, ‘Dood’.   Dood was a meticulous dresser.   Sandra is wearing his hat, something … Related posts:Raising Awareness for CancerTrans Canada Trail, Winnipeg: Part 5 – Roblin & Dale Blvd. to Assiniboine Park Foot BridgeSunita and Ronin arrive […]

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Happy Father’s Day; Remembering Dad (the Dood)

Happy Father’s Day to all you dads and to all you moms who took the place of dads on many occasions when raising your families.  This morning my son-in-law Trent is running in the Manitoba Marathon relay. I think he’ll be doing the first part which is 5 miles and there are 4 others who […]

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Troubling times; happy times

Dad I received an email from Sophie this afternoon to say that the hospice called and said that dad had a big bleed today so I called the hospice and spoke to Nurse Donna.  She said that Dad had a bleed last night and they managed to contain it but he had another more aggressive bleed today […]

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Another update on the Dood; Isla as solace

Dad; Isla I received an email from Sophie today.  She called the hospice this morning and Nurse Wynona said that Dad had a breakthrough pain med this morning about 4am and he had his shower, breakfast and went back to bed.  He awoke a bit later to ask for his shower and breakfast. The nurses […]

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Update on the Dood; Still in Isla

I called home this evening and Mom said that Dad called earlier today to say that he was not sure what was happening to his throat.  The reality is that the cancer is growing more now and most of it surrounds his throat.  He knows what is happening but I think he is looking for […]

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Family time on Isla

We woke up very early this morning (6:30am) by our little alram clock – Ronin – who was hungry.  Sunita took him on the veranda and gave him a bowl of cereal.  He and I then went to the waterfront where the fishermen bring in their catch for the day and clean them to sell […]

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Another peaceful day on Isla

Update: Isla; Dad/Mom Last night we went to Negrita for dinner. The place looks like a shack but the food was good. I ordered fried plantains and each time I go there, the owner runs over next door to see if the little shop has plantains and he then comes back to tell me that […]

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Update: Isla-better than icecream!

It’s 31C and mighty hot right now.  I am in the zocola (the square) where there is free wifi but fortunately there is a church and I can sit on the steps while I am blogging otherwise it would be too hot.  Today was another beach day. The water was very warm and the waves […]

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Sunita and Ronin arrive in Isla; allergies

Dad update I called home yesterday and mom said that she went to the hospice and while she was there, dad fell in the bathroom. This was at 7:30am. The nurses went to pick him up and they had a bit of a time doing that. They told him that he is to call when […]

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Completed Challenge for Life in record time (for me) and raised $2,620

June 13 – 41,011 (31k) THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I FINISHED THE 20K WALK PLUS THE EXTRA 1.2K TO COMPLETE THE HALF MARATHON. I DID IT IN 3H 10M WHICH WAS A GREAT TIME FOR ME! I hoped to do the walk in about 3h 30m so I […]

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