June 2017 - Time Goes By

Time Goes By

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  • Homeward Bound

    Just a fast note to tell you I am on my way home today. I'm writing this on Wednesday with loads to do to be ready for the short but welcome journey and I am sooooo slow at everything these... Read More...
  • Hospital Land for the Overworked Executive

    Personal Note: I'll try to post regularly now, but it depends on how I feel each day. Also, I am still fuzzy in the head so I'll keep these relatively short so they don't veer off into the crazy, however... Read More...
  • It's Ronni Here

    I am not JUST sitting up in bed, anymore, folks. I'm typing, putting words on paper so to speak and my brain is working fairly well. That wasn't always so here in Hospital-Land. The several days of hallucinations were odd... Read More...
  • ELDER MUSIC: The Band, Revisited

    This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...
  • A Room with a View

    The good news keeps on coming! Ronni was moved out of The Unit and into a regular room this morning after her NG Tube was removed. She has been sitting in a chair and clearing her lungs out as the... Read More...
  • Post-Op Day 2

    Hello Friends, I hope there is beauty in your day today. I just returned from visiting Ronni in the ICU. She continues to make great gains in her recovery. When I arrived this morning, I must admit my heart skipped... Read More...
  • Post-Op Day 1

    Good evening to all on Team Ronni, I hope this finds you well. After yesterday's marathon of a day, it was nice to call Ronni's nurse this morning to find that Ronni was resting well as she had been all... Read More...
  • Post-op

    Hello Team Ronni- this is Autumn writing with an update. First and foremost, Ronni is out of surgery and headed to recovery. It took a bit longer than expected- most likely because The Good Doctor had to dance around all... Read More...
  • Surgery Tomorrow

    The day has finally arrived. After all this upending of my life, worry and fear, the surgery will be done tomorrow morning. You know how we old people often talk about how time speeds up as we grow older? It's... Read More...
  • ELDER MUSIC: Frederick II

    This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...
  • INTERESTING STUFF – 17 June 2017

    A PERSONAL NOTE My surgery is coming up fast and this will be the last Interesting Stuff for awhile. Like last week, it is shorter than usual - I've been kind of busy. On one item, you don't need to... Read More...
  • Fear and Loathing of Pancreatic Cancer

    Earlier this week, a surgical aide explained some of the things I will need to do when I get home from the hospital. It's a long list, some of them being relatively big changes in daily life. Without putting any... Read More...
  • Bucket Lists and Telling Our Stories

    It was the 2007 movie starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman that gave us the phrase – and title of the film - The Bucket List. Since then, bucket lists are a common meme among most Americans - I don't... Read More...
  • From Mystery Malady to Pancreatic Cancer

    As I mentioned on Friday, TGB reader dkzody last week commented that she had believed pancreatic cancer is hard to diagnose and wondered what my “mystery malady” was. Today, I'll tell you my experience with that mystery and my eventual... Read More...
  • ELDER MUSIC: Jazzical Gas

    This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...
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