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Chemotherapy School
One day last week, I spent an hour and a half at chemotherapy school, given at the OHSU (Oregon Health & Science University) clinic where my chemo will be administered. They handed out a large Powerpoint deck at the class... Read More...
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Wed, Aug 30 2017 5:30 AM
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Notes on Coping with Cancer
You, dear readers - in your generosity in commending my attitude toward this cancer and my “honesty” in writing about it - have given me a lot to think about. The thing is, however, I don't know what else I... Read More...
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Mon, Aug 28 2017 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: A Bit of Jazz
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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Sun, Aug 27 2017 5:30 AM
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INTERESTING STUFF – 26 August 2017
THE GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 2017 It's all over now but let's have one more go at the 2017 total solar eclipse. This video was shot from the shores of Palisades Reservoir, Idaho: A COMIC ABOUT GROWING OLD By comic... Read More...
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Sat, Aug 26 2017 5:30 AM
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Being a Professional Patient
As I have mentioned once or twice since my pancreatic cancer diagnosis, I have always said I never wanted to become a professional patient. Nevertheless, here I am doing just that and there is a surprise: some aspects are quite... Read More...
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Fri, Aug 25 2017 5:30 AM
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Are Children an Elder Hazard?
In the nature of callow youth, when I was a teenager - and maybe a young woman too - I noted with some disdain that the homes of old people I knew were often in need of a design update.... Read More...
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Wed, Aug 23 2017 5:30 AM
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Eclipse Day Reveals Some Personal Changes
I don't know about everyone else but if, like me, you live within the path of today's eclipse or within easy driving distance, the event has been a local news story to rival President Trump. All right, that's not quite... Read More...
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Mon, Aug 21 2017 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: The Jealous Kind
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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Sun, Aug 20 2017 5:30 AM
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INTERESTING STUFF – 19 August 2017
EDITORIAL NOTE: After my surgery in June, I stopped publishing Interesting Stuff on Saturdays. I couldn't spend as much time playing around online for good items nor did I have the energy to write it. I'm slowly coming back and... Read More.....
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Sat, Aug 19 2017 5:30 AM
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Today is Millie Garfield's Birthday
More people are living longer these days than when we were young but it is still remarkable to have lived 92 years and counting and today we celebrate Millie's birthday here at TGB. Millie is the first friend I made... Read More...
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Fri, Aug 18 2017 5:30 AM
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Random Cancer Thoughts
Several people have mentioned via email and in comments in these pages on their own experiences with cancer, that theirs is a small thing compared to my pancreatic cancer. Are you guys kidding? It says something about the state of... Read More...
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Wed, Aug 16 2017 5:30 AM
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Inequities in Elder Healthcare and Myths About Older Drivers
Two important topics in the realm of ageing that I bang on about from time to time turned up in separate, well-researched articles last week and both are important to elders, their families, people who care for them and to... Read More...
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Mon, Aug 14 2017 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: 1961 Yet Again
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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Sun, Aug 13 2017 5:30 AM
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My Introduction to Chemotherapy
What interesting, useful and fruitful discussions you - TGB readers - have been carrying on in the comments of posts about my pancreatic cancer. Some of you have been-there-done-that with a variety of cancers and I appreciate your generosity in... Read...
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Fri, Aug 11 2017 5:30 AM
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Crabby Old Lady's Silly Complaints
This post is so silly that Crabby Old Lady almost left today's page blank. Her excuse is that it is all she had time for (it's amazing how busy doctors keep you when you have a serious disease) and she... Read More...
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Wed, Aug 09 2017 5:30 AM
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