Cancer

I thought I’d update the blog with a little bit of what I’m experiencing here in “my husband is dying” land. Hospice. Our insurance (Kaiser) pays for Hospice 100%. Hospice’s “gating requirement” is that the patient has been given less than 6 months to …

With my husband sick (dying) with Stage 4 Cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, I got to thinking back to our wedding oh so many moons ago. I only had one copy of the DVD from the wedding, but the amazing Joe Kenemore and Pat Roth of Cache Mediaworks we …

Hi: It’s funny the things that we do because we think that one thing (or another) is “better for” us. I’ll give you an example. I have always really loved (and sometimes had a craving for) white rice. Butofcourse, white rice is not GOOD for you, BROWN …

So. courtesy of DrJockers.com Hubby has Stage 4 bladder cancer. That means his bladder cancer has now left that general area, and has filled his lungs and is also in part of his muscles around his lungs. I know – sucks. The oncologist said he has “6 mo …

Yeah fine – I lied. One more post. We had a great lecture last night by Omar, who heads up Fitness here. It was the more amazing because, while all the lectures here have been in English, he did it simultaneously swapping back and forth between English …

Who knows? This might be my last post. We have one full and two half days left. I have done all but the largest one of my client projects, which I have just slated for tomorrow, leaving myself today and part of tomorrow to work out. The plan as it stan …

Saturdays are still pretty much like a weekday – doctor visits, spa folks, Quiet Room, etc. However, you get dessert for lunch (the photo is of ours this week), and serenaded by a troubadour at dinner ;-) Here’s a photo of our second favorite piece of …

Today was paleo pancake day – my favorite ;-) (Well, the nut-ola day is pretty close, especially if they make the macadamia milk!) As hubby said though, these are very dense pancakes – two is actually probably “one too many.” Not sure if the recipe wil …

H and my boys Andy (left) and Arnold (right) This blog post will be a compilation of a bunch of nutrition lectures that we have had while here. I believe that the Director of Nutrition, Sue Ward, is coming out with a book that addresses “diets,” which …

This post is – quite literally – just a compilation of all the notes I’ve written that didn’t already “wend their way” into another post! I guess I will do them as “bullets” – but there’s no rhyme or reason to what goes first, next, etc. Just notes :-) …