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December – status

Here it is, December already. Time has passed quickly. After I was diagnosed with stage 4, and chemo was not a good option, I decided we needed to move quickly into a facility that could take care of Rita when I die. A lot has happened from September to now. We applied for and were […]

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cancer Stories writing

Hospital Girls

This is a true story. They did it often.  They all worked late night shift and they often would sit in the hall on their chairs leaning on their rollling cart that holds their computer, screen and all the other stuff they need to wake you up at the wee hours to do something – […]

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Cancer update August

August 12, 2025 Since the end of May, until mid June, I did what I said I was going to do: care for Rita, get a dumpster and clean out years of being poor, play some pickleball, and try to figure out and plan for the future.  After my liver surgery, I tried doing Chemo […]

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activity Bucket List family

CO Trip

In 2009 I received an email from Jen K. She is the step-daughter of my younger brother, Brian. Brian died in 1999. Jen reached out by finding me on the Internet, most likely via the website I created for Rita’s pottery studio in Rochester Mills, PA. Over the next few months, we exchanged a few […]

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April 9, 2025

6:00 AM: plan for the day: 10:00 pm Good day today, but I am still sleep-deprived. Hopefully I will be able to get 8 hours tonight.  One minor concern: when I woke from my nap, I was fairly unstable on my feet. Rachel helped me to my chair in our TV area. She had set […]