Loose Strife

Ha! I bet you thought I was going to write yet another morose post about cancer. No, no. The monthly Ashfield News arrived recently. It’s quiet in this fair town. Obviously so. Our police log is “edited for space” and yet the following entry survived: Wednesday August 13 5pm: Report of a low-hanging large tree […]

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At this point I don’t know if we’ll actually make it to Boston for the race or not, but tonight I’m feeling a little more optimistic. Yesterday (Tuesday) Laura’s nurse came to the house and we agreed on several changes. First, we switched over to hospice. Because the visiting nurse association and hospice are the […]

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We got a call today. The person was upset to here that Laura was not fairing well and wanted to talk about whether everything that could be done to cure her had been tried or considered. I want to say definitively yes. But the truth about dying from cancer is more nuanced. Certainly we want […]

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Laura is maybe feeling a little better this evening. But very tired and lots of neck and back pain when she moves, so she’s spent all day in bed. She occasionally says she would like to get up, but doesn’t. Her doctor had her double her pain medicine and that should be kicking in soon. […]

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A few months ago, David offered us, Laura’s family, the opportunity to share our thoughts on this blog. I hesitated because I am not good with words when it comes to personal matters. And recently, I have cried through many of my thoughts when it has to do with my family. But, I thought now […]

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Laura had a hard day today. Yesterday she switched to a different extended release pain medication and it is not working as expected. She’s compensating with additional immediate action meds, but is still in pain and spent all day in bed with little sense of time. While the pain isn’t extreme, it seems to have […]

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