My detour through cancer world
Hello, my name is Ken. My wife, Dianne started this blog with her friends but today I have something to say. As you read this, I am recovering from major cancer surgery that took place Friday, May 6th....
View ArticleWhen the love of your life has cancer
Ken and I wrote drafts for six blogs long before his surgery. We knew how we felt at the time, so we thought we knew what we wanted to say far in advance of surgery. For the most part, we did, but some...
View ArticleWhat you eat is what you get: Ken’s cancer journey blog #4 ®
As I wrote in my last blog chronicling my husband’s cancer journey, we sought three opinions before deciding where to have surgery. A friend of ours who is a cancer survivor sought nine (9) opinions...
View Article873 If You Don’t Say it, It Isn’t There
Cancer! There, you heard it. Or read it. We are superstitious about this. If we don’t say it, it isn’t there. If we DO, say it, we have it. Once we have it, we talk about it a lot because it...
View ArticleKeeping up with the Kost(cost) of a Kure(cure) or (reading the fine print on...
2011 has been a tough year for a lot of people for an array of reasons. For us, it’s been a tough year for medical reasons, but we’re bouncing back and with vigor. As we reflect on the past year, we...
View Article“Breaking news”: aspirin or diet?
As ABC reported Tuesday evening, the biggest new discovery (which most likely delights the pharmaceutical industry) is a “belief” that an aspirin a day “may” prevent or help cure cancer. Within seconds...
View ArticleBroccoli, cell phones and health insurance
Buying broccoli is not the same as buying health insurance. Then again, maybe it is. However, that is probably not how the Supreme Court Justices who compared the two were thinking. Yes, Americans are...
View Article#1010 Coupon for Eternity by Wes Richards
Forget the “Forever Stamp.” This is even better. A regional department store just sent a coupon that says “valid April 1-April 31, 2012. Um... say what? Since the expiration date will never come,...
View ArticleBeware…The Medicare Card
If you’re beyond Baby Boomer age, then you can relate to this. If you are a Boomer, you can also relate. If you are not there yet, listen up. The Medicare Card automatically arrives in the mail about...
View ArticleThe Forces Were With Us
It was the day back in June that Mom looked at me and said: “What’s your name?” That was the day I died a little. To better phrase that, it was the day my mortality hit home, again. We get those...
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