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My grandmother passed away tonight.
I feel extraordinarily fortunate that I saw her on Monday, and that she was having a good day when I was there.
I feel extraordinarily fortunate that she died at home, on her terms.
And I feel horrible for being in Austin, TX, 2000 miles away, and not being able [...]
My grandmother has decided to discontinue her treatment and has entered hospice care. The treatment was, in many ways, worse than the disease itself: robbing her of any quality of life and leaving her miserable. Her prognosis is not good, and the doctor gives her less than six months to live.
As much as this [...]
Yesterday Paul and I went down to New Jersey to my aunt’s house for a barbecue in celebration of Independence Day.
My primary motivator for going was to see my grandmother, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in April and has since undergone a six-week course of radiation (5 days a week) and oral [...]
I found out today that my grandmother has brain cancer.
She went into the hospital on Tuesday after having a small seizure, and we’ve been waiting all week to find out what’s what.
It had seemed it was contained to a small tumor, and we had hoped that it would be benign, but the doctors [...]
i promised updates; here i’ll deliver.
my uncle is being moved to umdnj today to prepare for surgery tomorrow. the biopsy results indicate a stage 1 malignancy, which i’m lead to believe is just a coldly clinical way to say cancer without saying cancer. surgery + chemo + radiation is the anticipated strategy, and [...]
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