Snowbrush

  Peggy’s April Fool’s Day surgery (percutaneous ablation with internal fixation of right acetabulum) came 47-days after her Friday 13th sur...

As I mentioned, our day started stupid. All of Peggy’s doctors except her new one are in Eugene, and we had driven ten miles up I-5 before r...

  Last night, Peggy fell into walls and doors when she awakened to use the bathroom. She didn’t call for help; she instead tried to fall qui...

Eleven months ago, Peggy complained to her internist of pain in her right thigh. He first thought that she needed a hip replacement. Her fri...

On February 13th, Peggy’s spleen, lower pancreas, and two lymph nodes were removed in the hope that she could return to a nearly normal life...

  I started the following in answer to Ellen’s question following my last post, but decided to make it into a post. The first photo was take...

The bicycling photo of my sister, Carol Gay, dates from 1969, when she was fourteen. In case you missed my last post or two, I ’ll mention t...

This letter and the ones that follow are to the forty-one people whom either Peggy, or I, or both of us, want to tell about today’s surgery,...

  While reading the following, please bear in mind that I hold a power of attorney for Peggy's health care, and this enables me to rece...

Peggy’s oncologist called on Sunday and again on Monday (I never stop marveling at that man’s dedication) to discuss her situation in some d...

     Two weeks ago, Peggy had a CAT-Scan, which showed that her pancreatic cancer remains confined to her pancreas and ilium. Based upon thi...

Two events put me on the road to joining the Episcopal Church. The first occurred in 1967 when my girlfriend, Sherry, and I entered an unloc...

Cult: a relatively small and controlling group of people having beliefs or practices that are seen by others as strange or sinister . I hav...

On Monday, Peggy had a CAT-scan following her sixth chemo; the results were encouraging. Marc, her oncologist plans to give her six more tre...

Peggy is sick in bed following her fifth chemo yesterday (the photo predates her hair loss). Despite never feeling normal and being dogged b...