tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post2359177159670533237..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: 2008.......Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-11198935852086988362009-01-03T09:39:00.000-05:002009-01-03T09:39:00.000-05:00this is a beautiful post, as another comment sugge...this is a beautiful post, as another comment suggested. i would only add, that i see being in the hospital and especially in the or, as giving one an opportunity to see these moments more often and more starkly. life and death; health and disease; the joy of a better than expected outcome vs the mourning that begins with the news of metastasis. in the hospital, in the or, we see over and over, many times a day, the agony of life coming and life going; with it's attendant joy and grief. and if you're a sensitive person, and a reader, you hear the echoes of proust, joyce, camus, and virgil. happy new year, docAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-58859947542307945842009-01-02T19:22:00.000-05:002009-01-02T19:22:00.000-05:00Dada I agree. Happy New Year to you and your wife....Dada I agree. Happy New Year to you and your wife. Can i vent: God forbid you ever order a CT scan with contrast on anyone with a creating greater that 0.2!!!!!!!HudsonMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955328271938173408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-66186082183120410802009-01-01T21:41:00.000-05:002009-01-01T21:41:00.000-05:00I came here from another blog, and just wanted to ...I came here from another blog, and just wanted to say:<BR/><BR/>very well said,<BR/><BR/>from a woman who, within the space of less than a year (Dec. 20, 2007-Dec. 9, 2008), learned she had Inflammatory Breast Cancer, learned it had metastasized to the liver, went through all the treatments for that (intense weekly chemo, mastectomy of left breast, intense radiation, ongoing maintenance chemotherapy (for a year), Tamoxifen for 5 years) and as of Dec. 9, 2008 learned that my last scan showed No Cancer.<BR/><BR/>I SOOO agree with what you said. Life can change in the blink of an eye, and in spite of its trials and aggravations, life is beautiful. I try to tell people not to take it for granted and to try to let the little things go. I try to do the same myself now. <BR/><BR/>Life is a gift. Growing old is a gift. Cherish it and the loved ones that you share life with.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for this beautiful post. <BR/><BR/>~ JudyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-3818104086145981272009-01-01T18:35:00.000-05:002009-01-01T18:35:00.000-05:00brilliantly written. the relevant importance of th...brilliantly written. the relevant importance of the intense and the trivial is constantly difficult for me to understand. this post touches on how i feel to a degree.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-13485120747462097532009-01-01T16:18:00.000-05:002009-01-01T16:18:00.000-05:00Heh.Last night as I was putting my makeup on prepa...Heh.<BR/>Last night as I was putting my makeup on preparing to go out, my kids were running around and my youngest, who will be 4 in a couple of weeks, said "mommy, will we die one day?" and I said "yes, everyone dies one day, but we won't die for a long time, and you don't need to worry about it." She replied "but mommy, I don't want to be dead." "Neither do I," I said, "but honey, it won't happen for a long time, and we might change our minds about it." "OK mommy," she said.webhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938934194973454729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-78928240926325035282009-01-01T09:50:00.000-05:002009-01-01T09:50:00.000-05:00Happy New Year to you and yours!Happy New Year to you and yours!rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.com