Since I work in this area and my mother died of lung cancer (please don’t smoke), I thought this was interesting, a Blood test for lung cancer may be possible:
A simple blood test may be able to detect lung cancer in its earliest stages with unprecedented accuracy, according to new research to be presented at […]
Even when she was sick, my mother always said that she didn’t feel much different than when she was 16.
It was weird for me to hear that from someone as old as my mother. I guess I thought there’d be some magic time when I grow up where I will feel my age. […]
My friend Beverly has a touching post from Mother’s Day about her mother-in-law who has Alzheimer’s:
Despite the fact that Nate (her son and my husband) and I visit her regularly, I don’t believe she has any idea who we are. We are friendly faces that come to visit her. We laugh with her […]
I was very sorry to read about Heather’s stepfather’s illness.
As I’ve said many times before, I know that it’s hard to get news like that, and that it’s incredibly stressful, but I’ll say it again for her and anyone else, you’re not alone.
It’s like being punched in the stomach, and the additional stress is the […]
There’s an excellent post at Caring.com by Paula Spencer.
In Questions I Wish I Had Asked Mom, Spencer brings up a good point, I wish I had asked my mother more questions about her side of things when she was dying.
It’s hard toward the end, because you are tuned into taking care of “business” […]
My good buddy, Hoss, needs no introduction, you just need to go over there and read about his take on being what some perceive as “old”.
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As the workforce ages, so do their parents and workers who are absent from their jobs to care for their parents cost their employers a lot of money.
Some statistics say that it’s a wide spread issue:
According to Barbara McVicker, author of the new book “Stuck in the Middle…shared stories and tips for caregiving your elderly […]
Please keep Shai and her family in your prayers or whatever it is you do.
Her father had a stroke and things aren’t looking so good.
She has young children and live some distance away from her parents.
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A Happy Mother’s Day to all, I hope you’ve enjoyed your day.
Admittedly, my second Mother’s Day without a mother is still a little odd, for me, but, well, not much I can do about that.
However, my dad stepped up and called me today. He was worried that the day was “almost over” and that […]
The New York Times blog, Shifting Careers has an article about working after a death in the family.
When my mother died (nearly 2 years ago? Really?) I was away from work for nearly 2 weeks. I am blessed with friends and a wonderful workplace, so things were fine, yet I worried anyway.
But, when I […]
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