Erella's B92More (benign tumour) ---no more

How can you complain to a hospital (which is risk obsessed) about a hospital?

2012-01-15T23:42:00.004-05:00

How can you complain to a hospital
(which is risk obsessed) about a hospital?

Keep on learning

2012-01-15T19:58:00.000-05:00

It is our own light that scares us most.

Who owns my health records?

Mine, MINE, mine!!

Why is it so difficult for us to have access

to our lab and test results?

I met an angry woman who was eager to tell me that she's dying.

Full of rage, she wanted to lay blame and explode.

I get the feeling that she's deeply lonely and frustrated.

I asked why she was wearing a timer around her neck.

She answered quickly that she was dying as if that should be a reason for the gadget.

We love to read to one another.

We've been doing this her whole life.

I love it even more, now.

Sometimes I feel like a glove turned inside out.

2011-10-29T13:08:00.004-04:00

Sometimes I feel like a glove turned inside out.

Nothing is familiar to me.

2011-10-29T12:59:00.001-04:00

Somewhere in the jar is the right drug dose for me.

I wish there was less trial-and-error and more certainly in this part of my recovery.

I know that my voice and my face are no longer familiar to my mother. I wonder though about my skin.

I think about how our bodies signal one another.

Blindfolded, if our loved ones touched our hands, how many identities could we possibly guess?

Erella Ganon's illustrations. Please contact her at erella at erella dot com

2011-10-28T14:50:00.000-04:00

2011-10-28T14:49:00.002-04:00

Sometimes when I visit mom, we play games together just like we did when she knew who I was

and I was the child.

I'm a patient, you're a doctor. Yesterday, we were both very smart.

2011-10-12T22:25:00.000-04:00

I'm a patient, you're a doctor.

Yesterday, we were both very smart.
Just because we're on opposite sides of a line now, doesn't mean that I'm suddenly an idiot.

2011-10-10T17:46:00.003-04:00

I know that my voice and my face are no longer familiar to my mother.

I wonder though about my skin.I think about how our bodies signal one another. Blindfolded, if our loved ones touched our hands, how many identities could we possibly guess?

No one ever thinks that waiting rooms, especially the ones in hospitals are fun. Seeing a loved one there makes everything more pleasant.

Hi! It is me here.

2011-05-05T23:13:00.000-04:00

Because I can easily remember what a happy, healthy and well me looks like, I sometimes fail to accept or see the recovering me that is here instead.

I am not illness.

2011-05-04T18:27:00.002-04:00

I am not illness.
We must remind ourselves to see the man before the cane

poop catcher

2011-04-29T20:53:00.000-04:00

At the lab, the lady wanted to go over every possible detail about how to fill the stool sample container at home.

I explained that this isn't new for me and I even have the little hat that fits over my toilet to catch the poop.

A child in the waiting room found this wonderfully amusing.

So what are you doing these days?

2011-04-23T12:23:00.001-04:00

A friend confided that he feels guilty for still being ill.

As I told him that I sometimes feel the same way, I realized how silly and not useful that is.

No one hates us for our illnesses.

OK, maybe some do.

I get tired of this.

2011-02-21T11:39:00.001-05:00

I get tired of this.

Second Life? Sure I would love to dance.

2011-02-20T21:16:00.003-05:00

Someone was telling me about his grandmother who spends ALL her time on Second Life. It's great. She's much happier in this virtual world. Her avatar looks much like she did many years ago.

Here, young men ask her to dance all the time. She has meaningful conversations, which is more than she says the others of her age do.

She used to be sadly lonely.

Not now.

This 94 year old knee hurts.

2011-02-20T16:38:00.007-05:00

A 94 year old man showed his very sore swollen knee to his doctor.
The doctor said, "Well, what do you expect, it is a 94 year old knee".
The old guy agreed.
"It is just like the one beside it
and it doesn't hurt at all."

"I don't have an easy answer for you"

2011-02-15T00:57:00.001-05:00

"I don't have an easy answer for you"
"Of course not!"
Sometimes when I hear people complain about doctors, I listen and wonder if there's any possible way for the situation to work out well.
The roles and outcomes are predetermined. The patient doesn't always have to be the victim.
The doctor isn't always an ogre.

2011-02-08T17:13:00.004-05:00

Sometimes people get so involved with feeling bad about my illness that they stop seeing me

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I feel as though my insides have been scraped out and put back in wrongly.

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I have a disease that will eventually kill me.
Does it make sense to have a surgery that may kill me when I feel pretty good... for now?

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We saw a guy twitching dancing all over the place wildly. We heard no music playing. Celeste wanted to know if the man needed an exorcist or a defibrillator.

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Packing for a hospital stay is like getting ready for a trip except there are way more unknown bits and it's way less exciting.

hello?

2011-02-08T17:07:00.001-05:00

I've been sick a long time.
Friends have died, given birth and moved far away in that time.
I'm about to have surgery that will change this.
I will become a HEALTHY one, able to care for others.

Drink MORE water.

2011-02-08T17:01:00.001-05:00

Drink MORE and MORE water.
When all else fails, try logic.
When we want our bodies to get rid of something that we don't want in there, water is the most powerful too.

We can share the same sun.

2011-02-08T16:58:00.001-05:00

This afternoon, I was filling gas into my car. The drivers in the other cars all looked so miserable and stressed.
I wanted to tell each one that the same sun that I am enjoying is available for them.

I feel so terrible when I think of your challenges! Sometimes I want to reaNo one can feel bad enough to make me feel better.

2011-02-08T16:54:00.003-05:00

I feel so terrible when I think of your challenges!
Sometimes I want to reassure my loved ones that no one can feel bad enough to make me feel better.
It is best not to try.

You got the power

2011-02-08T16:46:00.000-05:00

A friend called me with scary details about her new scary medical challenges. I was surprised by how little interest she sseemed to have in the nature of the illness, the possible outcomes and what she can affect.

"Hello?"

2010-11-02T14:12:00.001-04:00

"Hello?" I've never been good at hiding what I'm thinking or feeling.

"SO GOOD to hear that you feel better now."

In just one word, how is it possible that everyone can read my mind?

Yummy

2010-10-15T21:24:00.004-04:00

From time to time, people talk to me about my misfortune.

I don't get it.

There could not be a more loved person than me.
Good luck is mine!

I feel a lot of pain but a friend came by with my favourite yummy goodies.

This makes everything a lot better

Exactly HOW am I feeling? Well, ok.

2010-10-13T17:41:00.001-04:00

I don't think of myself as much of a complainer. Recovering from major surgery that requires that I focus on every little pain, change or discomfort.

Though unpleasant it is a necessary part of the healing process.

walking to Toronto

2010-09-08T22:40:00.004-04:00

When my little sister was a baby, our family drove to Montreal.

The car broke down very close to Auntie Sheila's house.

My dad stayed behind to fix it.

We returned by train.

Baby Monique insisted that my mother walk back and forth, rocking her in her very weary arms.In my family history, this became the tale of When My Mom WALKED From Montreal To Toronto

Last year was rough, but it was very, very good.

2010-08-04T08:43:00.001-04:00

Last year was rough. In many ways it was a wonderful year. Though I got lots of new gray hairs, I am a lot better now. I am focusing on the little things that are appearing. They hid from my radar while I was fighting the bigger issues.

My arm only gets numb sometimes now.

Before this happened, I was never a tearful person. Being prone to weeping bouts is alienating, it makes people feel uncomfortable and powerless, not

2010-08-04T08:27:00.000-04:00

This time last year, I could barely walk and now I feel so mighty.

Weep no more

2010-08-04T08:19:00.003-04:00

Before this happened, I was never a tearful person. Being prone to weeping bouts is alienating, it makes people feel uncomfortable and powerless, not just me.

Being able to comfort someone else is a big comfort in itself.

2010-08-02T13:08:00.001-04:00

Being able to comfort someone else is a big comfort in itself.

Don't do it alone

2010-08-02T13:05:00.001-04:00

I'm hearing stories of deep sadness when someone learns that a loved one has been fighting serious illness alone.

Here, birdie

2010-08-02T13:03:00.001-04:00

Monique was outside with our mother.
Some pigeons were being given scraps of bread much to everyone's delight.
Among the birds, pretending to be one of them, was a crafty squirrel trying not to be noticed.

2010-04-04T01:11:00.002-04:00

I rush like crazy to be on time to se my newest medical specialist doctor only to be told by the receptionist that there are ONLY eight patients ahead of me.

How can I get anything done if I spend all my time in waiting rooms?

I get it if the doctor is a surgeon that takes on emergencies.

my hair!

2010-04-04T00:59:00.001-04:00

I have always had abundant curls of shiny locks. Now that I am losing my hair, I am making plans not to take these things for granted when my good health returns.

2010-04-04T00:53:00.001-04:00

MY FEET HURT! Whether it is the drugs I am taking or something to do with the disease that is causing my swelling and pain, I just wish it would STOP!

can I sign your cast? pleease?

2010-04-04T00:50:00.001-04:00

Because a brain tumour is pretty much invisible, it is hard to get much sympathy.
At least with a broken limb people get a kick out of cast signing.

waiting

2010-04-04T00:33:00.003-04:00

I wonder how it feels to be a doctor and to see a room that never seems to empty full of bewildered folks. Many of them are playing a film in their minds of the doctor giving them the worst possible news.

2010-04-04T00:23:00.003-04:00

There is a nurse who visits me every day to make sure that I'm healing the way I should be.

The majority of his other patients have absolutely no one who ever come to see them (other than him).

I am glad I am me with all my challenges, and not them.

The mighty team

2010-04-04T00:20:00.000-04:00

I read that one factor which contributes to a long life is if there is association or membership in a spiritual group.
The Mighty Team certainly must qualify.It has certainly extended my life in a significant way.

post surgical self portrait

2010-04-04T00:14:00.002-04:00

Post-Surgical Self-Portrait

Do you sleep?

2010-04-04T00:12:00.001-04:00

Among the miracles, spending a lot of time in hospitals brings out some very sad situations that make no sense at all. Platitudes like "everything happens for a reason" mean even less to me.

does Everything Happens For A Reason

2010-04-04T00:03:00.002-04:00

Among the miracles, spending a lot of time in hospitals brings out some very sad situations that make no sense at all. Platitudes like "everything happens for a reason" mean even less to me.

acting strange

2010-04-03T23:57:00.002-04:00

After head trauma, or in some cases, brain surgery, some patients develop unusual talents or interests.

I'm starting a rumour that I've lost all interest in art and now find watching sports to be utterly fascinating, just to see if anyone buys it.

MRI technician

2010-04-03T23:53:00.002-04:00

Things have changed a lot in hospitals

"I'm Jason, I will be your MRI technician today" Things have changed a lot in hospitals since my last brain surgery.

concentrate

2010-04-03T23:48:00.001-04:00

I guess that I shouldn't be too surprised at what seems like vast amounts of concentration that normal tasks take.

Hospitals are very frightening

2010-04-03T23:43:00.001-04:00

Hospitals are very frightening for many of us. We don't want to see what we have no business looking at.

"no, I don't miss you at all"

2010-04-03T23:39:00.002-04:00

Recovering at my sister's place and while I was in hospital I had really how little I saw my child.

"No mom, I don't really miss you at all."

Please remind me, why did I buy her a cell phone?

"what if you don't

2010-04-03T23:33:00.002-04:00

Some of my friends weren't confident that I would recover completely from this surgery.
Sometimes it was more obvious.

"Sure, I'll lend it to you. I'll get it back right?"
"No matter what ends up happening.."
"Maybe I will lend it to you next month instead. Would that be ok?"
"You won't need it right now"

... to kiss her face.

2010-02-07T00:29:00.002-05:00

When she was a baby, I loved to kiss her face.
My neighbour was telling me that her son is now in his forties and she's JUST learning how to not kiss his cheeks all the time when she sees him.

"no"

2010-02-07T00:26:00.001-05:00

At every medical specialist's office is a person who has a job spending the majority of every single day saying "no".

great to see you..

2010-02-07T00:23:00.000-05:00

The best part of having friends come to medical appointments is to see a friendly face on the other side and someone to say "there, there" at the right intervals.

I also enjoy it when they find something interesting to read in the range of perfectly aged periodicals on offer.

Please don't fuss.

2010-02-06T02:06:00.002-05:00

Let's get together.
Please don't fuss.

Eating meals with friends is such a pleasure.
Sometimes a reminder to not get over stressed about anything when the goal is enjoyment can be a help.

Exchange my life for yours? But you're healthy.

2010-02-01T22:20:00.003-05:00

I'd prefer to be well.

There are times when I'd rather have this all done.
I get impatient and then I remember...
There are many people (sick and well) that would gladly exchange my life for their own.

2010-01-28T22:41:00.001-05:00

When someone that's made an impact in my life has died, I take a little while to think of them and allow that version of them to go. Sometimes going to a funeral or memorial is a good thing. At times attending this sort of thing is impossible.

"Uh, and this uh food is to help me get better?"

2010-01-28T01:25:00.001-05:00

Every single time I see hospital food the same question comes to my mind. What horrid torture must a bunch of perfectly good ingredients be subjected to in order to have them so devoid of any nutrition or taste?

"A ship in harbour is safe, but what's a ship for?"

2010-01-27T00:42:00.002-05:00

Friends sometime make comments that my handwriting is clear and easy to decipher but
that's what it is for.

"A ship in harbour is safe, but what's a ship for?"

Handwriting exists so that someone in the future can read words and get meaning from them.

(I knew there was a reason I am no doctor).

hero.

2010-01-18T02:25:00.001-05:00

Anyone and anything can be normal, enviable and profoundly beautiful.

Sometimes just knowing anyone wants me to feel better is the best therapy. I feel really awful for those not as lucky.

2010-01-13T23:15:00.001-05:00

Sometimes just knowing anyone wants me to feel better is the best therapy.

I feel really awful for those that go through serious crisis without the support that might help them heal.

I need a new mirror. This one has an old person in it.

2010-01-13T21:44:00.001-05:00

I need a new mirror. This one has an old person in it.

Why'd you bring ice cubes into my bed?

2010-01-12T00:11:00.002-05:00

On cold winter nights on occasion, my daughter will come into my bed to cuddle with me.

BUT FIRST,
she must certainly chill her little toes to the right temperature.

I love a story, don't you?

2010-01-12T00:06:00.000-05:00

Listening and sharing experiences (and mistakes) with our friends really helps.

I'm not a doctor and I'm no expert but I'm very good at talking (about my personal situation).

This waiting room chair, do they expect anyone to feel comfortable sitting on this?

2010-01-11T15:29:00.003-05:00

I often wonder if there's a person that designs furniture for waiting rooms. Is it possible to make things LESS comfortable?

No one who waits there feels good or strong before they get in there.

Thank you, dear

2010-01-11T14:26:00.001-05:00

A friend told me that her relationship with her mother was very good but they never shared much affection.

She brought a new Italian boyfriend home for lunch.
He was thrilled to meet the mom and gave her a big hug and kiss hello.

Obviously, mom and daughter had to hug and kiss too even though this was not something they normally did.

Of this story, my favourite part was the THANK YOU CARD the mother mailed to her daughter for the "show of affection".

Look up!

2010-01-11T01:14:00.000-05:00

In most major cities, its inhabitants tend to look down and avoid eye contact with one another. In Chicago, people look up a lot ... or seem to..

This bio-mat is making me heal and I like it.

2010-01-11T00:42:00.000-05:00

Mickey lent me a healing mat that gets plugged in. The thing is stuffed completely full of little amethyst crystals that get heated up when my body rests on it. This feels very good even though I don't understand why.

A book to look at

2010-01-10T11:57:00.003-05:00

I'm glad to learn that my images resonate with anyone and help with someone else's combination of challenges.

This isn't a road map, but I am pleased that there are those that care to follow along.

2010-01-10T10:46:00.003-05:00

The next step isn't easy to predict.

Yech!

One idea is to take a drug that makes me feel horrid, as though I have been gargling with bleach.

"Mom, did you say something?"

2010-01-10T10:33:00.003-05:00

Long ago, my mother the ability to speak. She loves to listen to casual conversation, I think it makes her feel as though she's taking part.

Noreen a chatty neighbour from my mom's Alzheimer's floor told me she's very fond of her -because she never complains ... about anything.

yes I know..

2010-01-10T10:29:00.000-05:00

Things that make my eyes glaze over instantly:

Meeting a new doctor that reminds me how *rare* Cushing's disease or multiple brain tumours is.
Yes I know

Loves me like a rock

2010-01-10T01:51:00.000-05:00

Everyone seems to have ideas about things that could possibly help me heal.

At this point if someone I care about tells me to pray to a specific rock, I am pretty ready to consider it.

more tests

2010-01-10T01:44:00.004-05:00

We're in Chicago to investigate my brain tumour. Medical researchers at the University have brought me here.
Though none of the tests are fun, I'm glad to possibly help.
Maybe it will help me too.

alternative medicine helps

2010-01-10T01:36:00.002-05:00

Since I've opened myself to alternative medicine, my closest friends have come with ideas and solid info that may help me.

Not sure exactly why, but it all helps.

A friend in need is a friend

2010-01-10T01:32:00.002-05:00

On Occasion, but not often, people who offer a helping hand could use one.

Somewhat unrelated proverb:
If you want to find a helping hand it is best to look at the end of one's own arm

sensitivity training?

2010-01-10T01:29:00.006-05:00

I wish that medical technicians would realize that the people they care for are probably already stressed and don't need someone giving them extra things to worry about.

In Chicago the MRI technician told me that if my elbow might accidentally touch the machine she was squeezing me into, I could seriously burn my skin. Yergh.

amazing town!

2009-11-13T13:29:00.003-05:00

Christian, our favourite person in chicago shows us every architecturally significant building and lots of hidden gems around town.
We're lucky because there's a ton to see.
He's a delight

"Dad? Are you ok?"

2009-10-29T21:12:00.003-04:00

Julian told me a story about a man who found his father on his bed.

The old guy had dressed himself and appeared that he was all ready to go out.

The man felt his dad's skin to see if he could detect a pulse.

There was none.

He was cold.

Upon reflection he realized that this was the first time he could remember touching his father.

Move my body? uh, sure.

2009-10-24T23:33:00.003-04:00

Some days, successfully maneuvering my body from bed to couch is all I can hope for.

...Next?

2009-10-24T23:30:00.002-04:00

As much as I concentrate on statistics, what to do next is difficult to figure out.
I'm glad to have options.

Hi, my name is MOM

2009-10-24T23:25:00.001-04:00

Now that she's growing up, Celeste has her own life. It is an adjustment of course. Only thing is that I hardly ever see her.

Signs everywhere a sign..

2009-10-24T23:23:00.001-04:00

Sometimes it appears that all the signs are pointed in one general direction. Often I am fully prepared to on the obvious path until a small experiment or hunch moves me off.

post rodiation sores

2009-10-22T17:32:00.001-04:00

Radiation ended a long time ago, but the side effects continue. Luckily the tumour continues to shrink.

Another good reason to take care

2009-10-22T17:24:00.002-04:00

I've read that well-loved people get better care in hospitals.

If you come into the hospital with someone, they will be treated a little better.

Post-radiation blues

2009-10-17T14:00:00.001-04:00

It has been many months since the radiation treatments have stopped but NOW I am having new painful radiation burns in my mouth.
I don't get it.
My doctors all tell me this is to be expected.

Sweeet REST!

2009-10-17T13:57:00.001-04:00

No question about it,
REST is the best medicine.

Walk? Over THERE?

2009-10-17T13:43:00.002-04:00

I suppose that I've been sick a very long time. It is easy to forget what I am able to do. I was suffering from a kind of amnesia when I planned this trip. It is easy to imagine a time when this amount of walking is not the Herculean effort it is now.

Guillotines, do they take up more shelf space?

2009-10-17T13:40:00.001-04:00

I wonder if I had access to a guillotine if it would take away the headaches.

"Nice hair! Mind if I ask where you bought it?"

2009-08-25T13:55:00.000-04:00

"Nice hair! Mind if I ask where you bought it?" I don't know how it worked out that I kept so much hair through all that I have gone through. At different times in my life it looked way better. I do notice how some forlks look when I go for tests or treatments at the hospitals, especially the one that specializes in cancer.

Summer, what summer?

2009-08-23T12:40:00.001-04:00

Last summer is a blur. I hardly remember any part, which is probably a good thing. I mastered (almost) being able to walk on even floor, at the paradise that is Ottilie's cottage, I am walking around rocks while balancing upright. Woohoo!

Be gentle on my teeth, please.

2009-08-21T22:50:00.003-04:00

In order to make brain tumours my body steals calcium from my teeth and bones. I have cracked or chipped three teeth in the last few months. I don't like this.

Paradise all around, like a poem.

2009-08-21T21:49:00.003-04:00

Right this second, paradise is all around me. I must remember to fill myself up so that I have extra for later.

Please go away, and don't come back.

2009-08-21T21:47:00.002-04:00

Go AWAY!

One might thing that since I have been dealing with both pain and discomfort (both very different things) for a very long time, that I would be good at managing it by now.

Look at my hands!

2009-08-21T21:39:00.002-04:00

My hands look pretty normal though the rest of my body is bloated from the amount of cortisol in my system.

you again?

2009-08-21T21:37:00.002-04:00

This illness casts a huge echo that seems to come back to haunt me just when I think it is tapering off to the slightest whisper

Happy Canada Day

2009-07-01T23:14:00.003-04:00

I am so Canadian that even my blood cells are red and white.

"I am fine now, really I am."

2009-04-21T22:05:00.002-04:00

I was perhaps a little too optimistic or quick to call myself brain tumour-free.

"gee, your hair grows back fast"

2009-04-04T19:00:00.002-04:00

I saw an old friend at the grocery store.

We hadn't seen one another in a long while. Noticing that he was awkwardly trying to sneak a look at my hair that was pinned up, he finally stammered something about my locks and questions about radiation. He was curious whether I had a secret... perhaps he was just expressing concern and then relief when I took out the pins, shook my hair, evidence that I'm fine.

I still have plenty of hair.

"if worst comes to worst"

2009-03-09T18:13:00.001-04:00

Those that say "if worst comes to worst" a lot generally have a poorly developed imagination.

Thank you, that really helps

2009-03-09T12:07:00.000-04:00

I never feel so beautiful as when someone who cares about me looks into my eyes or helps hold my head up.

Br-r-r-r!

2009-02-05T22:45:00.001-05:00

Have a seat and please wait

2009-02-05T13:35:00.002-05:00

Everyone is good at something. I am excellent at having medical tests done.

I am even pretty good at waiting for results.

Erella's B92More (benign tumour) ---no more

How can you complain to a hospital (which is risk obsessed) about a hospital?

Keep on learning

Sometimes I feel like a glove turned inside out.

Nothing is familiar to me.

Erella Ganon's illustrations. Please contact her at erella at erella dot com

I'm a patient, you're a doctor. Yesterday, we were both very smart.

Hi! It is me here.

I am not illness.

poop catcher

So what are you doing these days?

I get tired of this.

Second Life? Sure I would love to dance.

This 94 year old knee hurts.

"I don't have an easy answer for you"

hello?

Drink MORE water.

We can share the same sun.

I feel so terrible when I think of your challenges! Sometimes I want to reaNo one can feel bad enough to make me feel better.

You got the power

"Hello?"

Yummy

Exactly HOW am I feeling? Well, ok.

walking to Toronto

Last year was rough, but it was very, very good.

Before this happened, I was never a tearful person. Being prone to weeping bouts is alienating, it makes people feel uncomfortable and powerless, not

Weep no more

Being able to comfort someone else is a big comfort in itself.

Don't do it alone

Here, birdie

my hair!

can I sign your cast? pleease?

waiting

The mighty team

post surgical self portrait

Do you sleep?

does Everything Happens For A Reason

acting strange

MRI technician

concentrate

Hospitals are very frightening

"no, I don't miss you at all"

"what if you don't

... to kiss her face.

"no"

great to see you..

Please don't fuss.

Exchange my life for yours? But you're healthy.

"Uh, and this uh food is to help me get better?"

"A ship in harbour is safe, but what's a ship for?"

Friends sometime make comments that my handwriting is clear and easy to decipher butthat's what it is for."A ship in harbour is safe, but what's a ship for?"Handwriting exists so that someone in the future can read words and get meaning from them.(I knew there was a reason I am no doctor).

hero.

Sometimes just knowing anyone wants me to feel better is the best therapy. I feel really awful for those not as lucky.

I need a new mirror. This one has an old person in it.

Why'd you bring ice cubes into my bed?

I love a story, don't you?

This waiting room chair, do they expect anyone to feel comfortable sitting on this?

Thank you, dear

Look up!

This bio-mat is making me heal and I like it.

A book to look at

"Mom, did you say something?"

yes I know..

Loves me like a rock

more tests

alternative medicine helps

A friend in need is a friend

sensitivity training?

amazing town!

"Dad? Are you ok?"

Move my body? uh, sure.

...Next?

Hi, my name is MOM

Signs everywhere a sign..

post rodiation sores

Another good reason to take care

Post-radiation blues

Sweeet REST!

Walk? Over THERE?

Guillotines, do they take up more shelf space?

Friends sometime make comments that my handwriting is clear and easy to decipher but
that's what it is for.

"A ship in harbour is safe, but what's a ship for?"

Handwriting exists so that someone in the future can read words and get meaning from them.

(I knew there was a reason I am no doctor).