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How to deal with ambivalence

July 15, 2009

I find myself in one of those situations where I hesitate to take on the tasks I need to because I might have to leave on a family emergency.  If I call and schedule plumbers to come out for an estimate, it’s going to be an even greater hassle if I have to remember...
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The new paradigm of cancer

July 6, 2009

Tomorrow my dad starts his first round of chemo therapy.  This isn’t chemo designed to eliminate the cancer but to manage it, to keep it in check in order to wring a few more years out of life.  When I was growing up, cancer was like the Cold War, a low lying but  ever...
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How does one judge quality of life?

June 16, 2009

Yesterday my 18 year old cat, Isabeau, got the official diagnosis of kidney disease.  Apparently most cats will get this if they live long enough, the same way most elderly humans have at least some arthritis.  The question I have to answer for myself and for her is what is the right balance of...
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