Tag: Gord Downie

Mellow Yellow Anne: Brain Cancer and Strangely Chilling Out

Mellow Yellow Anne: Brain Cancer and Strangely Chilling Out   My wife Anne is currently undergoing three weeks of intensive radiation and chemotherapy  treatments.   The treatments are leaving her extremely nauseous and totally exhausted.   But for lengthy periods, she is preternaturally mellow, chilled out, totally detached from the trials and tribulations of everyday..

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Weetabix Revisited in the Wake of Brain Cancer

Weetabix Revisited in the Wake of Brain Cancer   Until my wife Anne  was suddenly stricken by glioblastoma, the very aggressive, incurable form of brain cancer that befell her a mere six weeks ago,  she could not live without her daily hit of Weetabix. Even on  Christmas morning, she devoured a delicious bowl of this..

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An update on Anne’s suffering from radiation treatments and chemotherapy

An update on Anne’s suffering from radiation treatments and chemotherapy Like life itself A world of beauty, Ikebana floral art: Fleeting poetry.   My wife Anne is afflicted with glioblastoma, an incurable form of brain cancer. Glioblastoma – Wikipedia   https://www.braintumour.ca/fr/types_de_tumeurs_cerebrales/glioblastome/   Anne is currently suffering from severe nausea stemming from the intensive radiation treatments..

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The author and photographer Doris Brocke is an extraordinary talent offering solace and support to Anne afflicted with incurable brain cancer

The author and photographer Doris Brocke is an extraordinary talent. https://dorisbrocke.wixsite.com/rhubarbtoroses/services   Doris has kindly given my wife Anne the gift of her book, which offers solace and support, as Anne struggles with the incurable brain cancer that has befallen her: The tragically hip and the tragical blip: Anne faces glioblastoma, a fatal cancer of..

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Chipmunks from a Georgetown childhood and my wife as a chipmunk today

Chipmunks from a Georgetown childhood and my wife as a chipmunk today   As I’ve written elsewhere, when I was a small child growing up in Georgetown, Ontario, I had the gooiest of soft spots for all animal creatures, fictional or otherwise. Every night before bed, my dad would read me a story featuring the..

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How Our Winnie the Pooh Doctor Saved the Life of My Wife Anne to Eat Sushi Another Day

How Our Winnie the Pooh Doctor Saved the Life of My Wife Anne to Eat Sushi Another Day We call our “family doctor” Trespassers W in honour of a signpost fragment that recurs in the wonderful children’s stories featuring Winnie the Pooh, the iconic stuffed bear. Here is why our sawbones is so named:  ..

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The tragically hip and the tragical blip: Anne faces glioblastoma, a fatal cancer of the brain

The tragically hip and the tragical blip: Anne faces glioblastoma, a fatal cancer of the brain   My wife Anne has been stricken by an incurable, highly aggressive form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma:   Glioblastoma – Wikipedia   Voici un lien en français:   https://www.braintumour.ca/fr/types_de_tumeurs_cerebrales/glioblastome/   Her life expectancy is about 12 to..

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