Tomorrow, here in the U.S., we celebrate Thanksgiving. I'm not one to give in to dissecting a celebratory days past to cast dark shadows on it today. If such behavior were to be normalized and become a fully accepted practice, we would have nothing to be thankful for.
I have much to be thankful for, and not just to be celebrated tomorrow. I'm healthy (even though aging is taking its normal toll). I have family who love me. I have a home, which is more than the roof over my head and the bed I sleep in. I have a retirement income which is 'sufficient' for my current needs (wants are another matter however!). I have medical insurance that is actually rather decent, again, for my current needs, and doesn't cost me an arm-and-a-leg. I have this community, KFN, which I enjoy participating in a lot.
I could, as unfortunately so many people do, focus on what I don't have or have lost, and be less content than I am (or could be), but I choose not to do so. That's a road I do not wish to travel on.
So, I extend to everyone here in KFN a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving. May it find you in the good company of family and/or friends.
I have much to be thankful for, and not just to be celebrated tomorrow. I'm healthy (even though aging is taking its normal toll). I have family who love me. I have a home, which is more than the roof over my head and the bed I sleep in. I have a retirement income which is 'sufficient' for my current needs (wants are another matter however!). I have medical insurance that is actually rather decent, again, for my current needs, and doesn't cost me an arm-and-a-leg. I have this community, KFN, which I enjoy participating in a lot.
I could, as unfortunately so many people do, focus on what I don't have or have lost, and be less content than I am (or could be), but I choose not to do so. That's a road I do not wish to travel on.
So, I extend to everyone here in KFN a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving. May it find you in the good company of family and/or friends.
I begged and pleaded with him. I showed him an NIH study of 345 patients put on a controlled test of that therapy, which ended up "helping" only three, but not curing them. As a possible shock treatment I asked him two last questions: "Are you going to be buried or creamated, and what kind of flowers do you like?" To no avail. He believes it's all a conspiracy by big pharma and the gov to suppress the truth.
I was stunned. I asked her who her doctor was and, like I suspected, he was a naturopathic doctor. I implored her to go see a real physician but she declined. That was in January of 2015. In the middle of February of 2015 she couldn't move her legs or get out of bed. She was taken to the emergency room by her husband, who was in his tenth year cancer free after having the surgical removal of a huge cancer from his left leg. The oncologist at the ER said that a cat scan revealed that the cancer had metastasized to her intestines, liver, kidneys, lungs, spine (why she couldn't walk) and brain. He sent her home to hospice and she died two weeks later, very painfully. Three months ago three more cancers appeared in his left leg. One was just beneath the floor of the abdominal cavity, but not in it. They removed his leg and 1/4th of his left hip. He now gets around in wheel chair which he disassembles himself when he drives places, and reassembles when he gets where he is going. A month ago a lump appeared on the back side of his neck. They removed it three weeks ago without complications and he's under going daily radiation therapy for six weeks. Apparently it was too small to resolve with a cat scan, or had only recently appeared. Regardless, he continues to maintain a healthy attitude and is seldom bothered by depression. His children and grandchildren help a lot in that regard.
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