Not sure what to say, Paul. I've never had to go through anything like what you and your family and Marlene are right now. I can't imagine...
I hope she's mostly comfortable and at peace. We know she has the love of her life at her side, along with the light of her life in Gracie. Hold her and treasure your time with her. She needs that now. Your anger is to be expected, and probably a good thing. Best, frank On October 29, 2015 11:03:34 PM EDT, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >Marlene doesn't want me to discuss her condition, and I find myself >reaching out on other topics, which feels heartless, but deflecting may >well be worse. > >A peaceful and painless conclusion is now the goal.. I've pretty much >known this was inevitable since Dr. Kim, the surgeon, met with me >outside the OR, 13 months ago. After six hours in surgery he looked >defeated. "I wish I had gotten to this years ago," he said. "Is there >hope? I asked. There is always hope," he said, head hanging. > >Today,Marlene's best friend drove up from Chicago and they laughed and >even danced a little. (She was with Marlene when we met at a bar in >February 1971.) A rare good day, but all we can realistically do now is >wait and hug and whisper words of love. > >Did I tell you I deeply resent the ads from a cancer hospital that >suggest they're beating the disease? They're not. It's a blatant lie >aimed at getting more Medicare and insurance dollars. Fuck them. > >Paul via phone >Paul via phone -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
