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		<title>At times, evil thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday, suddenly, my father&#8217;s right side became so weak he could not stand. His speech slurred. It reminded me of when I admitted him to hospital back in October when I thought he was having a stroke. My thoughts were in contrast to what I should have been feeling. I should have been in great [...]<br/>
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		<title>It takes six months to absorb that your loved-one is dying</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Only now am I starting to focus on and compartmentalize my various responsibilities. My father was diagnosed with brain cancer in early October 2009 and since then it has been a whirlwind of tasks and emotions. I realized just last week that I am starting to keep my feelings in check and not feel distraught [...]<br/>
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		<title>The caregiver’s dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I started this blog to share my experiences with other caregivers lost in the medical, financial, and legal chaos that ensues from a life-threatening diagnosis. Instead I find an unavoidable urge to vent about the misery that has consumed me. Jonathan Rauch&#8217;s article in the Atlantic is like reading a better written summary of my [...]<br/>
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		<title>The effect of my father’s beligerence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[His reactions are difficult to understand. To my wife, he can&#8217;t be in the same room with her. To the home health aide, he often gets angry and utters obscenities. To me, he is always kind and understanding, or at the very least, silent about his disapprovals. To the children, my father is lovely. For [...]<br/>
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		<title>The pressure for a second opinion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Prior to confronting a life-threatening health event, all the information we are societally provided is engineered towards the best possible medical outcome, so it is a shock when a medical outcome is just one of several matters that must be considered when the cancer bombshell is dropped. For example, in the American medical &#8220;system&#8221; inadequate [...]<br/>
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		<title>The complexities of humor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Humor seems so simple. If what was happening to father wasn&#8217;t so terrible, the changes in his thought process as a result of the brain cancer would be fascinating. Most recently we noticed he is not able to comprehend humorous circumstances like he used to. The impact on his brain certainly furthered the minor paranoia [...]<br/>
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		<title>Not all brain cancer is the same</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As I write these entries, I won&#8217;t be generalizing. The problems I mention are really very specific to my father&#8217;s situation. As far as I know, brain cancer can affect any region of the brain. Because our brain has compartmentalized tasks and brain cancer, at least initially, affects a tiny area, the impact on the [...]<br/>
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		<title>The psychological impact of limited time</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If I am a typical case, the caregiver of a brain cancer patient will have time for nothing. For me, time needs to be split between work, kids, wife, father, personal interests, father&#8217;s legal matters, father&#8217;s medical matters, and (ours and father&#8217;s) bills. I can&#8217;t focus on anything because for every task I do, I [...]<br/>
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		<title>IM conversation with a friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Friend: how&#8217;s dad? Me: he&#8217;s struggling. We went to a restaurant the other day and it was tough to watch him eat. Me: overall he&#8217;s okay but for us, it&#8217;s tough watching someone die. Me: no happy news there, unfortunately Friend: right Friend: how much does he know? Me: he&#8217;s disappointed that the treatments haven&#8217;t [...]<br/>
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		<title>The “how it all began” post</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[My father is 67, just a few years into retirement. He had never been admitted to a hospital; he had never been seriously ill. My father lived alone for over 20 years, content with being a single man after the divorce, and fully capable of living his own life until October 2009. When he called [...]<br/>
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