Tag Archives: Misc

Labyrinth VIII, The Long Good-bye

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Lori Puente

“Being there and helping someone I love, in the leaving of their earthly body, was a profound gift that I was honored she allowed me to do for her. In many ways it was she who gave me the gift and not the other way around.” Lori Puente, on the death and dying of ...

Labyrinth VII,The In-Between Stage

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Lori Puente

“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.” - Lao Tzu From Gail Sheehy’s Eight Labyrinths and the book Passages in Caregiving: . . . . . . . . . VII. ...

Labyrinth VI, Coming Back

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Lori Puente

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) From Gail Sheehy’s Eight Labyri ...

Labyrinth VI, Coming Back

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Lori Puente

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) From Gail Sheehy’s Eight Labyri ...

Hang in…

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Lori Puente

So I’ve had a couple of friends both in and out of Myelomaville check on me with these latest posts being rather “serious” and difficult. I’m good. I started to write about these one by one each day without really processing the whole sequence fully. ...

Walking a Labyrinth and The New Normal

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Lori Puente

There is not a ‘required way’ to walk a labyrinth. The beauty of the labyrinth is that people can approach the experience on their own terms. However, as a guideline, we often break the ‘walk’ into three stages. Entering: (also referred to as shedding ...

Caregiving Labyrinth I

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Lori Puente

“The caregiver’s journey is different. It does not proceed from stage to stage in a neat fashion. It is definitely not linear. It feels like we are going around in circles, thinking we have resolved a crisis only to have it return or be superseded by a different, une ...

Loving Labyrinth of Caregiving – Gail Sheehy

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Lori Puente

“I had an inspiration while walking a labyrinth. You go in circles, sudden twists and turnings. It’s a lot like the surprises and complications we face on our journey as caregivers.  A labyrinth has one true path. It can eventually lead us to the center, but you ...

Stand by Me

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Lori Puente

“When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we’ll see No I won’t be afraid, no I won’t be afraid Just as long as you stand, stand by me” – Lyrics Early in Dave’s diagnosis, I ran across this video, fi ...

Dr. Tricot, Iowa

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Lori Puente

Guido Tricot, MD, PhD, is the director of Holden Cancer Center’s Bone Marrow Transplant and Myeloma Program at UI Hospitals and Clinics. He specializes in multiple myeloma and has been researching and treating this type of cancer for over 20 years. Dr. Tricot, who had been ...

Struggling with Remission? What!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Lori Puente

“Frankly remission is an awkward place. In fact beyond the normal wear & tear of aging, I now look & feel as well as I did before I became ill. But I have not been able to go forward as though nothing had happened, & that is because something has happened & it happened ...

Simple Pleasures

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Lori Puente

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ― Helen Keller In light of recent dialog on how to live with cancer, I thought I would share with you how much th ...

What Cancer Cannot Do…

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Lori Puente

What Cancer Cannot Do Cancer is so limited…. It cannot cripple love. It cannot shatter hope. It cannot corrode faith. It cannot eat away peace. It cannot destroy confidence. It cannot kill friendship. It cannot shut out memories. It cannot silence courage. It cannot re ...

I just want a cough drop

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Glenn McLaren

Feeling a little congested the last couple of days, mild sore throat, bit of a cough. I go for the good old Hall's cough drops. But instead of just a small medicated throat lozenge, you get this ...Is it just me, or is this "Pep Talk in Every Drop" annoying? I'm fe ...

My favorite idiot news story of all time

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Glenn McLaren

I had a clipping of this for a long time, but I lost it at some point in one of my moves.Regretful killer tried to kill selfMy favorite line in the story ... "The killing occurred after the couple had spent the day drinking gin."Yeah, nothing good ever happens after that.

2012 is Here

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Glenn McLaren

Well, it's a new year. We've got a fresh 366 in front of us. Yes, a leap year, what fun.Presidential election this year, that will consume much of the oxygen and public attention. But this time next year, will the election of one man make that much difference? No, ...

Riding the Wave…quite a ride!

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Lori Puente

“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.” - Jawaharal Nehru It’s hard to believe yet another year has gone by. It has been a good year for us, personally. Not so true for others and ...

Study Hacks Blog

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Lori Puente

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.” - Horace 65-68 B.C.  I have subscribed to a blog called Study Hacks for some years now. I’m a HUGE fan. This author doesn’t blog every day ...

Contact Form

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Lori Puente

I have finally put a “Contact” tab up (across the top). This will allow some of you who might not feel comfortable leaving your comments to send me a message privately and more easily.

Book in the Works?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Lori Puente

“Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear.” - Unknown When I started this blog, it was partly my own very personal need to heal from my experience of moving from sheer terror to triumphant regaining of our life. Albeit a ...