https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/419309 Medical communities and forums staffed by doctors from leading medical centers. Over 325 forums and communities providing medical information and medical help. en This community will always strike a bit of both in me, but there are so many here who help tip the ba eureka254 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:50:05 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/659608/Joy-Pain https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/659608/Joy-Pain “There are those among us who are blessed with the power to save what is loved by another. But po eureka254 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:44:23 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/342968/Today https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/342968/Today The last hours have come and gone. My husband started showing distress and pain yesterday evening, a eureka254 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:14:18 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/339430/Ativan-Morphine-Death https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/339430/Ativan-Morphine-Death Thursday marked my husband's 62nd birthday, and I used the early hours of the morning to track down b eureka254 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:27:32 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/338691/Waiting-for-Hospice https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/338691/Waiting-for-Hospice There were some travel delays for our son and a few anxious moments for me, but he arrived safely hom eureka254 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:32:12 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/337787/Patches https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/337787/Patches The course of events this past week has prompted me to make a most difficult call... my husband's con eureka254 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:26:44 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/336430/The-Call-to-Come-Home https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/336430/The-Call-to-Come-Home The day started out quite well; rather than having to rouse my husband for chemo this morning, he was eureka254 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:14:58 -0500 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/335380/Chemo-Session-4 https://medhelp.org/user_journals/show/335380/Chemo-Session-4 Winter weather arrived with a vengeance today. 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