Tobacco and cigarette smoke, the stuff of dreams and nightmares. The dream part comes first. Light a stick and enjoy. All you’ve got to do is breath in, breath out, and watch the cigarette smoke curl into shapes. Later comes the nightmare part, the regret, the tubes, the hospital smell, the faces […]
CIGARETTE SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM? DON’T DO IT
March 31, 2017 by David Gillaspie
Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: cancer, chemoradiation, chemotherapy, cigarette, cigarette smoke, Death, dying, erectile dysfunction, feeding tube, heart attack, hospital, learned advice, middle aged, middle aged men, millennial, millennials, pack year, pro athletes, radiotherapy, sex, throat cancer, tobacco
Momma’s Last Birthday Present
November 26, 2013 by David Gillaspie
Have you been a baby boomer caregiver? It’s part of the sandwich generation. I don’t mean a visitor who holds hands and reads, though that’s as important as anything. Human contact with the aged, the infirm, and dying isn’t measured by machines but no one doubts the power. I mean 24/7 family caregiving where you […]
Filed Under: Boomer Up Tagged With: baby boomer, baby boomer caregiver, birthday present, BOOMER, boomerpdx, caregiver, certified caregivers, dying, fleets enema, Mom, sandwich generation, the aged, the infirm
