Originally posted January 3, 2014 Originally posted over at Mrs Skeats blog This page is set up as a memorial and as a legacy for Joe- Boy, a lovely collie dog rescued by us and loved by us until a freak accident took him away. We intend to stop as many people as we can,…
Tag: Death
Refusal To Wear A Mask Ends In Death!
People are literally going freaking crazy about having to wear a face mask! What the hell people? It’s just a mask. I have heart failure, stage four scarring of my lungs, hemidiaphragmatic elevation with semi-paralysis (look that shit up) and I have no issue wearing a mask in public. A man, who refused to wear…
Simple Solution To Ease The Spread Of Coronavirus
A short video on how the Chzech Republic slowed down the spread of Coronavirus ©️2020 Basil Rene. All Rights Reserved
A Beautiful Message From A Friend
For people that live with and love their four legged friends as if they were human, we all know how hard it is when they pass on. Honestly, it is almost always unbearable. Yet, we continue to bring those beautiful dogs, cats, birds etc. into our lives knowing full well that we will more than…
What A Doctor Wishes Patients Knew About The End
Death. It’s one of the biggest fears of many people. It is a subject that is avoided at all costs and most people stick their heads in the sands and pretend it is not going to happen. But for many people with a chronic illness, it seems that death comes a little sooner than hoped….
The Association Between Heart Failure and Postoperative Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Noncardiac Surgery
What is the association between severity of heart failure and risk of postoperative mortality among patients undergoing non cardiac ambulatory surgery? Good question. Well there was a study to determine the association. — Read on jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2738041
The Weekend Revisit of: Dangers of Statistics
DANGERS OF STATISTICS Originally posted April 24, 2012 I read a blog today by a heart failure patient who had just crossed their two-year mark of being diagnosed, and according to them, the statistics state that with their particular condition, they had a 50% chance of living for two years. This person apparently is convinced…
Farewell My Brother
I met him when I was five. He was seventeen years older than me, and it was his twenty second birthday. He strode into the house, a thick head of bright red hair, with a moustach to match and the most piercing blue eyes. “Who is that?” I asked my stepfather, wary of the strange…
The Sunday Morning Revisit Of “Bon Voyage Miss” E
The Weekend Worthy Revisits are posts that I wrote a few years back that I think deserve another look. Here is one originally posted November 5, 2011 entitled “BON VOYAGE MISS E.“ It is funny how some people come into your life that you at first never take notice of, but they end up impacting…
The News Media Needs To Stop Glorifying Murderers
“I really believe that the world needs to stop glorifying these murders.”
Why Are We More Drawn To Endings Rather Than Beginnings?
My wife's niece gave birth to her second child yesterday, and I thought about how being born normal is such a crap shoot. The meridian of things that can go wrong in birth and in the fetal development is so high, that when a baby is born without any issues, it is truly a miracle….
Mortality Check
I don't socialize with any of my neighbors, and that is by choice. I find that neighbors are usually much more trouble than they are worth, so I just keep them at a distance. Luckily my closest neighbor is far enough away that we don't see or hear them. They live obliquely opposite and about…
Hey Marketing Department, We’re Not All Over 80!
I have some chronic conditions that apparently medical supply marketers believe only happens to older people. If I look up pulmonary hypertention, I will get photos of grand ma and grand pa with their oxygen tanks, smiling and playing with their grandchildren. If I look up heart failure, it will be pictures of grand ma…
Motivational Monday: Be Happy For This Moment
All too often, life with a chronic illness can be a pain, literally, but I always say I would rather be with the pain at times than have the alternative. Death. This is my life, and I cherish every moment of it. Even the days that may not be the best. Written by Basil…
You Say You Are An Animal Lover. Then Why Are You Secretly Toturing Animals In Your Shower?
You hear people proclaim their love of animals all the time. My wife and I are the guardians of three dogs, one cat and an outdoor cat that lives on the property. Yes, we are animals lovers, but unlike most of the other animal lovers out there, we are not secretly torturing animals in our…
Happy Birthday Dad
Today is my Stepfather's birthday. He would have been 93. He died at the age of 54, two years older than I am now, from a massive heart attack right in front of me. I was 13 years old at the time, and the thirteen year old me took about five years to recover from…
Flashback Friday: For Joyce
In May 2007, the week before I started my second semester of massage school, I had a TIA or mini stroke. This started me on the road to discovery that I had a hole in my heart and eventually to the fact I have heart failure. I had a barrage of tests, MRIs, x-rays, blood…
Think About It Thursday
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Flashback Friday – The Case Of The Disappearing Blogger
Originally posted January 19, 2011 The Case Of The Disappearing Blogger One thing about following a blog that is written by a person with a chronic illness is that one day that blog may just stop. One last entry and nothing more.
