different domains:
1) accepting fait and the fact that you could be dying
2) attacking the illness head on
3) being around love ones..family and friends
4) being in debt from medical bills
5) different options of treatment
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
homewrk 28 comments
lora:
i think that what your doing is a good thing, with wantin gto spend more time with your family and trying to get them involved with each other. after reading your blog, i think i would feel the same way you do now after knowing that your grandmas life is becoming harder and harder and she cant really do much for herself, but yet she tries. at least that shows that she isnt being completly useless. i noticed how you said in your blog that it was hard to see how they were becoming helpless. i think that is true with most people that get sick or old, but your grandma is living her life everyday and is enjoying it.
matthew:
i read your blog and i thought it was good. i could relate to you and having a blind family member. i have two of them. both of my parents and yes it is hard to watch to see them struggle and go through life having to depend on people. but along with that, they suffer from clinical depression, and my mom had breast cancer as well. but how close are you to him? and how would that affect the way it makes you feel?
i think that what your doing is a good thing, with wantin gto spend more time with your family and trying to get them involved with each other. after reading your blog, i think i would feel the same way you do now after knowing that your grandmas life is becoming harder and harder and she cant really do much for herself, but yet she tries. at least that shows that she isnt being completly useless. i noticed how you said in your blog that it was hard to see how they were becoming helpless. i think that is true with most people that get sick or old, but your grandma is living her life everyday and is enjoying it.
matthew:
i read your blog and i thought it was good. i could relate to you and having a blind family member. i have two of them. both of my parents and yes it is hard to watch to see them struggle and go through life having to depend on people. but along with that, they suffer from clinical depression, and my mom had breast cancer as well. but how close are you to him? and how would that affect the way it makes you feel?
Sunday, January 2, 2011
homework 27
so over the break, i went out and visited a person who was ill. the person is living with three different types of cancer. breat, ovarean, and skin. she got diagnosed with breast cancer when she was about 14years old. followed by ovarean, then recently skin. she doesnt do any kemo or radiation treatments. she believes in natural healing. she doesnt want to do any surgery or anything. she feeds off the emotions of others. she there is good spirit and good energy around her she feels a lot better. there are times where she is having a bad day because she is in a lot of pain, but she sticks it out. she doesnt let her illness stop her from living her life. she takes it and uses it as an energy source to keep her motivated to do her work, go to school, take care of her family, and then still have time to chill with friends and significant other.
she doesnt seem to be a big fan in resting too much because she figures she would rest forever when she does die one day. she had even made a bucket list. a list of certain things she would love to do before she dies. while she still has the chance to be happy and herself. she doesnt show any symptoms of being sick. she looks just like an average person and you wouldnt believe she was even sick at all unless she told you. at first when she found out she didnt tell anyone. she didnt know how to embrasse it. but she got over it, she wasnt going to let her illness beat her. she wasnt going to become the bitch of the situation and have her illness take controll of her.
so till this day, she is living at home and is feeling as good as she can be. she is enjoying her live, and is doing just about all the things she wants to do. she is going to college, and is working in the city. she is looking forward to her 21st birthday and all the ones to come after that. she has never been more of an inspiration in my life and i would love to live life like her if one day god forbid i got really sick.
she doesnt seem to be a big fan in resting too much because she figures she would rest forever when she does die one day. she had even made a bucket list. a list of certain things she would love to do before she dies. while she still has the chance to be happy and herself. she doesnt show any symptoms of being sick. she looks just like an average person and you wouldnt believe she was even sick at all unless she told you. at first when she found out she didnt tell anyone. she didnt know how to embrasse it. but she got over it, she wasnt going to let her illness beat her. she wasnt going to become the bitch of the situation and have her illness take controll of her.
so till this day, she is living at home and is feeling as good as she can be. she is enjoying her live, and is doing just about all the things she wants to do. she is going to college, and is working in the city. she is looking forward to her 21st birthday and all the ones to come after that. she has never been more of an inspiration in my life and i would love to live life like her if one day god forbid i got really sick.
homework 26
ideas/insights: not everybody has medical insurance, people who do haved it are sitll in debt because their medical insurance doesnt cover for everything (from the moovie sicko), people deal with their illness in different ways (class discussion), once you learn how to die, you learn how to live (tuesdays with morrie)
the number one source was that movie sicko that was very helpful. i didnt really understand why people were always complaining about the health care we have in the united states and how they always think that canada is better. its because they dont have to pay for anything. people in the us have to pay for a lot of stuff and its a question as to why are we the only people who have to pay doctors to take care of us? the classroom was also a good source because when the speaker came in, it also gave us a point of view on the family perspective. the book i was reading, was full of a lot of insights. however, my favorite one was once we learn how to die, we learn how to live. this book personally gave me a whole new outlook on death. i felt like i got a personal one on one interview with morrie and to learn his phylosophy on life was very touching.
maybe some things we could learn or focus on is maybe talking to someone who is actually dying. i know someone who is dying of cancer and i know she would be happy to talk to the class about what she is going through. maybe we could talk to someone who knows a lot about the medical care in the united states. possibly read another book about illness and dying.
the number one source was that movie sicko that was very helpful. i didnt really understand why people were always complaining about the health care we have in the united states and how they always think that canada is better. its because they dont have to pay for anything. people in the us have to pay for a lot of stuff and its a question as to why are we the only people who have to pay doctors to take care of us? the classroom was also a good source because when the speaker came in, it also gave us a point of view on the family perspective. the book i was reading, was full of a lot of insights. however, my favorite one was once we learn how to die, we learn how to live. this book personally gave me a whole new outlook on death. i felt like i got a personal one on one interview with morrie and to learn his phylosophy on life was very touching.
maybe some things we could learn or focus on is maybe talking to someone who is actually dying. i know someone who is dying of cancer and i know she would be happy to talk to the class about what she is going through. maybe we could talk to someone who knows a lot about the medical care in the united states. possibly read another book about illness and dying.
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