Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 It does sound like he has written my story. I am just getting to the rough, rough part- realizing and accepting things I will not do again. I want to go shopping in a mall and have a sinful big bananna split for lunch. I alwaystell my Grands "Have desert first. save the veggies for snacks." You would be surprised at how they LOVE their veggies. LOL Love and Prayers, Peggy ipf 6/04 Florida"Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." Yes Peggy it IS like that isn't it...the start of this sounds like it could've been a posting from our Board...as the article goes on it moves beyond what we've shared, except for generously sharing her Hospice experience with us.He was an Iconic character in Australian Public Life. One of declarted 'National Treasures'>Regards,> > > Dear All,> > This is an excerpt & link to an article on a 2007 > released Book written by a renowned Australian writer & his wife. > Horne died of IPF & wrote of his experience until he couldn't > continue. His wife then took over & gives her perspective. I'll be > buying the book ASAP..it's been given very fine reviews. Horne > is the writer who dubbed Australia `The Lucky Country' way back in > the 1960's.> > Regards,> > in Oz> > > > > > If you're having trouble viewing this article, click here to view it > in your browser> > > > > > , GMF (gina.francis@...) thought you might find this > article from interesting:> > Horne: As I lay dying> > | September 22, 2007> > From: The Australian> > > This is he Excerptas from Horne's Book> > January 2005: I am not properly awake this morning until about eight > o'clock, although at six o'clock, after a dream of my mother and my > grandmother arguing in a weary, unhappy kind of way about the wedding > dress my mother wore in 1921, I felt strong enough to rise above the > sludge and get up to switch off the oxygen concentrator.> > The concentrator is light tan in colour, rectangular in shape, about > 70cm high and 40cm wide. It makes a low hum and looks like a small > water tank, but with knobs and dials. The oxygen it manufactures, > brought into my nostrils via two plastic prongs, alleviates the > breathlessness that comes from my pulmonary fibrosis.> > It lives in the study next to our bedroom, and its light-green > plastic tubing, attached to me by a kind of harness – the cannula – > stretches along the floor like a snake, waiting to trip someone up. > Or, if I am moving, it follows me around, sometimes snagging on the > furniture. When not in use it is coiled on a hook on the wall beside > our bed. After my all-night shift, I take oxygen only when I need it > for comfort. I am told that later I will need to use the machine for > most or all of the day, although at the end, if the end comes that > way, there will also be morphine.> > Click here to read the full article on the website> > Alternatively, you can copy and paste this link into your browser:> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/ > 0,25197,22457394-5012694,00.html> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 You're one heck of a Gran, Princess Peggy... love all around you! Yes the road AHEAD is a scary thought & one that needs preparation..knowing that we're all travelling together is HUGE..some are up ahead & some are behind but we can see, hear & help each other along the way! love, in Oz > >> >> > Dear All,> >> > This is an excerpt & link to an article on a 2007> > released Book written by a renowned Australian writer & his wife.> > Horne died of IPF & wrote of his experience until he couldn't> > continue. His wife then took over & gives her perspective. I'll be> > buying the book ASAP..it's been given very fine reviews. Horne> > is the writer who dubbed Australia `The Lucky Country' way back in> > the 1960's.> >> > Regards,> >> > in Oz> >> >> >> >> >> > If you're having trouble viewing this article, click here to view it> > in your browser> >> >> >> >> >> > , GMF (gina.francis@) thought you might find this> > article from interesting:> >> > Horne: As I lay dying> >> > | September 22, 2007> >> > From: The Australian> >> >> > This is he Excerptas from Horne's Book> >> > January 2005: I am not properly awake this morning until about eight> > o'clock, although at six o'clock, after a dream of my mother and my> > grandmother arguing in a weary, unhappy kind of way about the wedding> > dress my mother wore in 1921, I felt strong enough to rise above the> > sludge and get up to switch off the oxygen concentrator.> >> > The concentrator is light tan in colour, rectangular in shape, about> > 70cm high and 40cm wide. It makes a low hum and looks like a small> > water tank, but with knobs and dials. The oxygen it manufactures,> > brought into my nostrils via two plastic prongs, alleviates the> > breathlessness that comes from my pulmonary fibrosis.> >> > It lives in the study next to our bedroom, and its light-green> > plastic tubing, attached to me by a kind of harness – the cannula –> > stretches along the floor like a snake, waiting to trip someone up.> > Or, if I am moving, it follows me around, sometimes snagging on the> > furniture. When not in use it is coiled on a hook on the wall beside> > our bed. After my all-night shift, I take oxygen only when I need it> > for comfort. I am told that later I will need to use the machine for> > most or all of the day, although at the end, if the end comes that> > way, there will also be morphine.> >> > Click here to read the full article on the website> >> > Alternatively, you can copy and paste this link into your browser:> > http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/> > 0,25197,22457394-5012694,00.html> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 You're one heck of a Gran, Princess Peggy... love all around you! Yes the road AHEAD is a scary thought & one that needs preparation..knowing that we're all travelling together is HUGE..some are up ahead & some are behind but we can see, hear & help each other along the way! love, in Oz > >> >> > Dear All,> >> > This is an excerpt & link to an article on a 2007> > released Book written by a renowned Australian writer & his wife.> > Horne died of IPF & wrote of his experience until he couldn't> > continue. His wife then took over & gives her perspective. I'll be> > buying the book ASAP..it's been given very fine reviews. Horne> > is the writer who dubbed Australia `The Lucky Country' way back in> > the 1960's.> >> > Regards,> >> > in Oz> >> >> >> >> >> > If you're having trouble viewing this article, click here to view it> > in your browser> >> >> >> >> >> > , GMF (gina.francis@) thought you might find this> > article from interesting:> >> > Horne: As I lay dying> >> > | September 22, 2007> >> > From: The Australian> >> >> > This is he Excerptas from Horne's Book> >> > January 2005: I am not properly awake this morning until about eight> > o'clock, although at six o'clock, after a dream of my mother and my> > grandmother arguing in a weary, unhappy kind of way about the wedding> > dress my mother wore in 1921, I felt strong enough to rise above the> > sludge and get up to switch off the oxygen concentrator.> >> > The concentrator is light tan in colour, rectangular in shape, about> > 70cm high and 40cm wide. It makes a low hum and looks like a small> > water tank, but with knobs and dials. The oxygen it manufactures,> > brought into my nostrils via two plastic prongs, alleviates the> > breathlessness that comes from my pulmonary fibrosis.> >> > It lives in the study next to our bedroom, and its light-green> > plastic tubing, attached to me by a kind of harness – the cannula –> > stretches along the floor like a snake, waiting to trip someone up.> > Or, if I am moving, it follows me around, sometimes snagging on the> > furniture. When not in use it is coiled on a hook on the wall beside> > our bed. After my all-night shift, I take oxygen only when I need it> > for comfort. I am told that later I will need to use the machine for> > most or all of the day, although at the end, if the end comes that> > way, there will also be morphine.> >> > Click here to read the full article on the website> >> > Alternatively, you can copy and paste this link into your browser:> > http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/> > 0,25197,22457394-5012694,00.html> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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