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29th July 2012, 02:34 AM
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Ok....now I'm getting a bit crazy....we've had...best events and worst events in your life...so what if you knew tomorrow was going to be your last day on earth...what do you think you'd be doing...if say you'd been told yesterday, that tomorrow would be your last.
For me.....well, I've basically already made my funeral arrangements, so I'd just ask my husband to have them put into place. My pastor would also know and I'd want him with me. I'd have told my family and closest friends and tried to say goodbye to them. My doctor would know of course. I think then I'd just want to stay calm, perhaps be outside if possible and enjoy the beauty of the clouds and birds and grass and just ordinary things. I'd pray of course, I'd want Brian by my side every moment, and hopefully I'd just drift off, preferably not in a hospital...or if it had to be in hospital, perhaps in a hospice garden. I'd like it to be some place pretty.
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29th July 2012, 05:37 AM
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I have had, one 'heck' of a ride... I have seen Cyprus and Germany
I have been a Boy Scout, St. John's Ambulanceman, a Soldier, a Storeman,
a Nursing Auxilary, a Clerk, a Carpenter/Joiner [incl' 1st and 2nd Fix] a Plumber,
a Toy and Teddy Repairman, a Kitchen /Bathroom installer, a Roofer [flat-felted /pitched-tiled]
a Painter/Decorator, a Small Works Builder, removed a 2 ltr engine from my transit van
and replaced it [all by myself] with another from a scrapyard [incl's the Timing]
I have been a Father [10X].. Kept a family-pack of six German Shepherds while
bringing up six young children [in the same house]
I went to the hangman's noose in the garden shed.... thinking only of myself
then, being 'alone', in the darkness that occupied my days and nights
and that 'voice' [male]
told me to "wait until the morning" Why? did I listen to it...
There was nobody else out there with me, except 'that voice'
"things will be different then" it added
And those words came true...
I have no dread for my 'last day'
I have been led to find Mary [here] and she to find me
My lessons have been blessings, there is, no denying
How did I cope ? How did I learn and, how well did my learning serve me
to bring me, so-far past, those dark times, I felt should be ended [in a few minutes]
If you are looking for rhyme and reason, the 'evidence' is in you
and fails you
ONLY when you lean upon your own understanding
Ask yourself ...> ""Who, is driving my bus""?
I trust Jesus
to see me arrive safely, at my best destination
Ecclesiastes 3
dave
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3rd August 2012, 11:53 AM
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Reps: 101,180,725,010,090,384 (power: 101,180,725,010,091) | | Originally Posted by Grannie Annie  Ok....now I'm getting a bit crazy....we've had...best events and worst events in your life...so what if you knew tomorrow was going to be your last day on earth...what do you think you'd be doing...if say you'd been told yesterday, that tomorrow would be your last.
For me.....well, I've basically already made my funeral arrangements, so I'd just ask my husband to have them put into place. My pastor would also know and I'd want him with me. I'd have told my family and closest friends and tried to say goodbye to them. My doctor would know of course. I think then I'd just want to stay calm, perhaps be outside if possible and enjoy the beauty of the clouds and birds and grass and just ordinary things. I'd pray of course, I'd want Brian by my side every moment, and hopefully I'd just drift off, preferably not in a hospital...or if it had to be in hospital, perhaps in a hospice garden. I'd like it to be some place pretty. I would want to tell my kids how much I love them and ask for their forgiveness, and then pray to the Lord until he takes me home~ Praise the King!
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3rd August 2012, 12:22 PM
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3rd August 2012, 11:03 PM
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3rd August 2012, 11:14 PM
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4th August 2012, 01:59 AM
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Reps: 111,607,127,109,657,360 (power: 111,607,127,109,663) | | | I think for me, the hardest problem with be if my cancer returns...when to tell people...and how many people to tell. Do I tell my relatives straight away, then they'll worry right from the start, or do I wait and tell them further along so they can have time without worry....which would be the kindest thing to do !! Because if it comes back again, it will be terminal. I guess that's a decision I will only be able to make at the time and perhaps with the advice of my doctor and cancer care nurses who have more experience in these matters. And I guess it would also depend on how serious the situation is when I first find out about it's return.
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4th August 2012, 06:20 AM
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Reps: 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 (power: 9,223,372,036,854,818) | | Originally Posted by Jessthemess01
I would want to tell my kids how much I love them
and ask for their forgiveness,
and then pray to the Lord until he takes me home~
Praise the King!
Why wait ? ... do it now!
He "will come like a thief in the night"
??
Originally Posted by Grannie Annie
I think for me, the hardest problem with be if my cancer returns...
when to tell people...and how many people to tell.
Do I tell my relatives straight away, then they'll worry right from the start,
or do I wait and tell them further along so they can have time without worry....
which would be the kindest thing to do !!
Because if it comes back again, it will be terminal.
I guess that's a decision I will only be able to make at the time
and perhaps with the advice of my doctor and cancer care nurses
who have more experience in these matters.
And I guess it would also depend on how serious the situation is
when I first find out about it's return.
Yes Anne, it COULD "come back"
BUT
it hasn't yet, Not Today [?]
Tomorrow, is not promised to us ?
Today, we are, where He intends for us to be
Sharing your 'knowledge', is your duty ~to family]
and, any dereliction of that 'duty' is, as bad as, deceit
Deceiving your family, by-omission, is wrongful
[iow: deliberately withholding knowledge] ~where, forewarned, is also forearmed [?]
Better to 'be prepared' than cast down in 'shock'
that you could not confide in them, 'the truth'
[?]
[a problem shared, is only half a problem ?]
Let us not concern ourselves over the possibilities, that may not come to pass
but rather, enjoy the days we are given 'fearlessly'
reminder
God knows our outcome ? and He always has 
dave
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4th August 2012, 08:04 AM
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Reps: 113,172,169,054,078,272 (power: 113,172,169,054,080) | | Originally Posted by davedajobauk I wouldn't worry yourself /myself about it
I have had, one 'heck' of a ride... I have seen Cyprus and Germany
I have been a Boy Scout, St. John's Ambulanceman, a Soldier, a Storeman,
a Nursing Auxilary, a Clerk, a Carpenter/Joiner [incl' 1st and 2nd Fix] a Plumber,
a Toy and Teddy Repairman, a Kitchen /Bathroom installer, a Roofer [flat-felted /pitched-tiled]
a Painter/Decorator, a Small Works Builder, removed a 2 ltr engine from my transit van
and replaced it [all by myself] with another from a scrapyard [incl's the Timing]
I have been a Father [10X].. Kept a family-pack of six German Shepherds while
bringing up six young children [in the same house]
I went to the hangman's noose in the garden shed.... thinking only of myself
then, being 'alone', in the darkness that occupied my days and nights
and that 'voice' [male]
told me to "wait until the morning" Why? did I listen to it...
There was nobody else out there with me, except 'that voice'
"things will be different then" it added
And those words came true...
I have no dread for my 'last day'
I have been led to find Mary [here] and she to find me
My lessons have been blessings, there is, no denying
How did I cope ? How did I learn and, how well did my learning serve me
to bring me, so-far past, those dark times, I felt should be ended [in a few minutes]
If you are looking for rhyme and reason, the 'evidence' is in you
and fails you
ONLY when you lean upon your own understanding
Ask yourself ...> ""Who, is driving my bus""?
I trust Jesus
to see me arrive safely, at my best destination
Ecclesiastes 3
dave
I am without words to express how this post moved me. Your literary genius is only outdone by the spirit it conveys!
...I am still sitting here so taken up by your words, may the Good Lord continue to bless you, Dave!  |
4th August 2012, 08:42 AM
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Reps: 111,607,127,109,657,360 (power: 111,607,127,109,663) | | | So Dave, you think if/when my cancer comes back, I should tell my family... immediately...rather than trying to save them pain till it's absolutely necessary. It's not that I would be with holding truth, but rather trying to spare them pain too early. They would be told the truth as time went on.....
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