Cross posted to Facebook earlier this week. So today marks the second anniversary, on the Jewish calendar, of Jill’s death. Everything seems a little earlier since her actual death anniversar...
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Tomorrow, November 15th would have been Jill's 58th birthday if she had lived just a little longer. I know life sure is different now for me without her to direct whenever I hit bumps. I hope...
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Second Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) without Jill and this one was much much harder as I really had nothing to do to honor her this year. So during Kol Nidre (the evening service) I basically j...
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Today was our Jill Cohen's unveiling of her grave marker. Beautiful words from the Rabbi on the values and ethics and the love she had for the Beth Shalom synagogue community and all her com...
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Been a while since I posted as we have just passed the ten month anniversary of her death. Her unveiling of her grave marker is on June 25th and will mark the formal period of her official mourni...
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Apparently Jill 's site keeps winning awards! I am sure she is smiling and laughing or just saying OY! She is near the end at number 48 of 50. See below: My name is Anuj Agarwal. I'm Founder ...
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Been much too long since posting last. Enjoy the posts! Today was the four month anniversary of our Jill 's death and it was a little hard as her friend Susan came over to help and we went...
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Been a little while since I posted last with anything about Jill. So Dina her former choir director from Dunava sent me this tribute and pix so I have an excuse now to post! I am doing OK, althou...
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Two weeks since the last post and the new normal continues. I have had reasonable days and so so days. Most of the time I have been OK. School has been a nice distraction at least for the five ho...
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After almost three weeks of the "new normal" around here still missing Jill everyday! Here is the eulogy from her sister Susan from the funeral. Rik Wow – Jill would be so happy to see all of...
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This is Rabbi Jill Borodin' s eulogy from Jill's funeral which she has allowed me to share and would have wanted posted on her blog. Rik Psalm 23. Ladino song by Hila about Jerusalem: Ir ...
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Jill Cohen 's last dance with cancer occurred Thursday morning at 11:18 under hospice at Swedish at Cherry Hill in Seattle. She was not in any pain. Susan her sister and Rik her husband were ther...
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I saw Dr G yesterday and he reduced my Keppra anti seizure med to 750 mg twice daily. Hoping this will lower my fatigue but of course no way to tell yet only a day later. My latest scan results...
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The last few weeks I've been struck with terrible fatigue. It's probably due to the double dose of Keppra, the anti-seizure med. Dr G increased it and then went out of town, so I haven'...
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Merck approved Keytruda for me. Just in time -- my tumor markers have risen more than 200 points in the past 2 months while I've been off treatment. And I gained 10 pounds while on steroids again...
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Dad always said he had a "good" war. This is what he meant. He enlisted at 18 in January 1945. His mother went with him to the ferry to NJ and waved goodbye. He spent three days at Fort Dix (?...
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I saw Dr G yesterday and he spoke several times with my cousin Dr Rich Schilsky . They agreed I should try the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab that reportedly works so well for former US Presid...
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The anti seizure meds still make me feel slow. I hardly have energy to shower and dress so spend several days in my pajamas in a row if I don't have to go out. Dr G may have something to recommen...
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Yesterday I saw Dr Vermeulen, my radiation oncologist who zaps my brain mets with gamma knife. In November she hit 23 brain mets and was happy with the results. She says the two mets which swelle...
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I had a seizure yesterday in my right arm. First time ever. Must have something to do with brain mets and reminded me of a friend's recent experiences with TIAs (mini strokes). My right hand m...
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I was discharged yesterday after a week inpatient at Swedish Medical Center. Shortness of breath brought me in on April 23 in the wee, early hours of the morning. I had a pleural effusion (flui...
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I am hopefully tapering off the prednisone completely after this week. It's been more than a month, I've gained 14 pounds (which on my 5'4" body means I can't fit into much of my clothing) and I ...
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I've been off blogging for the past two weeks. Between recovering from the blood transfusion and getting ready for the Pfizer re-visit of Story Half Told , things have been really busy. About a...
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I haven't fallen since the day my left leg broke in 2002 (also the day I learned about the mets and went home on crutches. I'd never used crutches before.). That's a long time without falls whe...
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My ankles and knees are painful again. In early January they really bothered me. Last week I saw my podiatrist, who diagnosed plantar fasciitis in my left heel. A few days later, my right ankle b...
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