Professor Kaye Harry’s neurosurgeon told us 95 percent of people diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiforme ( GBM) tumour die within 52 weeks of diagnosis. Harry was dead by 50 weeks, becoming a mere statistic for neuroscience but he was so much more to us. He was given a Police Honour funeral. The Funeral was recorded at the time and last night on the 19th anniversary of his passing I felt the urge to view it. To us he was a husband and father and a whole lot more. This is us, 19 years on.
Till death do us part.
30 years ago I stepped out of a Buick as a 22 year old bride, and walked into St Teresa's Catholic Church. At 32 years old I walked out of St Teresa's Catholic Church a widow and drove in the back seat of a mourning car to The Fawkner Cemetery to lay my dead husband... Continue Reading →
Reflecting on making changes.
It's interesting why, when we know we should exercise or eat more healthy food, why we don't do it, can't seem to do it. That we simply can't stop putting certain foods in our mouth. Each thing we eat is a conscious decision to do so. Also interesting that one day the penny drops for... Continue Reading →
Going from no exercise at all to a 3 month diet for a wedding, to a complete lifestyle change and climbing a mountain.
A lifestyle change is making a choice to live differently and to live that way until conscious choices become habit. Until the conscious effort becomes your new normal. Once that is achieved then you have achieved a new lifestyle and for me a healthier way to live. But like anything it’s progress not perfection whilst never giving up. How did I do that and how am I going now? Read this blog and see how.