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Blogging as a Retired Nurse

  • About the Author
    • Welcome readers!
    • Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae – Nursing (1958-2000)
    • Resume – Writing (2000-Current)
  • Caring Lessons
    • Media Kit
    • Events
    • Excerpts from Caring Lessons
      • Chapter 1 – Sweet Little Hoitie
      • Chapter 2 – A Matter of Attitude
      • Chapter 3 – Shift Work
      • Chapter 4 – Rotten Potatoes
      • Chapter 5 – Running Away
      • Chapter 6 – Time-out
      • Chapter 7 – Finding a Friend
      • Chapter 8 – Diploma Mentality
      • Chapter 9 – Breaking the Mold
      • Chapter 10 – Bluffing It
      • Chapter 11 – Meeting Sadie
      • Chapter 12 – Cleaning House
      • Chapter 13 – Liverwurst
      • Chapter 14 – Oscar Mayer Weiner
      • Chapter 15 – Cogito Ergo Sum
      • Chapter 16 – First Shots
      • Chapter 17 – Nothing Physical
      • Chapter 18 – Fancy Title
      • Chapter 19 – No Surprises, Be Legal
      • Chapter 20 – Sister Mary Holy Water
      • Chapter 21 – Getting Organized
      • Chapter 22 – Sadie Tomczyk
      • Chapter 23 — Going Back
      • Chapter 24 — Things I Tried
      • Chapter 25 — Storms of Illness
      • Chapter 26 — Cancer
      • Chapter 27 — Trusting God
      • Chapter 28 — On My Way
    • Reviews of Caring Lessons
      • Endorsements
      • Nursing Program Recommendation
      • Professional Reviews
      • Readers’ Responses
      • Speaking Recommendations
  • Marv Taking Charge
    • Media Kit / Marv Taking Charge
    • Events / Marv Taking Charge
    • Reviews / Marv Taking Charge
    • Podcasts / Marv Taking Charge
  • Stories
    • An American at a Russian Bliny Tasting Party
    • Iowa Summer Writing Festival – Personal Essay
    • Thoughts on False vs True Selves on a Snowy Day in Chicago
    • Waters of Bethesda
    • Graduation Water
    • Iowa Summer Writing Festival – Rant
    • Saying Farewell to My Nursing Files
    • Two Nurses’ Karaoke Debut

Tag: learning what hospice does and doesn’t do

more on dying with a terminal cancer

On September 3, 2023September 3, 2023 By Lois RoelofsIn Health, Marv Taking Charge, memoir, writing5 Comments

It's been a busy few months since Marv Taking Charge came out. I continue to learn from my readers and want to share a few of their responses so you can learn too. In person: A woman caught me after a book talk and said she wished her family would have had access to my …

Continue reading more on dying with a terminal cancer

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I'd rather meet you over a mocha, but the next best thing is meeting you here in my study, lovingly crammed with books, computer paraphernalia, and an almost wall-to-wall desk, in Sioux Falls, SD.

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