by KathyKastner | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, Medical Decisions
Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization: PATH In plain language PATH means an assessment and treatment recommendation that takes into account what’s going on with us as a whole person, rather than our specific parts. A worthy goal for all of us, but with particular...
by KathyKastner | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog, Medical Decisions
End of life planning for those with specific chronic conditions: Topic – Kidney Failure “End-of-Life Care planning (aka: Advanced Illness Management) is essential for kidney failure patients.” Dr Robert Bear, Nephrologist, Blogger, Tweeter and...
by KathyKastner | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, Inspiration, Medical Decisions
Long distance caregiving When a parent becomes very ill, living far away is stressful. Growing up in Lebanon, Nada studied and worked in the US, before migrating to Canada – where she set about restarting her career. Always, in the back of her mind, was the need to...
by KathyKastner | Oct 6, 2013 | Blog, Kathy Kastner
Life with several chronic health conditions For 3 days, I was surrounded by remarkable people whose litany of health issues and coping techniques had all the ingredients of a successful tv series: Courage, drama, humour, pathos, ethos, mystery, adventure, tragedy,...