K’eguro—I just spent the last 5 days tracing my father’s life and death through similar notes and records, mostly kept by my mom. I have been thinking about how to write about these things. Thank you for this beautiful example, which gives me a way to imagine my way through all these kinds of evidence, embodied and otherwise. Thank you.
I am still unable to let go of those records, even as I am not sure why I'm holding on to them. It's a very strange thing to look at a random blood test from 4 years ago.
Perhaps I'm waiting to learn what stories they might hold. I hope you can find the forms and methods to write what you need.
These medical records, the story they tell. I was scanning my kin's last week, read a bit, recognized the unreadable handwriting that perhaps remind us that this story is the patient's to tell. We finish chemo in two weeks time, some 'normalcy' seem to return but the journey continues and the documents will continue to pile up.
Thank you for supporting your kin during this process. I know it's difficult. The documents are not the whole story. I think that's been useful for me to remember. And I wish them the best of healing through the treatment and after.
K’eguro—I just spent the last 5 days tracing my father’s life and death through similar notes and records, mostly kept by my mom. I have been thinking about how to write about these things. Thank you for this beautiful example, which gives me a way to imagine my way through all these kinds of evidence, embodied and otherwise. Thank you.
I am still unable to let go of those records, even as I am not sure why I'm holding on to them. It's a very strange thing to look at a random blood test from 4 years ago.
Perhaps I'm waiting to learn what stories they might hold. I hope you can find the forms and methods to write what you need.
Thank you K'eguro for this!
These medical records, the story they tell. I was scanning my kin's last week, read a bit, recognized the unreadable handwriting that perhaps remind us that this story is the patient's to tell. We finish chemo in two weeks time, some 'normalcy' seem to return but the journey continues and the documents will continue to pile up.
Thank you for supporting your kin during this process. I know it's difficult. The documents are not the whole story. I think that's been useful for me to remember. And I wish them the best of healing through the treatment and after.