'I have serious news...'
Bill GardnerEssays from a medical school professor on being a cancer patient. I'm looking at the end of life as a scientist and a Christian. To read my story from the beginning, start here: https://billgardner.substack.com/p/the-story-so-far.
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From Bill's Family
Prospect Bay, Halifax. Photo by Bill Gardner
Hello,
This is Jeffrey and Karen, two of Bill’s children. On Monday afternoon Dad passed peacefully at home, without pain or fear, held by Kathi and all of his children. We share our thanks to...
Seeing God and What God Sees
Monet, The Road in Front of Saint-Simeon Farm in Winter (1867)
I am likely to die soon. Perhaps my secular friends are correct: when I die, my light will go out, and that is that. That would be fine with me; I have already lost much of wha...
Scripture
Henry Osawa Turner, Nicodemus Before Christ (1899)
I read the Bible daily. Are you surprised? My friends are primarily secular professionals who have never read the Bible. It has never occurred to them to read it. Why am I different?
I ne...
Prepared to Die
Caspar David Friedrich, The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809)
I woke up this morning and knew that I was completely ready to die. Moreover, I knew how I wanted to die: being held by my wife.
Thanks for reading I Have Serious News. This post is...
Home
My hand. (2024)
I recently spent nine days in the hospital getting a tracheostomy. The surgery was to prevent my death by suffocation. As the cancer at the root of my tongue has grown, the opening of my airway has shrunk and now could be b...
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A Canadian medical school professor diagnosed with cancer and writing in the first person about the end of life. You can find more of my writing at https://billgardner.org/.
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