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7 hours ago
- Toronto Sun
DEAR ABBY: Husband refuses to accept wife's imminent passing
A woman wants her husband to be prepared for her death. Photo by stock photo / Getty Images Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. DEAR ABBY: I was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago. After two surgeries and three hospital stays, I recovered. The experience made me realize at 62 that it was time to downsize. I moved my husband and myself into a smaller, one-storey home in a lovely retirement community. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account I have now been diagnosed with incurable metastatic cancer. I'm being treated to prolong my life. The treatment is hard and is taking its toll. I am having a hard time preparing my husband for when I'm gone. I think I've taken the necessary steps. I want him to be prepared, but he doesn't seem to want to prepare. We have been married for 45 years. I have briefed our daughter on where the important paperwork and legal documents are, but I want him to take the lead. How can I get him to participate ? — PREPARING IN NEVADA DEAR PREPARING: There is no way you can FORCE your husband to take the lead on this. He may be so emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed at the thought of losing you (after 45 years!) that he's in denial or unable to think beyond the inevitable. Be sure your daughter knows all of your wishes to be carried out before and after your demise, because she may need to step up. And forgive your husband. He will have to get through your loss in whatever way is natural for him. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. DEAR ABBY: A friend of mine, 'Jake,' is going to be a groomsman in his friend's wedding. They've been friends since childhood and have been through a lot together. Jake has been in a serious relationship for more than six months, but his friend's bride has informed him that he won't be getting a plus-one invitation for the wedding. Her reason is that only people who were in relationships before they got engaged are invited to the wedding. Jake and his girlfriend feel very insulted by this. He has spoken to the groom and explained their point of view, but the bride won't budge on her decision. In my opinion, wedding guests are always offered a plus-one when invited — especially a groomsman! Jake feels awful knowing he'll be celebrating his friend that night while his girlfriend is at home alone. What are your thoughts? — FAIR IS FAIR IN CANADA This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. DEAR FAIR: While it isn't cast in granite that wedding invitations must be issued with a plus-one, it certainly is the considerate thing to do. Guests should be made to feel as comfortable as possible. The same goes for members of the wedding party. Being asked to be a groomsman doesn't mean agreement is compulsory. My thought is that under these circumstances, Jake might prefer to inform his friend he needs to find another groomsman and politely decline the invitation to attend the wedding and to be part of the wedding party. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Weird Opinion Columnists Sunshine Girls Sunshine Girls
Toronto Sun
8 hours ago
- Toronto Sun
LILLEY: CSA pushes for mandatory masking in all health settings
Get the latest from Brian Lilley straight to your inbox A member of the medical staff listens as Montefiore Medical Center nurses call for N95 masks and other critical PPE to handle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on April 1, 2020 in New York. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images) Are you ready to wear a mask every time you visit your doctor or go to a hospital? That's a recommendation soon to come from the Canadian Standards Association backed by several activist groups. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The CSA is conducting public consultations on the issue until Aug. 19. The proposal would be that patients, staff and medical personnel would be required to wear an N95 respirator mask – not those little blue surgical masks – at all times. Part of the proposal would exempt some areas of a hospital; for example, if it was just in use by administrators and not open to patients. The activists backing this, though, believe that isn't good enough and want the exempt areas limited or done away with all together. The idea is likely to gain support from some groups but don't expect everyone in the medical community to be on board even though supporters claim this idea is backed by the best science. One specialist in the infectious disease area reached out to express their opposition, adding many doctors don't like this. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'It has caused massive waves in the infection control community because even they think it's ridiculous,' the doctor said. Thankfully, for those who believe in sanity, pronouncements from the CSA aren't binding on hospitals or doctors' offices. The CSA is a private organization and while a recommendation from the organization can carry some weight, it's not backed up by law. 'There are no plans to adopt or implement such a requirement in Ontario,' said Jackson Jacobs, a spokesperson for Health Minister Sylvia Jones. Alberta's health ministry also has no plans to make masks mandatory. 'At this time, decisions regarding mask use will continue to be guided by site-level leadership, provincial health agencies, and operational teams based on local context and clinical judgment,' a spokesperson for the province's Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Masks have become very political since the COVID-19 pandemic. Recommended video We all know those people, on both sides of the divide, who can't let go of those dark days. For many it has resulted in not being able to function in public without wearing a mask. You can see these people walking along the street, through parks or driving their car all alone with a mask on. It's more of a security blanket and a political statement than a medical device. Still, supporters are dressing this idea up as settled science. An international coalition of highly political doctors calling themselves The World Health Network has been organizing a campaign to support making this measure mandatory. 'The World Health Network (WHN) supports the draft CSA Z94.4-25 standard, which establishes a science-based framework for the selection, use, and care of respirators across workplaces, including health care,' the WHN statement reads. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Let's be clear, the WHN believes that wearing N95 masks all day everyday should extend to other workplaces as well, but they are adamant in their support of a CSA guideline calling for mandatory use in health settings. 'It establishes that all health-care workers must wear respirators (minimum PL1) in health-care facilities and during delivery of care, except in designated low-risk zones determined by qualified airborne transmission risk assessment,' their statement reads. One of the backers of the WHN is a Calgary-area doctor named Joe Vipond. If that name rings a bell it's because during the pandemic, Vipond was a strong critic of the Kenney government, supported every stronger lockdowns and opposed any easing of restrictions. He was highly visible in the media without ever exposing his strong NDP ties, including nearly $20,000 in donations to the Alberta NDP. Now, he and his official sounding group want the CSA to recommend mandatory N95 masks in all health settings and then for governments to use their legal and regulatory authority to make that a reality. There are people who need to wear masks for health reasons; there is no medical basis for me to wear a mask for a doctor's appointment or in-patient service in a hospital. There is no need for nurses, doctors and support staff to be forced to wear these devices over a gruelling shift. Let's hope medical officials and provincial health authorities take a pass on this idea. Weird Opinion Columnists Columnists Toronto & GTA
CTV News
9 hours ago
- CTV News
Fischer Hearing's advice if you suspect someone is suffering hearing loss
Regina Watch SPONSORED: Candace Fischer tells us what you should do if you suspect someone you know is dealing with hearing loss.
