When you think you're fully prepared for the fight, or the news you'll get, nothing will fully prepare you for the actual event. Not unlike in war, there is always the unexpected, the sudden unknowns, the fog that make whatever you've prepared yourself for, a significant challenge once it's no longer an expectation or simulation.

I open up about more about my worsening health and it's impact on some family. #Heart Failure #Declining Abilities #Pulmonary hypertension http://www.patreon.com/mydogwilleatmyfacw

In this podcast, I detail what it means to me to live a full life and how I've accomplished that, while acknowledging some blatant differences between my values and others'. #heart failure #end of life #meaning of life #full life #happiness www.patreon.com/mydogwilleatmyface

I recently rediscovered and age-old problem I have, that haunts me to this day and has become my worst enemy... #heart failure #therapy #hospice #dying http://www.Patreon.com/mydogwilleatmyface

As a history buff I've often viewed my life through the lense of a rising and now falling empire. Here I explain my views of my decline. Also, I announce I'll be welcoming a visitor shortly. #heart failure #end of life #pain #assistance www.patreon.com/mydogwilleatmyface

I've experienced some of the hardest days of my life, as my condition worsens. I try to explain what's happening, with broken words. Bare with me, it's not my best work, by far, but a very important change to the narrative. #incontinence #major pain. heart failure #collapsing #pain management www.patreon.com/mydogwilleatmyface

Details of my sudden chair attack, and a rough poll of fears of fellow heart failure sufferers. #heart failure #collapsing #pain management www.patreon.com/mydogwilleatmyface

Facing a "new normal," if increased pain and physical suffering will be a challenge. This is my first (and likely worst) attempt at creating a means to handle it. #heart failure #collapsing #pain management www.patreon.com/mydogwilleatmyface

My own week of "falling down" - but more literal and slightly less graphic. And yet, in both the movie and the podcast we're fighting for our life. #heart failure #collapsing #ventrical failure www.patreon.com/mydogwilleatmyface

Every week I'm asked if I have adequate support for my dying process; I answered "yes" for the first time ever this week. Why? #heart failure #arterial failure #finding peace #stocism www.patreon.com/mydogwilleatmyface