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1980s Love and Marriage Snippets and Vignettes

The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg – Part 4

Trenna standing in the fork of a huge tree. It has a blackened hollow where the to trunks meet.
"Upside down lady legs". A huge eucalypt in the forest near Pemberton. Neither of us could resist the photo opp which was emblematic of the time we had camping there. 1-4 February's 1988.

This is the fourth and final chapter in this brief love story. The first part is here.

Camping at Pemberton

By Greg

But First a Detour

As usual Trenna was ready to go when I pulled my Toyota Corolla Station Wagon into her driveway in Girrawheen. Unfortunately Girrawheen was the exact opposite direction to our final destination but I was so happy that she had agreed to go with me I couldn’t have cared less about the travel.

It … Read the rest ... “The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg – Part 4”

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2010s Collected Wisdom Coping Heart and Lung Failure iPad Knowledge Marfan Medical Snippets and Vignettes

Trenna’s Marfan Exercises

Trenna standing looking out at forest
Trenna at the top of the Gloucester Tree on 1 February 1988. The tree at 58 metres tall (190 feet) is the world's second tallest fire lookout tree. According to Wikipedia "Only 20 percent of visitors climb to the top of the tree; most make it only part of the way before turning back". Trenna and I made it to the top - we thought we were legends. Then we noticed, from the empty cans, someone had done the climb carrying half a carton of beer!

The iPad Documents – Collected and Created Knowledge From Trenna

Intro by Greg, iPad Wisdom From Tren

Pain relief and the hope of maintaining some sort of body condition were the two main motives for Trenna doing exercises.

When she was able she would walk and exercise daily, and she was very disciplined at it. In the last two years of her life it was very hard to do much physical exercise at all, and I think she quietly grieved … Read the rest ... “Trenna’s Marfan Exercises”