Jeej leaves the country on business, and Judy fades. She’s had a longer life than she’d ever thought possible back in 1970, and she decides it’s time to… The post Lifeliner: Podcast 29, 30, And Epilogue appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner Podcast – Shireen Jeejeebhoy

Lifeliner: Podcast 29, 30, And Epilogue

Cliff finds Judy dying in Toronto General Hospital. Panicked, he phones Jeej at his home. Jeej is astounded, but advises Cliff to transfer her to St. Michael’s Hospital… The post Lifeliner: Podcast 28, Despair appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Podcast 28, Despair

Some change is not good. Judy’s doctor, the man who saved her life and kept her alive for almost two decades, has moved to a new hospital. Worse,… The post Lifeliner: Podcast 27, Dr. Cowboy, Where Are You? appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Podcast 27, Dr. Cowboy, Where Are You?

“It was like travelling with a celebrity,” Marlene told me when I was interviewing her about Judy Taylor. Nowhere was that more true than on their road trips… The post Lifeliner: Podcast 26, LifelineLetter Award appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Podcast 26, LifelineLetter Award

In this chapter, Judy starts experiencing the consequences of too little nutrient knowledge early in her life on TPN. Back in the late 1960s/early 1970s, not much was… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 25 Podcast appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 25 Podcast

Judy cannot believe it. For the first time in her life, she’s travelling in a plane over the clouds and over the seas. To Sweden. To be a… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 24 Podcast, Sweden appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 24 Podcast, Sweden

Judy fears bugs, the viral or bacterial kind, even a cold. For bugs can kill her. She takes pains to avoid them. Somehow though, she catches one. She… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 23 Podcast appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 23 Podcast

The fall out from Judy being absent for so long and then her life being one where death was ever present, continues. First Miriam leaves home, then Julie… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 22 Podcast, More Family Trouble appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 22 Podcast, More Family Trouble

Sometimes the price people pay for being the first, being a pioneer, appears in their children. And so it was for Judy. It began in her eldest, first… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 21 Podcast appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 21 Podcast

This chapter is a story about diabetes, about how a remarkable discovery was made because of Judy, because of Jeej’s work with her. They discovered that chromium plays… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 20 Podcast, Chromium Deficiency and the Swedish Professor appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 20 Podcast, Chromium Deficiency and the Swedish Professor

Judy becomes famous. A reporter for Weekend Magazine in The Globe & Mail drives up to spend a day following her, talking to her, learning her remarkable story.… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 19 Podcast, JJ, the Guinea Pig appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 19 Podcast, JJ, the Guinea Pig

Judy feels good. She dives into community and family life after learning a skill she never needed in Toronto: driving. She becomes active in the local church, joining… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 18 Podcast, The Bliss of Life appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 18 Podcast, The Bliss of Life

Time to celebrate! Judy had told Jeej that she wanted to thank him by throwing a barbecue, and she’s true to her word. She invites all of us… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 17 Podcast, Barbecue Season appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 17 Podcast, Barbecue Season

They said fat was bad. They said fat will lead to a fatty liver. They said fat, intravenous fat, was toxic. But when Judy came to Jeej with… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 16 Podcast, Essential Fat appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Lifeliner: Chapter 16 Podcast, Essential Fat

The hospital pharmacy provides Judy with only 2 weeks worth of food at a time. So twice a month, Judy bakes cookies, Cliff hitches up his homemade trailer,… The post Lifeliner: Chapter 15 Podcast, Supply Run appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

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