2014 is an eventful year for me. There are mixed feeling of pain, sadness, anger, relief and joy. 1. Lost of my father My father passed away this year after four long years of suffering after a stroke without prior symptom. He could not swallow food after the stroke and was on tube feeding. The feeding tube needs to be replaced every two months and there was pain and discomfort replacing the tubes. Very offen he pulled out the tube himself and inevitably shortened the tube changing schedule and suffered more pain and discomfort. He also has limited mobility and needed help getting up from bed, changing of clothes, diaper and bathing. He was on 3 hourly feeding schedule on liquid milk powder and the cost of the milk powder was obviously more expensive than eating solid food, aka rice. And also the frequent 995 calls ......