Archive Angel Archive - Surviving Medical Mayhem

Tips for Surviving Medical Mayhem and Starting the New Year Right

Loretta Schoen 16th January 2026

This is the time of year when we all make resolutions and while some resolutions become good habits; if you are like me, they often fall by the wayside within a matter of weeks, days,

How to Tell if You are in a Season of Medical Mayhem

Loretta Schoen 19th September 2025

You know you are in a season of medical mayhem when you, your spouse, kids grandkids and even the dog have health issues. There you are trying to balance everyone’s needs like an elderly waiter

Gather Evidence Like a Dog

Loretta Schoen 12th April 2024

My dog, Liesl goes for a walk and the first thing she does is sniff the air. Then she will sniff the sidewalk, pavement, bushes and blades of grass with great interest. She makes a

Are You a Good Neighbor? Part II

Loretta Schoen 12th January 2024

Have you ever experienced Illness? Have you been a caregiver? Maybe you have been that neighbor who gets their Friday night Hallmark movie and a bowl of ice cream interrupted by loud screams and banging

Family History Can Forecast the Future

Loretta Schoen 04th August 2023

“At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages”. Numbers 33:2 Family history can tell a lot about us. Not only can it explain our neuroses, it

A Dog with a Bone

Loretta Schoen 18th November 2022

Some time ago I wrote about my C-Pap machine informing me “my motor had outlived its life expectancy”. I wasn’t sure if it was talking about me or the machine. To be fair it was

Boobs: They Need Your Support!

Loretta Schoen 22nd October 2021

I have been cancer free for 18 years! Time to celebrate! Eighteen years ago I heard the dreaded words “We found something suspicious on your mammogram”. I always knew it wouldn’t be if but when

What Did You Do With That Extra Hour?

Loretta Schoen 07th November 2019

What to Do with an Hour? We turned back our clocks one hour last week. Many of us were all a-twitter as to what we could do with an extra hour. Sleep in, go for

I Must Be Dead – My Health Insurance Says So

Loretta Schoen 17th January 2015

Since Thad retired two years ago, there has been a tradition. On December 31st our health insurance coverage gets dropped. We usually find out by going for a doctor’s appointment or picking up prescriptions from

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