Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t!
We are blessed to live in an era of modern medicines that our forefathers would have traded their horse and buggy for. Today we have a pill for almost anything – especially for pain. But
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Detect it, Treat it, Defeat it!
In my grandmother’s day, my aunt who was her caregiver, had to learn how to sterilize, fill the needles and inject my grandmother with morphine for pain. Why? Because getting nursing care in the home
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How to Tell if You are in a Season of Medical Mayhem
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
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Watch Your Step!
One of the biggest concerns I have as a care giver has been making sure that my husband doesn’t fall. He has had a few near misses. You see he has neuropathy in his feet
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Spring’s Rebirth
I love this time of year because we see a rebirth in nature. To the detriment of us allergy sufferers, our live oak trees shed their leaves, drop pollen like a yellow avalanche covering cars,
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I’m not a Doctor but Sometimes I Play One in Real Life
Just like one shouldn’t be their own litigating attorney; one should not be their own doctor. Having said that there are times when you have to put on a stethoscope and really get involved in
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A Gift for After I am Gone
Notice when you are young you never think about when you are gone. But throw in a coronary artery bypass, a few rounds of cancer, some orthopedic surgeries to replace worn out parts and you
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Are You a Good Neighbor? Part II
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
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Is Medical Mayhem Cutting into Your Playtime?
We are in a season of doctors’ visits, blood draws and radiological testing. There is the general practitioner, oncologist, urologist, endocrinologist, gynecologist, orthopedic surgeon, pulmonologist (C-Pap doctor), and the cardiologist. And they all want their
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What to Say to Someone when Life feels Like a Wheelbarrow full of Manure!
When someone is going through medical mayhem they may be so low in spirit and tired in body that they don’t feel that God is with then anymore. A range of emotions spring forth that
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Ten Things to Start the New Year Right
With a new year comes an urge to purge the old and I have started cleaning out closets and reorganizing. I find this cathartic and makes me feel like I am in control of at
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The Domino Effect
I felt awful. No energy, short of breath but the worse was intermittently feeling faint – almost like someone was playing with a light switch. On-off, on-off: feeling fine then seconds of not feeling fine,
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