What Did You Do With That Extra Hour?
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
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At Tribute To Love
No two friends could have been closer. They did everything together. Whether helping each other lose weight, going to Walmart or traveling to visit family, they were inseparable. While they were not of the same
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Teeter Totter Tests Marriage
Thad & I recently celebrated 45 years of marriage. You think you know someone after all those years, right? But he came home the other day with an Inversion Table. Inversion therapy involves hanging like
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Cogitating at 3 am
As I trudged into the bathroom for my third visit of the night, I began to review my health status. The review went something like this. At 64 I have more aches and pains than
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Can I Order a To-Go Cup of Sleep, Please?
You would think I had a newborn in the house with how little I sleep. I haven’t slept through the night in about ten years. And it’s only getting worse. I have no problem falling
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The Love Bug Seasons of Life. Having just celebrated our second year in Central Florida I have finally found something I do not like about living here. The Love Bugs. Last September we went to
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Remind Me to Laugh
What do you do when you are scared or in pain? Besides panicking about the worst case scenario, I mean. Thad and I have had a few of those moments in the last couple of
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Lessons Still to Learn
Although Thad and I have become experts at surviving medical adversity, heck I even wrote a book about it, we need a little fine tuning. Maybe it’s our age; after all even the simplest things
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When It Takes Two to Canoe – Part III For the past couple of weeks we’ve been exploring the rivers of caregivers verses care receivers and have noticed that each crew member shares many of
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Celebrating Good Doctors
Ever met a doctor you loved? Yup. Ever met one you disliked as much as having to drink the bowel prep for a colonoscopy? Oh, yeah. For the most part, doctors have chosen the profession
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It’s Going to Take Two to Canoe – Part II – Being a Good Care Receiver
Last week I blogged about how to be a good care giver https://www.lorettaschoen.com/2019/uncategorized/2033/when-it-takes-two-to-canoe-part-1/ Today I would like to talk about being a good care receiver. If you are a person in need of care giving
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