Humor – Never Leave Home Without It
What comedian makes you laugh? Is it the slapstick of Laurel and Hardy? Or perhaps Jerry Seinfeld made you chuckle at the sublime and funny in the ordinary. I may be dating myself but what
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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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Isn’t It Time Yet?
It’s been a season. Actually its been several seasons – two years of seasons to be exact. Medical Mayhem has been a constant in our lives and has become a “new normal”. Are you there
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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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Is the Devil Calling or God?
Are you like me? Can’t wait to go to bed because you are so tired but find you bladder and brain keep you up all through the night? I am not a good sleeper. I
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To Plan or Not to Plan?
As the kids head back to school and the days head towards Fall (although the temperatures are still hotter than Hades): I look back upon the Summer and wonder – “What happened?” You see, I
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What’s Coloring Your World?
Ever feel like you are a mechanic working on a car or maybe a maintenance or facilities worker for an apartment building? I do. Except the car or apartment building is my body. Or rather
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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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Have You Seen Jesus?
Quite often I talk about what is wrong with the healthcare industry and how to navigate this arena without cashing in your 401K, signing up for a loan and buying the next ticket to a
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Surprise, Surrender and Serenity
It started out as any morning. Thad and I stumble out of bed and assess the condition of our bodies. I am bent over with lower back and hip pain which is radiating down to
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