Sound the Alarm-I’m Getting on the Scale!
A few months ago a friend had given me an emergency button which was like a key chain and I could put in or on my purse. If anyone where to accost me, I can
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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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I Cant Believe They Said That!
Over the myriad of medical mayhem that I have experienced it never ceases to surprise me what some healthcare professionals will say. Some are downright funny and some are hurtful or improper. The worse was
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Whatever You Do, Don’t Shoot Your Husband
Thad and I recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We spent a quiet day as he was recovering from a second shoulder surgery. While they say the 50th is celebrated by exchanging items of Gold,
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Are You Bent, Broken But Better?
“I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape” -Charles Dickens Through his classic novels including “Great Expectations” and” David Copperfield” – are now widely beloved, Charles
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Gather Evidence Like a Dog
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
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God Trumps our Health Care
Remember the good old days when you call the doctor’s office and get a live person who answered your call without going through the Artificial Intelligence Robo sequence? You could explain the reason for the
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Home Care and How to Find It
When is it time to call in the reinforcements? When your world is so small that you dread venturing out? Or is it when even the smallest chores in your home just seem too large
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Are You a Good Neighbor?
We live in a society that fosters independence and fear of becoming involved. We’ve all seen on the news where sometimes a good Samaritan finds themselves blamed for their involvement. So we shy away from
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The Best Gift to Give
Trying to think of what to give someone you love on Valentine’s Day? A box of chocolates? No too fattening. Dinner out? After the Christmas we ate our way through? No, that won’t do. Lets
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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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A Dog with a Bone
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
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