Medical humor

MIDDAY UPDATE – MARILYN

By Garry Armstrong on 02/09/2024 • ( 6 )

This is a summary for all of you and reminder for Marilyn and me. We’ve just had a very productive Visiting Nurse session! Mayara is her name. Getting things done is her game. That’s a wrap through 2pm today, Friday,… Read More ›

ANOTHER CRAZY ASS DAY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/08/2024 • ( 27 )

I was just remembering back to when I had a social life. I don’t have a social life. I have doctor and hospital appointments. Cardiologists and visiting nurses, OT and PT and regular doctors, not to mention pharmacies. I’m brain dead…. Read More ›

SUDDENLY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/27/2024 • ( 39 )

And just when I think I’ve gotten ALL the bad news I can handle, along comes more. Cardiac catheterization because maybe I need more bypasses. My kidneys are looking not so good. Probably more testing because says the kindly doctor… Read More ›

GOALS AND RESOLUTIONS FOR 2024

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/13/2024 • ( 23 )

Activities that inspire: Organizing Goals and Resolutions for 2024 Life is never fair. Perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. Oscar Wilde Basically, I don’t have any goals or plans — other than staying alive and… Read More ›

WTF?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/07/2023 • ( 13 )

So yesterday night, in the middle of the night, I began to run a fever. I took everything I could think to take and nothing had any effect. It went from my normal (senior) body temp of around 97 to… Read More ›

TEST RESULTS?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/23/2023 • ( 36 )

I make jokes about being JUST FINE when I may not actually feel fine. Age comes with issues. I had issues before I got old. They haven’t gotten a lot worse with age, or at least not a lot worse…. Read More ›

DON’T BOGART THAT JOINT MY FRIEND

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/16/2023 • ( 13 )

Speaking of being in a parallel universe, I was visiting my cardiologist when I heard him say, “Have you considered marijuana?” Was I in the Twilight Zone? No, what we dreamed of in our youth has become real. There have… Read More ›

IT’S FINE. JUST DON’T DO ANYTHING.

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/05/2023 • ( 20 )

My back has been in pretty good shape, for me, anyway. In fact, it has felt so normal I decided to change the linens this morning all by myself. Usually, I ask for help, but I felt so good, I… Read More ›

THE PROBLEMS OF GETTING COVID TREATMENT

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/22/2023 • ( 6 )

Considering how many vaccinations we’ve had, I would have liked if they’d worked longer. They didn’t prevent us from getting it — though Garry is still negative — but they did keep us from getting really bad cases. Everyone told… Read More ›

MEDICAL HUMOR 101

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/04/2023 • ( 16 )

My doctor has a sense of humor. This seems to be a shockingly rare commodity in doctors. I’ve met lots of nurses who were funny — some downright hilarious — but very few doctors with anything like a sense of… Read More ›

TOMORROW AND TOMORROW

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/18/2023 • ( 26 )

I can’t begin to tell you how very much I want to not “do” tomorrow. It’s my first iron infusion and I have zero faith in the hospital’s ability to find a functional vein. I have defeated a couple of… Read More ›

DOES YOUR DOCTOR IGNORE YOU?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/01/2022 • ( 10 )

My son had to find a new doctor because not only did his doctor ignore him, but never, in two years, did she have time to actually SEE him in person. She had, from when Garry and I had used… Read More ›