Today is the ten-year anniversary of my breast cancer surgery. I would love to announce that “I’m cured,” but with cancer, you are never cured. You can be in remission — sometimes for decades — but it takes just take… Read More ›
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FAMILY TOLL OF BIPOLAR DISORDER – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I never paid much attention to the Kardashian family and I certainly never thought I had anything in common with them. But now I suddenly have a connection with Kim Kardashian – we have both experienced the chaos of life… Read More ›
HOW HAS LIFE CHANGED SINCE THE PANDEMIC? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #62 Over the past few weeks, each of us has had to make some sacrifices due to the global coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us have had to make adjustments to how we go about our daily lives. My… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD? HEY, WAIT, ISN’T IT MY BIRTHDAY? Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 3-11-2020 And so another birthday rolls around. I am 73 today. In April, Garry will be 78. For both of us, this Coronavirus is potentially lethal. It is NOT the flu. Really. It isn’t. It targets the… Read More ›
GUEST BLOG: DENTISTRY: NO LONGER AS SIMPLE AS PULLING TEETH – JOHN H. CORCORAN, JR.
Dear Friend, If the Corona Virus makes inroads at or near pandemic level, we cannot fully anticipate how it will change our day to day habits. especially regarding healthcare. John H. Corcoran, Jr., makes a rare foray into serious journalism… Read More ›
HAVING A COLD IN A TIME OF PLAGUE – Marilyn Armstrong
Everyone catches colds, especially this time of year. The end of winter is prime time for sore throats, sniffles, laryngitis, and everything else. Getting a cold this time of year is absolutely normal, especially for us. We seem to have… Read More ›
LOVING AND HATING THE PHONE WHILE WISHING IT WORKED BETTER – Marilyn Armstrong
Since everyone’s into talking about hating phones, I figured I’d throw my oar in the water too. I loved the phone right through my teenage years. I and my girlfriends would chat the night away, even though we lived two… Read More ›
A BIT OF ADVICE ON SURVIVING YOUR MEDICAL SYSTEM – Marilyn Armstrong
I’m alive for two major reasons: Because I didn’t take a lot of advice I was given. I had been misdiagnosed and had some bad doctors. Having learned my lessons the hard way, I did my homework and sought out… Read More ›
AN AWFUL LOT OF POSTS BUT WHO REMEMBERS THEM? — Marilyn Armstrong
9,947 published posts. I know that’s not quite 10,000 but it’s close. Now, the minuses: Tom: 400 Ellin: 525 Rich: 1,000 Garry: 1.000 So of the 10,000 posts, about 3.000 were written by other authors and probably another few hundred… Read More ›
WHOLE BODY HEALTH: I KNEW IT! – Marilyn Armstrong
I was sure that the damage to my heart was related to the drugs they gave me for cancer which had been dealt with just four years earlier. Tonight, on CBS News, they are finding a direct link between breast… Read More ›
ENSURING VETERANS WITH HEARING LOSS DON’T SUFFER IN SILENCE – Guest Author: ALI LOWE
How We Can Ensure Veterans With Hearing Loss Don’t Suffer In Silence While America is proud to honor those who served in the U.S. military, many of America’s veterans return home carrying physical, psychosocial and psychological trauma from their tours… Read More ›
BRAIN DEATH AND FIBROMYALGIA – Marilyn Armstrong
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia almost 20 years ago, but it never flattened me the way it has this time around. I’d like to blame the whole thing on Donald Trump. In fact, I think I am going to blame… Read More ›
FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #27 – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #27 The question this week is exactly the kind of question I do not ever want to answer. It might be a question nobody wants to answer unless they are a medical researcher with skin in the game,… Read More ›
A BIPOLAR LIFE – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My first husband, Larry, was bipolar, but he wasn’t diagnosed until thirteen years into our 25-year marriage. However, the ups and downs were a part of my life from the beginning. Larry could be fun, smart and affectionate. He had… Read More ›
B+ AND ME: BLOOD TYPES AROUND THE WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
A few years ago, I got to thinking about blood type. I wondered how come I have B+ blood when everyone in my family is O or A. I decided to go hunting on the Internet to see if I… Read More ›
SLEEPLESS ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM TOMORROW! THE FUN NEVER STOPS! – Marilyn Armstrong
I’ve got a “sleepless” EEG (electroencephalogram) tomorrow morning. It means I can’t go to sleep until midnight and I have to be up by four in the morning and be at the hospital by eight in the morning. No caffeine,… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 