FLASHBACK FRIDAY On Saturday – Originally written on March 19, 2014 by Garry Armstrong. Update by Marilyn. Not all flashbacks are fun to read or remember. Eight years ago, I was in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital trying to stay alive…. Read More ›
Medical
A DAY OF RECKONING
I’ve been fighting to get MassAdvantage to work with us rather than against us. We are their customers, people who use their doctors and hospital who they enlisted in this plan. This isn’t a national or even regional plan. It’s… Read More ›
NO PAST TENSE – RICH PASCHALL
No Longer Playing, by Rich Paschall It was a bright winter day. The sun was out. The temperature was above freezing, and it seemed like a good day to get out of the house. So Art got into his car… Read More ›
NO MASKS AND THE RED DEATH – RICH PASCHALL
The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had been ever so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avator and its seal — the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains and sudden dizziness… … Read More ›
THE REST OF THE SENTENCE
Yesterday I had a routine, annual eye exam. As part of the exam, he put drops in my eyes which made my vision blurry for the rest of the day. I kept cleaning my glasses, but it was my eyes… Read More ›
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a… Read More ›
DON’T YOU HATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS?
I went to see my doctor yesterday. We are new to one another and we needed a pow-wow. The last time I was there, I handed him a box with about 10 pounds of paper medical records in it. I think,… Read More ›
FIXED!
About 10 years ago, maybe a little longer — possibly 12 years? — Garry had Tommy John surgery on his right shoulder. It’s a hell of a surgery. Five months in a tight sling followed by months of PT. All… Read More ›
FIBBING FRIDAY? JUST FRIDAY?
FIBBING FRIDAY: BE GRATEFUL THAT IT DOESN’T LAST ALL YEAR! From PCGUY IV comes this charming list of medical terms. Who could resist this marvelous selection? sphincter, phalanges, rectum, varicose, aorta, vein, artery, alveolus, bacteria, virus Great selection! You left… Read More ›
OUR PANDEMIC LEGACY – RICH PASCHALL
What We Have Learned So Far, by Rich Paschall While we certainly have not put this long social nightmare behind us, we have learned a lot along the way. These are some of the highlights, or in most cases, lowlights…. Read More ›
OUR PANDEMIC LEGACY II – RICH PASCHALL
What Else We Know, by Rich Paschall In many ways, my mother, and her mother too, were products of The Great Depression. My mother was born in 1920. She was nine was when the stock market crashed and the economy… Read More ›
WHAT DOES CHARLIE BAKER HAVE AGAINST WORCESTER COUNTY?
Massachusetts isn’t a huge state. We aren’t Texas or even New York where there are miles of open country between cities. Basically, we have one city — Boston — and a lot of small towns. You can drive from the… Read More ›
OLD MOVIES, NEW YEAR
Last night, we actually watched a new movie — Wonder Woman 1984 or as they call it on HBO Max, WW84. It was a bit of a production just getting it on the air, involving about an hour of tech… Read More ›
VOTING EARLY IN UXBRIDGE
Just as I suspected, the parking lot was almost empty when we got there around noon today. It was post doctor and post laboratory. Garry needed labs for his appointment on Friday and I needed them for my appointment today…. Read More ›
GETTING OLD IS GETTING OLD By RICH PASCHALL
GETTING OLD IS REALLY GETTING OLD, by Rich Paschall When you think of all the things you want to be when you grow up, “old” probably is not on the list. You may think about being a doctor or nurse. … Read More ›
LIFE, DEATH, CANCER, AND DIGNITY
I don’t talk much about the “reality” of having cancer. It’s not the same for everyone and my cases (two, one for each breast and each different from the other) were relatively mild. The lymph nodes were not attacked, the… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 