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 ›
Medical
DEFINITELY OFF OUR FEED – Marilyn Armstrong
The pictures from last night look just like the pictures from the day before. Apparently every night, a conga line of raccoons take over the back deck. You can see the flying squirrels, but they seem to glide in from… Read More ›
DOOMED AGAIN? – Marilyn Armstrong
We are doomed. If the climate doesn’t get us, some newly arisen germ will get us. My son is sure the oncoming Coronavirus is a reiteration of Stephen King’s “The Stand.” To be fair, I read “The Stand” such a… Read More ›
MEDICARE AND WHERE ARE MY GLASSES? – Marilyn Armstrong
An advertisement I couldn’t abide showed up on an email this morning, as follows: Content from Partnership for America’s Health Care Future American families can’t afford Medicare for All. Studies confirm that Medicare for All would force Americans to pay… Read More ›
THE BEST BOOK I’VE READ ABOUT CANCER – FICTION FOR REAL LIFE – Marilyn Armstrong
Anyone who had cancer, no matter how many years have passed, knows you are never “cured.” The best anyone can say is “so far, so good.” Cancer isn’t one disease nor is there a test to tell you whether or… Read More ›
WHEN BONES DON’T KNIT – Marilyn Armstrong
Yesterday morning, I dropped the mouse for the computer in the bedroom. I reached down to pick it up and a pain shot through my chest, down my arm and I yelped. I had a lot of heart surgery more than… 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 ›
STUPID IS THE NEW NORMAL – Marilyn Armstrong
For the past couple of days, I’ve been dealing with the customer service for the medical plan I was trying to join. I spent — LITERALLY, NOT KIDDING — four hours on the phone yesterday until the battery on my… 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 ›
NCIS AND MY PACEMAKER – Marilyn Armstrong
EPISODE: Need to Know (2012) Alan Katzenbach, a lawyer, waits for Gibbs with his client, a chief petty officer named Leland Wiley. Wiley was busted for drugs and wants to trade his info — which he says is about national security…. Read More ›
WHAT’S THAT WORD? – Marilyn Armstrong
Words That Sound Right Although this is subjective, some words sound like the thing they describe. Personal favorites are: Puffin, Bulbous, Fidget, Prickly, Twitch, Bubbly. Words Which DON’T Sound Like Their Meaning Medical terminology is designed to take the sting… Read More ›
WE MADE IT – Marilyn Armstrong
The first thought I had this morning was “The phone is ringing. Answer the phone.” Getting to the phone from bed is a stretch and a twist. I could make it easier if I moved my Disney “Someday my Prince… Read More ›
ONE THING I DID NOT WANT TO BE – Rich Paschall
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. You may consider lawyer or… Read More ›
THE STRETCHY BITS – Marilyn Armstrong
“Oh,” said the doctor on television. “It’s just a strain. Nothing to worry about.” I always laugh, without much mirth when I hear that and you hear it often. If a bone isn’t broken, if your head hasn’t been bashed… Read More ›
FAMILY MEDICAL HISTORY – Marilyn Armstrong
We do not know nearly enough about the health of our parents and grandparents. We don’t know enough because they didn’t care to tell us about them. The freedom we feel know to discuss our ailments and cures is relatively… Read More ›
MEDICAL QUESTIONS – Marilyn Armstrong
I got a questionnaire from some group associated with Blue Cross. They wanted to know if my problem — my trip to the doctor last April — was the result of a work-related injury. Considering that I’m 72-years-old and on… Read More ›
STRAINS? NO BIG DEAL, RIGHT? – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Tuesday: STRAIN “Oh,” said the doctor on television. “It’s just a strain. Nothing to worry about.” I always laugh, without much mirth when I hear that and you hear it often. If a bone isn’t broken, if a head… Read More ›
TOO LATE LEGAL – Marilyn Armstrong
“Have you considered marijuana?” floated past me on the conversational breeze. It was my previous cardiologist speaking. Was I in the Twilight Zone? No, he was merely suggesting pot might be a good drug. For me. It would deal with… 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 ›
AND STILL ALIVE – Marilyn Armstrong
In 2010, I discovered I had cancer in both breasts. Two tumors, unrelated to each other. Just twice lucky. They removed the tumors and the associated breasts and gave me very attractive fake replacements. Much perkier than the old ones… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 