#Health

DOES YOUR DOCTOR HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/19/2022 • ( 5 )

I had to call the doctor today. I was feeling really lousy and I was beginning to get the feeling it was going to be like this forever. Of course, now Garry feels the same way and I think Owen… Read More ›

EMERGING FROM COVID

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/15/2022 • ( 12 )

We all knew — assuming we survived to tell the tale — that COVID wouldn’t last forever. Not even the Black Plague lasted forever, though I suppose since it is still around in the world and still erupts in many… Read More ›

HOW FIT ARE THOSE FIDDLES?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 10/31/2022 • ( 9 )

WQW #38: Four Aspects to Being Fit As a Fiddle The phrase fit as a fiddle dates back to the 1600s in British English, but had a slightly different meaning then. The word fit had as its primary meaning ‘well-suited, apt for a particular purpose’…. Read More ›

SO I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND FOUND OUT I’M ALIVE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/10/2022 • ( 14 )

When you’ve had a lot of health problems and you have to make your annual pilgrimage to the cardiologist, you want to hear only good things. I was lucky because basically, I heard nothing. No news is good news. Everything… Read More ›

IF NOT ME, WHO WOULD I BE?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/08/2022 • ( 13 )

I can’t imagine wanting to be anyone (or anything) but me. In a dream, maybe something else — a horse, an eagle, a dolphin. But that’s dream stuff, not reality. I grew into accepting myself pretty quickly, dysfunctional family notwithstanding…. Read More ›

HOBSON’S CHOICE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/04/2022 • ( 15 )

I’m trying to see if a very carefully chosen diet plus half doses of this medication will work. I’ve read a lot about it and this is one of those medications that has a list of urgent warning that’s pages… Read More ›

STRANGE CHOICES

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/03/2022 • ( 13 )

My doctor put me on a medication that has done wonders to relieve the pain from spinal arthritis and bursitis. It’s almost a miracle. It has nearly eliminated the bursitis in my hips. I can stand up and walk around… Read More ›

EVERYTHING’S FINE RIGHT NOW -SONG LYRIC SUNDAY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 06/06/2022 • ( 12 )

FOR SONG LYRIC SUNDAY We all know everything isn’t fine right now but this song reminds me of times when everything was fine. I hope I’m still around when they are fine again. Music triggers memory for me as nothing… Read More ›

SELF-DIAGNOSIS: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/21/2022 • ( 24 )

In recent weeks, my hearing has been getting weak. Since so many people I know have been losing their hearing as a result of age and since I’m 75, I went under the reasonable assumption that I was losing my… Read More ›

WE ARE ALL SURVIVORS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/22/2022 • ( 12 )

In 2010, I discovered I had cancer in both breasts. Two unrelated tumors making me twice lucky. They removed the tumors and the associated breasts, gave me very attractive replacements which are perkier than the old ones in an artificial… Read More ›

THE COMPLEXITY OF SIMPLICITY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/03/2022 • ( 13 )

Although I expected this to happen — KNEW it would happen — it’s still one-of-those-things that makes me crazy. We changed medical plans this year, switching from BlueCross (great, but expensive) to Mass Advantage. This is a local group based… Read More ›

SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH