At the end of July, I got a new medication from my doctor that hugely reduces the pain in my spine. It has been a long time since I was able to do much of anything. I had taken this… Read More ›
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EARLY RESULTS
It’s too soon for full results. That will take about 3 months, but I think the nurse, realizing I wanted to see something, even if it was just a hint, had them run a CBC panel yesterday. At least we… Read More ›
DOES YOUR DOCTOR IGNORE YOU?
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 ›
MY BEST FRIEND CALLED
She doesn’t live far away, but we rarely see each other in person. Why? Because we are old. That’s why. Her husband has Parkinson’s. She’s got glaucoma. One kid has a heart problem while the other is in a wheelchair…. Read More ›
HOBSON’S CHOICE
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
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 ›
A $400 DAY
It doesn’t take much. This used to be a lot of money, but now, it’s a mere pittance. We started out by putting gas in the car — $55.75. We couldn’t put it off any longer. Peter Pump was beeping…. Read More ›
THE TALE OF THE LAST BABY ASPIRIN – BY TOM CURLEY
This is a children’s story, a children’s story for older people. Once upon a time, there was a bottle of baby aspirin. It contained a few hundred baby aspirins. They didn’t know they were in an aspirin bottle. They didn’t… Read More ›
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 ›
KILLING PAIN – OUR LUDICROUS LAWS STRIKE AGAIN – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Ludicrous It’s ludicrous. I do not get up at 6 in the morning. But we did today. Why? Because the medication I need is only made by a single manufacturer and none of our local pharmacies have… Read More ›
MY STUPID DAY – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — My Stupid Day Some days, I’m smart. I can feel the smarts buzzing around my head, but this is not one of those days. Let me start with my first stupidity of the day. I needed a… Read More ›
THE SIMPLICITY OF SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS
COME SLEEP, O SLEEP … Come, Sleep! O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man’s wealth, the prisoner’s release, Th’ indifferent judge between the high and low; With shield of… Read More ›
DOMINANT THEME DU JOUR
So, it turns out, Garry’s ongoing “I don’t feel good” was getting worse. I schlepped him to the doctor. What do you know? He’s allergic to Lisinopril — a blood pressure medication. Now he’s on a short run of Prednisone… Read More ›
HIGH ANXIETY – BY ELLIN CURLEY
On June 11, 2017, the front page of the New York Times ‘Sunday Styles’ section had an article called “An Anxious Nation.” The article talks about the near epidemic levels of anxiety in our society. For a generation, depression was… Read More ›
HOLISTIC MEDICINE FOR THE HOPELESSLY DELUDED
Ever since I turned 65, my medical care situation has been on a downhill slide. As long as was on MassHealth — Massachusetts Medicaid and the original model for “Obama Care” — I was good. I had all the medication I needed. If… Read More ›
LIVING WITH ADHD … BEFORE IT WAS FASHIONABLE – ELLIN CURLEY
My son had ADD and ADHD in the 80’s before the diagnosis came into fashion. He was going to an expensive private elementary school in New York City. He was bouncing off the walls and “disrupting” his class. He spent… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 