Sometime, from the very top of your morning, you know it’s going to be one of those days. At half past 8, I got a call from my telehealth nurse, Kathy. She had been called by a Patty, a nurse… Read More ›
medication
SLEUTHING PILLS
I am now the Sherlock Holmes of pills. Every week, I spend hours putting together one week of medication. I had a lot of meds before I went into the hospital, but now I have more. Some will only be… Read More ›
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE ANSWER
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 ›
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 ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 