via Daily Prompt: Explore As the image morphed into the vast landscape, objects in the background cleared and as in a diorama slowly became three-dimensional. Creeping lizards and clattering squirrels chirped and blood-red stone giants beckoned with a crippled claw. The need to explore overwhelmed yet the binoculars belied the distance and physical fitness such…
Category: Health
Who Am I and Why Am I Blogging?
Literally, I am a goal setter, life-liver, and a person with a simple philosophy — “bloom where you are planted!” At this point in my life, I find myself retired, living in an ocean resort, becoming a grandparent for the second time, and feeling transitional. I was a professional, academic book writer, adjunct professor, mother…
Understanding Medicare and the “Observation” Admission
This is a very important caution about passive consumption of health care recommended by a doctor. I just returned home from an “observation” admission which was very unclear to me. I was being kept in the hospital pending a decision about a critical surgery after I experienced a spinal bleed. I was admitted on a…
If worried about measles you should be terrified of rubella
The discussions in the past decade about the dangers of vaccines and the risk of autism have been particularly narrow. Not that autism is not a life changing diagnosis for a family. It is – and no one disputes the lifelong impact. However, the original “false” science that gave rise to these concerns has been…
Chilling
Chilling Since retirement in 2011, I have substituted in a small way travelling for work. I used to work without vacations about 12+ hours a day. Since I worked in the area of special education and early intervention, I told myself it was a calling. Really, not so much. I loved the challenges of developing…
Happy Day
Happy Thanksgiving to you all today. Individually the many reasons to take a special day to say thanks for the good life are important; collectively, the blessings for us all are astounding. Is everyone happy, healthy, financially secure, loved today?…no. But, every single person I know, can cite a special reason to observe today and…
These Ole Bones
Since I feel like I am still 35 most of the time, today is a reality check….bringing me up short on the issues of aging. I have a pre-surgery physical this morning at 9:30am for a surgery in two weeks. Then, I have to rush home to take my husband for lumbar surgery at 2:15…
Progressively Falling Apart
Are we progressively falling apart, or less dramatically, is the more significant question “what really is aging?” In the last year I have had three surgeries that required anesthesia. Friends of mine have had breast cancer, melanoma, falling incidents, accidents, and broken bones. Harrumph…is this what getting older is all about? Progressive frailty is a reality…
A Sudden Event
A friend of mine, not my very best friend but a good friend and previous long-time colleague, was hit by a car this past week. She was seriously injured and remains in a coma. She has many broken bones and significant head injuries. This is the second time this year she experienced an accident while…
Lullaby Time: Little Man You’ve Had A Busy Day
Nearly every newsletter on health, national newspapers columns on skin beauty, and talking TV heads emphatically stress the benefits of sleep. The 2013 International Bedroom Poll – National Sleep Foundation, is the first international sleep habits poll, http://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-polls-data/other-polls/2013-international-bedroom-poll , and it noted cultural differences among six countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany,…
