The CABG Patched Chronicle

I haven’t been a hospital patient since I was in grade school. I remember the nurses dressed in white uniforms with pillbox hats looking like Jackie Kennedy’s bridesmaids. They were visions of purity, supplying drugs […]
I haven’t been a hospital patient since I was in grade school. I remember the nurses dressed in white uniforms with pillbox hats looking like Jackie Kennedy’s bridesmaids. They were visions of purity, supplying drugs […]
It’s been six days since Emily had knee surgery, I think … I don’t know, I haven’t slept since then. We thought we’d have about four weeks from the time everything was confirmed until the […]
Moroccan Entree MEDFOUNA (Marrakech Pizza) INGREDIENTS – DOUGH 2¼ teaspoons yeast ¾ cup warm water 1¾ cups all-purpose flour (4 more tablespoons later) ½ cup wheat flour or semolina ¾ teaspoon salt INGREDIENTS – FILLING […]
When it comes to health matters, I ’m a very private person. I almost never air what’s ailing me – unless I’m talking to an immediate family member, close personal friends, neighbors, second cousins, co-workers, […]
The older I get, the more time I spend at ologists. You know – the dermatologist, cardiologist, urologist, gastroenterologist, colonoscopologist, and, for reasons I’m still a little fuzzy about, my geologist. Recently, I had to […]
Surgery has never been as much fun. I had cataract surgery on my right eye a few days ago. They didn’t put me in a bed to prep for it; they put me in a […]
You know what really crisps my bacon? Hospitals and colleges. I am so tired of getting solicitations from hospitals and colleges asking me to give generously, or how about sending us some extra money because […]
I have a relative who is a doctor. This helps me stay healthy, but not because I receive info about proper diet and lifestyle. Nope, I hear stories about bad doctors who they struggle to […]
My dad had a great sense of humor. He showed me many times the value of being able to laugh at yourself and the world around you. When he was diagnosed with late-stage metastatic cancer […]
Every beer drinking football fan knows that you don’t buy beer, you just rent it. What goes in, must come out. Are you tired of missing game winning plays on TV because you’re standing over a […]