Doctor Speed Dating
Finding a doctor can be a daunting task, filled with uncertainty and frustration. You can ask friends for recommendations, but there’s no guarantee that just because your friend likes a doctor, you will too....
Category: health
Killing Me Slowly
Is your job killing you? If you work in an office and sit for more than six hours per day, it might be. According to a recent study by the American Cancer Society, people...
The Stroke Files: Week 19
It’s been almost 5 months since our lives were turned upside down by a stroke. Oh, how I’ve learned to despise that word. I had no idea how many people (young and old) experience...
The Stroke Files: Week 16
It’s been four months since my dad experienced a massive stroke. I’d like to say that things are back to normal, but real life isn’t a fairytale. Sometimes you have to walk through hell...
The Stroke Files
Today marks eleven weeks since my father experienced a stroke. The ensuing days have been arduous, trying, and emotional for everyone involved. Each day seems to bring more questions than answers. Doctors and therapists...
Patience
They say patience is a virtue. I guess it’s a virtue I need to develop more because I have so little of it. My life is spent trying to be as efficient as possible...
With A Little Help
In the ’60s, Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote a song titled, “With a Little Help from My Friends.” A well-known song with easily recognizable lyrics, it appears in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs...
Live Longer: Stop Watching TV!
Everyone knows that being a couch potato and watching too much TV isn’t healthy, but now there’s proof of just how bad it is — and it’s worse than you thought. According to the...
In the Dojo Again
I studied Martial Arts for a number of years, ultimately achieving the rank of first degree red belt (one belt below brown) in Taekwondo. It was something I truly enjoyed, but real life got...
