• In Sickness and In Heath Sooner or later, we all get sick.  But even if we don’t, we still have to face the inevitable checkup. Does anybody [...]

  Waiting Woes: The Art of Staying Calm at the Doctor’s Office

  October 9, 2014
• Gesundheit! I just had a revelation.  Don’t worry.  It’s okay.  I am still young enough to have them. I can explain. If you [...]

  Nothing to Sneeze At!

  June 6, 2014
• Use It or Lose It It’s about time.  I knew this day was coming. The doctors are removing the rest of my brain.  I am not sure of the [...]

  They’re Taking What’s Left of My Brain

  May 28, 2014
• Germs! Now I wouldn’t consider myself a “germaphobe,” a “hypochondriac” or a “crazy person,” even though I have  been called such [...]

  Whatever Happened to Cooties?

  February 10, 2014

• Cough It was a day just like any other – until I turned on my television set. I had just finished eating dinner: a delicious meal of roast [...]

  My 10-Disease Day

  December 20, 2013
• From as far back as I can remember, I have always enjoyed Thanksgiving. But it wasn’t until I got a little older, when I started thinking [...]

  The Blessings of Adversity

  November 30, 2013
• I found out yesterday that a friend of mine has cancer. I think that most of us are in the same boat.  This devastating disease strikes so many [...]

  Sometimes Words Are Not Needed

  October 28, 2013
• I wasn’t planning on writing this blog entry.  That’s why I know it was meant to be. Very often important things will just show up; and it [...]

  Questions: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  October 23, 2013