Every fitness center, every last one, from 24Hour, to LA Fitness, to Curves, has a mayor. They also have city councilmen/women, department heads, and gym rats. The gym mayor checks their constituency. They spot, they talk. They walk from machine to machine. Gym councilmen / women spread an array of weights and surgical […]
Portland Mole Removal
May 9, 2017 by
How many Portland baby boomers remember when they were pregnant, or their significant others were pregnant? Didn’t the world seem full of pregnant women? They were everywhere and you were part of it. Then you had your baby and you didn’t notice as many pregnant women. Instead you saw a million kids. […]
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, PT3: MILLENNIAL ILLNESS
May 7, 2017 by
This graph shows the age of BoomerPDX readers. From a boomer blogger to millennials, I’m glad you read this blog. Not all news is good, but good ideas help open the right doors. I’m as surprised as anyone to see who shows up here, and millennials lead the pack according to Google Analytics. And they […]
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, pt2: FAMILY TRAUMA
May 5, 2017 by
Illness defines family trauma over time and it’s exhausting. Remember the movie Ordinary People? The family dynamic wasn’t defined by illness, but death of a child. It didn’t go well for the emotional state of all. There’s was a sudden adjustment with a lifetime effect. Living with a pre-existing condition, or around others with pre-existing […]
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION AFTER CANCER DIAGNOSIS
May 4, 2017 by
The day a cancer diagnosis becomes a pre-existing condition Like we learn everyday when things change, everybody is different. What you do after a cancer diagnosis isn’t the same as someone else. They might go along their way as if hearing a bee buzzing nearby. Shoo, cancer/bee. Or they might fall down on their […]
SNAP, CRACKLE, POP: WAKING UP OLD AND MOBILE
April 16, 2017 by
Fight waking up old by not moving? Oh those magic moment between sleep and awake. You could be any age at any place and be a vital force. So you don’t move to enjoy the moment as long as it lasts. Then you swing out of bed. Your back cracks. Take a step and your […]
DOES YOUR FAMILY HATE YOU ENOUGH? GET BUSY
April 7, 2017 by
Family hate means family values 0. Are you the right gender? Check early pictures to see if you’re wearing the right clothes. If you’re a guy and your baby pictures look like a girl, relax. General Douglas MacArther wore a dress and long hair as a child. It was the fashion, and it didn’t hurt […]
WORK ON HABITS, COMPULSIONS, ADDICTIONS, NOT GOALS?
January 24, 2017 by
Work on habits, not goals? What about goal oriented people? Long term goals don’t happen overnight. You achieve them by doing the little things. For instance, you decide you’d like to run a marathon. Do you find the nearest race with the closest date and just sign up? Some people do, but what would […]
GIVING CAREGIVING SHOWS EXTRA LIFE
January 22, 2017 by
The biggest booster from giving caregiving? Adapted for Parkinson’s, it becomes “Hate the disease, love the relationships it builds.” It works for most every disease at every age. The idea of extra life works for all, too. Doctors treating Parkinson’s are the key relationship, but they need equally strong links to those in their patients’ lives. One link of […]
