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OVER DAVE, THE OTHER OD IN OLD ENGLAND

May 25, 2024 by

Over Dave doesn’t carry the usual symptoms of a drug overdose. Instead of sleepiness, confusion, and coma, which would be unhelpful for navigating from the shotgun seat, it’s more of a stiff arm. You need to defend against this kind of overdose or else it can be overwhelming. The first time I heard about it […]

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WELLNESS BLOG vs BLOG WELLNESS

December 15, 2023 by

A ‘wellness blog’ does what it says: promote health and wellness to an audience who ignores their own health and wellness. If you’re reading a blog for ‘wellness,’ if you’re doing your own ‘research,’ be sure better ideas come from credible sources. Taking medical advice, or simple health advice, from a moron is not the […]

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GAME CLOCK FUN? IT’S ALWAYS RUNNING

January 15, 2023 by

The game clock of life runs and runs, and it’s running fast. We still like to think we all start the same. No one notices the difference since we’re so busy doing other things. Maybe you’re heard that life happens when you’re doing other things? What other things?

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CARE ENOUGH TO NOT TURN YOUR BACK ON OTHERS

July 31, 2021 by

When I had to care enough to do things caregivers do, I used to joke, “It’s easier if you don’t care.” It was funny back then because I did things caregivers didn’t do and it earned me the title of ‘Heroic Caregiver.’ That was a name given with certain trepidations because heroic caregivers are one […]

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LIFE INGREDIENTS NOT THE SAME AS LIVING? WHERE’S THE LIST

June 7, 2021 by

If there’s a list for life ingredients that make a better life, I haven’t seen it. And, strangely enough, I’m alive. If you’re reading these words, you are too. But you don’t have a list, either? How can that be? We live in a list world. From grocery lists, to honey-do lists, errand lists, project […]

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CAREGIVING COVID IN 2021 LIKE A CAREGIVER WOULD DO

December 31, 2020 by

Caregiving covid as only a caregiver can do? Only a caregiver can figure this one out. If it takes one to know one, I’m here to serve. I got my caregiver merit badge and five stripes for consecutive years with my Parkinson’s afflicted father-in-law. I believe my caregiver tactics offer an angle into dealing with […]

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COVID COMPARISONS: USE THE TOOLS, NOT THE FOOLS

July 30, 2020 by

The best covid comparisons are the also the most sad. And who enjoys the sad sack? Hands up. There’s no joy in seeing illness silence a strong voice of reason. At the same time, there’s also no joy in seeing illness silence medical kooks. Or, maybe it’s just me. I’m soft on suffering. Don’t like […]

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CANCER MEMORIES: UNEXPECTED MOMENTS OF LOVE AND KINDNESS

January 13, 2020 by

I made a list of cancer memories to use in my memoir. Not all of them made the cut. A book needs the big stuff; these are the smaller cancer memories:

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CAREGIVING EXCERPT FROM WORK IN PROGRESS

March 22, 2019 by

My caregiving days ended the morning I came downstairs and found Ken laying still in his hospital bed. Very still. I was suspicious. A large red circle nearly two feet in diameter stained the bedspread drawn up to his chin. What. The. F?

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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 […]

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