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STORM CHASING IN THE CANCER WARD

May 8, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Storm chasing without a tornado on the horizon? The storm in the cancer ward is chemo therapy that runs through everything in your body sweeping out the good and the bad cells. It shakes you down to your core hoping the good cells prevail. Not everyone is built for this particular battle.

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HEALTH JOURNEY ON A ROUGH ROAD

May 2, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A ‘health journey’ is a phrase used by people with lots of doctor appointments. If you’re old enough you either take that rough road yourself, or you show up for others on it. Personally, I’ve never liked the term. I like it even less when it applies to young people coming down with old people […]

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PLACING BLAME IN THE RIGHT PLACE

May 1, 2024 by David Gillaspie

What’s the best way of placing blame? Pointing a finger? Yelling? Or checking to make sure there’s anyone or anything to blame? What about the blameless among us who’ve never done anything wrong?

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HEALING TIME FOR BUSY PEOPLE

December 12, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Healing time isn’t something we clock. Things get messed up, then they get better. Then you have a cool scar to show. Do you ask friends to see their new scar; do you show yours? For me, that’s yes and yes.

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DEEP BREATHING WITH THE DOCTOR

May 18, 2022 by David Gillaspie

If Dr. Taylor Swift says deep breathing is good, then breathe deeply. She gave the commencement speech for NYU class of 2022 at Yankee Stadium. Do you remember who gave the speech at your graduation?

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DOCTOR SAWBONES? WHY SAWBONES?

April 18, 2022 by David Gillaspie

What does a Doctor Sawbones do? One thing they do is install that gleaming spike in the top image. It’s a hip bone. The doctor makes it work by sawing the leg bone, working the piece in, and lining the hip bone with a new socket joint. At six days out, the immediate danger has […]

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UNBROKEN CYCLE FROM HEARTS TO HIPS

April 13, 2022 by David Gillaspie

I’ve been on an unbroken cycle of excellent Iowa-connected people in Oregon, which is not a comparison. The last guy helped heal a broken heart; the latest was the orthopedic surgeon who replaced my hip yesterday.

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MEDICAL ADVICE? HOW TO SPOT THE WRONG STUFF EARLY

February 18, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Medical advice used to come from squirrelly sources. Not actual squirrels but just as nutty. Today it comes from trusted men and women elected to high office. And doctors. Which brings up the element of trust. Whose medical advice is better for people?

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MEDICAL SCIENCE FOR STREET DOCTORS

September 23, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Medical science seems complicated from the outside looking in. If you’re on the inside looking out, it’s even more complicated. But it’s different for Street Doctors, or SDs. From them nothing is too complicated. And that’s a problem, a big problem. Not for them, for their ‘patients.’ Where do Street Doctors come from? Start with […]

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HERO? DON’T LOOK FOR A BIG ONE, BE A LITTLE ONE

June 29, 2020 by David Gillaspie

When you need a hero, where’s the best place to look? Read a book? Watch a movie? Or do something heroic?

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