My walking buddy – Long time readers may remember back in the old days (before covid) I used to walk regularly with a walking partner who talked all the time. She’s 87 but don’t let the age fool you. She … Continue reading
Category Archives: illness
The art of a favor — he’s a keeper!
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When I was a child I was afraid of some of my friends’ fathers. They would yell and scold and didn’t seem to have a tolerance for children. My own dad was not like. I was not used to a … Continue reading
Normal times or is it?
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Our area is moving into “normal times” or as close as we can get. Our restrictions are expiring and our infection rate is low. Everything is different though. It won’t be like it was. Some places closed permanently (that’s my … Continue reading
No! Not old feet!
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My mother had old feet. When I was a child I thought my mother was old. All parents were old. Some were ancient. She wasn’t ancient, just old. She liked to go barefoot (a gene her daughter did not inherit … Continue reading
The Chicken Little approach
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I am a confirmed hypochondriac. I confirmed myself because that’s what hypochondriacs do. I am constantly checking for symptoms and I can usually find some. Matching it up with the correct illness gets trickier. I long for the day when … Continue reading
Sassy cats — Updates from Gracie
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Gracie here. This wasn’t a good week here. Mollie didn’t feel good. When one of us has a bad day, we all do. She was diagnosed with esophageal dysfunction. I don’t know what it means but the “portal to hell” … Continue reading
It’s done!
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Yesterday I had my procedure. In full disclosure I had a colonoscopy with some nip and tuck going on in there. Everyone should have one of these. No really! You should. I highly recommend them if you want to wipe … Continue reading
Random 5 for September 8 – Terrifying event, health issues, dementia, gratefulness, LinkedIn
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Serves me right! – After bragging about our drop in robocalls, we got one at 3 a.m. This is a very dark time. We were both jolted out of bed. Surely there was a death. Why else would someone call … Continue reading
Random 5 for July 28 – Busy, Parkinson’s, dental, family, guests
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A whirlwind week – Why do things always pile up in the same week? When you make appointments months in advance, there is nothing going on. Then wam, bam, thank you ma’am, you’re overloaded. It was that kind of week. … Continue reading
Random 5 for December 30 – Death, endings, potato chips, stuff, changes
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Another one bites the dirt – Queen said it so well! For the past month I have been thinking of any old friend who I haven’t seen in decades. Periodically he wrote restaurant reviews and I was on the email … Continue reading