Monthly Archives: June 2014
Making Sense of Cholesterol
Posted on June 29, 2014 4 Comments
“Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up tall, There’s a land where they’ve never heard of cholesterol” ~ Allen Sherman Everybody has a junk drawer. A junk drawer contains treasures of the heart and its contents are generally overvalued by one person in particular for some reasonable – or at least close to reasonable – explanation. […]
Heart Disease and Profiling
Posted on June 22, 2014 8 Comments
I am addicted to the suspense and escapades of the CBS Show “Criminal Minds.” I am in awe of criminal profiling. I marvel at how the agents perform the physical and character analysis in tracking the perpetrator, only to arrest them before they strike again. It leaves you on the edge of your seat! […]
Angina – Life with a Chronic Illness
Posted on June 15, 2014 7 Comments
Simply stated, the word BROKEN, in my humble opinion, best sums up the world of chronic angina. Broken, but o.k. One is not the whole person they profess to be, not the person they once were, nor the person filled with hope and dreams when your life is affected by chronic angina. You know vehemently […]
The Story of the Five Bears – Part III “Teaching Academics”
Posted on June 8, 2014 8 Comments
As you may recall, once upon a time in the year 2014 there were Five Bears, who lived together in a crazy, multigenerational household, filled with crazy, unconditional love and crazy – sometime uncontrollable commotion and organized chaos. All the Bears called it simply and tenderly “Home, Sweet Home.” One of them was a little […]
Making Your Mes-othelioma Your Message
Posted on June 1, 2014 4 Comments
It was just a few week ago that I wrote about “making your mess your message.” I had heard the phrase declaring that “Honey, everybody’s got something” on the CBS morning show Good Morning America. The true-to-life words were fashioned by the mother of anchor and newscaster Robin Roberts. It is also the title of […]
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