Apple Juice With a Bacon Swizzle Stick
I miss apple juice. Or maybe it’s the idea of apple juice I miss. I just had a cup last week in the hospital. It was the first beverage I drank that actually had flavor following my surgery. After days...
View ArticleWalmart Therapy: I’d Rather Deal With Terrorists
While reading the newspaper yesterday, I came across a rather disturbing article. The Pentagon is turning to “Walmart therapy” to treat soldiers affected with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)....
View ArticleDolphins Make Me Happy
When Tara first moved in, she said, “I miss working out. We should join a gym once we’re both working again.” “Great idea, dear!” I declared enthusiastically. Mainly because this seemed like a distant...
View ArticlePlaying Doctor
If there’s one interesting thing about working as a copywriter for a medical company, it is this: my knowledge of certain medical conditions is growing by leaps and bounds. A couple of weeks ago, I...
View ArticleI’m Dying from 2 Rare Diseases
A while back, I mentioned how writing medical articles on a daily basis was making me pretty knowledgeable in terms of illnesses and diseases. I joked that I felt like I was just a stethoscope away...
View ArticlePoster Child
One of the most beautiful words in the English language has got to be remission – not because of the way it rolls off the tongue, but rather, for all it implies. re·mis·sion rəˈmiSH(ə)n/ A diminution...
View ArticleObsessing Over 250
I’m the most obsessive person I know. This is good when it comes to health and fitness. Need to lose weight, get into shape, beat diabetes? Piece of cake. (Or no cake, more to the point.) But this...
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