The unvarnished truth is that when somebody lives in a nursing home their next address is usually the cemetery.
I am proud of the two exceptions I have known.
One was my own father-in-law of blessed memory, a life-long smoker afflicted with COPD. He was the first recipient of my tapping lessons (Emotional Freedom Technique) who tapped on his own acupuncture meridians successfully enough to improve his breathing. Read more on How To Leave A Nursing Home…
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I met another one.
A daughter of a friend, not a patient.
A young woman to whom having a baby is so important that her mother calls her “mom.” Read more on The Female Phenomenon of “Babies First.”…
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My husband and I are fortunate enough to be friends with a couple of guys who are about forty years younger than we are.
One often describes himself as a “loveable (computer) geek, which he is. The other is a veteran kickboxer and professional bouncer. Read more on “Fun-Challenged” and Bubba Gump Shrimp Company…
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I am recommended News Fasts a lot these days.
I don’t think people have a clue what is going on in their brains and spirits when they watch television news.
Watching television News is like hypnosis, but with even less control about the kind of content that washes over your brain. Read more on You May Need A News Fast…
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At least I finished reading this article without banging the screen.
Even though the amount of psychotherapy I have time to practice is abbreviated and minimal at best, I am glad I know what I do. Read more on …
Filed under Alternative Medicine, Diagnosis, Disease, Doctors, Family, life, medicine, News, Nutrition, prescription drugs, Psychiatrists, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Research by on Jan 17th, 2018. Comment.
There is more happening and more being done about psychiatry and the brain now than ever in the history of the world. I like the idea of “consumer-run” organizations and I love the idea of this one:
Like most things I find on the internet, it is hard to describe how I got here. Probably it has something to do with “keywords” and “searches.” Read more on …
She was a well-known and respected matron in Orange County who called at 10 PM with a “health concern” so I called her right back so I could sleep easier.
The problem was an easy one. She had her first “abnormal” blood test and had been diagnosed with what those defeatist doctors call “prediabetes” and started on metformin which is about the safest thing that exists to lower blood sugar. I mean some blood sugar medicines and lower blood sugar so much that they make people nervous and shaky and worse. But this one wouldn’t hurt her. Read more on Diabetes Is Not A Death Sentence…
Filed under Alternative Medicine, Diagnosis, Disease, Doctors, Family, life, medicine, News by on Jan 10th, 2018. Comment.
“I just am not good enough to come up with a pill that works if you don’t take it.” Read more on Are You Taking Your Pills?…
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Down with oversimplification. I have no interest in seeing life resolved to “yes” or “no” questions. This is what “mass media” seems to be doing. I hate, for example, people who agonize trying to decide if I am “conservative” or “liberal.” If a patient tries to focus on this sort of thing (and it is amazing how often they do) it is not too tough to find out what they want me to be and to convince them that I’m exactly what they want me to be. (It usually involves either telling them I am a veteran of the U.S.Army or telling them I went to undergraduate university in Boston.) Read more on It Is Not A “Yes” Or “No” Question…
I’m on my way to shoot a video with my dear friend Christelle Tachon that will end up on my new podcast site. This is actually the second time I will have filmed with Christelle, and the first episode with her is nearly completed in the editing process.
Filed under Doctors, Education, Family, life, medicine, News, Psychiatrists, Psychology, Psychotherapy by on Oct 15th, 2017. Comment.