Category Archives: My Stories
The Worst Cook in the World
If there was a contest for the “Worst Cook in the World,” I would enter. I would probably win. I think there was once a TV show about it. I don’t want to be on TV for the whole world … Continue reading →
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Tagged blogging, cooking, cooking healthy, Doctor, Family Doctor, healthy, microwave eggs, worst cook
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Agitated: A Love Story
I hate it. It’s true. I don’t hate anything quite like I hate my washing machine. It makes me angry. It’s pretentious. It’s dysfunctional. It made promises it couldn’t keep. I made a big mistake the day I brought it … Continue reading →
City Slicken Chicken
This isn’t my first rodeo, people, I once had another blog. Sometimes I look back on those first attempts with a sense of nostalgia. I think all bloggers try and fail at blogging at least once, I’m sure there are … Continue reading →
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Tagged Backyard Chickens, blogging, City Slicken Chicken, Doctor, North Carolina, Rooster, rural
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St-role Model
I haven’t been running consistently in months. Maybe a 5K here and there. Which sounds kind of odd when you are a non-runner. Who can just go run a 5K? Isn’t there preparation, training, effort? Not when you’ve been doing … Continue reading →
Posted in Healthcare Today, Medical Musings, My Stories
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Tagged advise, blogging, Doctor, exercise, Family Doctor, Healthcare, healthy, Patient, Patient advise, Running
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Teachable Moment
It was just one of those days. You’ve been there before. I know you can relate. Rushed home from work, took the kids to the soccer game, rushed home, rushed through baths, a blur of fussing and fighting and everyone … Continue reading →
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Tagged bedtime stories, blogging, Captain Underpants, children, Doctor, family, fed up, guilt, kids, lessons, Mom, mother's day, quit, stories
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Bullies
Sunny scared me. He was mean. I once witnessed him harassing a cat, poking it with a stick while another kid held it by its tail. They laughed hysterically and that look in their eyes. I didn’t understand it, but … Continue reading →
Razor Burn
I have a favorite kind of razor. It comes in a pack of 10. It has two blades and one of those pink moisturizing strips that gets a little slimy when it gets wet. When I went to Walmart the … Continue reading →
Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories
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Tagged Amazon, Doctor, Hair, Razor, Razor burn, Walmart
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Can’tcer
She didn’t look good. Just a few months before, she was upbeat, the news wasn’t good, but the treatment seemed to be working, her energy was coming back. She talked about fighting cancer before. Thyroid, breast, and now breast again. … Continue reading →
Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories
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Tagged Cancer, Doctor, Doctor patient relationship, Dying
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Haunted
My husband looked alarmed. He had answered the phone and I could tell by his facial expressions that this was no ordinary call. OK, OK, I’ll be right there. He hung up the phone. That was my dad. He said … Continue reading →
Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories
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Tagged Dad, died, Doctor, neighborhood, neighbors, soccer, son
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L-only Child
I’m an only child, but I never felt particularly lonely. I always had friends, my parents, toys, and my imagination. The sibling relationship always mystified me. Mostly I was appalled with how mean siblings were to each other: the fighting, … Continue reading →
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Tagged brother, Doctor, only child, siblings, Siblings Day, sister, yoga
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