Bullied

June 23, 2011

Lady Gaga was on The View a couple weeks ago talking about how as a kid she had been bullied. Taunted, being dumped in garbage cans and the recipient of all out cruelty was a part of her daily life. She told the ladies on the show that even now in the midst of super […]

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Everybody Has A Story

March 18, 2011

Everybody has a story. This thought keeps running through my mind as I sit in the waiting room at the VA where my husband is getting his first chemo treatment. I sit with an elderly veteran in a wheelchair. He looks so alone. I ask him if he’s up next to receive his chemo treatment […]

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Donne Your Fatigues and Grab Your Gear

February 28, 2011

As soldiers train for battle, performers hone their talents for audiences, doctors train for the healing arts and citizens sharpen skills for the trades, I believe we are all, in every life’s situation and circumstance, preparing for the highlights of our lives and the agonizing challenges that confront us on our journeys. With my husband […]

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Kept Sane by Mad Men

January 14, 2011

Some days we need a little escape. From cranky bosses, barking dogs, burnt dinners, mounting bills, and sometimes from life’s misfortunes. I had such a day recently. My husband had come out of the O.R. from a surgery for a recently diagnosed cancer. As his advocate, I sat by his side in a surprisingly comfortable […]

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Hoping For A Fortunate Son

January 11, 2011

Waiting pretty much sucks; in line, in traffic, for that promotion, test scores, a yes, a no… I don’t think I know anyone that relishes waiting. Melody Beattie encourages us to “revel in the void” and that this is the place from which all creation springs. This has been inspiring in the past, but today […]

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To Botox Or Not To Botox. Another One of Those Questions You’re Just Going To Have To Answer For Yourself!.

November 30, 2010

As I was sitting amongst a group of women the other day, we chatted of relevant topics such as our current education system, social (in) security, changes in our insurance policies, the going’s on of our grown kids and… Botox. The subject of Botox somehow always seems to slip into conversations that include women both here and abroad. […]

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To Hormone or Not to Hormone, That Apparently Seems to be the Question

November 9, 2010

Could I be any more confused about Hormone Replacement Therapy? Is taking hormones safe for us? First it’s a “Yes”, then “No”, then  “Yes”, then “Maybe”, then “How should I know?”, followed with a “We think so” and finally, “Sit down, shut up and eat your dinner.” At least that’s what it feels like! How […]

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A BOOMER’S RECOLLECTION OF A COLUMBUS DAY LONG AGO

October 1, 2010

A Holiday is nearing and I am yearly visited by memories laced with gripping fear and delightful fascination. The year was 1962, I was nine years old, living in Portland Oregon and it was October 12th, Columbus Day. As I walked to school that day, lunch box in hand filled with peanut butter on white […]

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Bird Flu

June 1, 2010

It seems that by now I would have learned how to deal with difficult people. Annoyances such as complaining, judgments, criticisms, gossip, unsolicited opinions and advice given more out of manipulation and control than care and concern are just some of the ‘jeepers’ that make me ‘creepers’! Today a comment was thrust upon me that […]

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The Latest in HRT With Dr. Tori Hudson Part II

April 21, 2010

Let’s go back to delivery methods.  We have these different kinds of hormones: semi-synthetic, synthetic, bioidentical, (bioidentical from a pharmaceutical company, or bioidentical from a compounding pharmacy.) That is one little clarification we should articulate again here because those are both the same and different.  Pharmaceutical companies have a few select bioidentical hormones. There is […]

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