When I started writing my health column I said I would not give medical advice – I am still keeping my word on that. However, I do believe that the more we know about medical conditions and their early warning signs, we can keep ourselves healthier, and hopefully prevent more harm to our bodies. My […]
YOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – May 2023 Read More »
I am sure like me, you have heard many times the old phrase by Ben Franklin: “nothing is certain except death and taxes”. When we are young, we do not realize the full impact of this and the responsibilities that go along with these two items. Taxes are pretty straight forward – you earn money,
YOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – April 2023 Read More »
Trying to figure out exactly what is in your pet’s food, you almost have to be both a scientist and a lawyer to read and understand the labeling. The pet food industry is large, competitive, profit driven, often work around regulations which are vague at best, and they rely on smart marketing ploys to entice
If Our Pets Could Talk – April 2023 Read More »
Part 2 This is part 2 – suggesting the type of questions to ask when you are touring a potential care facility and meet with the person in charge of the facility, or their representative. Part One in the February column dealt with things to observe when looking at prospective care facilities. Below I have
YOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – March 2023 Read More »
It is never an easy decision to move a loved one into a care facility. Watching someone lose their ability to live independently can be very difficult. Even when it is clearly the right decision, deciding where the best place for your spouse, family member, etc.. to live is often overwhelming. We are not in
YOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – February 2023 Read More »
Even after all this time, I am still saddened when I hear of a person dying at lakeside, and it is discovered that no arrangements have been made by the owner as to what is to happen to their pet(s), and who is going to be taking over their care when left behind. And more
If Our Pets Could Talk – February 2023 Read More »
Possibly you yourself have been a caregiver for a family member, a dear friend, or have known a caregiver and understand this is an enormous undertaking. In my own life I have had this experience three times – as a co-caregiver with my Mom caring for my Dad when he had Cancer, as a solo
YOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – January 2023 Read More »
It is important to have information about strokes. Each of us has probably known someone who has had a stroke, needed rehabilitation after one and even possibly died after one. I am not writing about this to scare you, but to help you understand the seriousness of this medical situation. A transient ischemic attack (TIA)
You And Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – December 2022 Read More »
The October issue was about dog trivia, and this column is giving ‘equal time’ to cats, regarding trivia information. Cats are believed to be the only mammals who don’t taste sweetness. Cats have 473 taste buds on their tongue. Cats don’t see in black and white—but they are somewhat colorblind. Cats see colors on a
If Our Pets Could Talk – December 2022 Read More »
Your doctor has ordered some blood work for you. You look at the slip and it looks like a bunch of letters – CBC, RBC, LDH, FBS, etc. It is not a Scrabble game, they do mean something. Below is a very brief guide, as to what the letters mean on ‘basic’ blood tests. There
YOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – November 2022 Read More »
