Aging Parents and Assisted Living Choices
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My Mother decided to go into an assisted living facility. She picked the one she liked and 6 weeks later she made the move. We are all thrilled. This facility is like a docked cruise ship. It is elegant, friendly, great food, lots of activities, and excursions. The average age at this center is 83.…
DetailsMichelle Obama as a Role Model
I like Michelle Obama. She comes across, smart, savvy, grounded, a sense of humor, and very connected to her role in history. She has an athletic sense of style. That style is a great role model for women of all ages. Then there is the subject of Michelle’s arms. A lot has been said and…
DetailsA Taste of Sustainable Summer in a Bottle
HOTLIPS SODA, like drinking fresh fruit in a bottle. For those of us who can’t drink alcoholic beverages, here is a tasty alternative.
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I attended this year’s Susan G Komen for the Cure®, Breast Cancer Issues conference in Portland, Oregon. This conference addressed risk reduction, treatment options and survivorship. It was a great, well organized, and well attended conference. The 3 sessions had 5 lectures to chose, all very interesting, resulting in a difficult choice. Luckily the notes…
DetailsCommunicating Your Health Concerns
It is so easy to say to some one “How are you” and to answer, “Well, How about you?”This conversational banality does not fare well with doctors or as a patient. If you don’t feel well and are ill, it is an art to describe your symptoms intelligently. Most of us don’t have experience in…
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A new word in the lexicon of breast cancer and ovarian cancer is “Previvor”. A previvor is a person who does not have cancer yet, but is at a higher, elevated risk to get cancer. Previvors are demonstrated in those women who test positive for the BRCA gene mutation. BRCA gene mutation means higher…
DetailsThe Business of Girl Scout Cookies in 2009
Have you been approached by your neighbor Girl Scout yet? Have you seen the Girl Scouts out side your grocery store? Do the words ‘Thin Mints’ bring a desire to buy for you? It is Girl Scout Cookie Season, 2009. I have my money ready. Prepare yourself for the impact of a down economy…
DetailsMenopausal Eyesight
My menopausal eyes are now 100% in corrective lenses With Bifocals!My eyes are too dry to wear my contacts. They stick to my eyeballs and no amount of drops is helping me get them out easily. I get very anxious when I can not remove my contact lenses. I am frustrated with having to whip…
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