8 hours agoMember-onlyOxy and Me…Understanding Addiction It’s been less than an hour since I took my first dose of Oxycodone. I have constant pain in my right shoulder and down the arm — from a severely torn rotator cuff that may require a “reverse shoulder replacement.” …Addiction3 min readAddiction3 min read
Jan 12Member-onlyI’m Not Lazy…I’m in PainI follow Shannon Ashley on Medium and this post really hit home: https://medium.com/honestly-yours/its-so-hard-to-talk-about-pain-d721abfd8e05 I’ve been dealing with pain for most of my adult life. It started when I was a young RN. In the 1960s-1970s there were few ways that patients were transferred from bed to stretcher or bed to…Womens Health4 min readWomens Health4 min read
Dec 11, 2022Member-onlyMy Exploding HeadSeriously… I have one I have an exploding head. Having one’s head explode by hearing or seeing something out of the normal has become a comic mannerism — putting both hands up to one’s head and making exploding gestures. But it’s a real syndrome and at first it can be…Sleep3 min readSleep3 min read
Nov 24, 2022Member-onlyMy Favorite ThanksgivingMy favorite Thanksgiving had no “real” turkey — maybe a huge turkey in a parade — but no turkey to eat. “You’re crazy to drive into New York on Thanksgiving…” I heard that for days before the holiday. “Everyone else will be driving in the opposite direction,” was my answer. …Thanksgiving2 min readThanksgiving2 min read
Nov 4, 2022Member-onlyUneditedI haven’t been writing on Medium as often as I did in the past. There’s a very good reason for that and you may discover it in the stext of this article. You see –I’m not ediing what I’ve written — all the mistakes and bad keystrokes are right her…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Nov 4, 2022Member-onlyThe Quest for PerfectionNo one’s perfect; so why, at 75, am I still trying? I’m lying-in bed, trying to settle down enough to get asleep. But my brain keeps working overtime. I’ve made a list of things “to-do” the next day. …Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
Sep 30, 2022Member-onlyGrieving MitziElisabeth Kubler-Ross identified the stages of grief as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. I recently realized that I’ve gone through those stages as I grieve for Mitzi. Denial: This can’t be happening to me. I still think like I’m forty or maybe fifty. I’m not a forgetful old lady. I…Aging2 min readAging2 min read
Aug 20, 2022Member-onlyWhy I Want to Rescue Another DogAnd why it may not be a good idea… After my husband and I got married ten years ago –second for both of us and we were both in our sixties — he told me he would like s dog. While driving around our little village we saw a sign…3 min read3 min read
Aug 9, 2022Member-onlyThe Cost of Insulin Is Just One IssueIn the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisitiNOon of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. President Eisenhower in his Farewell Address. Today we need to “guard against the acquisition of…3 min read3 min read
Jul 31, 2022Member-onlyNo — I’m not suicidal — I think…Another story from my latest hospital vacay…. How did I get to be “suicidal” — at least in the minds of the nursing staff when I was last in the hospital? Had it been something I said? If it was, I can’t remember it. Was it something I’d done? I…2 min read2 min read