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What I learned about Mitzi While Watching an Almost 40 Year Old TV Comedy

I saw thendifferent atage of my life in the characters… After having several years of poor health that resulted in being in an out of the hospital and multiple surgeries, I searched for something light and funny to stream before going to bed. I finally decided on The Golden Girls…

TV Series

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What I learned about Mitzi While Watching an Almost 40 Year Old TV Comedy
What I learned about Mitzi While Watching an Almost 40 Year Old TV Comedy
TV Series

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Feb 12

Superbowl Party— Hospital Style

The man I loved was in the hospital with cardiac problems. He would soon be on a heart transplant list. But we didn’t know it on that Superbowl Sunday. He was a big burly guy who enjoyed beer and football — and always watched “The Big Game’ — no matter…

Super Bowl

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Superbowl Part — Hospital Style
Superbowl Part — Hospital Style
Super Bowl

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Feb 7

59 Years Ago Today- Feb. 7, 1964

I didn’t know on Feb. 7, 1964 that my life was going to change — but the next day it did.

Beatls

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59 Years Ago Today- Feb. 7, 1964
59 Years Ago Today- Feb. 7, 1964
Beatls

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Jan 31

Oxy 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.” …

Addiction

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Oxy and Me…
Oxy and Me…
Addiction

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Jan 12

I’m Not Lazy…I’m in Pain

I 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 Health

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I’m Not Lazy…I’m in Pain
I’m Not Lazy…I’m in Pain
Womens Health

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Dec 11, 2022

My Exploding Head

Seriously… 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…

Sleep

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My Exploding Head
My Exploding Head
Sleep

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Nov 24, 2022

My Favorite Thanksgiving

My 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. …

Thanksgiving

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My Favorite Thanksgiving
My Favorite Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving

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Nov 4, 2022

Unedited

I 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…

Writing

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Unedited
Unedited
Writing

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Nov 4, 2022

The Quest for Perfection

No 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 Lessons

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The Quest for Perfection
The Quest for Perfection
Life Lessons

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Sep 30, 2022

Grieving Mitzi

Elisabeth 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…

Aging

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Grieving Mitzi
Grieving Mitzi
Aging

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mitzi.flyte

mitzi.flyte

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A 70+ year old retired RN who’s following her 60 year old dream of being a writer, one interested in everything unusual. www.facebook.com/MitziFlyteAuthor

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