Releasing Some Pain
Her tiny, delicate face haunts me Perfect round structure Purple bruises line her cheeks Closed eyes, left one black Wild dark brown hair Fine and Full Flat in the back Long, wispy and straight out Red lips in a perfect pout Closed mouth What truth […]
“I am taking this layoff as an opportunity to travel to Peru.”
Emily Sorman, LPN will be traveling to Cusco, Peru with the organization A Broader View. There, she will be working in a small community clinic or hospital providing basic medical care. Most indigenous people, especially the children, lack medial attention. These clinics provide necessary health […]
Mercury Testing Recommended Before Pregnancy
Recent testing of mercury concentrations in three national brands of canned tuna found that: “55% of all tuna examined was above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s safety level for human consumption.” And the problem appears to be getting worse. Previous studies on canned tuna, in […]
Strokes: False Facts and a Quiz
By now, so many months later, I’ve heard mostly everything that has been said about strokes, including upsetting rumors, dreadful untruths, and uplifting myths. Let’s take these issues one at a time. The comments in parentheses are mine. I’ll give you examples, too, even though […]
Prayer, Patients and Presence
“Yes Ma’am” he says over and over during my triage of him. His accent is thick and Southern. He tells me he is “here in beautiful Maine with a Christian group doing some work at China Lake Christian Camp and that he has a little problem with some chest pain.” This young man—early 20’s—is a big burly kid with a smile that lights up the room. He is jovial and kind, but nervous about his pain. He tells me about an irregular heartbeat that usually doesn’t cause pain. As I talk to him he continues to call me “Ma’am” and just smiles every time he says it… He calls the doctor, “Sir” and the lab tech “Sir”…he is so polite I can barely stand it. (He is not our usual patient.)
And Then There’s the Money
Today Missy and I went to look at a new nursing facility. It is close to our home. Missy has so many medical bills and she hasn’t worked for the last few years because she is taking care of me. We would of been OK […]
Chemo Update and Going Alkaline
I’m learning how to be a person in normal life again, and everything takes so much longer! Seriously. Getting dressed takes minutes now instead of seconds. But all is well as this report soon shows… I’m back in the hospital, but just for 24 hours. […]
The Hospital Gown: Misguided and Malfunctioned
Country Music icon Trace Adkins sang “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” at the Grand Ole Opry when I was in Nashville about a decade ago. The music was hot, but the lyrics left me wondering about Trace: It’s so hard not to stare At that honky tonk […]
Four Ways Nurses Can Overcome Health and Fitness Challenges
Nurses have one of the most difficult jobs in our country. Working several hours a day to take care of our ill requires a mental and physical strength that is both inspirational and world changing. However, sometimes this work can be so difficult that it […]