I was telling my best friend how I had to go to the doctor because I got a 2nd degree burn from spilling tea. Her response, “Wow, you’d make a terrible geisha!” IMMD
More details from the ER. Took a moment to focus on a palm outside. The hospital is a great place to just sit and pray for people too. Challenge yourself to do that the next time you are there, and it really helps the hours go by.
November 20, 2009 ABC News By Courtney Hutchison Health officials and health care providers in many areas of the country are breathing a sigh of relief — albeit a cautious one — as the number of confirmed cases of H1N1, as well as flu-related emergency room visits and ICU cases, begins to decline. W ...
Finding the right panic attack treatment can be very important if you are someone who suffers from anxiety disorder. It seems like everyone you know is going to have a nervous breakdown at any moment. Isn’t this true? If it’s not caused by the stress from their job, it’s their spouse or their childr ...
When first placed on the transplant list I was excited about what was about to come. I began my wait and waited and waited and waited. Two hospitalizations and I waited and waited. I called the beeper to make sure it wasn’t one of those Office Depot fake plastic beepers. I considered alternatives an ...
When the nice paramedic walked me back to the room where I would wait for the doctor to sew my hand up, I balked at the sight of the bed. Joyana’s charcoal covered face flashed through my mind, followed swiftly by a wave of panic and fear. Deep breaths. “I’m here for me,” I had [...]
US Healthcare – What’s wrong with it? By Phil Bate PhD We spend 2-3 times as much on our healthcare as most of the countries that now have “socialized medicine”. Yet, every country with socialized medicine has much better overall health statistics. As a matter fact, we are hovering around 32nd in th ...
This, and all of the content on this site, was sent in a chain-forwarded email: The other day, I needed to go to the emergency room. Not wanting to sit there for all day, I purposely put on my old Marine fatigues and stuck a patch onto the front of my shirt that I had purchased off the Internet. Whe ...
