While reading about rare diseases over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed that these conditions often involve some type of pain. And there seem to be a lot of different descriptions for pain, including: In articles in medical journal, the two Ns came up the Read More …
Over 25 years ago, my dad and I were paddling back to shore near the Outlet River – at Sandbanks Provincial Park (in Ontario, Canada) – when a man on shore waved us over. He introduced himself as Jim Merrithew, a professional photographer who was Read More …
The cycling season on the western portion of Montréal Island usually begins in mid- to late March, once all the snow and underlying ice have melted off the roadsides, and ends when the winter snow starts to fall again in November or early December. It’s Read More …
On May 27th, the day of my diagnosis, I had the first of a series of 6 day-surgery procedures; all within 10 business days – or 2 weeks. These medical procedures were all performed by a specialist physician, a neuro-anesthesiologist. I found out later, from Read More …
This is one of those friend-of-a-friend stories. One of my friends is an almost-retired nurse, working part-time in administration at a small healthcare company. The firm specializes in full-time home-care for older folks, who wouldn’t otherwise be able to keep living in their own homes. It’s a fee-based service, which isn’t funded within Read More …
This is a b-a-d play on words, even for me! I just ordered a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) therapeutic device, and realized that it’s June 10th –> So that makes it a TENS on the 10th! The unit I ordered is a portable electrotherapy device, used (hopefully!) Read More …
