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 …
I’d just met the neuro-anesthesiologist, the new treating physician to whom I’d been assigned by my local community hospital. On May 25th he confirmed the diagnosis; I had a rare neuro-inflammatory disease. He explained that this rare condition could spread; it could jump from one Read More …
How was adopting a patient-centric approach helpful for my neuro-anesthesiologist? As part of this approach, during our initial consultation yesterday, he asked about my background and experience. Because of this, he found out that my field is bioethics – also called medical ethics. He now Read More …
