In the summer of 1974, I was driving east on I-70 in St. Louis when a ladder fell off the truck in front of me. Steering to avoid the ladder, I drove over it, and a piece of it locked my wheels. Continue reading Ralph Nadar and the US Government Saved My Life
I never expected when I began this blog in 2013 that I’d be using it to share some of my health information. But then projects often lead to unexpected results. Anyway, I have shared that I recently fainted and have been diagnosed with 4% Afib. Well, another case of extreme dizziness caused by a very low heart rate (35-40 bpm) landed me in urgent care again last weekend. Continue reading I Keep Getting Older: But That’s Ok
I fainted for the first time in my 71 years of life yesterday morning. Evidently, a combination of having low blood pressure and heart rate, getting out of bed too quickly, and dehydration caused that drop in blood flow to the brain. Went to the urgent care, where, after a CT Scan and other tests, they determined I was most likely fine. Continue reading Fainting
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I had a cortisol injection this morning to hopefully relieve pain and inflammation in my thenar eminence (thumb pad). While I’ve had multiple COVID, flu, pneumonia, shingles, and other shots in the last few years, this one really hurt. Continue reading Is Pain A Good Thing?
I have previously written about the difference between how the world is and how we imagine it could be. Today I was thinking about the problem from the microcosmic point of view—the difference between what I am and what I wish I could be. Why is so much of our potential never actualized? Continue reading Thoughts At The End Of January, 2023