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#602 – Hip Replacement Recovery Tip 2

May 5, 2022 No Comments

This is a hip replacement recovery tip that was a long time coming. After my second hip replacement (right side), I ended up with a “#602 – Hip Replacement Recovery Tip 2”

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#601 – Hip Replacement Recovery Tip 1

April 28, 2022 No Comments

One of the best hip replacement recovery exercises I did was to walk on a treadmill. My all-time favourite physiotherapist, Anne, started me off on “#601 – Hip Replacement Recovery Tip 1”

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#599 – Uncapping Medication Bottles

March 31, 2022 No Comments

If you have RA, you know that the uncapping of medication bottles is a challenge. There is a note on my file to remind the “#599 – Uncapping Medication Bottles”

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#584 – RA and a Regularly Hoarse Voice?

July 15, 2021 6 Comments

My friends and family have noticed that over the years the tone of my voice has changed; it has become a little more hoarse or, “#584 – RA and a Regularly Hoarse Voice?”

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#566 – Live Better with RA – Tip #7

May 20, 2019 1 Comment

Tip #7 – Build Your Team When you have RA, you may have a tendency to figuratively withdraw and move to an island but don’t. “#566 – Live Better with RA – Tip #7”

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Hearing Loss Is No Laughing Matter

January 17, 2019 4 Comments

Never mind the eyes playing tricks on you. With hearing loss, the ears do as well. “I’m watching Mary Knival, tonight,” said my mother-in-law. “Who “Hearing Loss Is No Laughing Matter”

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Workplace Stress: Know Thy Customer!

November 28, 2018 2 Comments

It would stand to reason that customer service is all about understanding the needs of the customer. But reason and common sense do not always “Workplace Stress: Know Thy Customer!”

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#552 – Medical Intake Forms

November 6, 2018 1 Comment

Whenever I see a new health practitioner, I ask that the medical intake form be emailed to me so that I can print it off “#552 – Medical Intake Forms”

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Treatment Decisions

October 25, 2018 No Comments

Today’s patient is much more involved in treatment decisions. Long gone are the days when the doctor prescribed and the patient swallowed. Patients often arrive “Treatment Decisions”

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Boo-Boos, Helichrysum Essential Oil and Epsom Salts

May 10, 2018 4 Comments

Boo-boos – we all get them. Big ones and small ones. Nor are our four-legged friends immune from them! I first witnessed the miracle of “Boo-Boos, Helichrysum Essential Oil and Epsom Salts”

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Gather Your Family Health History On Family Day

February 11, 2018 2 Comments

In British Columbia, we’re celebrating Family Day on Monday, February 12th. Many other provinces will celebrate it on the 19th of February. In addition to “Gather Your Family Health History On Family Day”

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#545 – When Your Doctor Tells You There’s No More Time

January 17, 2018 1 Comment

You have a chronic illness. You go to the doctor with your list of symptoms, but you’re told that there is no more time and “#545 – When Your Doctor Tells You There’s No More Time”

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Marianna Paulson Auntie Stress

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