At various points in your life, you may be lacking in nutrients due to any number of factors. This post is more about reminding you “#215 – Supplement Wary”
Category: Healthcare
#206 – Sleep, Oh Beautiful Sleep
Surgery is traumatic. Getting to the hospital. Prepping for surgery. The anesthetic. Cutting. Even if you’re not conscious, a part of you hears the whirrrr “#206 – Sleep, Oh Beautiful Sleep”
#204 – The Do Contact List
Several weeks ago, I had a conglomeration of never-experienced-before symptoms that were hard to describe, even after checking Another Word for “It Hurts”. As a “#204 – The Do Contact List”
#200 – Need to Know
When you’re scheduled for surgery, all the risks and complications are explained in great detail. This alone can be a frightening experience, adding more stress “#200 – Need to Know”
#189 – Here I Go. Again.
You may or may not know about my un-hip adventure in January. It featured a dislocated hip, a trip to the Emergency Department and a “#189 – Here I Go. Again.”
#178 – Cracked Heels and Broken Bones
For those of you who have prosthetics, you’ll know that an infection is to be avoided at all costs. Should an infection develop, the prosthetic “#178 – Cracked Heels and Broken Bones”
#175 – A-mazed
A little pre-trip preparation goes a long way to taking out the guessing for your appointment. Thinking beforehand about what to take and how to “#175 – A-mazed”
#159 – Make It So – Not Necessarily
On All You Gotta Do Is Ask, I talked about getting your medication transferred into a “chubby” with easy-off caps. “Make it so,” may work for “#159 – Make It So – Not Necessarily”
#153 – Seeing the Light
It’s been my experience that the first week post-surgery is the toughest to get through. Then, like the incremental increase in daylight that we’re observing “#153 – Seeing the Light”
#144 – Walking Papers
The doctor has finally given you the okay to go home from the hospital. You’ll be issued a set of walking papers – a Post Surgical “#144 – Walking Papers”
#137 – Snip, Snip, Clip, Clip
Dependent upon the type of surgery you have, your shower or bath time may be restricted for several days or weeks. How do you improve “#137 – Snip, Snip, Clip, Clip”
#136 – Glowin’ in the Dark
One thing I wished I had done was to keep a record of the number of diagnostic images I’ve had over the years. This includes “#136 – Glowin’ in the Dark”