Drugs are not cheap and for an addict the money for them has to come from somewhere. How many of us want who have addicts in our families want for them to quit and become clean again? Yet how many of us also enable their drug use by giving them money. We can call it…
Tag Archive: death
Organ Donation
I am very surprised to learn that only about 26 in a million people are organ donors. I know this is something we don’t like to think about but eventually we are each and all called to our maker and the decision should not be left to the loved ones we leave behind. In Texas…
Christmas and Depression
Very often young people don’t understand how anyone could be depressed around the holidays. However as one gets older you do understand that with age comes loss. The elderly who are in nursing homes lose the most. Not only have they had to say goodbye to family and friends who have passed on, but they…
Pertussis
Pertussis or Whooping Cough has reared it’s ugly head again, mainly in California and the Pacific Northwest where they say there is a high rate of vaccine refusal by parents. Babies don’t usually get the vaccine till they are at least two months old. so infants under that age are very much at risk for…
Happy Birthday Dad, Wherever You Are
For those of you who don’t know, my dad passed away two years ago from colon cancer. It’s his birthday today and I miss not being able to talk to him. My dad was not perfect in anyway but he tried. He was a hard worker all his life and was loyal to my mom…
Pot For Pain
In trials, people who have had damage to their nervous systems report feeling less pain, anxiety, and depression when taking pot. Most people did not feel like they were “high” either. Researchers are still hiding behind ” we still don’t know about pot’s long term effects” so don’t expect everyone to take this finding seriously….
Interval Fitness Training
So now the fitness experts are saying that a 15 or 20 minute intense workout, done about once a week is all you really need to get in shape and stay in shape. They say that 4 sets of 4 minute hard workouts with a three minute rest is better than the half hour every…
Final Thoughts On Hospice
It’s been a while since my last post because I’ve lost both my parents. My mother unexpectedly died December 2 morning, and my father died December 4. We had hospice take my dad to a hospice unit in a hospital, where they were better staffed and equiped to care for him. I believe that…
Hospice
I was very surprised to find out that hospice was first start in about 1967. It seems like it would have been something that should have been in place for a lot longer. It took a little convincing but my father agreed to have hospice come in. Right now they are only coming to…
Death Toll of The Uninsured
We’ve all known for some time now that people who are uninsured are more likely to skip preventative care and even wait until an illness has progressed to a dangerous point before going to an emergency room for treatment. The White House and the candidates for president must recognize that early preventative care and…