As readers know, last week I was hospitalized. I’d been sick for about five weeks, with infections in my arms and hands, very serious infections. I needed to go into the hospital so I could have intravenous antibiotics, as oral antibiotics were not strong enough to eliminate the infections. Anytime you are hospitalized, of course, […]
A Note from My Doctor (Part II)
It’s Thursday morning at the Bay Pointe Hospital (I don’t know why they added the “E” to Point) I stop by the lab to pick up the results and they can’t be found. Hands were scratching heads, Tagalog is flying around the room at the speed of light. Pandemonium has taken over; my blood pressure […]
Confined
Here in the Philippines, if you are in the hospital, they call it being “confined” to the hospital. Kind of sounds like you are in prison or something. Well, I have done nothing illegal, but I have been confined. Yep, I am in the hospital. If you recall, a couple weeks ago I told you […]
A Note from My Doctor (Part I)
Over my lifetime the US Navy and I has spent a fortune on my teeth I can’t speak as to the Navy’s reason but mine was simple; I kinda’ liked them. The pleasure of eating an apple or corn on the cob and a good steak was never a bad thing for me. Over the […]
An Ole Friend has departed
The taillights were flickering into the dusk, as our New Ole Honda departs its mountain home for the last time, a tear wells up in my family’s eye, and then we all turn to the New-new Mitsubishi and we smile. New cars sure smell so good. The pre-sold deal fell through, but we all knew […]
My scary ordeal
Hello friends, you haven’t heard from me for a while, several weeks now. Some of you who are friends on Facebook know what’s been going on, but probably most readers here don’t know. I have been very, very sick. I’m not completely better yet, but I’m on the mend, and feeling a lot better. It […]