Category Archives: Illness

Dealing with people who are sick

There’s that person with . . .

If you like this blog, send it to 3 (or more) of your friends and encourage them to sign up. Let’s keep the conversation going! I’m “meeting” some wonderful people as I deal with ALS, including folks who have other … Continue reading

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Medicare Efficiency? – Not Really

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Helping Each Other — It’s Not So Hard

If you like this blog, send it to 3 (or more) of your friends and encourage them to sign up. Let’s get the conversation going! From Ashland, Oregon, April 3, 2011 On the road I’m in Ashland, Oregon as I … Continue reading

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Drug costs: out of control because we don’t control them

If you’re an adult in this country who needs and uses any prescription drugs, it won’t surprise you to learn that the cost of drugs is going up. And if you are conscious of political realities now facing the US … Continue reading

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Patient? Who’s patient?

Those of you know me know that I care deeply about words and what they convey. Years ago, not long after I became the Executive Director of Breast Cancer Action – www.bcaction.org – I had occasion to look at the … Continue reading

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Don’t ask me how I am!

Friday, March 04, 2011 Years ago, over lunch with a friend who had been treated for very advanced breast cancer, I asked the question many of us ask when we see people we haven’t seen for a  while: “How are … Continue reading

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