As we went through Grandpa’s belongings after his passing one of the things we came upon were some carefully labeled but expired medicines. And I don’t mean a couple of months expired; generally they had expired a decade or so ago. Grandpa was always a frugal guy...
Recently, just as I thought I was turning the corner on dealing with my own upper respiratory infection, one of the eyes looking back at me from the mirror was red with some thick crusty stuff in and around it (affectionately termed “eye boogers” by many). I had that...
When someone’s voice would rise above all the rest and be heard across the room, my wife’s family, the Davises, would remark knowingly, “He has the gift of projection.” A little after nine in the morning a week ago Friday, a man who had, and I would say still has,...
“I don’t remember doing a thing to my foot; I didn’t stub it, I didn’t drop anything on it, but holy cow it feels like a boil in my big toe. I woke up and it’s big and red and throbbing. What do you think is going on with it?” Indeed the base of Mr. Stoddard’s big...
“Well, it looks like your liver enzymes are a bit high on your bloodwork.” That comment or something like it is repeated by me a few times a day in the office. Liver enzymes are a part of a typical chemistry panel that is checked for a physical exam or with numerous...
