I am at my limit in regard to the ad campaign that keeps telling me that Measure 4 is not the "North Dakota Way." The campaign seeks to shoot down Measure 4 by blanketing the airwaves with ads, peppering every tobacco retailer with signs, and filling voters' mailboxes with a seemingly endless onslaught of red, [...]
Tag: healthcare
Serving as a horrible warning…
Well, I went to Sanford's emergency room this morning. I should have gone last night, but in the moment I became one of those women that poo-pooed my symptoms. That was until they did not fully abate and I thought to myself that I should maybe just make sure the universe wasn't trying to give [...]
Like a virgin…sort of.
Madonna's song, Like a Virgin, includes a chorus line that says: Like a virgin - touched for the very first time. I have had this song in mind since Tuesday when I first went to see the chiropractor for that lingering arm issue I have been struggling with for months. The chiropractor, Dr. Brandan Anderson, [...]
Trust, but verify…
I understand and appreciate the notion that we should not treat doctors as demigods. They are, after all, just human beings - well-educated and trained human beings in medical science, but human beings nonetheless. Human beings make mistakes; hence, sometimes doctors make mistakes. That is the premise behind second opinions. I am not a medical doctor, nor [...]
If the patch fits…
Mike pulled something in his neck/shoulder area this past week and after a day of watching him experience the pain associated with it and urging him to do something to help alleviate the pain (to no avail), I put my foot down. Not on his neck and shoulder area...I didn't do one of those walking [...]