Writing the good read
I have written about healthcare and the healthcare industry for more than 15 years now. In that time, I have interviewed some of the highest of the high muckety-mucks in the industry. I interviewed Donald Berwick, now the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, when he was with the Institute for Healthcare…
I plan on finding the energy to floss my teeth and moisturize. Aside from that today is a loss. My son, who learned to share young, has shared his bad-ass spring cold with me and I have literally spent 30 of the last 36 hours in bed and don’t plan on being vertical again for…
Today is the first day of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors annual Words Matter blog challenge. Each day, bloggers write on a specific topic. Today’s topic: Is there a word that has changed, or could change your life? What is it, and what difference would it make? My answer: Cure. Maybe I’m…
Here is a list of all the things I do that make me mean: 1. I don’t buy white bread and if a sandwich is purchased in my presence, it’s gonna be on something whole grain. 2. We only have dessert once a week, on Friday nights. Birthdays, holidays, and times when there are guests…
I was first diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis seven years ago. Since then, I’ve been on a string of medications to bring it under control, each one newer and more expensive than the last, each with its own list of scary potential side effects. We joke about it at home: “Honey, can you get me my…