I have CLL. I write about CLL. But I have been given an opportunity to write about other things because my CLL is not on high on the front burner. I am no longer in MRD status, and back on watch and wait, all while seeing the encroaching signs of accelerating status. I will return…
Jonathan Gruber. “I don’t know who he is,” said Nancy Pelosi, recently. “You meant to say Hans Gruber,” someone said. “No. Jonathan Gruber, not Hans Gruber. Hans Gruber is the bad guy, John McClain’s nemesis, in the movie Diehard,” someone offered. “Well, they seem a lot alike to me,” was the reply, “Only Hans knew…
This month is the 6th anniversary of the unknown infection that put me in the hospital for a week. Mainmost (one of my long-time physicians) failed to find any specific thing wrong, but after a week of non-stop testing and IV antibiotics, I improved enough for them to let me go home, having had, they…
Thanks for your comments. I decided a long time ago not to allow them to be shown, since I am not inviting debate and what normally turns to the internet’s form of debate, which is name calling and rude behavior. Instead, I encourage you to get your own free blog site here and do your…
Fish and visitors begin to stink after three days Benjamin Franklin “How long will they be here?” Debbie asked me. “Just a couple of days,” I lied, referring to some of my somewhat impecunious musician friends on their grand tour of honky-tonks all around the region. “How many of them will there be?” she asked,…
Understanding health insurance and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is as complicated as a Chinese typewriter. But, I admit it. I have benefited from the ACA in spite of my previous lamentations. I have written many times about the frustration with my health insurance, presenting fictitious dialogs with Plan Admin, the name I gave to…
“Formulary? I didn’t even know I had one,” you might say. “What is a formulary?” Your formulary is the list of approved medications for which your health insurance will pay full policy benefits. The amount of benefits varies under all policies, based on whether the drugs are generic or single-sourced under patent protection. Naturally, the…
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