Category: Healthcare
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H&W|60+|I Get Tired of The Pain|Vol.1
Title: Living with Chronic Pain: Accepting Where I Am, Exploring Where I Can Go Living with chronic pain can take a real toll on my spirit. Between bilateral radiculopathy and the onset of bilateral hip arthritis, it’s been over a year of ongoing discomfort—sometimes subtle, often intense. And on days like today, when the pain…
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H&W|Calm Through The Chaos: Aging & Healthcare| Series 2: The Appointment and What Comes After
Calm Through the Chaos: Aging & Healthcare Made SimpleSeries 2: The Appointment — And What Comes After Welcome back to Calm Through the Chaos. In Series 1, we talked about how to make a medical appointment and what to do beforehand to be prepared. Now let’s talk about what happens during the appointment — and just as importantly — what…
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H&W| Calm Through the Chaos: Aging & Healthcare| Series 1: Making An Appointment
Welcome to My Health and Wellness Series for Seniors: Calm Through the Chaos: Aging & Healthcare Made Simple Series 1: Making an Appointment Scheduling a medical appointment—especially for the first time—can be more complicated than people expect. Whether it’s for a primary care provider (PCP) or a specialist, being prepared can ease stress and help…
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60+|80-85 Years Old
Contemplating the Passage of Time: When Do We Want to Say Goodbye? Yesterday, during a conversation with one of my younger coworkers in his 20s, he asked me a question I hadn’t really thought about in quite the same way before: “How long do you want to live?” I paused for a moment, as the…
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Blog Challenge |60+|Technology in Work
How has technology changed your job? The Evolution of Healthcare: The Blessing and Burden of Technology Once upon a time, visiting the doctor was a much simpler process. Patients filled out forms by hand, doctors wrote chart notes in ink, and if a referral or prescription was needed, a physical form was handed to the…
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H&W|60+|I Advocate For Elderly Patients
Navigating Healthcare as a Senior: The Need for Compassion and Clarity As we age, managing healthcare becomes increasingly complex. From scheduling appointments to understanding medical instructions, the process can be overwhelming—especially for elderly patients who may struggle with memory, hearing, or simply grasping the fast-paced information given to them. Through my years of experience caring…
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Blog Challenge |60+|Medical Surgeons
Who is the most confident person you know? The Most Confident People I Know When I think about confidence, my mind immediately goes to the neurosurgeons I work with in complex spine and cerebrovascular surgery. These highly skilled professionals perform intricate procedures that change lives—relieving extreme back pain, removing tumors, taming tremors, and securing aneurysms.…
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