I have always been a big proponent of calling a ‘spade a spade’ and telling it like it is. I don’t want things sugar coated or watered down to make them sound nicer or less scary. Give it to me straight or not at all. This belief was reinforced during my last doctor’s visit. I had been
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I truly believe laughter is the best medicine…well as far as free medicines go. I totally have a lunch sack full of pills that can give generic laughter a good ol’ fashioned run for its money, but nothing beats a laugh. I’m not talking about the quiet snickers with your hand over your mout
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Recently, it has been suggested to me that because I am receiving treatments regularly, the treatments mean that I’m not really sick. The assertion is that on treatment, I lead a “basically healthy” life and that I am “pretty normal”. Well, let’s go ahead and examine this idea of norma
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