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Tag: Health

  • My Amazon Page

    My Amazon Page

    Here are some books I’ve written. I hope you enjoy them.

  • God is so good

    God is so good

    My mom needed knee replacement surgery. She found out last year, but it was sometime before she was prepared for it. It happened about a week ago. I took her to the hospital, stayed with her and waited for her, and took her home. Not a big deal. But I have to give God the…

  • Thank you to my readers!

    Thank you to my readers!

    Dear Readers, thanks to you, my book is #81 in Physician & Patient Healing!

  • Tightening Things Up

    Tightening Things Up

    I know my life on this earth is limited, as it is for all of us, but I want to do my best to care for the body the Lord has given me and to be successful in achieving the things he has for me to do.

  • Fun in Tahoe

    Fun in Tahoe

    Previously, I posted a philosophical piece on my blog, but now, I wanted to back-fill with a few light entertainments to boot…here is one of them:

  • A miracle

    A miracle

    My former doctor called me the other day. I was slightly shocked to get a personal call from him. I suppose it was in a professional capacity, but he called to apologize for not referring me to a nephrologist sooner.

  • Sometimes I splurge

    Sometimes I splurge

    An excerpt from my new book on chronic kidney disease: I try to avoid things I love like milkshakes, meat burgers, lots of sweets and so on, but sometimes I splurge. I guess moderation is the name of the game, but occasionally, I drink milk, eat a steak or have some chocolate.

  • How hot is it… ?

    How hot is it… ?

    Last September: So you may be aware that the USA has been in the throes of what may be global warming. In any case, with record highs, it has been near or over 100 degrees Fahrenheit for the past few days…

  • Cramps

    Cramps

    I used to get up in the night with cramps in my thighs. I had to walk them out, and would sometimes eat bananas or pickle juice to combat the symptoms, but with CKD, I get cramps in my feet, and those are worse.

  • GFR holding…

    GFR holding…

    So I was not dieting super-well. I was having two pieces of bread minimum per meal, my pizza had pepperoni & sausage action, and I was having some salty food and a fair amount of red meat.