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What Is a Fibroid?
By wisequack at May 22, 2013 | 6:31 am | 0 Comment
Recently I went to New Mexico to get to Georgia. Discovered Georgia O’Keeffe. A remarkable woman who lived life uniquely. Painted over 2200 paintings in her 98 short years and never signed one. I sign my art when I sketch a Sherman tank in Sunday School. I am not an art afficianado in fact I don’t even think I can spell afficianado even with a spellcheck. But more...
Is The Bubonic Plague Back?
By wisequack at May 7, 2013 | 12:43 pm | 0 Comment
Every year the cockles and cackles of my heart are warmed by that sensitive and touching film classic, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. My sniffling and sobbing are replaced by shock, however, when the movie is marred by a savage demonstration of gratuitous violence. From deep within the welcoming branches of a Christmas tree an evil menace lurks. As an more...
Are Ticks Getting Worse?
By wisequack at April 28, 2013 | 1:45 pm | 0 Comment
I open my bedroom curtain and there it is every time -- Mount Finlayson -- looming defiantly, as if to say, “Dave, come lay your fins on my mount, son.” We have a symbiotic/parasitic relationship, Fin and I, whereby he hovers over the spectacular Bear Mountain Golf course, keeping an intense Sauron eye on my golf balls (which I’ve stored in several bushes, fescue more...
Is Ugliness A Disease?
By wisequack at April 23, 2013 | 11:05 am | 0 Comment
There are drugs to make you feel good There are drugs to make you be good There are drugs to make you look good Related? “Well doc, when you look good you feel good and that makes you want to be . . . well, actually -- bad. Now crack open the Botox.” Is aging a disease? Is ugliness a disease? As boomers start to pass their “best before” date and Father more...
What Is The Latest on ASA?
By wisequack at April 15, 2013 | 10:03 am | 0 Comment
“Come to grandpa little guy, c’mon, c’mon weegeebeewockawockabeebebbe . . . ” THWAAAAACK!! “OK, Asa, that poker really hurt grandpa, see the layers of peeled skin.” My other grandkids love me; I know this by the way they curl up in my lap and whisper in my ear, “Got any spare change old fella?” But grandson number three, Asa, is skittish of me. more...
What Is The Medical Professional’s Stand On Marijuana?
By wisequack at April 9, 2013 | 5:52 pm | 0 Comment
I have a patient/friend/victim who, to say he is a conspiracy theorist is like saying my dog needs a breath mint. Turns out that JFK was shot by a deranged gay whale named Hank. Pizza Hut is controlled by Mother Teresa and Pfizer. Freddie Mercury was the legitimate heir to the throne of Zanzibar . . . and so on. But he is also a bit of a maven. He knows a lot of more...
Should I Be Stretching Regularly?
By wisequack at April 2, 2013 | 6:21 pm | 0 Comment
Prior to playing hockey, we old-timers warm up; some by skating on the ice, others by Jack Daniels on ice. After a light skate, many of us head to the side boards, fall to the ice, assume assorted amphibian poses and try to stretch out our whatevers. Fred arches his back like a harp seal on a rock with a case of piles (rockpiles?), while Ralph is performing some snow more...
Is My Birth Month A Factor In My Health?
By wisequack at March 25, 2013 | 11:28 am | 0 Comment
“Doctor, I’m having some real problems with my stomach. Every time I . . . ” “What month were you born in?” “What??” “When were you born?” “February.” “I see, well then. I have to wonder about your state of mind.” “Cheque, please.” Oddly enough, it turns out that those born in February are more likely to have Alzheimer's, more...
What About Those Medication Side Effects?
By wisequack at March 18, 2013 | 4:39 am | 0 Comment
What if Dr Sealey prescribed you something that: is found in extremely high quantities in virtually all patients who have contracted thyroid cancer; if accidentally inhaled can lead to death in minutes; is found in significant concentrations in fish who have died in streams near industrial plants; and, just for good measure, has been shown to be a major component in more...
Could I be Gluten Sensitive?
By wisequack at March 11, 2013 | 11:47 am | 0 Comment
Celiac disease is usually best left to Dr Rob Sealey(yak) rather than myself as he is tickled pink to have both a disease and a posturepedic pillow named in his honour. He is now going for a breakfast cereal, a death star and a fungus. Celiac disease, which affects about one in approximately 133.638 folks, is all about an adverse reaction to gluten, a protein found in more...
