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Neil Kramer explores the humorous side of family, friendship, love, and sex, and the dangerous art of writing about it.
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Category Archives: Health
Help Cure Juvenile Myositis
Kevin of Always Home and Uncool has asked me to post this as part of his effort to raise awareness in the blogosphere of juvenile myositis, a rare autoimmune disease his daughter was diagnosed with on this day seven years … Continue reading
Blaming Others for My Cold
I am sick with a cold. And it sucks. And I feel miserable. And I feel like lashing out at whoever or whatever made me sick. Cause I am a big baby and I am a mean-spirited person. So, here … Continue reading
Prayer
In the last post, I had a little fun with a BlogHer session titled “Is Mommyblogging Still a Radical Act?” I found this amusing to watch the word “radical” exploited and mangled so all the air seeps out of it … Continue reading
The Wider That Her Hips Are
Have you seen this interesting health news? — Research shows that women with bigger hips have higher IQs than their more slender counterparts. Finally! A way to figure out which readers to dump from my blogroll — the dumb skinny … Continue reading
Here Comes the Sun
After Sophia’s second surgery, there was still some DCIS seen in the tissue taken from her breast. Her doctors were undecided on what to do next. The pathology report seemed to indicate that Sophia should either have a third surgery … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Life with Sophia
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The Saga Continues
I apologize for the last “depressing” post. I’m not usually prone to feeling down. I even feel selfish focusing on myself rather than Sophia. She’s the one who should be depressed, but instead, she’s keeping her spirits high — thanks … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Life with Sophia
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Coherent Post Later
1) Sophia went into surgery with her usual good humor, making the staff laugh, and giving them the stickers that she had received from Eileen in Australia. 2) Sophia patched things up with her surgeon, who explained that the “error” … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Life with Sophia
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Talking Health Care with Psychotoddler
A few weeks ago, Not So Confidential answered some of my questions about gun control. I enjoyed the format. I doubt that he changed the minds of most of my wimpy liberal Bush-hating readers, but it was cool to … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Life in General
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Good News/Bad News
The good news is that Sophia doesn’t have invasive breast cancer. The bad news is she has DCIS (Ductal carcinoma in situ). What is DCIS? DCIS is not life-threatening. It is non-invasive, and is considered the earliest form of cancer—Stage … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Life with Sophia, Los Angeles
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