Docs write--right?

And, if you haven’t had one written for you recently, I am, of course, talking about prescriptions.

This morning, 8:30, I saw my Doc about things—things like alzheimers, and things in general. One thing we both thought might be helpful was something to help with my memory problems. Soooo, away to his tablet he went writing a prescription for something he thought might just help. (And I hope he is right here.) 

 We talked about where I usually picked up my prescriptions and I said most of the time that would be the pharmacy at Fort Gordon just outside of Augusta Georgia. So, with no further ado, he wrote out a couple of prescriptions for the pharmacy at the Fort. Which was OK, if I had an appointment there, in the near future, which was not the case. So, I phoned my doc’s office and discussed the possibility of his writing a prescription for one month’s meds to go to Walmart here in town, and another, if needed, to the pharmacy at the Fort. 

 At least that was what made the best sense to me. Unless, of course, the prescription costs were to be high. Something we did not discuss. I called back to my doc’s office and mentioned the possibility of making the prescription to Walmart. Which would make the most sense except for that cost thing. Which, for 30 days was about eight dollars. Fine—but for any additional of the same, I would rather pick up them at the fort. A price thing, of course, something my 26 years of service has already earned.

And, that is that!

Good noise perhaps

Good noise, well, perhaps

 

While watching one AM talk show, I noticed whenever they went to break, someone, be it someone at their show, or someone at the station I was watching, always turned up the volume.  Now you tell me—does that make good sense?  It doesn’t to me.  Good grief: what kind of people do those broadcasters hire?  Idiots, I’d say. 

 

Then again, maybe that’s a good thing.  I say that because when I hear it, I automatically hit the mute button.  Which is a good thing for me since what usually follows is some lawyer’s commercial, a commercial that I’ve already heard, it seems, hundreds of times, and I would be listening to them for several seconds before hitting the mute button anyway.  In either case, that mute button is my favorite button at that particular time. 

 

Having eliminated the noise of the commercials, I go to something else (anything else) till I think it’s time to return to my program.  Which is what I do, something I would recommend to anyone who might be reading this.  Noise at the end (it just happened again) or listen for the umpteenth time to some inane commercial message?  Maybe the elevated end time noise is a good thing after all!

 

What think ye? 

New Hitler

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Once served, bears repeating

Painkillers and other ‘problems?’ I have a problem (and,) my problem is pain. What do you suppose I should do about it? Well, the obvious answer, to me at least, is I should take my problem to my doctor and see what he might be able to do about it: And therein lies the rub: My doctor does not want to prescribe pain killers. So--why is this? It seems pain killers are now a popular issue of choice for our lawmakers. All of them (the lawmakers, not the pain killers) are jumping on this bandwagon lest they be seen as promoting the use of these addictive substances, mostly the oxycodons, or hydrocodons (each has various commercial names) and the problems (addiction, overdose, death) that may accompany their misuse. And, while our legislators’ injecting their (questionable) opinions, bills, and votes into this issue may make them seem responsive and give them an issue that may increase their popularity in some quarters, it does nothing for the person who may benefit from using the medications in question—the person in pain. Our legislators need to examine problems and issues that relate to the public. Our doctors need to deal with problems and issues that relate to the needs of each individual patient. While some time the twain will meet, when the legislators interject themselves between the doctors and their patients, they are making public decisions on issues that should be kept between two individuals—the doctor and his patient. Public solutions are not solutions that may be tailored to the needs of individuals, as the decisions of doctors for and with their patients must of necessity be tailored to each individual situation. If our legislators insist on inserting themselves between us and our doctors, I think we need to insert ourselves between our legislators and their jobs. Correcting my pain is not a public matter. My legislator needs to remove himself from interfering with my relationship with my doctor. My pain is not a public problem. Posted by Stephen V. Geddes

History repeats itself?

For some reason, I awoke this morning thinking about that phrase telling about how history repeats itself'  For some reason that seems to make more sense in today's world that it did when I first heard it in High School here in Aiken. quite a few years ago.  

And the main problem we might be able to recreate would be seen if we were to show our grandchildren the movie, The Sound of Music!   I'm pretty sure they would enjoy the picture--it was a real winner at the Oscars that year.  But there is one thing I expect I would hear at the end:  "Granddad, that was a great movie, but they got a few things wrong."  (My grandkids do watch the news occasionally!)  "In the first place, the big guy's name, the leader of the country in charge should have been 'Putin,' not 'Hitler!'  And, Granddad, in the second place, the hero's name was not as given, Von Trapp, it should have been 'Zelensky!'  And finally, Granddad, the country should have been 'Ukraine!'  (Everybody knows that, Granddad!!!)"

And now you know the end of the story (or why the title is what it is!)

Sleep--SLEEP!

 Just a little something--Like to sleep? Keep on reading.

Sleep—SLEEP!!

Morningbrain is a thing I continue to have more often than I would like. I can only wonder what it would be like to sleep through the night and awake refreshed. It seems this is not something that will be my lot, though

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So, type I must, or simply lie in bed listening to those voices in my head bring up idea after idea about which to write. But do I write? No, not all that often. And when I do get up and give writing a try, often those oh-so-important ideas are found to have vanished. Good grief, Charlie Brown!

I wonder if there is some medical help that may be available here. I don’t really want to take anything, though. Alcohol was my crutch for many years—too many years—and it changed from a reliever to an addiction. Not something I would wish on anyone other than an occasional “worse enemy.”

If you have found yourself in a similar rut, two things I might recommend are melatonin and valerian root. Both come in tablet form and both seem to work, when I remember them. Melatonin comes in a soluble form, meant to be placed under the tongue, and may be just what I need. Unfortunately, the last time I bought a bottle of this, I thought I was buying the 5 mg. tablets I had used before. Not so lucky—got tablets, not the kind that would be usable under the tongue, though.

The valerian works fine if I take three or four tablets before going to bed. Don’t know if it comes in an under the tongue variety like the melatonin.

Guess another trip to Walmart is in order.

Don’t you just love Wally world?

Published this initially on my facebook page. Thought it was worth the repeat!

Putin's Ukraine?

 

While watching the reports of what Russia is doing to a neighboring country, I am remembering what other nations of the world did when Russia took over several Airfields and considerable property adjacent to same years ago.  The adjacent country was Ukraine.  Other countries did nothing.  Today other countries do accept Ukraine citizens while those who did not leave their country are being slaughtered by Putin’s Troops.  And the world is doing little to stop Putin—today’s Hitler.  What can we do?  I really don’t know.  But, I do know one thing—should Putin attack a NATO country things will go quite differently for him and his nation—and for the World, too!  What can be done?  Is there a Russian positioned properly to end this mess?  One who would (and can) kill Putin is what is needed to save Ukraine and, maybe, to save Russia and the World!