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Anybody that knows me sees that question and knows that I have my tongue firmly planted in my cheek.
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
It’s been six months since I had my knee replacement surgery so I thought I would catch you up a bit.
I turned to a family member this week for ideas for this space. She told me “well, you haven’t written about your newest grandchild yet.”
How do we return to exercising and respect social distancing?
Maybe it’s too early. Maybe people aren’t ready to think in these terms. But there is no denying that the future will bring us a “new normal,”…
I received a note from a reader this week, mostly appreciating what I didn’t have to say about COVID-19. But she did add, “Tell us this — what…
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I will not write about Covid-19. I will not write about Covid-19. I will NOT write about Covid-19.
Coronavirus. Doom and gloom. Fear the Beast.
Just this week, Governor Lee announced that the Safer at Home order will expire on April 30th, allowing the reopening of businesses across the state.
I struggled this week to find anything to write about that was NOT about the coronavirus. That’s all anyone is talking about. In healthcare, i…
I’ve never been much of a worrier. Oh my mom was. If she didn’t have anything to worry about, she would worry that she didn’t have anything to…
The “New Normal.” If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a hundred times.
It’s a strange world we’re living in right now. No March Madness. No NBA. No high school spring sports. Nothing. Even The Daily Times sports i…
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I’ve been asked a lot this week if I was going to write about the coronavirus. Yes and no. This is going to be about the coronavirus but not r…
One day this week, I was driving by an elementary school while the kids were out on recess. All across the schoolyard were children in varying…
I have been in Nashville this week on business with the state legislature. Yes, I was there on Monday night when the tornado came through. I w…
I often tell stories about patients and athletes I have taken care of. I’ve been doing this a very long time so I have plenty of stories to tell.
This one is for the old guys.
You can blame this one on the candles on my birthday cake.
You’ve heard before that I have grandkids. Seven of them, to be exact. Each of them is unique and special and, just like your grandchildren, a…
I promised I wouldn’t be back to talk about my knee replacement until I was back on the bicycle. Well … I’m back. On Tuesday of this week, at …
I don’t run. I don’t aspire to becoming a runner. The only running I plan to do is to run onto the football field to check an injury. Or being…
True story. Early this week, I sat down to write for this space. And I sat there. And sat there. Nothing came. I’ve been doing this thing for …
My oldest grandchild got a smart phone for Christmas. It was a complete surprise. I called her on it while it was still in the box, which adde…
A family member had a baby about 3 a.m. on Christmas Day. Everybody is fine. It was a pretty awesome Christmas present, but it got me to think…
This is going to be the last you hear on this topic for a while.
I received some good column writing advice many years ago — advice I’ve tried to always follow.
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