Olympia Dukakis said in Steel Magnolias something like, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.”
I have some distant relatives who complain about everything. “My ankles are swollen. I look
like Starr Jones.” “My back is killing me from all the years I worked in the fields to feed you ungrateful […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 23rd, 2005 at 12:34 pm and is filed under Cancer, Women's Issues. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Last year I went on my first cruise, and it was truly paradise! The sun was shining in the Caribbean, a band was playing by the outdoor pools, a man greeted us with Bahama Mamas, and the ship was filled with anticipation.
I expected Julie McCoy and Captain Steubing (from that 1970s cheesefest known as […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 9th, 2005 at 12:16 pm and is filed under Emergencies, Neurologic. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Who loves Jane Fonda? Who hates Jane Fonda? Regardless of her politics, she did win an Oscar for Klute, married Ted Turner, and starred with her father (who won an Oscar for On Golden Pond just a few weeks before he died).
Katherine Hepburn won her fourth Oscar in that movie as well, probably for shaking […]

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 5th, 2005 at 3:08 pm and is filed under Patient Behavior, Abuse, Senior Citizens. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

This is a true story, and I’m not exaggerating. A long time ago, I was at McDonald’s and the customer in front of me said, “I would like a Whopper.” The McDonald’s worker said they didn’t have a Whopper. The customer then said, “Well, how about a Whopper Jr.?”
This customer got very angry at the […]

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 5th, 2005 at 2:12 pm and is filed under Medicines, Office Visits, Patient Behavior. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.