Tag: health
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What Happens After a Cancer Diagnosis?
Getting a cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. Before patients even have the chance to process the diagnosis, more appointments get added to the schedule and there is much to do. If they are working, that is another piece of the puzzle to contend with. The doctor will order scans or additional tests to “stage” the…
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Favorite Kicks
Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. My Brooks are my favorite shoes. Ever since I got into healthcare, and was working as a tech in the hospital pharmacy, running around all day, hunting down prescriptions for nurses (before I would become that nurse), I have been hooked on…
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Night Owls Vs. Early Birds (Part III-Sleep Hygiene)
Let’s talk about sleep hygiene. This is important whether you’re a night owl or an early bird or somewhere in between. Sleep hygiene often describes those behaviors surrounding a good night’s (or day’s) rest. It has to do with our sleep environment and our behaviors- the things we can control. Considering that a little over…
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Night Owls Vs. Early Birds (Part II)
What happens when we’re up all night? Or half of it? When I was working third shift as an RN, I’d get home around 8 or 830 in the morning and then try and sleep for at least 6 hours or so. It worked sometimes, but sometimes it didn’t. Even when I got sleep, I…
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Information/Breaks
Do you need a break? From what? We all need breaks from time to time. I’m finding lately that what I want a break from is information. There is so much. All the time. At our fingertips. And it’s not always good, or accurate. There are times too, when I just want to stop and…
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Invented
I’ve been around over half a century… So when I think about inventions, I had to google it because there have probably been a lot of them. The term “google it” for one. The internet is up there as one of the most important inventions of the last 50-plus years, and computers as well. Computers…
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Night Owls Vs. Early Birds (Part 1)
I’ve always thought of myself as a night owl. I naturally tend toward being awake later at night, when things are quiet and there isn’t much to do as far as errands, social events, etc., and I can just do my own thing. But then I started working night shift after graduating from nursing school.…
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A Perfect Day
What’s a perfect day like? A perfect day is waking up, having coffee, time for praying and meditating… reading… writing… eating toast… going for a walk… writing and reading some more… drinking more coffee… eating pizza for lunch… going to a bookstore… time with family and friends… time for arts and crafts… going out for…
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Grab Your Blankie, We’re Taking a Nap
I have to admit that I am not the greatest sleeper, and I rarely take naps. However, it turns out there’s a recent study in NeuroImage that talks about how even a brief nap can help us learn (see link below). But what if we aren’t good nappers? I remember way back in first grade.…
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A New Food Pyramid- Is This One Really Better?
So we’ve got a new food pyramid. Is this one going to change what people eat, or make people healthier? Time will tell. I think most people are going to eat what they can afford to eat these days. Processed or not. Red meat or (probably) not- it is expensive. And was anyone paying much…
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