The Elephant in the Room
I have yet to hear a single word spoken on the media or anywhere about the obvious cause and solution to the baby formula shortage in the States… Breast Feeding. There are variable stats but none are great One site says: “At 6 months only 15% of infants are exclusively breast fed in the US. […]
Continue readingIdeas for Fixing (Helping at least) the Healthcare Provider Shortage in Newfoundland and Labrador
Ok, first let me say I don’t have all the answers. But I have some thoughts, based on experience. I am a retired family physician and of my 43 years in practice, 5 were spent in Nova Scotia, 12 in Ontario, and 26 in Newfoundland. I never practiced in Labrador. I have a lot of […]
Continue readingEaster Hair
April 17, 2022 I woke Easter morning and did what I do each morning, I grabbed a bunch of hair to see if it was coming out yet. This morning about 10 hairs came out. This never happened before, I tried again in a different place and the same thing. I had decided before starting […]
Continue readingNoxious Toxins
Monday April 11, 2002 This world of chemotherapy is mad. I was doing fine for a day or so and then suddenly developed throbbing chest pain and low back pain. Thought I was having a heart issue. Went to the ER and it turns out to be a side effect of one of the noxious […]
Continue readingTwo Years Later
Saturday April 9, 2022 My last blog was from Lagos, Portugal in the Spring of 2020; just before we came back home from Portugal when the pandemic was declared by the WHO. Like the rest of the world, Glenda and I have struggled to get through the past two years, masking, distancing, getting vaccinated, and […]
Continue readingLagos, Portugal, Winter-Spring 2020
Writing on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 I’m going to do a single blog entry that I add to as our two months in Lagos, Portugal moves along. I really dislike (I was going to say ‘hate’ but I hate that word) travelling. Actually its not travelling I don’t like, it’s flying. I’m not afraid of […]
Continue readingCaribbean Snowmageddon
On Friday January 17, 2020 when the wind and snow raged over eastern Newfoundland, I was sitting by the pool at Sunscapes All-inclusive Resort in Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic sipping on a Pina Coloda or some other Caribbean drink. I missed it! I missed Snowmageddon!! I love snow storms…. sitting inside in the warm while […]
Continue readingHockey Night in Newfoundland
To be honest, I’ve really only been to 3-4 live hockey games in my life (except for kids and grand kids games). Last night Glenda and I went to see the Growlers game. They were playing the Worcester Railers. The Growlers won 6 to 3. But the win is not why I’m blogging. Jane and […]
Continue readingTibb’s Eve
The 23rd of December, the day before Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve’s Eve … that’s Tibb’s Eve in Newfoundland and Labrador. Before the war — WWII that is — Advent was as bad as Lent when it came to being a solemn time, a time to be sober. There could be no drinking until Christmas Day. […]
Continue readingGive Books for Christmas Gifts.
Yes, buy books for Christmas gifts. Not just my books, any books. Children love books, whether you read to them or they read themselves. Do your family members read? — I mean your grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, brother, sisters. Find out what they like to read and buy a book for them. My books seemed […]
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