Category: health

  • Hospital Face Off: Scotland vs. Maine

    Just as fast as I was back blogging, I was back to not blogging. A week ago on Saturday, I was back to experiencing pain and had a low fever, so I went to the ER to have them take a look at things. It turns out I had complications from the appendicitis which ended…

  • Feeling Discouraged

    I try to be as open as reasonable (maybe even more open than reasonable) on the blog, mainly because I think too often all everyone talks about is how sparkly their lives are, and that can leave many people wondering why their life just seems to have the occasional glimmer. Solidarity, folks. And right now,…

  • Back from Scotland, Minus One Appendix

    Well, I’m back. Feeling more like Bilbo Baggins at the end of the Hobbit than I’d like, especially since I didn’t come home with a chest full of dragon loot. No, if you weren’t following along with the saga on Facebook, I didn’t really come home with anything. Instead, I left my appendix in Glasgow.…

  • The Tooth is Out

    Ugh. What an ordeal. I’ve blogged before about how I cracked my tooth and would need to have it extracted. That was back in March. When I made the appointment to have the tooth come out, they didn’t have time until July. Then they called back in early May to let me know that actually…

  • Why Do We Insist on Doing Things That are Bad for Us?

    I came across this study today, which basically looks at twenty years of research and comes to the completely unsurprising conclusion of “vegetarian and vegan diets are healthy.” At this point, this seems to be kind of obvious. They’ve been doing studies for decades, and yes, avoiding meat and eating whole foods is healthier than…

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