Category Archives: The Doctor Will See You Now

Second Time Around

Posted on July 10, 2012 by onesanevoice

This past Sunday, Husband and I hosted an engagement party for Son and Fiancée along with our future in-laws and it was a terrific time.  Many of the couple’s east coast friends will not be able to attend their California … Continue reading →

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Finding Safety in Numbers

Posted on January 21, 2010 by onesanevoice

It’s only in the last twenty years or so that the general public has embraced the word ‘breast’.  Until the mothers, sisters and daughters of our nation began falling into the pit of breast cancer, the word was mired in … Continue reading →

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Professional Wisdom

Posted on November 18, 2009 by onesanevoice

I always appreciate when those who are doing something for me that I can’t do myself communicate in a manner I comprehend.  It annoys me when experts spew out a paragraph of jargon only their graduating class would understand, and … Continue reading →

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The light at the end of the tunnel

Posted on July 29, 2009 by onesanevoice

I was recently advised by a doctor that it’s time for my second colonoscopy, my first having been five years ago when I turned fifty.  In memory of what I know lays ahead, I am running an excerpt from humorist … Continue reading →

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Congratulations! It’s a bouncing 7 lb migraine

Posted on June 18, 2009 by onesanevoice

The headache center called with a last minute cancellation, so I got in yesterday instead of waiting until the end of July.  I wrote about my face ache recently in Something For The Pain, in case you’re coming to the party … Continue reading →

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Something for the Pain

Posted on June 9, 2009 by onesanevoice

I have a brown circle of pigment on my cheek about the size of a dime, which I mentioned once before in Of Books and Faces.  I’ve had it since I was born, hence the term “birthmark.”  Over the course of … Continue reading →

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City Serenade

Posted on March 25, 2009 by onesanevoice

I met Husband on the Upper East Side last night to have dinner with one of his former work colleagues and the colleague’s fiancé.  Is the female fiancé or fiancée?  I could look it up but it’s easier to ask … Continue reading →

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Nicely Sliced

Posted on February 12, 2009 by onesanevoice

Hernia is never the best word to start off a blog entry, but the fact remains that this week was my surgery, the one I told you about in Marooned.  When I had the C-sections for my kids 20+ years ago, … Continue reading →

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Marooned

Posted on January 31, 2009 by onesanevoice

It’s kind of ironic that I’ve never given my name in this blog, but I’ve talked about personal medical issues ranging from brain meningiomas to transvaginal sonograms.  Interesting what some people decide to be private about, huh?  On that note, consider yourself now … Continue reading →

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Intake Info

Posted on August 16, 2008 by onesanevoice

In Back to Hell I told you about Daughter’s decision to see a Naturopathic doctor to get a fresh insight on her recurring mononucleosis.  The doctor sent a ten-page personal and family history for Daughter to fill out, and she asked me … Continue reading →

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