Blog
This is my blog where I write about caregiving, medical decision making, women’s health/wellness, shared medical decisions, end-of-life care, and palliative care.
Giving Shingles the Short Shrift: New vaccine could make shingles just a bad memory.
There aren't too many non-lethal conditions more dreadful than shingles, also known as varicella zoster. Although shingles can be lethal too if the host is immunocompromised –– i.e. if they have a weakened immune system. I have terrible memories of...
A Month Without Alcohol
5 reasons to take a month off from alcohol. Just the motivation you need to participate in what's come to be known as Juiceless January.
Deadly Delirium
The day I showed up at the hospital, Pat’s nightmare had been running almost ceaselessly for several weeks. I found him tossing in bed, sweat pouring from his face, as he strained against the cloth ties tethering his wrists to...