Category: Health
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No Wonder So Many Americans Are Big
I’ve been traveling for work the last two weekends and, in doing so, I’ve been stuck with dining out and the choices have not been particularly healthy. On the other hand I am starting a 10-day juice fast (thanks to inspiration from the film, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead) on Monday so hopefully I can…
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The Knee Bones Connected to the…
Today was my first full physical therapy session. For those that don’t know, I somehow destroyed my knee and have been hobbling around for nearly two months. My doctor thought I might have a meniscus tear but after an MRI he ruled that out. So, he prescribed physical therapy for two months hoping that it…
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Mother Nature is Trying to Kill Me (a.k.a. Allergy Season)
If it was just a cold I could deal with that. I would take some medicine and in a day or two I’d feel hunky-dory. But when Mother Nature bitch slaps you with an insanely high tree pollen count you might as well through in the towel, turn off the hepa filter and pour the…
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A Pain in the Neck
For two weeks now I’ve had this sinus condition that the doctor swears is just allergies. Lovely… allergies. So, on her suggestions, I’ve been taking Claritin D, Benedryl and a small amount of Amoxicillin. However, now I am suffering a RAGING sore throat. Take a journey with me, imagining a rough stone, maybe spiky, slowly squeezing…
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Free Cones and Allergies
Today is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s… but alas, the nearest Ben & Jerry’s to my office is in Macy’s and it is not participating. Rude. And here I was ready to welcome in Spring (which was here in the city for one day this weekend and then it went on sabbatical) with an…
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Super Size Me
So I went out with the intention of rollerblading today. I got about a 1/4 mile down the road, fell, decided I would rather be riding a bike. It’s not that I can’t rollerblade. I can… just not super well. Instead of working out I instead went to the mall, Target, and then back home…
Tommy Karr 