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Posts tagged "illness"

May 8, 2014 12 Comments

Guest post: Help my cousin Allison cure type 1 diabetes (and get a link in my sidebar)

Cousin Allison and familyI don't normally allow guest posts on my blog. Ok, that's the nice way of putting it. I've been known to send less-than-friendly emails to people who've queried me two times or more about guest posts although it's clearly stated on my contact page that I don't accept them and even if I did, your... [Read More]

Leave a Comment (12) Read more about: allison, charity, cousin, diabetes, fundraising, illness, jrdf, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, type 1 diabetes, walk

June 21, 2013 2 Comments

Review: “In the Kingdom of the Sick” by Laurie Edwards

Laurie EdwardsDisclosure: I was provided a free copy of this book to review. I should start this post with an apology because I was supposed to review this book when it came out two months ago. However, as someone who lives in the kingdom of the sick mentioned in the title, I have become somewhat unreliable.... [Read More]

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June 7, 2012 10 Comments

You never know if you’re Douglas Adams or Ray Bradbury

Back in March 2000 I saw Douglas Adams and Ray Bradbury speak at Clowes Hall in Indianapolis. Admittedly, I made the three hour drive from college to see Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, but Ray Bradbury was a nice bonus. Douglas Adams was as lively and funny as you'd... [Read More]

Leave a Comment (10) Read more about: author, authors, butler university, clowes hall, douglas adams, health, illness, life, longevity, ray bradbury, writing

November 10, 2010 Leave a Comment

Obesity as an illness of metaphor

I've been reading The Pain Chronicles by Melanie Thernstrom, a well-researched and fascinating book about pain viewed through the filters of history, literature, science, religion and the author's personal experiences. Of particular interest to me was the idea that disease is sometimes seen as metaphor. For example, a common 19th century belief about consumption (a.k.a.... [Read More]

Leave a Comment Read more about: character traits, disease, illness, medicine, metaphor, obesity, science, will power

December 5, 2008 Leave a Comment

A sickness I can name

I have a cold and I'm rather enjoying it. I sneeze and people say "Bless you." My throat is sore, so I take cough drops. When people see the wastebasket full of tissues, they know I have a cold. It's visible and understandable. Everyone has had a cold. They know what that feels like. They... [Read More]

Leave a Comment Read more about: chronic pain, cold, disease, headache, illness, rhinovirus

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