Category Archives: Health

How to Age

Posted on May 9, 2011 by sputterpub

 I don’t have an answer for this one yet, but I’m getting some ideas. Mostly my model for it is my last dog. Shelby came into my life in 1991, when she was one and I was 41, and she … Continue reading →

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Symptoms

Posted on February 9, 2011 by sputterpub

 When I was 43 I developed an eye twitch. It was a right eye problem, and the jumpy muscle was in the upper outside lid. It was an irregular irregularity, not occurring often and probably seldom noticed by others, but … Continue reading →

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Brick Pathology

Posted on February 3, 2011 by sputterpub

     When I was 55, I took a bad fall. I lived in the cottage in North Berkeley then, and the house hunkered down on the banks of Codornices Creek, so it was lower than the sidewalk. The path from … Continue reading →

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My Medical Blessing

Posted on January 5, 2011 by sputterpub

When I was 35, I kind of reinvented myself. It wasn’t my idea to rupture that ovarian cyst, and it wasn’t really my doctor’s fault when she made that judgment call and decided not to open me up at first. … Continue reading →

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Operation

Posted on October 12, 2010 by sputterpub

     When I was 5, I had a barbaric hospital experience. I think it formed me, and I’ve told it and written it already and I’m sure I will again. But this is the 50th lesson I’ve posted in this … Continue reading →

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Injuries

Posted on September 29, 2010 by sputterpub

   When I was 5 I caused my first accident. We were all sitting at the table having a meal, and I started imitating a hiccuping train conductor I’d seen on a cartoon. “All aboard-hic!” I announced, jerking my head … Continue reading →

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Headaches

Posted on August 31, 2010 by sputterpub

     When I was 9 years old I started to have headaches. This was in Chula Vista, and I was in the fifth grade. It wasn’t about school. I had an excellent teacher and enjoyed school that year. There was … Continue reading →

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Steady Catcher

Posted on August 30, 2010 by sputterpub

When I was 8, the kids on the block made me their steady catcher. We lived on a dead end street named Leuce Place, about four houses from the bulb-shaped terminus. Because our street didn’t go anywhere few cars traveled … Continue reading →

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