Category Archives: Health

JSYK (2 of 3)

Posted on July 17, 2013 by sputterpub

I think even my five-year-old self thought it was pretty inefficient to make me part of whatever their system was, but I held onto the paper and I got upset when some people pushed the sleeping man away from me. … Continue reading →

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JSYK (1 of 3)

Posted on July 16, 2013 by sputterpub

Kids: My earliest memory, I think: I am posed like a doll upon my painted wooden toy box to be dressed, and then I’m riding with my parents, standing between them on the bench seat of their Chrysler, to drop … Continue reading →

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Urban Trails

Posted on July 7, 2011 by sputterpub

I fell on the sidewalk two months ago. I was walking to BART on a warm day, and I tripped on some uneven pavement. I went down hard. I smashed my knee and tore some muscle or worse near my … Continue reading →

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Oatmeal

Posted on June 30, 2011 by sputterpub

  Maybe it really does stick to my ribs. They say oatmeal fills you up and keeps you going all morning. I’ve never been a breakfast eater – I simply don’t feel hunger till I’ve been up for a few … Continue reading →

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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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