Tag Archives: health diagnosis

With a Grim Determination to See It to the End

Posted on August 12, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Being Rose (2017) Looking through the films on Prime Video last night, I came across this one from 2017. Susan likes shows about cowboys, so it could be good for both of us, I thought. I was wrong. It was … Continue reading →

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A Heart-Stopping Moment at RVH, Yesterday

Posted on March 22, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Susan’s Angiogram (@ 4:30 pm EDT) Now, I’m being a bit provocative, here. Susan’s angiogram, at Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, passed without a hitch. There were no blockages and Susan’s arteries are fine. No, the heart-stopping moment came as … Continue reading →

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My Companion Through These Last Nine Years

Posted on April 9, 2023 by cdsmiller17

BeBe is Facing an Uncertain Future She has been with me (and by my side) while I have posted on this webpage. Now, she has been diagnosed with impending renal failure. She may not have long to live. Her birthday … Continue reading →

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Lest We Forget: a Member of the Poppy Family

Posted on April 27, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Susan Jacks (August 19, 1948 – April 25, 2022) They say old stars never die, they just fade away. Well, unfortunately, they do die, and they remind us all that we’re getting closer to the final curtain, ourselves. Susan Jacks … Continue reading →

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Aphasia: Moonlighting with One’s Mind

Posted on April 1, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Bruce Willis (March 19, 1955) My daughter, Rosanna, thought that this would be an interesting subject to write about. I wasn’t so sure. Yesterday, Bruce Willis’ extended family issued a joint statement that essentially ended his acting career. He recently … Continue reading →

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Health Update: I’ve Started Taking Insulin at Mealtime

Posted on March 25, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Admelog (March 24, 2022) It had to happen sooner or later, since up until now I only had a slow acting insulin (Levemir) taken just before bedtime. But why now? As chance would have it, I watched a YouTube video … Continue reading →

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When One’s Faith is Tested

Posted on December 30, 2021 by cdsmiller17

I Still Believe (2020) I’m beginning to think that I need to get out more: here is a Christian Country Music star whose story is heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time. In fact, I’d never heard of him, until … Continue reading →

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Government: By the People for the People?

Posted on October 26, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Aristocracy vs Liberty Phineas Quimby was a very opinionated man. And having witnessed first-hand the American Civil War meant that he based his thinking on what he saw going on around him. Politically, he equated priests and doctors to the … Continue reading →

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Now I Know How We are Connected!

Posted on August 2, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Matthew Manning (August 17, 1955) I came across a Facebook post by Matthew Manning (UK Healer) this morning that stopped me in my tracks. In it he described how he was still buzzing after a mass distant healing. A-ha! Now, … Continue reading →

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How Disease Kills Us

Posted on July 26, 2021 by cdsmiller17

According to Phineas Parkhurst Quimby Let us go back to 1860, a time when one man decided to revolutionize the way we deal with disease and death. His knowledge was based on his overcoming consumption (what we now call tuberculosis). … Continue reading →

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