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I recently underwent a procedure to install an ICD, or a defibrillator.This little baby ensures that my heart beats properly at all times, and if I somehow slip into an arrhythmia, the device will...
View ArticleFour Years In The Making
It’s a banner day, my faithful readers. For all the years that I have been writing this column, I have intermittently spoken about a phantom “book” that I was writing. The book, an autobiography,...
View ArticleArthritis is a smelly nerd with thick, black glasses
Autoimmune disease -- and arthritis in particular -- is a very frustrating illness to help find a cure for. Arthritis doesn’t have a celebrity who is on TV all the time, constantly crusading....
View ArticleThe mechanics of repulsion
Here we are again. Another summer is beginning, and the weather is starting to change. Instead of cold and wet days and nights, we will soon have hot evenings and even hotter days.Fortunately, the...
View ArticleSomeone who mattered
Three days ago, on Father’s Day, I lost someone very special to me. This person was, in large part, responsible for teaching me about living with Rheumatoid Arthritis and how to make the most of a...
View ArticleYour Bucket List
This week I was going to write about something funny, something trivial, and something light in order to offset the heartfelt but maudlin tribute that the last column turned into. As I often do, I had...
View ArticleWhat a long strange trip it’s been.
This past weekend, Allison and I attended the Arthritis Conference in St. Louis. The conference was a rousing success with over 1000 attendees, most of whom were families with children. At the...
View ArticleMore Machine Than Man.
“He’s more machine now than man. His mind is twisted….”This past week, when I mentioned to one of my friends that I was going in for yet another joint replacement, he reminded me of this most...
View ArticleExtorting the disabled
As many of you know, I recently had a defibrillator installed. This was in response to a heart attack I suffered the last time I went under the knife. Now I have lost the use of up to 20% of my heart,...
View ArticleWhy arthritis doesn't receive money for research
We need money to fix this horrible group of debilitaing illnesses, and the only way we are going to get it is to get down in the mud with the rest of the diseases. It may be unpleasant to consider...
View ArticleWe can rebuild him … we have the technology
Well, here we are again folks. One week from today I will be on my way to the hospital for yet another joint replacement. This time I will be losing my right ankle and inserting a metal one instead....
View ArticleSurgery cancelled due to doctor politics
Last time, I gave you the last piece of writing before I underwent the knife once again. This time getting my ankle replaced, I spoke about all the old fears and concerns surfacing anew. Well, the...
View ArticleArthritis: Underappreciated and Doomed to Obscurity?
Number one isn’t always the best.It seems like common sense that if something is classified as number one that it would be a good thing, right? Especially if that thing is number one in more than one...
View ArticleThe Human Spirit Is Where You Find it
Despite the fact that I have had no power, heat, or means of accessing the Internet this week, I wanted to put together a small piece for those of you in the New York/New Jersey Tri-State area that I...
View ArticleLessons Surviving Sandy
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View ArticleAnkle Replacement Surgery: Finally
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View ArticleNew Ankle, New Year
By the time you read this, the ball will have dropped and the New Year will have officially started. As my faithful readers know, I did not post a blog entry last newsletter, and for that I truly...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolutions: Ugh
New Year’s Resolutions. Three little words that all of us know well and most of us dread. A constant source of guilt when we discard the resolutions within a few weeks, these goals for the coming year...
View ArticleHas My Luck Run Out?
“Ugh, my ankle still hurts. This is crazy. I thought that this replacement was going to be easy-peasy like the rest.”I can’t tell you how many times in the last month-and-a-half I have uttered the...
View ArticleWhat's that about silver linings?
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