Life As An Anomaly

Ask Me About My Life With Sarcoidosis

Introducing a new feature on my blog, “Ask me about my sarcoidosis”. I started this blog as a way to help other people with sarcoidosis to get more information and since I get a few emails every week asking me specific questions about my life with the disease, I decided to start a new segment…

Ten Questions For A Ten Year Old Blog

I read the words “Would you answer these ten questions in a post?” in a recent email from a fellow blogger who read my post that I am blogging now for ten years and I thought why not. So here goes. Ten questions about ten years of blogging. 1: Why did you start your blog?…

Second Look Sunday: Do you Suffer With Sarcoidosis?

Originally Posted August 2013 Do you suffer with sarcoidosis? So sorry to hear that. I don’t. I don’t allow anything to make me suffer. If something is making you suffer, then you have allowed it to have power over you. So I don’t use the word suffer in my vocabulary. Change you way of thinking….

Wednesday’s Words Of Wisdom: Truth & Fiction

Second Look Sunday: Not Seeing In Black & White

Originally posted July 24th 2013 For some reason, because I have a blog about sarcoidosis, people automatically assume that I am a black woman, although my blog’s tag line is “One man’s positive journey with sarcoidosis”. I suppose that majority of people that have blogs about sarcoidosis and sarcoidosis support sites are black women, and…

Someone Thinks I Have A Real Neat Blog

I stopped accepting blog awards many years ago for many different reasons, especially after 10 years of blogging, but I was given The Real Neat Blog Award by Cyranny over at Cyranny’s Cove, a really cool blog that I really admire and you should check out too. Part of the award loop is to answer…

Second Look Sunday: “Lost Keys”

Originally posted June 14, 2013 I am a pretty organized guy for the most part. I file everything away in its place so I can easily locate them. I even keep my keys organized. I don’t have any other keys with the keys for the cars for security purposes, as sometimes I valet park and…

When People Start Disappointing You, Just Read This

People will disappoint you and anger you and frustrate you. And when they do, simply take a minute to read these words.

Wednesday Words Of Wisdom: Rationalization

It’s Taco Tuesday

It’s taco Tuesday but did you ever see this irony?

Second Look Sunday: “How I Live My Life With Sarcoidosis”

Originally posted June 7, 2013 Someone recently wrote to ask me how I live my life with sarcoidosis, and it stumped me. I never really thought about it. Although I have a blog devoted to my life with sarcoidosis, and a Facebook page and a Twitter feed, I really do not dwell on the fact…

Second Look Sunday: “The Power Of Social Media”

Originally posted July 17, 2013 I was not one for social media until I got into it. I found Twitter really pointless when it first came out, but now I am a tweeter. Looking at the evolution of social media such as Facebook and Twitter over the last few years, I realized just how effective…

Don’t Ask Me What I Do, Ask Me What I Like To Do

When people meet me for the first time, and they ask what I do for a living, they are always impressed by the fact that I am a chef, then fascinated by the type of chef I am and what my exact line of work is. Then almost inevitably they will ask what is my…

Wednesday’s Words Of Wisdom: Trials And Tests

First Official ATS Practice Guidelines For Sarcoidosis – Scienmag

After so many years, it is good to see that positive steps are being taken towards education of doctors about sarcoidosis. First official ATS practice guidelines for Sarcoidosis cover diagnosis and detection – Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News — Read on scienmag.com/first-official-ats-practice-guidelines-for-sarcoidosis-cover-diagnosis-and-detection/

The Great Home Made Bread Picture Battle – A Chef Talks Food

Meanwhile, over at one of my other blogs, I recently read a post and commented over at Cyranny’s Cove about the difficulty in getting yeast to make bread. My comment lead to a challenge from her for a home made bread picture battle. So here is my picture and I include the recipe also. —…

Second Look Sunday: “Some lessons Are More Than Skin Deep”

Originally posted July 17, 2013 Rarely do I go upstairs. I have very little reason to ever go up stairs, and I have no desire to go upstairs unless it is necessary. There is no elevator in the three story building I work at when away on business, and the stairs for some reason seem…

I Am Still Alive!

On this day in 2006, fourteen whole years ago, a surgeon made three slices in my right torso and extracted three pieces of my lung for examination to confirm suspected sarcoidosis. If you haven’t guessed, I was positive. Stage four they said. Severe scaring they said. One year later that pesky old sarcoidosis made it’s…

Happy Anniversary To My Blog

Today marks ten years since I started my blog. How time flies. I Started the blog as “Life With Sarcoidosis” and changed the name somewhere along the way. It’s been an interesting journey so far and I look forward to many more years. Thanks to all of you that read my rantings and I hope…

Second Look Sunday: “Words have Power. Use Them Cautiously”

Originally posted July 3, 2013 This story has been told many different ways in many religions. In the Jewish faith it is told as a rabbi, the Catholics say it was Saint Phillip Neri, and I have even seen it told as a Buddhist monk. In any case, the story is all the same with…

Coronavirus Might Attack the Brain, Too – Elemental

Early analyses of Covid-19 patients in January told of the most common symptoms: fever, cough, and difficulty breathing. More diagnosed cases and research revealed less common symptoms, such as neurological ones. — Read on elemental.medium.com/coronavirus-might-attack-the-brain-too-21ea92a39c04

Wednesday’s Words Of Wisdom: Needing Help

Second Look Sunday: “The Farmer” – A Story By Basil Rene

Originally posted June 28 2013 The Farmer – A Story By Basil Rene Once, there was a farmer that worked his land from sunrise to sunset, spring through fall. Every day he woke before the sun rose and worked all day only to stop for his lunch which he took every day under an old…

Wednesday Words Of Wisdom: Defining Yourself

Sleep Doctors Reveal Why You Should Sleep on the Left Side

For some strange reason, if I fall asleep on my left side, I begin to cough, so I have to turn. However, doctors reveal that it is healthier for most people to sleep on the left side. Learn why your sleep position matters and exceptions to his advice. — Read on http://www.powerofpositivity.com/sleep-on-the-left-doctors-reveal-why/ ©️2020 Basil Rene….

Simple Solution To Ease The Spread Of Coronavirus

Second Look Sunday: “Life With Sarcoidosis Is A Nightmare”

Originally Posted June 26, 2013 “Life with sarcoidosis is a nightmare” – Six words that describes most people’s experience on a daily basis with sarcoidosis. Those are the words posted as a comment on my Facebook page by one of my Facebook compatriots, and they speak so much of the frustration she feels having this…