hospital – Life As An Anomaly

The Sunday Revisit Of “AICD (Defibrillator) Implant – My Truth”

Originally Posted January 29, 2012 I got a request to explain the procedure for an AICD (defibrillator) implant as the person is scheduled to have one implanted in a couple of weeks. As is my norm, I like to share me replies with the world. So here is AICD Implant – My Truth. After receiving…

Life’s Observations: Hospitals

The Sunday Morning Revisit Of “Color Me Blessed”

The Sunday Morning Revisits are posts that I wrote a few years back that I think deserve another look. Here is one originally posted November 19, 2011 entitled “Color Me Blessed” I know, I sound like a stuck record about how blessed I am, blah, blah, blah. But I can’t help but look at all…

There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Support

One of the biggest complaints of people with chronic illness and chronic pain is that they don't get enough support from family and friends. I have always been an independent person, and never really needed support. My wife is a huge support to me and I don't need it from anyone else. A lot of…

Questioning The Universe’s Decisions For Us Is Really Pointless

The other day I was reading on my iPad in bed when I fell asleep and my iPad fell onto my chest, right over my AICD*. The ipad has a keybord case, which has a magnetic closure, and magnets affect ICDs. They literally turn them off. This happened to me already before with my old…

When A Day At The Hospital Can Be A Pleasant Experience

All too often we are quick to list the bad days we have, the horrible people we meet and bad experiences we encounter. I know that I too am guilty of that in my blog. I have a pet peeve with rudeness, and I posted before about some of my negative experiences with nurses. Is…

O Is For Operations

This is a Blogging From A to Z Challenge post. April 17th – O If you told me nine years ago today that by now I would have five different operations, four of them alone heart related, I would probably have laughed. And then if you would have told me that I would have a…

C Is For Changes Which Are Good Sometimes – I Hope

THIS IS A BLOGGING A TO Z CHALLENGE POST April 3, 2015 – “C” 2015 is proving to be a year of many changes so far. Some of the changes were stressful, and others were welcome, and yet others were surprising, but needed. And we still have a little over nine months to go…

Flashback Friday: Back From Break

Originally posted to my blog June 3, 2011 Like the consummate theater artist that has played many years out on stage in the same part and needed to get away from the constant day to day grind of being in the public eye, so too did I need to be away from the constant probing…

Flashback Friday: Should We Be Cleaning Up At The Doctor’s Office

I Originally posted this to my blog April 26, 2011 Would you go on a corner and when you come across a stranger, ask them to hand you their shirt or jacket, put your left arm in and squeeze your arm with your right hand for a few seconds and release, then take the shirt…

Life With A Chronic Illness Can Be A Chore, But Only If You Make It So

April will mark the 12th anniversary of the start of my journey with the disease sarcoidosis. My journey actually started long before, but April is when I went into have an open lung biopsy for a definitive diagnosis of the disease. It has been a long and arduous journey, but all in all, my life…

Think About It Thursday

Motivational Monday: Everything Will Be Okay

Quiet Like A Low Tide, But My Tide Is Coming Back In

Since my surgery in July to replace my implanted defibrillator, just like a beach at low tide, my blog has been pretty quiet, and many of you have written in to see how I am doing and I really do appreciate the thoughts. Yes, I have been quiet on here, and I hope that I…

Teaser Tuesday – Excerpt From ‘Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart’ Four Of Four – “The Chair”

Here is the third of four excerpts of the book “Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart” by Candace Lafluer which I recently reviewed here. Candace has graciously agreed to post some excerpts for our reading enjoyment. I’m sure you will enjoy it as much as I did.

A Little Saturday Humor

Teaser Tuesday – Excerpt From ‘Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart’ Three Of Four – “The Problem With Veins”

Teaser Tuesday – Excerpt From ‘Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart’ Two Of Four – “Eye Hospital Family Affair”

Here is the second of four excerpts of the book “Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart” by Candace Lafluer which I recently reviewed here. Candace has graciously agreed to post some excerpts for our reading enjoyment. I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as I did.

Don’t Forget, Another Excerpt From “Prescription For Disaster” Posts Tomorrow

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow morning is the second of the four excerpts that Candace Lafluer has provided of her book about her life with sarcoidosis, “Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart”. Be sure to check it out. Written by Basil Rene © 2014 All Rights Reserved

Teaser Tuesday – Excerpt From ‘Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart’ One Of Four – “Please No, Anything But Hypochondria”

As promised, here is the first of four excerpts of the book “Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart” by Candace Lafluer which I recently reviewed here. Candace has graciously agreed to post some excerpts for our reading enjoyment. I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as I did.

Coming Soon, Excerpts From The Book “Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart” By Candace Lafluer

I recently posted a review on the book “Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart”, a really well written book by Candace Lafluer about her exploits in the British hospital system living with sarcoidosis. You can read the review here. Well, great news! Candace has agreed to provide excerpts of her book right…

Anatomy Of A Surgery – My ICD Replacement

On Tuesday I had my ICD (Implanted defibrillator) replaced as my original one that was implanted in 2007 because of heart failure due to sarcoidosis, battery reached its threshold. I looked on the internet to find any one else’s experience with having the surgery, but no such luck. All I could find was the device…

“Prescription For Disaster: The Funny Side Of Falling Apart” – A Review

Everyone that lives with a chronic illness has their own war stories. Stories of horrors in hospitals, rude nurses, egotistical doctors, and just plain inefficiencies in the medical system. It happens no matter where in the world you are, just in different ways according to your country's medical system. And there are two ways you…