Category Archives: healthcare
Memorial Day 2012: The Perpetual Cost in Human Lives, PTSD, Suicide and Other Issues
Al Waleed Border Crossing 2007 On Memorial Day there will be many official observances at various Military and Veterans cemeteries to honor the members of the United States Military that have died in the service of our country throughout our … Continue reading
Filed under film, healthcare, iraq,afghanistan, PTSD, vietnam
In Praise of Nurses
Last week, May 5th-12th was National Nurses Week as well as the 104th Anniversary of the Navy Nurse Corps. Nurses are the lynchpin of medicine. Physicians are incredibly important and as a society we usually ascribe more value to them. … Continue reading
Filed under healthcare, History
Juiced and Loving It
Former Major League Baseball slugger Jose Canseco wrote a book in which he described his use of performance enhancing drugs, or steroids. The book not only detailed his use but made accusations that many players were using such substances helped … Continue reading
Filed under healthcare, Military, PTSD, sports and life
Loose Thoughts on a December Saturday: I’m not a Nurse, the Great Cain Wreck, the End at Camp Victory, LSU went to Georgia and Padre Steve Discovers Twitter….
Sitting on Saddam Hussein’s throne at Al Faw Palace Camp Victory Iraq 2007 Well it has been a week hasn’t it? I mean really so much has happened and things just keep happening whether we want them to happen or … Continue reading
Filed under healthcare, iraq,afghanistan, Loose thoughts and musings, Politics
Break a Leg….Oh I Did….
“I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.” Henny Youngman People in theater wish each other good luck by saying “break a leg” before a performance. The phrase … Continue reading
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A New Start…Life off the Fat Boy Program
Back in Standards “Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball … Continue reading
Filed under faith, healthcare, Military, PTSD, US Navy
Clergy Burnout and Suicide: A Growing Problem
Father Mulcahy: What an ordeal. 72 hours straight. I’m prayed out – absolutely prayed out. Hawkeye: Don’t forget, Father, God was on six days straight. Father Mulcahy: He was a lot younger then. It doesn’t matter whether you feel useful … Continue reading
Filed under christian life, faith, healthcare, Military, Pastoral Care, philosophy, PTSD, Religion
