Category Archives: Health and wellness

What’s in a great grandchild?

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Bertie

  Matias is our fifth grandchild.  He looks a lot like his dad did at that age, but he looks like his Mom too.  He belongs to many generations of two families, hundreds of  people just a few generations back.  … Continue reading →

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58 Years and Counting (or happy ever after)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Bertie

It has been many years since Jim and I spent a year apart while he put his first year of grad school behind him in Chicago and I finished my last year of collage in San Diego.  We wrote every … Continue reading →

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On the way to wellness.

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Bertie

My husband is better now.  He had a good week and didn’t push himself, except with a computer set up for our townhome association which involved a humongus amount of time and effort.  He even started joking again last Thursday.  … Continue reading →

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A day in the life

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Bertie

Today, I finally fot my CPAP machine.  It’s a loaner for a month and it has a gismo recording each night to be monitored by someone at the "getting Place".  I opted for the nose only mask so if it … Continue reading →

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Hope, and noise!!!

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Bertie

The hospital finally had a cancellation so I can do my second  and last overnight tonight and see the doctor tomorrow morning.  I hope all of his promises are true and I will get my life back and be able to … Continue reading →

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Starting over or Going back to the good times.

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Bertie

At longgggg last, we apparently have an answer and a chance to cure several of my health issues, and I no longer feel like a hypochonriac.  After an overnight at the hospital all wired up, we visited with my sleep doctor.  … Continue reading →

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A Day in the life….hospital fun

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Bertie

Today we went to the hospital for a day of tests that required I lay down from start to finish.  Since this was  set up yesterday by the Endocrinologist because both sets of tests before showed a very low adrenal … Continue reading →

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An update on life and hope

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Bertie

Well the fiber 35 diet did not work.  For two weeks we counted fiber, and calories, and followed instructions.  We both gained-me 3 lbs, dh 5lbs.  So we went back to our old very good diet and kept some of … Continue reading →

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We got caught today.

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Bertie

I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which means I am slipping further and further behind even on things I want to do.  Today we didn’t set the alarm and I slept until 10:15 am.  That was 15 minutes into our summer … Continue reading →

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