page contents Google

Search Results for: medicine

STORY MEDICINE PRESCRIPTION: READ AND WRITE

February 26, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Story medicine is good for what ails you. Why? Because you deserve a break. Things go bad, and you read a story about something worse? You might feel better. But what about when things are going good, never been better. What story is going to improve that?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: army medic, blog, blogger, boomerpdx, chiaroscuro, Death, history, medical, medical advice, medical problem, medicine, mona lisa, museum, New York City, New York story, Oregon, pound of flesh, read, readers, sfumato, story, story medicine, story telling, the Louvre, wife, write, writer, writers, writing

STORY MEDICINE AND THE CURE

February 2, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Story medicine is what you see and hear. Think of it like going out for music: Is it, “Let’s get tickets and go see Taylor Swift?” Or, “Let’s get tickets to hear Taylor Swift?” It’s both. Around here we call that, “The Deuce.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: army medic, blog, blogger, boomer blogger, boomers, cancer, David Gillaspie, education, football, ivy league, learning to read, MARRIAGE, medicine, medicine blog, old story, personal influence, public awareness, reading, reality orientation, sports, stories are medicine, story, story medicine, story teller, story telling, taylor swift, writer, writers, writing

BOOMER MEDICINE: THEY GET WHAT THEY DESERVE?

June 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Boomer medicine comes in the same variety as everyone else’s: What works. And what doesn’t work. But for boomers there’s an extra additive.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: accountable, adult children, BOOMER, boomer medicine, boomers, Coos Bay, covid, dead, Death, goals, hometown, icu, medicine, mistakes, moving forward, North Bend, Portland, reader, responsible, rivalries, tactical advice

GOOD MEDICINE FOR HARD TIMES

November 10, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Good medicine comes in many flavors. When it works the way it’s supposed to, the struggle to deliver is worthwhile. However, the struggle to deliver is never ends. Everyone has feelings about good medicine, starting with, “Is it good enough?”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aaron rodgers, boomerpdx, cardiac rehab, covid, deathbed, fully vaccinated, GOOD MEDICINE, hercules, infection, injection, medicine, modern medicine, promises, vaccine, woke mob

AESTHETIC MEDICINE: ASKING THE RIGHT MOLE REMOVAL QUESTION

August 13, 2019 by David Gillaspie

I met my future mother in law for the first time and didn’t notice anything unusual. When I married her daughter I still didn’t see anything that needed attention. Then kids changed everything, namely grandkids.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aesthetic medicine, Dr. Elaine Gillaspie, drmolepdx, ellman surigtron, facial mole, feeling good, google business, looking good, mole, Mole Removal, portland ellman surgitron, Portland Mole Removal, portland mole removal doctor

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE MEDAL OF COURAGE FOR DAN PATRICK

August 2, 2019 by David Gillaspie

I don’t know why, but my wife isn’t a fan of sports talk radio. She says it’s all about men trying to sound angry enough to make their opinions seem to matter. I blame Jim Rome, one of my favorites over the years. How often do we hop in the car and she says, “Quick, […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: alternative medicine, Dan Patrick, homeopathy, medical marijuana, medicine, naturopathic medicine, sports

BOOMERS AND THEIR PETS ARE GOOD MEDICINE

May 12, 2014 by David Gillaspie

Walk the dog, or pet the cat? If normal pets are good for our health, then abnormal pets ought to be even better. But first, what is a normal pet? As kids we got whatever our parents brought home. Rusty the cute little dog with a biting habit. Tom, the king of the jungle cat […]

Filed Under: Boomer Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, boomerpdx, boomers, boomers AND THEIR PETS, GOOD MEDICINE, health benefits, kids and grandkids, pet therapy

The Best Medicine Not In The Cabinet

December 27, 2013 by David Gillaspie

When the New York Times posts on Facebook you know it’s an important subject. Newspapers in the digital age can’t afford to waste print. Is it war in the Middle East? Famine in Africa? Economic doom in America? Is sweating good for you? It’s all of the above, but the last one is tricky.

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: baby boomer, boomerpdx, Economic doom in America, exercise, Famine in Africa, Is sweating good for you, music festivals, Portland boomer, protest marches, Vietnam War, war in the Middle East

COMEBACK STORY IS THE BEST STORY OF ALL

April 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The comeback story usually falls into the sports file. Everyone loves a comeback, except the losing side. Muhammad Ali was a comeback fighter against Joe Frazier in 1971. The Portland Trail Blazers were a comeback NBA champion in 1977. My Dad had always said coming back was hard, that’s why so few sports greats make […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: best story, better life, blog, blogger, BOOMER, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, comeback, comeback story, family life, glory, high school, human wave attacks, Korean War, pitchman, self promotion, sports, sports greats, sports teams, write, writer, writing, WWII

BEST DEAL FOR BETTER DAYS? READ ALL ABOUT IT

February 4, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The best deal for you? You’re looking for clues to a better life on a blog? When has a writer ever served that up? The clue lies in reading.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: active people, best deals, better days, blog, blogger, boomerpdx, busy people, capturing readers, David Gillaspie, education, English teachers, family, fitness, learning, new stories, readers, reading, story medicine, story teller, writer, writers, writing