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MEDICAL ADVICE TO IGNORE IN AN EMERGENCY

June 11, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Medical advice is wasted on hypochondriacs. The problems they bring to an appointment change by the end. “It hurts when I do this,” turns into, “It hurts when I don’t do that. But now it’s something else.” Sound stressful? It is. It’s always something else. How do I know? Please continue.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cancer, cancer cure, cancer survivor, cancer treatment, emergency, hypochondriac, hypochondriacs, medical advice, medicine, pain

ARMY MEDIC: JOB TWO OF FIVE

March 20, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Army medic was the job I signed up for when I joined after freshman year in 1974. Army medic was my dad’s idea. The old Marine also advised against joining the Navy, but that’s expected. I went in on the Buddy Plan with a high school buddy. We lasted three days together in receiving, then […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: american way, Army, army medic, blanket party, bully, chain of command, command chain, Drill Sergeant, fort ord, justice, leadership, leadership academy, medicine, pain, Platoon, soldier, trainee, truth, truthj, US Army

Auntie Pammy Leaves Legacy Of Lennox Lancer Love

August 2, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Life transitions can mean so many things. After all other guesses run out, the final life transition is the end. Auntie Pammy’s life ended, but she left a legacy of love that’s hard to ignore. From the time the news went out I thought of the a meme that said, “Write about what […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: Death, died, Ernest Hemingway, facebook, Facebook friends, farm house, final out, friends, girlfriends, Hemingway, lennox, lennox lancers, life, life transitions, Los Angeles, memorial, memorial service, pain, passed away, service, the end, transitions, twitter

SOCIOPATH GENERATION GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION?

June 3, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Does an entire sociopath generation give a hoot about being called a sociopath generation? Not when it comes from some GenX hack selling his new book. I mean that in the nicest way, but sometimes it gets tiring hearing outsiders rag the home team, even if it fits the program of […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomer Generation, Bill Gates, BOOMER, boomer generation, boomers, Divorce, doctor, pain, sociopath, sociopath generation, Steve jobs, taxes, team doctor

HEROIN HISTORY TODAY

May 26, 2018 by David Gillaspie

A person of heroin interest. Recent events around the Old Blog Coach’s yard brings back memories of the New York neighborhood. Heroin may not be on your radar, but it is stealthy. You don’t know until it’s too late, according to some heroin addicts parents. Still, no need to blame yourselves if your kid spikes […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: brooklyn, carmine galante, death stare, drug deaths, drugs, fbi, heroin, mafia, pain, painkillers, police, police shootings

Betrayal Pain: What Pill Takes Away That Ill

October 24, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Getting stabbed in the back by someone you trust isn’t something you take to the doctor, unless they specialize in betrayal pain. So make sure you see a talking doctor who understands the situation. Better yet, make sure you understand before seeking a remedy. A back ache is different than a […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: anxiety, betrayal, betrayal pain, dear friend, doctor, family, friends, laxative, opioids, pain, trusted colleague, verbal abuse, work freinds

OPIOID SOUNDS TOO PRETTY, CALL IT WHAT IT IS

May 20, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Imagine it on BBC: “Oh, Countess, could you please have your man-servant retrieve the opioid?” You’ve heard it before: Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. Painkillers fall into that category. After they kill pain, they choke out the person you used to be. If you don’t stop the opioid, […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: addiction, drug addiction, drug overdose, drugs, heroin, life, life threatening, opiod, opiod addiction, opiod advocates, opiod epiemic, pain, pain management, painkillers, perscription drug addiction

INFLAMMATION, CHRONIC PAIN, ADDICTION

October 7, 2016 by David Gillaspie

We all have a horse in the chronic pain race. The best advice after surgery is taking pain pills on a schedule. If you let the pain get ahead of the pain killer, it’s hard to back down. Skip a pill and you might take an extra dose, then double up in half the scheduled […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: addiction, chronic, chronic pain, drugs, inflammation, pain, pain killer, pain pills

CDC SAYS OPIOIDS SHOULDN’T BE FIRST CHOICE? THAT HURTS.

March 16, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Pain relief moves from legal heroin to physical therapy, exercise, and over the counter pills? Who knew? I wrote a post about an author’s reading called BLACK TAR HEROIN, SAM QUINONES, AND DREAMLAND. Sam Quinones showed up in Powell’s City of Books and talked about pill mills supplying zombie customers with their opioid prescriptions; about […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: addict, CDC, Center For Disease Control, columbus, columbus ohio, drug addict, drugs, hard drug, hard drug addict, hippie crack, kief, ohio, opioids, Oregon, pain, pain relief, Portland, prescription, prescription drugs

WINNING THE PAIN GAME

October 31, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Beat The Pain Game, Then The Withdrawal Game. One of the regulars came in today, though not on his cherried out Harley. Wet and cold is no way to ride a hog if you don’t have to. Said he’d been out a couple of weeks for shoulder surgery. Five places on his shoulder got opened […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: addiction, Baby Boomer blogger, black tar heroin, blogger, chronic pain, drug abuse, drug addiction, drugs, heroin, millennials, morphine, Oregon, oxy, pain, pain game, PORTLAND BABY BOOMER, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon

MEDICAL ADVICE TO IGNORE IN AN EMERGENCY

ARMY MEDIC: JOB TWO OF FIVE

Auntie Pammy Leaves Legacy Of Lennox Lancer Love

SOCIOPATH GENERATION GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION?

HEROIN HISTORY TODAY

Betrayal Pain: What Pill Takes Away That Ill

OPIOID SOUNDS TOO PRETTY, CALL IT WHAT IT IS

INFLAMMATION, CHRONIC PAIN, ADDICTION

CDC SAYS OPIOIDS SHOULDN’T BE FIRST CHOICE? THAT HURTS.

WINNING THE PAIN GAME

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