I recently took a cruise down the Mississippi River on an old-fashioned steamboat, and it made me want to revisit the great African-American poet Langston Hughes' best-known poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" (that's what inspired this title.) But my personal favorite Hughes poem is "Mother to Son", which I think of whenever I feel [...]
This is from a Johns Hopkins "Health Alert" I got a few months ago." It singled out cancer pts. as a particularly vulnerable group. (By the way, the JH "Health Alerts" are really good and free, so you should sign up.) Don't we know it. Managing Anxiety Without Meds Do you worry excessively? Johns Hopkins [...]
Hi Folks, Prostate surgery, especially, robotic, is fast becoming the one-size-fits-all treatment recommendation for newly diagnosed patients. I suggest you don't rush into surgery or anything else. The first thing to do is assemble a brain trust, i.e., put together a list of the the best doctors in the world that you have access to. [...]
I don't read much highbrow lit, but DH does. Sunday, he showed me a review of a new novel by Philip Roth that was in the NYT, because he said it had to do with PC. So I had a look, because rarely do I see prostate cancer take center stage in art. I was [...]
Hi Everybody, I have been a "bachelorette" recently, because my husband went to St. Louis for five days to visit with his family, and also for a "mini" high-school reunion (with his "clique"). He is due back in the morning. I was planning to write about other things, but I came across a topic that [...]