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Winning for losing (part 1 of 3)
[ad_1] PRELUDE If you read Lightning Bug strictly for clinical content, skip to the P.S.S. at the end, and come back in two weeks, because today and next week, I’m going for the pure pleasure of Marsland family-style storytelling. Next week I’ll write about gambling...
Of Birds and Beauty (Covidian repose)
[ad_1] PAST -SACRED-1991 Mr Gali was my fifth and sixth grade teacher at Webster Hill Elementary School in West Hartford, CT. He was a short and stocky man with a stern face and menacing, thick eyebrows. He had a passive-aggressive way of massaging the...
You look mahvelous! – by Scott Marsland, FNP-C
[ad_1] HISTORYMy mother’s mother was our Baba. Baba was a first-generation American from a Slovak family in Central Pennsylvania. Luckily for me, I spent a lot of time with her growing up, including summer visits to her home in Wyndmoor, PA, where she lived with my...
Iliac Venous Compression (May Thurner Syndrome)
[ad_1] Notes to the reader: if the Substack is truncated in your email, click on "View entire message" and you should be able to view the entire post in your email app. Comments and the final plan of care are restricted to paid subscribers for this post. Some of the...
Plan of care: IVC Case Study
[ad_1] PLAN-Consider adding alkaline water to your routineConsider Rapamycin weekly. There are five studies referenced below and see this March 2023 review of off-label use in the post-COVID era. https://w… Read more [ad_2] Source...
Mother's Day
[ad_1] PASTOcean City 1973Most summers I spend a week at the shore in Ocean City, New Jersey. My Aunt Sue and Uncle Bruce generously host. From the time that I was a baby — in fact, when I was still in my mother’s womb — my family would go to Ocean...
Yankee Doodle Soup – by Scott Marsland, FNP-C
[ad_1] The pandemic was rough on us “right-wing anti-vaxxers.”(Who knew being consistently right would be so exhausting?)You might have felt alone at times—but you never were.Meet your tribe.Yankee Doodle Soup is a collection of essays by a diverse group of writers...
Hot mess express – by Scott Marsland, FNP-C
[ad_1] PASTBefore hyperactive was a diagnosis truly in vogue, it was applied to me, and I was medicated with Ritalin. The doctor who prescribed it was a kind looking man with a deep, resonant voice name Dr Robert Allyn Kramer. He was a mensch; a kind and gentle man...
Road trip – by Scott Marsland, FNP-C
[ad_1] PASTMy big, strong dadMy dad was a sales representative for a series of companies which make walk-in freezers. His customers were restaurants and fast food chains. He worked for Bastian Blessing, Vollrath, Frigidaire and Masterbilt. After my mom and dad...
