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Winning for losing (part 2 of 3)
[ad_1] The ferry leaving Bridgeport, CT for Port Jefferson, NY In my Substack Road trip I made reference to traveling to Long Island to pick up a 2011 Volvo C30. I did this back in April 2024. The entire day was an adventure, as I set off with $5300 in cash in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ode to a gym teacher
[ad_1] DISTANT PASTOnce upon a time there were classes in art, music and gym from Kindergarten through senior year in high school. Budget cuts, oversized classes and teaching to standardized test scores rather than comprehension and life skills have all taken an axe...
