Health

Meditations on pain

November 1, 2026

The pain after my bowel surgery was devastating. Nothing seemed to help, even while I was hospitalized and had access to the best drugs.

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Mother’s milk

October 9, 2026

Imagine you’re not allowed to eat for a month. That was my reality when a diagnosis finally came: a partial small bowel obstruction.

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Adam Sandler has a new movie on Netflix. He doesn’t star in it – he’s one of the producers – but it features his daughter Sunny in the lead role. My wife, Jody, and I have been big fans of Sandler’s less slapstick turns – he was hilarious in “You’re So Not Invited to My […]

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Say yes

August 22, 2026

Jim Carrey starred in a movie called “Yes Man” where he must say “yes” to any request or bad things will happen. I’m trying the same trick.

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Revisiting Chinese medicine

August 8, 2026

As my medical maladies started mounting up, I did something I never do. I turned to alternative medicine. Chinese herbs in particular. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with complementary medicine. I’ve never gotten much out of acupuncture in the past. Massage feels good but doesn’t last. Homeopathy seems more Western than complementary but was devised […]

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Living in Limbo Land

July 26, 2026

“You look pregnant,” my daughter Merav joked upon seeing my belly. But with my belly full of either gas or fluid, either I needed surgery or cancer treatment was back as an opt

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