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I have decided to do a three? part blog series on the potential role latent and invisible infections play in this realm of people that visit phoenix rising. Too many labels to list here. I had a mobile lab out this week to get a (expensive) test to see what microbes are left in me. No test is...
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There's a guy here at the nursing home who is unhappy - probably many guys here who are unhappy. But this one in particular, was (apparently) suicidal. So what do they do? They let him go outside in the front of the building unattended. And guess what happened, the suicidal guy tries to hang...
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Sometimes you can’t help but ponder how long things have been broken. This didn’t just come about. We live in such a topsy turvy world where we think we are progressive and quite forward…. Yet so many people don’t have money to eat or afford medical care or house… or even a blouse. My father...
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My bare feet pushed my travel wheelchair along the hallway. Then I turned right and was face to face with our screen door. And I pushed right up next to it. Holding my head up but my neuro/ vision are very iffy. One wrong move of the eyes or head and I can swiftly go into an episode or small...
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Note: this is a "per request" adventure - Collision Decaying thunderstorms from the north (up near Sunset Point) sent out a gust front, moving in a southerly direction at 30 knots. A decaying line of storm cells near Picacho Peak (and points east) sent out a more impressive gust front in the...