I’ve wanted all week to tell you about an article I read in my local newspaper, but it’s been a busy week at the Reeves hacienda with lots of doctor appointments for my daughter. Houston is a big town, and it seems as if the doctors we must consult are at the opposite end from [...]
Tags: cadmium, chinese manufacturers, consumer caution, tainted jewelry
Posted by Joan Reeves on Dec 6, 2009 in
Celebrations,
Health
Give the gift of a smile. By that, I mean donate to Operation Smile. They’re an organization of medical professionals who provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate.
No child should be shunned and rejected because of these deformities, yet, they are in many places [...]
Tags: cleft lip, cleft palate, operation smile
Do you watch those makeover shows on TV like the ones on TLC or when Oprah does a special? I guess most women do because we love a Cinderella story of turning an average women into a stunner. The one thing I notice is that the makeover specialists always “do” the teeth first. You know, [...]
Tags: dental makeover
The Internet has changed the way most of us live our lives. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that all of us research aspects of our lives more fully than ever before thanks to the resources available at our fingertips. A mom with a sick child can easily learn about disease symptoms and [...]
Tags: brain, Health, longevity, medical, SPECT
Posted by Joan Reeves on Aug 25, 2009 in
Health,
Life Changes
You’ll see this post here and on SlingWords, my other blog. If you’re a blogger, feel free to pass this post along.
I’m trying to help Fred Campbell of the American Ex-Prisoners of War. I read his most recent letter to Dear Abby in which he thanked her for reaching out to veterans with service connected [...]
Tags: als, american_exprisoners_of_war, dear_abby, disabled_vets, fred_campbell, veterans_affairs, vets
Posted by Joan Reeves on Aug 21, 2009 in
Health
Have you every had a mosquito bite or a case of poison ivy that threatened to drive you insane with the unbearable itching either induces?
In my case, I can ignore a mosquito bite, but poison ivy is something else, and it’s almost as bad as my allergic reaction to painkiller medication. Take a pain med; [...]
Tags: medical_research, news, scientific_discovery
As soon as I finish writing this, I’m going to call my Mom and tell her about this. She wrote about a childhood experience when she slept at a friends house and during the night awakened to find the bed a bed bugs mattress rather than a human one.
My Mom’s Story
I helped her write that [...]
Tags: bedbugs, book, lucille_ainsworth, memoir, memory_lane
I saw a friend a couple of months ago and was shocked because she looked ten years younger and about twenty pounds lighter. In short, she looked fantastic so, frank person that I am, I asked what she’d done. She laughed and said she owed her new body to Liposuction.
Happy New Look
She was happy [...]
Tags: cosmetic_surgery, nip_tuck
The great Arnold Palmer said: “What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.” When you drive that little white ball off the tee isn’t anything to inspire thoughts of poetry or art, maybe you need to work with a good instructor. Of course, most [...]
Tags: arnold_palmer, bob_rotella, charles_barkley, golf, golf_instruction, hank_haney, jack_nicklaus, lee_trevino, padraig_harrington, PGA Tour, pro_golf, stewart_cink, tiger_woods, tom_kite
Posted by Joan Reeves on Jun 23, 2009 in
Consumer Smarts,
Health,
My Literary License
On my other blog, several months ago, I was talking about my mother visiting the sleep clinic to see if she had sleep apnea and needed one of the CPAP machines at night. She just wasn’t resting well at night and was tired and sleepy all day long.
What’s CPAP
A CPAP machine is a device that [...]
Tags: cpap, Health, sleep, sleep_apnea, sleep_clinic