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Churchtown Supply Co.

By CJoseph | January 3, 2012

Last Friday, John Haggerty and I headed off to retrieve a painting from a friend in Greensburg, PA. On the way, we stopped by Churchtown Supply Co. on Route 23, 2049 Main St., Narvon, PA, 17555, to pick up some enamelware dishes that I had asked them to set aside. Bethann and I bought each [...]

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So Itchy I Can’t Sleep

By CJoseph | January 9, 2011

It’s nearly 3 AM and I haven’t been able to sleep yet. I have a cold with a bit of a runny nose, but it is my itchy skin that is keeping me awake. When I finally finished the Prednisone, on December 15, the hives were disappearing and did not flare up; that is, not [...]

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Death in the Mirror

By CJoseph | November 19, 2010

After four or five days in ICU, I finally looked in a mirror and saw death staring back at me. My  face was all dry and wrinkled as if I had aged by 15 years in one week. It was startling to see. I examined the shape of my creases and noted that they weren’t [...]

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Visitors Bearing Gifts

By CJoseph | October 24, 2010

Sunday afternoon and evening, I had several visitors to my hospital room. I do not remember who all came. Perhaps you can cut me some slack on that. I was on morphine and Percocet; and still felt pain. I think Vladimir was there. Irene came and brought a most thoughtful gift: a small CD/tape/radio stereo, [...]

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Accidental Health Advocate

By CJoseph | October 23, 2010

On Saturday, October 16, one of the last things the host of Marketplace Money on NPR said was something like: “Before you go to the hospital, you should make sure you have a health advocate who can help you through the process and look out for your best interests.” She did not say how to [...]

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Leaving Home

By CJoseph |

Saturday morning, I got up, washed up and got dressed in sweat pants and a longsleeve T-shirt. I hobbled downstairs, clutching the handrail, moving one step at at time leading with my bad knee, so I wouldn’t have to bend it much. I had a little breakfast with Bethann, before she had to leave for [...]

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It’s Probably Cancer

By CJoseph | October 21, 2010

A doctor read my MRIs and concluded that I had a tumor about the size of a large plum or small apple attached to the interior side of my spine at L-11, L-12 and L-13. I was told to schedule a biopsy for oncology after I had been off of Valium for at least four [...]

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Heavy Metal Music

By CJoseph | October 20, 2010

On Wednesday, October 20, Hilary drove me back to Grand View Hospital for MRIs on my spine. I spent over an hour in the MRI machine for standard and with contrast MRIs. The huge machine makes a constant noise that sounds like it is straight out of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” starring Danny [...]

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X-Rays, Synvisc & 1st ER Trip

By CJoseph |

Tuesday morning, I went to Grand View Outpatient Center for x-rays and to Upper Bucks Orthopedics for the first of three Synvisc shots into my right knee. This is the second round of these shots. They last about six months. I have no cartilage left in my right knee joint. I was back to limping [...]

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Inexplicable Pain

By CJoseph | October 18, 2010

I started to feel a pain in my back on Sunday, October 3. There was no good reason for it, as far as I could tell. I hadn’t lifted anything incorrectly or slept on it funny. It just started to hurt. The pain gradually grew more intense over the next two weeks. On Saturday, Oct [...]

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