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our sinuses are truly amazing. i've been sick for a week now. Wednesday my GP ran a couple of tests, determined that i didn't have strep throat or the flu, called it "something viral and flu-like", and suggested that i continue to treat the symptoms. so i did, until last night, when i went to an urgent care clinic. i wasn't getting any bett… read more

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so my dad doesn't have cancer. he will, however, be getting a primary care doctor soon. and i can't say that i blame him. i stopped seeing this doctor after the way she handled a situation several years ago where i was really sick for 2 solid weeks. it took me months to fully recover, partly because of side effects from medications she prescr… read more

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i should have drawn a little chalk outline around it before i removed it from where i found it. yesterday evening i arrived home to find a little dead bird in my master bedroom. when i first got home everything seemed normal enough. nothing out of place or broken. as i walked down the hallway i noticed that the bedroom door was pushed nearl… read more

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don't get me wrong. for much of her life i've groomed my dog myself. Pepper has lots of long fluffy hair, and sure, as i stared at the mounds and mounds of shaven-off hair, there were times when it crossed my mind... ...i just never dreamed that there would be a book about it. www.amazon.com … read more

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for the first time in about a week and a half i saw Squirt, one of my feral cats. on Halloween night, as we were preparing for trick-or-treaters, my husband started calling me urgently. when i looked out the living room window, Squirt was sitting on our driveway, very nonchalantly. she looked well. she sat there for a minute or two, and then … read more