Today I am hugely thankful that the last major issue we had here was in 2013 when Tom had his heart attack. That event caused me to start a whole new blog to post about our experiences. Adapted from https://maryomedical.com/2013/02/08/the-beginning/ January 27, 2013 was our 40th anniversary. DH called me and said he …
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Nov 02
Giving Thanks, Day 2
- By MaryO in Giving Thanks, Memories, Thankfulness, Thoughts
- Acela, ambulance, anaesthesia, anniversary, arteries, aspirin, Benghazi, blog, brownie, bruise, brunch, cafeteria, cardiac catheterization, cardiac rehab, cellphone, chocolate, choir, church, conference, crying, CVS, doctor, dog, drive, EMT, ER, Fairfax Hospital, fear, flu season, goodie bag, headache, heart attack, heart catheterization, husband, ice, ICU, iPad, IV, Karen Carpenter, knee, MaryOMedical, meds, memories, memory, Mom, Monday, monitors, nap, nitroglycerin, nurse, OR, pastor, scrubs, son, Staff Parish Committee, stent, stress, surgeon, surgery, taxi, tests, Thanksgiving, train, triple bypass, weather, wedding, x-ray
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Oct 13
40 Days of Thankfulness: Day One
- By MaryO in Giving Thanks, Memories, Thankfulness, Thoughts
Several years ago I decided to try Facebook’s 40 Days of Thankfulness and I’m going to post all 40 days here since I know that it will auto-post to Facebook and my blogs. Although I have had several problems in my life (and who hasn’t?), I’m sure I can come up with at least …
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Nov 05
Day 24: 40 Days of Thankfulness
- By MaryO in Giving Thanks, Memories, Thankfulness
Today I am hugely thankful that the last major issue we had here was prostate cancer this summer. I haven’t talked/written much about that because I want to be sure that the radiation and Lupron have done what they’re supposed to and this beast is gone. Before that the last major issue was in 2013 …
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Oct 13
Day 1: 40 Days of Thankfulness
- By MaryO in Giving Thanks, Memories, Thankfulness, Thoughts
Several years ago I decided to try Facebook’s 40 Days of Thankfulness and I’m going to post all 40 days here since I know that it will auto-post to Facebook and my blogs. Although I have had several problems in my life (and who hasn’t?), I’m sure I can come up with at least …
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