Footlose Old-timer
You don’t need to be lonely because you live alone, or lacking in social interaction. Take a lesson from the 2 guys in prison who, one night, looked outside of their cells through the prison bars. One guy saw the beautiful full moon set against a dark sky, dwarfing the millions of twinkling little stars…
“The sadness of death is only surpassed by the sadness of solitude,” – a doctor discovered in a heart-wrenching way with one of his patients. The doctor knows that he is dying. So does the patient. It’s not the kind of death after a few days or weeks or months of pain. It can come…
Are elderly people cranky? Does their mood rise and fall like the tide, or follow the lunar cycle? These are the common perceptions younger people have of elderly people. While a few may fit the mold, but they are the exception rather than the rule. A lot of old fellas are friendly, jaunty, jovial and…
Has this ever happened to you? You wake up in the morning feeling great and ready to go. After a wonderful sleep, you feel refreshed and full of vigor for the tasks ahead. Then from out of the blue, something intruded into your mind that agitated you, made you feel restless and irritated or nervous….
Right now, a guy is struggling with depression. He could be the guy next to you in a coffee shop or sitting forlornly in a park. He could be walking along aimlessly in a shopping mall or sitting in the far corner of a dark movie house. Or it could be you. You are listless…
If you are experiencing breathlessness, chest pain, wheezing, coughing with some sputum, you are showing symptoms of respiratory diseases. They will cause breathing difficulties and may cost you a good night’s sleep. Some respiratory diseases do not respond to Grandma’s home-cure recipe of a “couple of decongestants, lots of rest and drink plenty of water.”…
“You have cancer,” your doctor said in a very calm and professional way. No matter how he said it, the gruesome news that you have the dreaded disease of cancer will still hit you like a vicious punch in the gut. You will slump in your chair like an empty sack. Your face gets tight; life seems…
How much do you know about arthritis? Not much, maybe, except that it is painful. As if a thousand needles are plunged into your big toe, foot, ankle, wrist, hands, or any joint in your body. The pain may range from mild, to severe, to crippling and can last for a day or two, a…
When you talk about “health” with friends, in most cases, the focus is on physical, not mental health. There is nothing wrong with it. Except that it misses the bigger picture – mental health dictates your level of physical health. Mental health refers to “cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being – it is all about how we…
“Eat healthy foods, drink lots of water, exercise, sleep early, and no alcohol or tobacco And don’t forget your pills.” You must have heard this bit of advice from your doctor or loved ones so many times you can recite it in your sleep. And they are right except for a little bit of exception –…