Just when you think you’ve seen it all, somebody, somewhere proves that there are still good ideas out there waiting to be capitalized
My ‘Quest for Calories’ has been widely discussed, and why not? It is one of my favorite past-times! Besides, I am allowed a few indulgences in this journey, aren’t I?!? I did go [...]
Archive for the ‘Newsworthy Notes’ Category
Okay, seriously?
Posted in Newsworthy Notes, tagged Fried Ice Cream Blast, SONIC on August 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Alma mater to the rescue?
Posted in Health & Rehab, Newsworthy Notes, tagged brain, brain tumor, craniotomy, ependymoma, hospital, nerve regeneration, tumor on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Little did I know that my alma mater would be churning out such relevant work to my rehabilitation! Check out the following story that is posted on UT-Austin’s website (here):
Grassroots Results
Posted in Newsworthy Notes, tagged brain, brain tumor, brain tumor awareness week, craniotomy, ependymoma, hospital, tumor on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, I posed “A Call to Action“. In the article, readers were asked to contact their US Representatives and ask them to support a bill that proposed to designate May as “National Brain Tumor Awareness Month”. Guess what? IT WORKED!
High-profile diagnosis
Posted in Newsworthy Notes, tagged brain tumor, cancer, Edward Kennedy on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Senator Edward Kennedy was diagnosed on Tuesday as having a malignant brain tumor. According to this report, Kennedy was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
Regardless of how folks feel about his politics or his personal life, this is a very serious diagnosis. Having been through my share of brain tumor challenges in the last 13 [...]
Sober Worm: 7 – Early Bird: 0
Posted in Health & Rehab, Newsworthy Notes, tagged brain, brain tumor, craniotomy, ependymoma, hospital, nerve regeneration, tumor on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is an age old axiom, ‘The early bird gets the worm.’ As it turns out, this may not necessarily be the case….at least if the worm is not under anasthesia. I took interest in this article for two obvious reasons:
1. Nerve regeneration is of paramount interest in my life these days.
2. This study is [...]
