Dude alert

rd.com — "Before we take off, I would like to apologize on behalf of this and every airline for the hassle you just endured at the security checkpoint. As is patently obvious to any reasonable person, the humiliating shoe removals, liquids ban, and pointy-object confiscations do little to make us safer...."

As for my response to the article, "Nurses offer tips for surviving a hospital stay", I must refer to my recent hospital stay last year. I did write a brief blog,"A scary situation", where I brought to light the importance of knowing and communicating a list of current meds you're taking.

But something… Continue

I had just bought a new car that morning, a sleek black 2006 BMW. All excited about my new car, I decided to celebrate a night out with a friend. It was dark, about 8:00 pm as we passed the hospital, on the way to bowling. I immediately slammed on the brakes as a woman jumped out in front of the car. She scared me half-to-death. She was waiving her hands in the air, as if she were trying to get someone's attention. It was then I figured out why she was trying to flag me down. On the side of the… Continue

As a teen dealing with cancer, I often wondered how my future would turn out. Would I end up being a “cancer” couch potato, or would I be able to accomplish things, graduate college, be a contributing member to society, have superpowers, be able to fly and fight crime. Well except for the last three, I think I’ve found my answer.



Just consider the author J.K Rowling who early on, gave up her dream of writing novels to pursue a more “practical” endeavor. She soon found herself poor… Continue

One of the best times in my life was when I was in Children's hospital when I was 11. I got to know everybody, a couple of us would go hang out and play pool. It was a comfortable time, it was the life.

Now 20 years later, I had a chance to go back thanks to a non cancerous meningioma that had to be taken out.



Call it naiveness, call it wishful thinking, call it whatever you want, but in the back of my mind, I imagined things would the similar as they were 20 years ago. The… Continue