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Health Joint Replacement Recovery Self Advocating Wellness

Recycling… It’s not just for Cardboard & Plastics!

A few weeks prior to my joint replacement surgery, I was required to have pre-admission testing completed.  There was a laundry list of things to get done, blood tests, chest x-ray, EKG, a review of systems essentially, to make sure my body was up for the fun and games to come. What had I gotten […]

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Health Joint Replacement Recovery Scar Care Wellness

Scars are Tattoos with Better Stories

I’ve always been intrigued by tattoos- the stories behind them, the incredible individuals that sport them.  While working professionally, I served on a task force for our State’s Board of Health.  Our charge, to help educate tattoo and piercing studios statewide about clean practice- from minimizing the spread of blood borne pathogens to keeping their studios […]