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November 19, 2008
- Gary checks into the hospital that night. His room is on the neurology floor, a dimly lit hall with patient rooms on either side It is odd to spend New Year's Eve in a hospital. People are out there getting drunk, making passes, dancing to loud music till blisters form on their feet, eating too much and blowing plastic horns. All merry and noisy. Here, the only sounds coming from the rooms are ...
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November 12, 2008
- As soon as we arrive to see Dr. Kim, the young internist arranges for a psychiatric evaluation right then and there. The psychiatrist, who makes people of slight builds look like professional bodybuilders, leads us into a small, windowless room that feels more like a large closet. This doctor, his toothpick leg crossed over the other, borders on sickly. His voice sounds like the nasal whine of ...
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November 9, 2008
- Much to my relief, the doctor is a bright, gentle resident—the kind that I hope will win Gary over to the medical profession. For now, at least, until he gets past these feelings of hopelessness that I do not want escalating into suicidal tendencies. The doctor is Asian, but his first name is Hans, with a German pronunciation. Dr. Kim listens to his heart, checks his blood pressure and takes a ...
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November 7, 2008
- today I am in search of advice from the multitude of Red Room readers, writers, bloggers and etc.The story goes, a little over two years ago--on the morning I was going for a colonoscopy--I received a call from an agent on a query and sample from my manuscript of collected short stories. He said that he loved the stories, they excited him as to their potential even though short story collections ...
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November 7, 2008
- today I am in search of advice from the multitude of Red Room readers, writers, bloggers and etc.The story goes, a little over two years ago--on the morning I was going for a colonoscopy--I received a call from an agent on a query and sample from my manuscript of collected short stories. He said that he loved the stories, they excited him as to their potential even though short story collections ...
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November 4, 2008
- By Thanksgiving in 1997, Gary was in rough shape. He struggled to study for the exam to keep up his certification to fly 727s. He couldn't get through the manuals. Fortunately, his exam wasn't for awhile. At the end of November, he flew his last flight for the month—a trip that, to his surprise, was his best and most enjoyable. "I felt so sharp. I wasn't bored. I had a good time working ...
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October 29, 2008
- Pink October 2008/Grandmothers/Breast Cancer, an excerpt from That Which Awakens Me by Ananda Leeke (iUniverse, Inc. - Winter 2009)Note: The poem is written with a six-word memoir style. It is dedicated to my grandmothers Frederica and Dorothy.Copyright 2008 by Madelyn C. LeekeConfession. Pink is my favorite color.She belongs to me and October.Why you might ask? My grandmothers.Two feisty Black ...
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October 24, 2008
- After that, he called regularly and I soon knew that mad cow disease wasn't his only preoccupation. Every morning, he concocted sludge-like drinks, blending bran, pineapple, frozen broccoli and any other food or drink from the all-natural supermarket that were on his kitchen shelves. "Blech!" pretty much summarized my responses. My being a cook and food snob aside, this was not Julia ...
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October 16, 2008
- Our friendship is six months new. Gary, an airline captain, lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, on the New York border. On his layovers, he explores whatever city his flight schedule has sent him. In June during my lunchtime walk in Boston, he introduced himself. I had meandered through the streets of the financial district finding the place that was least like my office, with its fluorescent ...
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October 14, 2008
- RocketBoom's co-founder Andrew Baron found out last week that his father had Multiple Myeloma, and likely less than 48 hours to live. Then a miracle occured. A drug that could save his father's life existed. However the drug was not approved by the FDA to be used this way. They sought and quickly got approval from the FDA. But now, the drug's manufacturer Biogen won't approve usage despite pleas ...
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