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Issue 15.14 On a recent visit to a patient’s home, I was struck by his enthusiasm for the care he was receiving from Hospice. He was very grateful for all the people he had met since coming on service. “They are such wonderful people,” he said. As we talked further, he stated he no […] Issue 15.14 A vertebral compression fracture is a condition in which the vertebral body in the spine collapses, leading to severe pain and deformity. Often times the pain is so severe that patients will have a difficult time standing, walking or even rolling over in bed. There are over 600,000 vertebral body compression fractures in […] Issue 14.14 Let me be clear before I begin. I am not talking about Google, Yahoo, Bing (though it does slow some systems down) or even Ask and Dogpile. I also am not speaking of your Internet Security search systems like Norton, McAfee or AVG since they are there to protect you from infected websites […] Issue 14.14 Dennis C. Brimhall says when people ask him, “Where does indexing fit in comparison to other family history priorities?” The answer is simple. All I have to do is ask them when they last searched and found an ancestor on FamilySearch.org. “Did you enjoy that experience?” Inevitably they are thrilled. “You were able […] Issue 14.14 Each family has its own unique beginnings, events and history. Time to share your story with us. Doyle Wilcox Perkins of St. George recalls something different about his extended family: Early in 1900, the Perkins family and the Wilcox Family had farms in Preston, Idaho. The farms were on different roads, but […] Issue 14.14 Pain is the major problem all seniors are plagued with. We take medicine by the handfuls to alleviate the pain. Exercise is the #1 benefit in helping to reduce pain, yet seniors can’t exercise because it is too painful. A new technology is now available that exercises your body to alleviate pain. Ten […]
Issue 14.14 Arthritis of the spine causes significant pain and decreases the quality of life. Like all arthritic conditions, first line treatment of spine arthritis is physical therapy for core strengthening and oral anti-inflamatories. If these do not provide adequate pain relief, the standard of care is to perform a procedure that “burns out” […] Issue 14.14 Something happened to me this past week that I must sort out and live with. Let me back up to the start of my story. The year was 1993. I was “retired” but playing at my love which was managing campgrounds and “RVing”. We needed a three axel 5th wheel trailer in which […] Issue 14.14 As a native to the area, I grew up in the small town of Virgin, Utah. I knew early on there was something so special about our communities and culture in our beautiful and majestic Southern Utah that we are so fortunate to live in. The area has grown leaps and bounds from […] Issue 13.14 The time was December 1936 that two eleven year old boys were neighbors on the 400 block of South Idaho Street of Butte, Montana. George Shea was older by two months. Sam Wyrouck’s parents both died when Sam was seven so at age eleven his older sister and her husband got him out […] |
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