Yes, Mr. Donald J. Trump was inaugurated today. The 45th President of the United States.
My last comment: The fox is now in charge of the henhouse.
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Today, I had an adventure... trying to reach the doctor that I hoped would fix my aching left shoulder.
A lady called me with directions to the Doctor's office... she told me to go to the Carroll Hospital Center back entrance. When I got there... they had never heard of my doctor. However, they thought that it might be another place that they directed me to. No.. not there either.
In a panic, I went into the local Target store and asked if there was a telephone I could use. No.
So, still in a panic, I stopped the first customer I saw.. a nice lady who looked kind. I asked her if she had a cell phone. She did. I asked if I could use it to call the doctor's office. She said yes.
The person in the doctor's office was not sure where the office was, but just advised me to drive around until I saw a "Medstar" sign. Which I did.. I drove for a while and suddenly I saw the sign.. and guess what, the doctor's office was suite 200 in a building in which suite 100 is my dentist and suite 300 is my arthritis doctor. Amazing.
I ended up only 5 minutes late. My blood pressure was up a bit but other than that all went ok.. my doctor told me that because of my weight-lifting activity for years, my shoulder had worn out.
Solution: Surgery.. new shoulder. (No No... not for me)
Solution: Rehab. (Maybe) But it probably won;'t help.
Solution: Corteson Shot: (Yes) Hopefully, it will work for close to six months. Then... I'll get another.
Yes, I know... boring!
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Medical/Police Opiod Problem in our County
At my TRIAD/SALT meeting yesterday, we were pleased to have a well-known police sargeant in attendance. He told us about the Opiod problems current in our County. For instance, last week, 5 overdose cases were reported, one was fatal. The problem is Fentenal added to Heroin. Some felons released after serving their sentences, buy some heroin... but, what they don't realize is that it is not the same heroin they used before they were arrested. It is much more potent... with that fantastic chemical Fenteanal included. (In fact, the sargeant mentioned that two officers confiscated a bag of drugs and when they opened it, the Fentenal fumes knocked them out.)
I don't even know how to spell Fentenal. However, as I've mentioned before in these blogs, the pain from my leg problems was in the 9 and 10 level. Oxycodone did not kill the pain, so Hopkins doctors had me combine those pills with a fentenal patch. Even that did not work at first.. only after I had the strongest dosage did the pain abate. After healing, I had to go to a pain clinic and get weaned off of the fentenal and oxycodone. Luckily, I did not become addicted.... that is because the medication took care of pain and did not give me any of the "joys" of using opiods.
Yes, I know.. boring!
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Opiod Problem in the Country
The New York Times for January 8th, 2017 has an article with the title: Opioid Tide From Coast to Coast.
Public health officials report that 33,000 people died from the opiod epidemic in 2015. For the first time in history, opiod deaths surpassed gun homicides. What can be done about it? I don't know, and neither do public health officials.
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Great Decisions
On last Thursday, the Great Decisions program began again in the place where I live. Around 120 people signed up to hear experts talk about world problems, followed by a video and discussion. The first program concerned The European Union, its history, its goals, its future after Brexit.
I think that I learned a lot from the presentation. One surprising outcome for me was to learn that most of the European countries consider Andrea Merkel of Germany as the leader of the free world... and not our new President Trump. For one thing, she is a person that shows compassion for refugees and immigrants, while many leaders in other European countries are following xenophobic rantings... just as, I'm afraid, Mr. Trump has engaged in.
As Britain takes steps to leave the European Union and France may follow... the breakup of the alliance may be coming... that is too bad, because, for almost 75 years there has been peace in Europe because of one Country's ties to its neighbors. I hope that the French do not succumb to Le Penn's rhetoric.
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Enough... let's all be nice.
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