This is a list of questions you might want to ask your cardiologist after having a heart attack. The questions here may or may not apply to your specific situation. It’s important to understand that every heart attack and every survivor is different. Was my heart permanently damaged by my heart attack event? This question is about understanding what condition…

“I don’t need a ride, I need ammunition.” — Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine. — With those few words, Zelenskyy became a global hero. He has to know Ukraine can hold out against a much superior Russian military for only so long. …

I have a brain injury. Because of that brain injury, I deal with mental fatigue — all of the time. I have discovered that while writing is beyond me when I’m very fatigued, talking is not. Therefore, I’ve been using voice-to-text software, in this case, Otter.ai, …

I saw this tweet when it was released. I didn’t think much about it at the time, but it occurred to me later how true it is. So many of our regular activities have been disrupted over the past couple years. I haven’t been to church in I don’t know…

This morning started out like most others. I got up at 6 am. I wrote for a while. I am trying to finish a book about what I went through to recover my life after having my heart attack and brain injury. After writing, I tried to reconcile my Visa…

“Why do I exist?” Every human has asked themselves this question at one point in their life. Great minds over the centuries have established philosophies. College kids set to graduate and enter the workforce ponder their existence as they stare into the next 40 years of loyal servitude to whatever…

I was a Boy Scout leader for 17 years. It was great fun. It gave me the chance to guide young people on their way to adulthood, which is a nicer way of saying I helped prepare them for the sick, dark, complex world that awaits them. I tried to…

The following are specific steps I take when I feel myself getting anxious. #1 — I close my eyes. #2 — I focus on my breath. My eyes remain closed. I focus on nothing but my breath. I breath in through my nose and out through my mouth. I pay…

We all had those friends in college who were the “attractive ones”. You’d go to a party, and every girl in the place would be interested in them. They had many dates. They had many girlfriends. One such friend, “Brian”, showed up at one of our college parties with a…