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Health and Housing

Health and housing are the foundations of a positive second half of life.  However, medical care and ‘senior housing’ are two of the biggest money making industries in our country.  Because of this older people are inundated with constant marketing that often focuses on fear mongering and often works to take the decisions out of the hands of the very people who use the services. Â
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In this section I will post information about medications, what medical care should be and how to live where you want and need to live, based on your own decisions made from clear information based on facts. Â
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As in other sections if you have information to share and would like to write an article, please contact me and we can talk about it.   Of course, you can also contribute information and your thoughts, questions for discussionÂ

A warm welcome to one and all

Margo Arrowsmith

Talking with Doctors Can Heal. Part 1

Talking with Doctors Can Heal. Part 1

It was a dark rainy afternoon as I drove past the Wake Tech campus, I started to change lanes, noticed a car approaching at high speed, and tried to go back to the right lane.  My last thought as I tried to keep the JEEP on the road was, “These…

Witch Trials and Penis Envy

Witch Trials and Penis Envy

Mary and Rhoda (their real names) were the training supervisors during my first year in grad school.  There were 20 students from three different area schools.  I was lucky to have Mary who was both intelligent and warm.  Rhoda may have known her stuff but she was hard.  Her students complained and Mary’s supervisees…

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