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Category Archives: Health
Maternity leave for the self-employed
So I’ve been mulling something over. How much, if any, time should I try to take off after the baby’s born? With my last full-time job and my last pregnancy, the company offered something like 16 weeks unpaid maternity leave, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Freelancing, Health
Tagged baby, carpal tunnel syndrome, editor, Family, freelance, maternity leave, money, postpartum, self-employed, work, write
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My deductible is going to be how much??
Normally, I enjoy being a freelancer. I do. I like the flexibility and the variety. I remember being afraid, when I first embarked on the freelance life, that I’d never find a way to make it work for me. I … Continue reading
H1N1, be gone
I got my H1N1 injection today. Hallelujah. The health department got a limited shipment of vaccine in, and it announced that it would reserve them for high-priority cases today. So, along with a bazillion other mommies, I hauled myself downtown … Continue reading
Don’t get sick
Should anyone out there be wondering, “Hmmm, should I get the swine flu vaccine?” let me just say one thing: YES. DO IT. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Otherwise, you may end up like my generally healthy 35-year-old husband, who we’re pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Health
Tagged assignment, client, flu, FluMist, H1N1, H1N1 vaccine, hand sanitizer, injection, Purell, swine flu, vaccination, vaccine, work
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Alabama doctor headed to Washington
The AP is announcing that President Obama may be tapping a doctor from my home state of Alabama as the next surgeon general of the United States. The news isn’t official yet. And I will admit I don’t know much … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Alabama, history, John Edwards, Mark Sanford, Obama, Regina Benjamin, South, surgeon general
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Interested in health care?
Since I always love getting a shout-out from a friend or colleague, I’m going to take the opportunity to do the same for one of my people. I’m going to tell you, my loyal readers, about a blog that you … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Health
Tagged blog, friend, health care, health care reform, nurse, nursing shortage, publication, reader, recession, uninsured, writer, writing
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Rain, rain, go away
We’ve had epic amounts of rain around here lately, so much that I’ve been threatening to tear up the swingset and build an ark in the back yard. With all the rain, it’s not like anyone can get out there … Continue reading
Not panicking just yet
A few years ago, SARS was the big health news. Now it’s swine flu. Excuse me, H1N1 flu. Whatever they want us to call it, I hope that it’s a mountain that turns into a molehill. I don’t blame my … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Journalism
Tagged Brownsville, case, CDC, Centers for Disease Control, confirm, confirmed case, contract, death, diagnosed, diagnosis, flu, H1N1, hand sanitizer, Harding Academy, health care, journalists, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, news, pandemic, report, SARS, student sibling, swine flu, Tennessee, Texas, WHO, World Health Organization
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