The last time, I was preparing for my second full hip replacement. When I say “we” I mean Baby Boomers, of course, but the club for joint replacements is anything but exclusive.
I am having my left hip replaced. This is a gruesome operation. I will need blood, oxygen and the super-human skill of a surgeon.
First things first: What, exactly, are the life sciences?
They’re all the “good stuff”, explains Donna Gentile O’Donnell, Ph.D., and by that she means the hard sciences, the micro technology, the miracle medicines, the diagnostic tools, the environmental breakthroughs, the data retrieval, and the food, nutrition and patient care research that can prolong both the length [...]
By now, most of our children are safely back to their usual school-time routines. They have their books, crayons, pencil sharpeners, glue sticks and all the necessary (and hyper expensive) trapper keepers. But where do they put all of their supplies? They have to get to their homework, schoolbooks, lunch and assorted other treasures somehow.
You force yourself to believe that news will come. You try to numb yourself against any possibility that the doctor’s words will in any way fall short of “fine.”
