This April, I turn 87 years old. My father and his three siblings all made it between 89 and 100 years.
Murray asks ‘what comes next’ after getting out of the hospital
Yes. I did enjoy the ambience of the hospital and their staff and their meals. The hospital doctors…
Preparing for winter
Fall (the season not ‘falling down’) is now over and winter will shortly be on us. My doctors tell me to work on my exercise program as well as increasing my muscle mass by exercising the quad muscles.
ROPES – an emphasis on memory
I don’t feel that summer is over but our warm weather does continue. Maybe we will have an early snow. I am ready for anything.
A current update
This has been quite a past month. My health issues – dementia, autoimmune, cancer, arthritis, a bad right knee and melanoma to list just a few – continue as in the last six months, but non-health issues keep cropping up.
Longevity – life is increasing, with activity
In 2017 I had a SPECT brain scan at a local hospital. The results: Abnormal perfusion in the right temporal lobe and right basal ganglia.
A day with the ‘One Care’ facility
Have you ever wondered what it is like to spend 24 hours in your home without escape? Well, I have.
For me, survival means good support from diverse medical team
Support comes not only from the medical specialists that I have been fortunate to have. The five…
Experiences with dementia and autoimmune
Believe it or not – I have written 191 columns under the heading “My Voyage with Dementia.”
And life does carry on
My last few columns have lamented my lack of information regarding my health care.
The reality of my many medical tests
There are a number of companies competing to build Artificial intelligence (AI) compliant operations. AI is portrayed as solving the world’s problems – one problem at a time.
Artificial Intelligence – the future
I was on a Zoom call recently and noticed that the call was identified as Zoom AI Companion. Introducing Zoom AI Companion (formerly Zoom IQ) – your new generative AI digital Zoom.
AI and its role in healthcare
I read somewhere that Canada spends close to $350 billion on healthcare per year. That is about $7,500 per person per year.
Artificial Intelligence is coming to healthcare
Yesterday, I had an appointment with my oncologist (cancer). The purpose was (I think) to bring me up to date with my progress in fighting melanomas (the trigger for re-emergence of my DM).
Memories – good and bad
My dementia is slowly progressing in my brain. There seems to be continuous announcements with potential solutions to help those diagnosed with one of the many dementias.
