I was invited to an event yesterday afternoon. Instead of attending, I had tolet them know that rather than making a toast at the event, I would probably make everyone sick. Therefore, I didn’t go.During Covid, we were routinely reminded of our obligations to others if we felt sick or had been exposed. But has the sensitivity and obligation endured …
Watching a baseball game. It’s only the second inning and the pitcher has given up five hits and three runs and there are runners on base with only one out.The manager walks out to the mound, nods to the pitcher, takes the ball and lightly slaps the pitcher’s backside as he leaves the game.“He just didn’t have his good stuff today,” says the TV com …
Having recently been exposed to Covid, and with the protocols having rescinded into memory, I was left to my own devices.I pulled out the box of N-95s and wore one when I walked around the office or when in a room with others.When alone in my office I closed the door and the mask came off.People may have looked at me strangely, and when asked, I re …
"Interesting". We all know what it means.Clients tell me that they never want you to hear that their situation is “interesting”. Leave "interesting" for someone else.And so it was that I was in pre-op as the anesthesiologist reviewed a potential complication in my case.“This is interesting”, she said.I laughed and told her that that was the last t …
This past Tuesday marked our 1200th “Calm” session.Calm — something that, I suppose, we all could use more of.Calm — something we could all aspire to.Calm — ever allusive.And “Calm” is an app that affords us 10 minutes of guided meditation a day. An escape. A refuge.1200 days and counting.
I don’t think of it as a resolution. I think of it as self-defense. I am determined to cut back on the news, especially the political news. With the upcoming election and the incessant coverage of every twist turn speculation and prediction, I am convinced that the news is bad for my health. My hope is that I can become a c …
The booth was where it has been for years. The company sold journals and was at the trade show every year.And, as in years past, they were offering free embossed journals as a promotion.As we have in the past, we picked a journal and waited on line thinking about the clever words, or variation of a name, we would ask to be embossed on the cover.But …
Northwell Health, the largest health care provider in New York, ended its mask mandate the other day. This follows the lifting of mask mandates by most health care providers over the past few months and the end of mask requirements in general.Nevertheless, I put my mask in my back pocket this morning - as I have done for the past three years. And I …
I’m “on vacation.”Vacation - an interesting word and a more-interesting concept.Without delving into the scholarship of the origin of the word, it seems to me that vacation derives from the word vacate.To leave, remove, empty.Meditation teaches to empty — leave thoughts. Vacate. On a broader scale, this is also one of the objectives of a vacation.B …
The headlines are startling, although not unexpected. Among students in grades 3 through 8 on Long Island less than 40% passed Math and less than 50% passed English in recent standardized tests. Although I’m not a fan of standardized testing, the results are undeniable.The effects of the pandemic are many. We have suffered personally - directly and …
Recently, I had a massage and I learned a lesson. The massage was nice. The message was significant.As the massage started, I found myself thinking about what the therapist would do next. Expectations took over my thoughts….until I realized that I wasn’t enjoying the massage and that, perhaps, I should let go and allow the therapist to do her thing …
We’ve done some traveling recently. Traveling by plane twice.We’ve made it a practice to take a Covid test two days after our return.We also test before family events and visiting our unvaccinated grandchildren.We test even if we’re feeling fine. We test for others. To protect them. Just to be sure. Testing......the new normal.
We talked about this last week at the New York Health and Longevity meeting and I thought it was worthwhile to share the information in today’s blog.On January 1st, the federal No Surprise Act went into effect. Basically, it is designed to protect patients from “surprise medical bills”. New York has had a similar law in place for several years.The …
I recently received two boxes of K95 masks that I ordered when the CDC advised to upgrade from cloth masks to K95s. Today the mandate in New York for masks indoors has expired and is not being extended. As we move to the hopeful next phase of COVID, we will all have to get comfortable with new realities — as we did earlier in the pandemic. And the …
We have to remember many, many dates. Birthdays, anniversaries, and others. I sometimes test myself with the birthdays of our seven grandchildren.There is a new date that must be stored in our memory bank: the date of your second Covid vaccination (or the single dose of Johnson). It’s the date that is needed, along with other information, to confir …
