Healthy SOS for old vets
Healthy SOS for old vets—Bob Hall’s version1 pound ground turkey4 tablespoons light butter 1 cup freshly cut chopped onion1 small can mushroom pieces, drained & rinsed, or 1 cup fresh mushrooms....
View ArticleToday's Political News & Bronchocopy Update
Today's lung Bronchoscopy had mixed results. The pulmonologist seemed pretty concerned after it was over. The good news is that the slough (dead cells called "sluff") is decreasing, and they will...
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Gen. Carl Mundy, 30th Commandant of the Marine Corps, dieshttp://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20140403/NEWS/304030063/Gen-Carl-Mundy-30th-commandant-Marine-Corps-diesExcerpt: According to a...
View ArticleUpdate from the VA Hospital—the news is sub-optimal
Update from the VA Hospital—the news is sub-optimalOr, in Jimmy Carter’s wonderful phrase after the hostage rescue mission to Iran ended in disaster, right now my lung transplant from 12/23 is an...
View ArticleBob Hall's life Story
I wrote this for the Collingswood (NJ) High School Class of 1964 50th Reunion May 10, 2014, since I can't attend. I post it for anyone interested. ~Bob*****I grew up in southern New Jerseyand my...
View ArticleI'm home from the hospital
I was released from the VA hospital Monday evening, got home about 8:00 pm, in time for my 68th birthday today (4/15/14). Happy tax day to all my readers. I have oral antibiotics and a 24/7 IV drip...
View ArticleThe Unknown Killer: Pulmonary Fibrosis
The Unknown Killer:Pulmonary FibrosisRobert A. HallIt comes on us as silent as the night,And steals a breath and then another breath,Until it smothers out another life,To claim a hundred lives with...
View ArticleA few political things slipped in
Blog postings will be very limited due to the on-going challenges from my lung transplant, which is not doing well. So I have to delete 90% of incoming non-personal email unread, due to time and...
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A few political items. And Happy Easter
A few political items I was able to pull. Happy Easter. "He is risen" for my Christian friends. Enjoy the chocolate bunny ears for my secular friends.Not much on the health front. On the plus side, my...
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Hard Hearted Republicans? Says who? Why, just Monday night, my wife and I took a homeless couple out to dinner. Unfortunately, they are our friends, John and Donna Payne, whose home in Louisianaburned...
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Short health update: Thursday morning, April 24, I had blood work, a chest x-ray and a clinic appointment. The doctor concluded that the infection is cleared up and took me off the home IV antibiotics...
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Liberal Compassion for Little Leeches
Click on graphic to enlarge.Liberal Compassion for Little LeechesDixon Diaz has a page called "The Libtard Show." I disapprove with using the term "libtard." as name calling makes us no better than...
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Some Weekend Political News
When I was about to get out of the VA Hospital on April 14, the internal medicine doc told me the IV and antibiotics would fix the short term problem of the infection, but that the long term problem of...
View ArticleShort update: Neutral news from today's surgical bronchoscopy.
In the event, today's surgical bronchoscopy was not dramatic. We reported at 1200, but I had nothing to eat or drink since midnight. As I was an "add on," I didn't go in until after 1500 (3 pm for...
View ArticleLots of Political News
Short Health Update from Monday's Surgical Bronchoscopy--the news was neutral. ~Bobhttp://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2014/04/short-update-neutral-news-from-todays.htmlBook Recommendation: Apache: Inside...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts for May, 2014
Random Thoughts for May, 2014Robert A. HallKilling entry level jobs through minimum wage hikes to please the unions. Increasing energy costs by blocking keystone, blocking drilling, blocking fracking,...
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Lots of news today
Since my bronchoscopy Monday, my breathing has stayed the same, labored with exertion. Did more than I expected at rehab Wednesday, 8 minutes on the treadmill and five sets of four exercises, Leg...
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