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[Reprinted as sent, July 9, 2010]

Have you been to the Kotel? Have you been to the Old City? It's the
first thing you're asked. You may have just gotten off the bus from the
airport, but have you been to the Kotel?

[Rest can be read at The Troll Family Scrapbook

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"The weakest and oldest among us can become some sort of athlete, but only the strongest can survive as spectators. Only the hardiest can withstand the perils of inertia, inactivity, and immobility."

J.H. Bland and S.M.Cooper
_Semin Arthritis Rheum_ (1984)

This is what home looks like.

Home looks like hurt and healing out in the open.

There was never time and air for my feet to heal in Jerusalem. I have
blood blisters layered on blood blisters, but the greatest pain came
from the, er, leaking between my toes.

Full entry at: The Troll Family Scrapbook.

Today I rode a bike unsupervised for the first time in 25 years.

My One Day in New York (the *full* entry. With photos.)

Thank you, theweaselking.


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If you or a family member have been through "being switched" from a name brand psychiatric medication to a generic, PLEASE SEND FEEDBACK.  Even if it's only two lines, send it.  It's really, really important that we start gathering real experiences with this one.  (I know the person who runs this organization, and they are rigorous about privacy.)

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Slaving frantically to try to record memories of trip while still fresh unexpired.

In the meantime, everyone who works in the medical profession, knows someone who works in the medical profession, or has a body, needs to read THIS:


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