Mon
May
01
2006
Coffee makes us say "yes"
A report on the ABC website give me another reason to promote drinking quality coffee!
Mon
Aug
15
2005
Christians and chronic illness - Part 3
Further thoughts about the issues facing Christians who suffer chronic illness…
I’ve said before, that one of the most frustrating and extraordinary aspects of this, is the poor treatment many sufferers of chronic illness at the hands of fellow believers.
On the forum at Leigh Hatcher’s web site it’s a topic that has come up a couple of times. But none so heart rending as in a post late last week.
Here’s the thread in full – the original post (minus her name), my response, then a response from Leigh:
Fri
Aug
05
2005
Chronic Illness and the health system
We had occasion this week to be ‘customers’ of the public health system – again. Actually, it’s been a while since we’ve been inpatients of a public hospital, and while some things are just the same, some things have changed.
Some background: My wife was the patient (no surprise!) and the visit was linked to the ongoing treatment of her various chronic conditions.