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i am a family physician who was diagnosed with
early mild cognitive impairment(mci) amnestic type on december 21, 2010
this is a precursor to alzheimers disease
because of this diagnosis i have opted to stop practicing medicine
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

my covid 19 birthday present

MY COVID 19 BIRTHDAY PRESENT
a few days into my bout with the covid 19 i had my birthday this year
it was one of those birthdays that marks a decade like 40 or 50
well
this one this year is sort of a big ole blur
i think my wife gave me a handmade card either that or i dreamed she did during one of my episodes of fever and chills that day
i think that day i mainly laid in bed all day not moving a whole lot

she may have given me a present but again i dont really remember if she did or not
no it was not my memory loss issue flaring up it was the sickness i had been infested with
the covid 19

my wife shes birthday was a few days later
i do remember some things by then
in fact i made her a handmade birthday card shown in the picture above
i was in isolation in our bedroom so i didnt pass anything out of the room until after my 2 week isolation period was over
so
i sent it via my iphone since i didnt want to send any germs her way

i told her we could celebrate our birthdays when we got well

so
this week
i made my trip to traders joes for groceries

an aside
i must say i felt quite safe while i was in the store
much safer than when i went to the pharmacy

i decided
ok i would find something for our birthday that we could share together
as i walked down my third aisle
there it was
jumping out at me
that 12 roll of toilet paper well they call it bath tissue
why i dont know

i added it to my cart
when i got home i told my wife she
i bought us our birthday present at trader joes
its being quarantined for 3 days in the garage

when she saw it she was more excited for a birthday present than ever over our years of being together
a birthday present we could share for sure

we were down to 1 and 1/2 rolls
one of those i think really use to be sold as fine one ply sandpaper
it worked though

so we now have a several weeks supply of toilet paper
no i dont plan to hoard it

so our birthdays this year we will remember for sure
and
we definitely will remember what we got for our birthdays this year

the organicgreen doctor

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