dear ms b-raptors and ranch rules

DEAR MS B-RAPTORS AND RANCH RULES

now first ms b
i want you to know that you dont need to be afraid
to come visit us
there is no way gma will let that raptor bother you

your gma is like a mamma bear
protecting her cubs
shell do whatever it takes to do that

why last night
ms b
as she got ready to put our chickens up for the night
as she entered the chicken run
where i had so expertly put brush and rope to keep those
raptors from dropping from the sky downward
to their prey
there to her dismay
inside the coop ms b
were these two big raptors

one of those that i had mortal combat with just two days
before
i sort of lost but i still managed to run the raptor off
with that long 6 ft t post
poking him real hard in the chest
im sure he was thinking what the heck
this guy means business
so off he flew

well
your gma
that mamma bear anger on her face
entered into mortal battle with those two raptors
yes ms b she fought off both of them
she was twice as brave as i was
with
well i asked my wife she
what did you grab to run those raptor fighters off
maybe an ax or that large hoe or i know that
long flat shovel i use

no she said
i just used my bare hands
there were lasers like at a rock concert coming out of my eyes
i was a yelling at them like a crazy women

so ms b
that scared the beejeevies out of those raptors
man they are big
off into the sunset they went
thinking we aint gonna deal with that crazy lady no more

sad to say ms b that we will be getting 3 less fresh eggs a day
now
ill let your mommy explain that to you

so
you can feel rest assured that your gma will do whatever
it takes to protect you when you are here

i also learned after this event
that
i had better not make her too mad at me

now ms b
here is a picture sitting at the top of this tree in our front pasture
he or she is a big raptor
your gma and i have looked online to id the bird
but
we cant seem to find the right picture that matches up
with what they look like

they are 6 ft tall and have 10 ft wingspans and have these
piercing eyes that look right through you
with that vise like sharp raptor mouth that could rend a person
into pieces

oh wait no
that was in my aricept dream last night
they arent quite that big

so there are ranch rules
if your dog wanders onto your neighbors property
and attacks their animals
you can expect to find the dog hanging from a fence
those are ranch rules

natural predators like raptors foxes skunks raccoons
you dont shot them
they are just doing what nature has trained them to do
you can capture them and move them down the road
a few miles
or
like i plan to do
improve more my chicken environment so they the predators
cant do any more damage

we have lived here ms b for 15 years
our chickens have freely roamed our pastures without fear
never losing any to predators especially aerial predators
now
that has changed
so
we have to adapt dont we

the organicgreen doctor

things happen in threes

THINGS HAPPEN IN THREES
isnt that correct
right

when in practice i use to notice if i had a patient
with appendicitis
soon i would have two more
so
i was more careful looking for that third case

then
you know when an actress or actor dies then another one dies
it always seems
yep
another dies

so this week after the second thing happen to me
i started thinking about
oh no
whats going to happen next

first
i have had iritis in my right eye intermittently for about 20 years
the last time it flared up was about 5 years ago
the reason i know is when i pulled out my steroid eye drops
they were outdated over 4 years ago

so a couple weeks ago i noticed
man as i told my wife she
i feel like i hit a wall
i was so tired
heck
even despite the aricept knocking out my sleep i found
myself not only taking longer noon naps
but
i was sleeping my normal 7 hours at night
but
was still real tired
then
here came the 24/7 headache
the kind that feels like you drank too much red wine the
night before
but
thankfully relieved with acetaminophen arthritis formula
but
it came back when it wore off
then
bam here came the red inflamed red eye
looks like pink eye but hurts like a finger stuck in the eye
so
on to my old steroid drops i went
ive done this enough my eye doctor keeps me stocked with
steroid drops
i did the treatment then it went away
tapered it off
then
it came back
so i finally gave up and saw the eye doctor
she added two eye drops for 2-3 weeks
after 5 days its under control
however
when i stop it im hoping its done for another 5 years

then
as i bit into my sandwich
uh oh i said
i knew that was not good
my bridge which includes all 6 of my front teeth
starting moving
this has happened before
i knew what it all meant
now i really felt bad knowing what all was coming
i had been warned 15 years ago this day was coming

all of this because of taking a large bite out of a steering wheel
when i was 20
before seat belt days

i have made dentists rich over the last 40 years
now i knew they were going to get even richer

so off to my dentist i went
well he said its time
it all has to come off now
you need two teeth pulled and four implants placed
along with extensive bridge work

there goes my kids inheritance

my choices besides above was to go with a partial denture made of
6 teeth
thats something i vowed to never ever do again
or
just go around without any upper front teeth
which
i aint going to do
not yet anyway
eventually it wont matter

now i told the dentist this aint a good time
i have 3 presentations to do
he said
well what you have may hold up for a few weeks
or
it may not last a few days

so knowing how murphys law works
i decided to go for it now and spend my kids inheritance

so i underwent the procedure
they even used the michael jackson sleep med on me
they asked what music i wanted to listen to
i said of course michael jackson stuff

well the next day
i felt like manure and when i looked in the mirror
i looked like that too
two black eyes
a purple streak down my right face
a swollen upper jaw
just what the hell did they do to me
when i was listening to michaels song
beat it

im glad i wasnt due a portrait

so i am on a mostly liquid diet
what i miss most of all is my cookies i eat with each meal
maybe i could puree them

thank goodness for pain pills
so
now i look beat up my red eye at least isnt red my headache is controlled
with the pain pills for my mouth

then i got to think
oh no
what about that things come in threes thing
that always seems to happen

so
here it came on saturday
after attending the mother earth news fair
my mouth was athrobbing
so we came home after lunch

i was anxious to get inside to get to my drugs
when we arrived
perched onto of the light pole overlooking our chicken coop
was this giant white mexican eagle
well thats what the neighbors call them

then
i heard the chickens squawking
if youve had chickens you recognize that squawking
that bad squawking
like when they are being attacked
a sound that never ever ends well

i ran down to the coop
there
was this giant white eagle trapped inside the coop
with a wing span of 6 ft
then i saw one of his prey laying in the chicken run
it wasnt pretty
like what you see on tv when they drop bombs in syria

i ran into the coop
then
kabam
i thought that other eagle had knocked me off my feet
onto a metal cage i went
off with my new glasses
stunned i was
i picked up my glasses which were all crooked
the right lenses were destroyed
lucky for me later i had saved my old glasses
they were covered with blood
as was my face

i got them straightened enough to put them on
turned
there i was facing the gigantic bird with this giant
raptor mouth and claws
with its wings spread out
in attack mode
in an area of about 10 ft square
like those fighters on tv in those cages

all i could think was
am i next on his meal list

so i grabbed a large t post
poked him in the chest
walked him backwards out of the coop
off he flew

sorry i wont describe the carnage that was around me
lets just say we dont have as many chickens now

into the house i went
looked in the mirror

i looked like a zombie
with a large swollen right cheek
a large superficial laceration down my right face
a swollen upper front jaw
two purple eyes
a long streak of purple bruise down my right lower face
a red right eye

yes i was not a purty site on saturday

then
i got to thinking
this is a good thing now

things always come in threes
so
i have had my threes this week
so
i should be done

thank goodness
it can only get better
right

the organicgreen doctor

alzheimers news-alzheimers research presentation

ALZHEIMERS NEWS-ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH PRESENTATION

three of the reasons i am interested in alzheimers and alzheimers research
is on the above picture
my younger brother
my mother
my father
my older brother named after my father
then add me to that list since i have early mild cognitive impairment amnestic type
the precursor to early alzheimers

one of the activities i do while volunteering for alzheimers organizations
is to do presentations on alzheimers disease
now
my favorite thing to do is stand up in front of a group and answer questions
that the audience want answers to
since sometimes its hard to get them from their providers or
figure out the stuff on the internet that is true

i feel like since i qualify as a good person to answer questions
since i
-am a family doctor
-have those 4 family members above who had and have the disease
ive seen it up close and personal
its an ugly ugly disease
-have the diagnosis i have that has allowed me to be a patient
experiencing all the work up you can have done
-have experienced all the side effects of the meds like aricept (donepezil)
and other supplements used for memory loss
-am in a large research study called the adni study and am awaiting
inclusion in a new treatment study that shows promise
-have experienced research first hand and keep up with what is going on
with alzheimers care drugs research etc

so
i feel quite qualified to do the large upcoming talk on march 12th
at this link

'Learn about research into Alzheimer's disease treatments being done here in Texas at this year's GPS Caregiver Workshop on March 12 at Riverbend Church Austin! Our friend Dr. Dewayne Nash will give an informative talk on clinical trial opportunities and new frontiers in our understanding of dementia.'

Register today! https://web.charityengine.net/default.aspx?tsid=6048

schedule —

9:00 - 10:00 Dr. Dewayne Nash (Retired physician & research participant) - “Alzheimer’s Research - A Physician’s Personal Connection”

10:00 - 11:30 Jennifer Scott, Keynote (Director, Area Agency on Aging Capital Area) - “Practical Tips for Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregivers”

11:30 - Noon LUNCH

12:00 - 1:00 Pastor Reg Larkin (Counselor and Minister) - “Faith, Celebration and Grief in Caregiving”

1:00 - 2:00 Mary Koffend (Owner, Accountable Aging) - “Three M's of Health Insurance- Medicare, Medicaid and Medigap”

i and the other speakers will be available most of the day for personal questions

the last 15 minutes of each talk will be left for questions

the second speaker at 1000am is one if you are a caregiver or about to be 

you should come listen to as well the 1200 noon speaker

the last speaker on the medical insurance stuff should be good

thank goodness i am a doctor and have worked in front offices so i have been

able to understand this better

i have also helped several elderly folks get through this insurance maize

also

on thursday february 25th from 10-1pm i will on a round table discussion of 

alzheimers disease at 

stoney brook assisted living and memory center belton texas

lunch is provided

call 1-254-9300-3800 for more information

www.stoneybrookbelton.com

on tuesday march 29th at 1000-1100am i will be answering questions

from a small group of folks on alzheimers disease

a the cowan center at sun city georgetown 

sponsored by 

www.gtownliving.com

come to one of these to learn more about research caregiving

treatments etc

the organicgreen doctor