COLUMN: Fighting the fight of your life

I think there were two of them in the hole and one pushed the other out and said ”Ha, that will fool them.” My week started with a wham, I got all my stuff ready for the flea market Sunday and the truck would not start, not a good sign.

Square advice on your new hip

When a friend of mine went to China a couple of years ago, he experienced difficulty navigating the Great Wall because of osteoarthritis of his hip. When he got back home and had to crawl up the steps to his bedroom, he realized it was time to have his hip replaced.

Back pain: A common problem with serious challenges

This subject was discussed in this column in the Independent in the May 14, 2016, issue titled a multispecialty approach to educated and evidence-based medical treatment as pertinent to pain therapy. A recently discussed condition and treatment in a non-medical magazine presents the Primary Care evaluation and treatment and documents the opioid problem even before it was widely appreciated.