Page views: 80 The cabinet of horrors of the everyday: The true horror behind Bepanthen ointment and lanolin Bepanthen ointment can be found in almost every German bathroom. What few people realise: Behind the famous eye and nose ointment lies a cabinet of horrors of animal suffering that is unrivalled. Each gram of ointment contains 250 milligrams of wool wax - obtained from the agony of countless sheep. Most consumers...
Page views: 127 Sometimes pain is not the worst thing. It's the struggle to be heard. The daily struggle, in a world that keeps telling you what you need - without listening. It's been decided that I won't get any more painkillers until the next visit. The reasons? Oh, who knows. Maybe bureaucracy, maybe principles, maybe worries about side effects...
I am not an expert. I'm not a doctor either. But I can read. In this case, a 179-page document from the German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine.
Handover protocol to look up the most important changes, for doctors, therapists, carers. And of course for Family & Friends.
Page views: 838 Part 3 of 3 Shitting has to be learnt. New day, new luck. Have you digested yesterday's post yet? Well, I'm only moderately so. To be honest, my enthusiasm for writing about my ridiculous Pippifax problems has not yet returned. But this should be the shortest part by far. If you missed the first two, you can find them here...
Seitenaufrufe: 782 Teil 2 von 3 Probleme, die die Welt bedeuten. Können. Es aber definitiv tun, wenn sie es tun. Bei Problemen waren wir. Und dafür fange ich einen extra Beitrag an? Tatsächlich, ja. Über die letzten Wochen, Monate und Jahre habe ich immer wieder erleben dürfen, was für ein Unverständnis über meine ALS Erkrankung besteht. Gerade bei medizinischen...
Pageviews: 804 (Part 1 of 3 Nothing in our lives can be taken for granted. Not even the ability to take a shit. Nice shit. Rarely is this expression more apt than in this context. Because today I want to dish up some shit for you. To be precise, I want to tell you about this very thing. I've neglected writing for the last two days for some reason. Instead...
Page views: 850 Supposedly a boring topic. But, as is so often the case in life, it depends on how you look at it. Is a manicure billed differently to a pedicure? Obviously yes. I haven't found anything about the reasons for this yet. Is a manicure for a tetra (patient with four paralysed limbs) to be assessed differently from a pedicure in terms of handling? Nope, I can...
