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		<title>It&#8217;s Time To Laugh and Stretch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest blogger Allison Brooks contributed this article in timely fashion for those making resolutions for the new year. It ties with one of mine &#8212; to let go, stop obsessing about what was and instead, concentrate on doing what will lead to positive outcomes. It&#8217;s a monumental feat for those of us with chronic illness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=503&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #21: Channeling Stephen Colbert</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe I’ve got this all wrong. Maybe I need to look at things from the doctor’s perspective and channel Stephen Colbert so I can upchuck thoughts as they occur uncensored while adopting the persona of a mainstream medical doctor. After all, what do patients expect from a doctor within the typical eight-minute office visit? Miracles? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=459&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story #13: The Diagnosis Part II</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/the-story-13-the-diagnosis-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The diagnosis and treatment of anaerobic bacterial infections seems to be off the radar screens of all doctors except research medical doctors, who aren’t licensed to treat patients. Of the many physicians I saw about my actinomycosis, only one had any familiarity at all with the disease. The list of doctors I consulted about this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=437&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Doctor Parent Trap</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/the-doctor-parent-trap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 02:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish someone would loan me a book about how grown kids are supposed to interact with their parents. I have books on parenting which talk about how parents are supposed to interact with their kids. But I need advice on how to handle conversations based on the parent&#8217;s assumption of how things are supposed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=418&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Omens: What GM, Toyota and Big Banks Taught Us</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/healthcare-omens-what-gm-toyota-and-big-banks-taught-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 01:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I listen to news accounts of businesses gone bad, a common theme emerges among the reasons given for their downfall. Monetary reward motivated people to act as they did. And while hindsight is 20/20, a closer look into what blinded those in charge &#8212; those who should have had foresight &#8212; is strikingly revealing. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=415&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State Insurance Regulation Conundrums</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/state-insurance-regulation-conundrums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I ended up calling the Virginia Bureau of Insurance regarding the difficulty I was having finding an insurance company that would sell Medicare Supplement Insurance or a Medigap policy for disabled persons under age 65 in Virginia. (While finding a Medigap policy is fairly easy for seniors age 65 and over, the availability [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=350&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Virginia&#8217;s Election Results</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/reflections-on-virginias-election-results/</link>
		<comments>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/reflections-on-virginias-election-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats are licking their wounds after Republicans won the top three posts for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general by an overwhelming margin in this past Tuesday&#8217;s election in Virginia. Bob McDonnell won the governorship with 59% of the vote to Creigh Deeds&#8217; 41%. What happened? Republicans showed up, and Democrats stayed home. Cursory examination [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=340&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Medical Insurers Sacred Cows?</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/are-medical-insurers-sacred-cows-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health insurance companies are a powerful industry not easily provoked, pushed or intimidated into doing anything. This arrogance persists even after they&#8217;ve been fined millions for having failed their members and providers time and again. In a June 2009 report, Health Care for America Now outlined the habitual abuses perpetrated by health insurance companies. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=322&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Would You Do? What Others Said.</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/what-would-you-do-what-others-said-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The next in a series of blogs on my quest for competent health care.) What would you do to get treatment for a disease treatable with penicillin that seemingly no U.S. doctor is familiar with? What would you do to get treatment now that your funds have been depleted on living expenses, futile doctor visits, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=268&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Want To Be A Vigilante</title>
		<link>http://doctorblue.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/i-want-to-be-a-vigilante/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to be a vigilante. More than anything. I tried to keep this blog from becoming an outlet for my rants and raves, but yesterday, after meeting yet again more victims disabled unnecessarily by U.S. Health Care, I&#8217;m outraged. I&#8217;m outraged hearing that a person who isn&#8217;t outwardly bleeding is made to wait 17 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doctorblue.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5488405&amp;post=232&amp;subd=doctorblue&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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