Conditions and Diseases

I want a new drug

September 15, 2010 By PJ Mullen 10 Comments

I want a new drug, one that one make me sick. One that won’t make me crash me car, or make me feel three feet thick. Now that that will be stuck in your head the rest of the day…

Filed Under: Captain's Chair, Fun with Diabetes Tagged With: Blood sugar, Conditions and Diseases, Diabetes mellitus, Endocrine Disorders, Health, Heart failure, Pancreas

Today I’m asking for a little help for a friend of mine. A cause very dear to him, CureJM, is currently in the running for a grant from the Pepsi Refresh project. I’m doing everything I can to help spread the word because we Prada bags need to stick together

Filed Under: Everything Else Tagged With: Conditions and Diseases, Health, Organizations, Pepsi Refresh, Pepsi Refresh Project, www.refresheverything.com

She says “La!”

July 6, 2010 By PJ Mullen 18 Comments

I haven’t gotten random in a while and since sleep depravation doesn’t lend itself to writing coherently, here we go.

Filed Under: Random Thoughts Tagged With: Conditions and Diseases, Dairy product, Food, Health, Milk, Specific Substances

How not to give a toddler medicine

June 11, 2010 By PJ Mullen 23 Comments

Over the last four months we have had a recurring issue with little man and a string of ear infections. Just when we think one is gone, or at least mostly gone, another one manages to sneak up on the poor little guy. It has gotten to the point that prescriptions have become door prizes for us at each visit and we were hoping we were close to breaking the cycle.

Filed Under: Fatherhood Friday Tagged With: Conditions and Diseases, Fever, Health, Otitis, Physician, Temperature, Vomiting

Bits of Randomness

May 12, 2009 By PJ Mullen 6 Comments

Revenge of the Milk Protein Allergy?: A week ago Monday our little man woke up with what looked like hives, but they quickly went away. They returned with a vengeance on Thursday, which prompted a “sick” visit to the doctors office. The absence of any other symptoms had all of us thinking that his milk [...]