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I was sitting in my beach chair on vacation soaking up the sun when I overheard the couple next to me sounding concerned. They were throwing out lots of big medical terms but were very confused and said that they did not understand anything that they read on this MRI report. I turned to them, apologized for eavesdropping, and introduced myself as a physician. I offered to “translate” what the radiologist report said, and they gladly accepted.
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As I much enjoy experiencing my 80th year, I think it only natural to ask myself, “If I had it to do over again, is there anything I would have done differently?”
Read morePROVERBS 21:26 " He that coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not."(KJV)
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My last conversation with Grandpa was over the phone. He was sick and dying. I was 1,200 miles away in residency, learning how to be a family physician. I was not going to make it home in time to see him one last time.
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I am occasionally asked, “Roger, what’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever caught?” The question got me to thinking. In August 1999, Tom, my son-in-law, and I were fishing for catfish beneath the first island below the Ft. Randall Dam at Pickstown. Around midnight my line snagged on something and I thought I’d have to break it off. When it finally popped loose, I reeled in a buffalo vertebrae. I could tell it was buffalo by the fin on the vertebrae that was from the hump area.
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We all know the feeling. You ate too much, and now your stomach is letting you know about it. Or maybe you ate some junk food, and now you don’t feel well. How is it that another slice of pizza one moment seems like exactly what we want, but later we realize it was not what we needed?
Read moreThe following qualified for the state track and field meet to be held in Spearfish on May 28 and 29:
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My past 5/12/21 column climaxed in a great marlin angling adventure in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Cabo lies on the southern tip of the Baha Peninsula. While I’d like to recommend a Cabo deep sea fishing adventure with Captain Nicholas aboard his 30’ twin-engine “Mahi Mahi,” it is only right to look at the alternatives. To make a fair comparison, I’ll limit myself to southern climes.
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