Another day another post. Actually two. I posted an index to assist in finding the articles on such things as valuations, contracts, associates, and agreements of purchase and sale. Good sailing.
Now I am moving in a different direction. I had sort of promised myself that one day I would put into writing all of the people who I have come into contact with in the health care professions starting back in 1976. Not that it matters to anyone in general, but I am going to try and do this in chronological order. This should keep me blogging for a few weeks or months. So here goes:
1.
My first contact with the chiropractic profession came when I returned to Toronto from attending law school at the University of Western Ontario. I had spent three years complaining of an ear ache and was astutely diagnosed as it being a matter of "tension" and being prescribed valium. Nice way to keep a person with ADDDDDDD (not yet a known problem) smiling through law school. A friend from back in early school was enrolled at chiropractic college and as an intern was rubbing his hands in glee when we decided that I should seek a proper diagnosis and treatment at his hands. The person in question was Allan Gotlib, who is now Editor in Chief of the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association.
I attended for the assessment which as I remember it was termed a "subluxation". I had been x-rayed and after a consultation it was determined that an upper cervical adjustment was what was needed. Being anxious for the treatment but not exactly co-operative, soon to be Dr. Gotlib called upon Dr. Bob Kilgannon to assist in the treatment. It would work like a charm and a pain that I had suffered with for years was gone within days as I remember it. I still need treatment from time to time -- but that will be a story for a future time. Needless to say, I remember that first treatment as if it happened yesterday. Too bad it hadn't happened decades earlier.
More about that first visit and subsequent visits and more persons tomorrow and thereafter.
Three days in a row. I really have to get back on the motorcycle.
I received my copy of Dynamic Chiropractic Canada. Nice article if I do say so myself. My secretaries like the titles more than anything, ie. "legal manipulations; don't worry be happy; tick-tock; the smell test; the big picture". In another life I might have been a writer for a rag that you would read in a checkout line in a grocery store -- but that is another story.
If DC requests another article -- it will be dealing with "running through the thorn bushes". Use your imagination.
Two days in a row for posting a blog. Amazing.
Anyway, it was sunny and 21 degrees in Toronto today. Another day spent in the office and putting out fires. My latest article appeared in DC Canada -- title was to be "the big picture" but literary discretion always wins out. Now I am tossing around the next article. It will likely come to me at about 3 am in my sleep and then I will forget it by the next morning.
Still having a respit from dancing until my wife is ready to put on the dancing shoes. Having the honourary title of "least dedicated and most entertaining member" of the dance studio gives me certain indulgences in terms of attendance.
Apparently I have volunteered to participate in the Chiropractic Convention in Toronto in November. I am sure that I will be able to get myself in some kind of trouble at the function. After all, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Anyway, it was sunny and 21 degrees in Toronto today. Another day spent in the office and putting out fires. My latest article appeared in DC Canada -- title was to be "the big picture" but literary discretion always wins out. Now I am tossing around the next article. It will likely come to me at about 3 am in my sleep and then I will forget it by the next morning.
Still having a respit from dancing until my wife is ready to put on the dancing shoes. Having the honourary title of "least dedicated and most entertaining member" of the dance studio gives me certain indulgences in terms of attendance.
Apparently I have volunteered to participate in the Chiropractic Convention in Toronto in November. I am sure that I will be able to get myself in some kind of trouble at the function. After all, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Rules and Regulations
I think that there may be rules of conduct when creating a Blog - like assuming a responsibility to post every day, twice a day or three times a day. My problem with HDADDDDD is that I move from activity to activity without regard to such rules. You either get my attention in 15 seconds or its time to move on. So, sitting and writing a Blog is something that requires commitment. Except for 37 years of marriage, 34 years of practicing law and 32 years of teaching -- commitments are a general pain. So I apologize for not providing any words of wisdom that can be put to paper.
Frankly, it is spring time in Ontario -- and there haven't been many springs in Ontario in the last few years.
So the motorcycle is now operational - even if the pipes have to be changed and I burned the hell out of the air horn. The sports car is getting serious mileage and is my favourite daily activity. Other than that -- everything is done on an ad hoc basis.
Frankly, it is spring time in Ontario -- and there haven't been many springs in Ontario in the last few years.
So the motorcycle is now operational - even if the pipes have to be changed and I burned the hell out of the air horn. The sports car is getting serious mileage and is my favourite daily activity. Other than that -- everything is done on an ad hoc basis.
Responsibility
Apparently there seems to be an unwritten rule that if you have a Blog you are supposed to maintain the Blog which means you have to contribute to the Blog. So much for rules.
Anyway, I made it through my Cuba trip with very little to report on. If the saying is: "what goes on in **** stays in ****", then I have nothing to report because nothing happened.
The interesting thing is that upon my return, I had two clients who actually said they missed me. (Obviously because I did not access a cell phone or a computer.) After 34 years of practice it was a nice experience.
I must unfortunately report that I may have taken a very large step to growing up or maturity. The weather in the Toronto area this week was glorious with sunny skies and temperatures in the high teens. Considering that I have a motorcycle and sports car ready to be taken out of winter storage - I left both of them hibernating. The first days of nice weather are dangerous in terms of driving and drivers. I can't believe I did not sucumb to the urge to be as crazy as the other drivers on the road. Oh well, growing up can be the pits.
I have now received confirmation that I somehow volunteered to do an opening presentation at the Canadian Chiropratic Convention in Toronto in November, 2010. Six months away. That is a tight schedule in terms of preparing to the point of looking like it is not a prepared presentation. I have promised myself that it should be a wild experience -- pictures, etc. I can't mention the title of the speech but considering that I came up with "legal manipulations" as my by-line in Dynamic Chiropractic Canada you can expect the topic and presentation to be irreverant. Besides, what are they going to do -- not pay me; fire me; give me an attitude adjustment ??.
be well.
Anyway, I made it through my Cuba trip with very little to report on. If the saying is: "what goes on in **** stays in ****", then I have nothing to report because nothing happened.
The interesting thing is that upon my return, I had two clients who actually said they missed me. (Obviously because I did not access a cell phone or a computer.) After 34 years of practice it was a nice experience.
I must unfortunately report that I may have taken a very large step to growing up or maturity. The weather in the Toronto area this week was glorious with sunny skies and temperatures in the high teens. Considering that I have a motorcycle and sports car ready to be taken out of winter storage - I left both of them hibernating. The first days of nice weather are dangerous in terms of driving and drivers. I can't believe I did not sucumb to the urge to be as crazy as the other drivers on the road. Oh well, growing up can be the pits.
I have now received confirmation that I somehow volunteered to do an opening presentation at the Canadian Chiropratic Convention in Toronto in November, 2010. Six months away. That is a tight schedule in terms of preparing to the point of looking like it is not a prepared presentation. I have promised myself that it should be a wild experience -- pictures, etc. I can't mention the title of the speech but considering that I came up with "legal manipulations" as my by-line in Dynamic Chiropractic Canada you can expect the topic and presentation to be irreverant. Besides, what are they going to do -- not pay me; fire me; give me an attitude adjustment ??.
be well.
Olympic Report
Actually any report that I could give can be seen in the local newspapers -- so I will not bother to report other than two of my three sons are having a great time partying in Vancouver. It really looks like they are having a blast (for those of you born after the 80's -- that means having a good time).
The weather has been sunny, the temperature is above zero and no snow on the ground. I am tempted to crank up my motorcycle but that would bring on the snow without any question.
I have just about had enough of the winter even if it has been relatively mild. I have now booked the annual trip to Cuba for an overdose of mojitos and cigars. It is my destination of choice since there is no reason to take my computer. A week of doing nothing -- I can't wait to be bored to death. It is an interesting feeling - but just for a short period of time.
And when I get back, the next weekend the clocks are set back an hour -- I am always amused by the fact that it is reported that we get an extra hour of sunlight -- not if you wake up at sunrise. But, nevertheless -- it will give me a reason to get the motorcycle ready for when the snow and salt disappear. and then, and then, and then -- I get ready to bring out the car - none too soon. yee haw! but never fool with mother nature - she has a way of waking up and biting you on the rear.
The weather has been sunny, the temperature is above zero and no snow on the ground. I am tempted to crank up my motorcycle but that would bring on the snow without any question.
I have just about had enough of the winter even if it has been relatively mild. I have now booked the annual trip to Cuba for an overdose of mojitos and cigars. It is my destination of choice since there is no reason to take my computer. A week of doing nothing -- I can't wait to be bored to death. It is an interesting feeling - but just for a short period of time.
And when I get back, the next weekend the clocks are set back an hour -- I am always amused by the fact that it is reported that we get an extra hour of sunlight -- not if you wake up at sunrise. But, nevertheless -- it will give me a reason to get the motorcycle ready for when the snow and salt disappear. and then, and then, and then -- I get ready to bring out the car - none too soon. yee haw! but never fool with mother nature - she has a way of waking up and biting you on the rear.
Yada Yada Yada
Alright so I have a limited vision of the world. My entire range of interests amount to: motorcycling; health care issues; ballroom dancing; television and such bad habits as cigar smoking. What the heck -- you only come this way once and it isn't a trial run.
But for the most part I spend my days dealing with cynics and persons who actually have to be paranoid. In my case, "just because I am paranoid, doesn't mean the world isn't out to get me." It is the nature of the legal profession. However, there are times that even I can get some major enjoyment out of the interaction that comes from being a part of the legal profession.
Even more so, I have spent decades dealing with risk management in the profession of chiropractic and all of the difficulties that arise in health care. Well -- will wonders never cease. Yesterday I received an email indicating that the CTV Olympic web site was up and operational. Within that site is a health and wellness area and to my utter amazement -- there it was -- the chiropractic corner. It is spectacular, fabulous and a tribute to the profession and the CCA.
So check it out -- once, twice or a dozen times -- and tell your friends, family, associates and strangers. It is worth a visit.
To the CCA -- congratulations on a job very well done.
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/health/index.html
and enjoy the Olympic games. me -- I will be watching from my couch, eating popcorn and drinking Pepsi.
But for the most part I spend my days dealing with cynics and persons who actually have to be paranoid. In my case, "just because I am paranoid, doesn't mean the world isn't out to get me." It is the nature of the legal profession. However, there are times that even I can get some major enjoyment out of the interaction that comes from being a part of the legal profession.
Even more so, I have spent decades dealing with risk management in the profession of chiropractic and all of the difficulties that arise in health care. Well -- will wonders never cease. Yesterday I received an email indicating that the CTV Olympic web site was up and operational. Within that site is a health and wellness area and to my utter amazement -- there it was -- the chiropractic corner. It is spectacular, fabulous and a tribute to the profession and the CCA.
So check it out -- once, twice or a dozen times -- and tell your friends, family, associates and strangers. It is worth a visit.
To the CCA -- congratulations on a job very well done.
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/health/index.html
and enjoy the Olympic games. me -- I will be watching from my couch, eating popcorn and drinking Pepsi.
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