MMI 7

Health Source – Consumer Edition

Guy Thing: How To Be a Man Without Becoming a Father was the first title that made me take a second look.  When I went back to check it out I found that it was another pamphlet from the Do It Now website.  Imagine having Epilepsy – book – was the first book I saw.  I did not realize that books were included in this particular database.  Medicare Made Easy – book – 1997 copyright…I question how that would apply to today’s world of Medicare.  Peer Pressure & Choices: How to Think for Yourself (in a World Where Everybody Wants to Do It for You) was a pamphlet.  The particular choice listed a website so I visited and thought the site looked interesting.

When I searched for aortoenteric fistula I had no results come back.  When I changed to fistula I found out all different parts of the body that can be affected.  Several, if not treated, had the same 100% mortality rate that I knew about with the aortoenteric fistula.  In reading through a complete article I had to take the time to really slow down and ready many words by syllables to be sure what was being discussed.  If I had not background or dealings with my husband’s aortoenteric fistula two years ago I would have given up much sooner and not know what I was reading.

MedLine Plus

Dec. 2 news first article, oh boy, it says that “Women who exercise still sit too much.”  What happens to those of us who just don’t exercise?  Top searches were for aspirin, diabetes, hypertension, and lisinoprol (never head of that one for high blood pressure before).

The drug information seems incredibly comprehensive.  The page had a nice layout with all the questions one could possibly ask as well as a good block that was a warning to pregnant women.

In searching for the aortoenteric fistula I had no results again.  However, when I searched for fistula alone there were 283 entries.  I found one article that actually had a video that I could watch.

I loaded the abdominal aortic aneurysm video.  Started with the drawings, moved to several parts of the surgery, and know that someone who is having it done can have a birdseye view of the procedure.  If a person wants to know what’s going to happen it is great and completely realistic.