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Cancer: A Retrospective

October 30, 2016 //  by Terra Osterling

This post has been a long time coming. At this writing, it has been a little over two years and nine months since I was first diagnosed with melanoma. Treatment involved: ~ 2 general anesthetic surgeries within 2 weeks of each other. The first a procedure to remove a crescent of my ear, put the …

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Bad Medicine

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December 6, 2014 //  by Terra Osterling

Primum Non Nocere is Latin for ‘first do no harm,’ a guiding principle for physicians that, whatever the intervention or procedure, the patient’s well-being is the primary consideration.[i] That entire sentence above is reproduced in its entirety from the website referenced at the bottom. The composition is clear and concise, but I do see one …

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Encore: 19 Items Per Minute, or, How bagging groceries instructs my life

July 21, 2013 //  by Terra Osterling

 This post was originally published in April 2011, and, according to my WordPress statistics, is my #2 post of all time. 19 Items Per Minute is about my seven years working at a local grocery store chain. It was the only job I had all through high school and college (with the exception of a …

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Decisions, Decisions

June 9, 2013 //  by Terra Osterling

Instead of writing, today I spent the afternoon with a friend. She is at a crossroads and ready to make the decision to change her life. Over iced tea and California rolls, we discussed what it feels like when your job has become a toxic pool; where you can barely envision that a way out …

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Mother, may I…

May 12, 2013 //  by Terra Osterling

Moms give us life, and they also teach us how to live. There’s the heartfelt stuff, and the truly gushing moments at graduations, weddings and births. But the real lessons?  These are in the mundane day-to-day admonishments, chore assignments, scoldings, and one-liners – all the stuff you hear in your first 18 years of life. …

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3 Things NOT to skimp on…

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January 20, 2013 //  by Terra Osterling

It might be wear and tear. That’s the answer to a question I’ll ask later. To get there, I’m going to share what I think is the most important advice I can give: There are certain things that you should absolutely not skimp on if  you want to improve overall quality of life. 1. Buy …

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Like…So… The New “um.”

November 11, 2012 //  by Terra Osterling

They’re called discourse markers. Short utterances such as “um” or “uh” are cues to the listener that you are about to pause or that you’re placing emphasis that will become apparent in context. (ref: ABC News) Then there is “Like” and “So.” I hate them, but am, oh-so guilty, of using them myself. By my …

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Marines, police prepare for mock zombie apocalypse

October 28, 2012 //  by Terra Osterling

That’s a real headline that I read in my morning newspaper for an Associated Press article on a counter-terrorism summit being hosted by a security firm. Marines, Navy special ops, soldiers, police and firefighters are attending the training demonstration being held on October 31st at a 44-acre resort island on a San Diego Bay. Um, …

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