Tag: Kaiser

• First Surgeries, Allergies, and Pleasant Eating – Thoughts from November 2, 2024

  

  Before I left for work today, I got a call from Kaiser to schedule the appointment to treat my throat and plan the removal of the polyp on my vocal cord. Honestly, I didn’t know if I was going to be scheduling the procedure itself. I wasn’t. This is the checkup before the procedure. It…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 21, 2025

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  2024, alcoholics, all the milks, almond milk, beef, beer, checkup, coconut, dairy, eggs, future note, hair analyzed for allergies, high reactivity, Kaiser, minor surgery, moderate reactivity, mustard, my first surgery, no broken bones, no major health problems, no reactivity, Oranges lemons and duck, pecans, pleasurable eating, reactivity test, remove the polyp on my vocal cord, restrictions on my diet, satisfied, smokers, taking health seriously, thoughts, throat problems, tomatoes, unpleasant surprise, veal, vegan diet, wheat, wheat is a major ingredient, work

• Scratchy Throat, Star Wars, and Super 8 Movies – Thoughts from February 8 and 10, 2024

  

  February 8, 2024 I’m sitting in Kaiser waiting for Patti to come out of her appointment for a pain that sounded like a kidney stone pain. While I was here, I got my flu and Covid shots. February 10, 2024 I was about to talk about this on February 8, but Patti finished her appointment…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 3, 2024

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  2001: A Space Odyssey, 2024, 5-25-77, box of toys, Covid shot, doctors’ offices, eyes watering, flu shot, gagging, Google, grocery shopping, Kaiser, kidney pain, long cotton swabs, movie, nerds, Patti, phenomenon, picture of the back of my throat, Return of the Jedi, scraping tonsil stones, scratchy throat, shower curtain liner, space fantasy, sparkler on a fishing line, Star Wars, Star Wars in theaters, Star Wars toys, Super 8 movies, The Empire Strikes Back, thoughts, tonsil removal kit, tonsil stones, toy Millennium Falcon, VHS