Many of us put our trust and faith into our doctors who treat us. We usually trust in their education, affect, intelligence, background, and many other things that we as individuals judge for the good of our needs Sometimes we check backgrounds, and education, and many of us have a criteria that is necessary for our own personal needs, or the
I have many patients with chronic disease. Fibromyalgia is one of them. I have been a national advocate for the disease Fibromyalgia. I have written for their magazine, and I have done pro-bono and paid therapy over the internet with people in the United States who have no means to get to a psychologist. This diseases is a serious problem
Posted September 17th, 2010 by diane in category
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How many things do you still want to accomplish in your lifetime? Do you make goal lists? Dream lists? Things to do lists? If you do, then you're very much like me.
I look across the table at my stack of old journals. A rainbow of faint colors looks back at me. Within these faded covers, pages and pages of thoughts and feelings rest
Posted September 14th, 2010 by diane in category
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Poem by Diane Isaacs, daughter of Leah Fonstein
You gave me life, nurtured me as a child, soothed away the pain, sorrow and tears as best you knew how.
Thank you for my lifetime treasure, such as the gift of becoming a pianist,going to a private place where I can go in peace, and sit and play in a dimly lit room, being moved by the
These are some photos from Dr Ross Isaacs' experiences in Haiti. More to come...
In my Son’s words ……winding down…….
I just arrived safely back in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. I spent the bulk of last week working in an orphanage that we turned into a hospital down the road from the real hospital. This is where the surgeons did non stop surgery. There was loads of orthopedic trauma,
Posted January 20th, 2010 by diane in category
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Last Saturday, my son Ross Isaacs, M.D. called and shared with me that he was leaving for a trip to aid the needy through an organization he has donated his medical services to: The group is called RAM, or Remote Area Medicine. This trip was scheduled for a week long commitment to the frenzied, frightening country of Haiti. Ross is a