Opinion

I’ve been spending a lot of time talking with patients about the COVID-19 vaccine. Sometimes we celebrate being fully vaccinated. Some patients are skeptical about how serious COVID-19 infections actually were. And others are not convinced they can trust the vaccine.

As I much enjoy experiencing my 80th year, I think it only natural to ask myself, “If I had it to do over again, is there anything I would have done differently?

I was sitting in my beach chair on vacation soaking up the sun when I overheard the couple next to me sounding concerned. They were throwing out lots of big medical terms but were very confused and said that they did not understand anything that they read on this MRI report.

My last conversation with Grandpa was over the phone. He was sick and dying. I was 1,200 miles away in residency, learning how to be a family physician. I was not going to make it home in time to see him one last time. We did not know exactly what was wrong.

I am occasionally asked, “Roger, what’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever caught?” The question got me to thinking. In August 1999, Tom, my son-in-law, and I were fishing for catfish beneath the first island below the Ft. Randall Dam at Pickstown.

PROVERBS 21:26 " He that coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not."(KJV) PROVERBS 22:9 " He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed: for he giveth his bread to the poor.

We all know the feeling. You ate too much, and now your stomach is letting you know about it. Or maybe you ate some junk food, and now you don’t feel well. How is it that another slice of pizza one moment seems like exactly what we want, but later we realize it was not what we needed?

The following qualified for the state track and field meet to be held in Spearfish on May 28 and 29: Boys Malcolm Janis: Triple Jump, 200-meter dash, 4x100 meter relay Simon Freier: 4x800 meter relay and 4x400 meter relay Toby Zephier- 4x800 meter relay, 4x400 meter relay, 4x100 meter relay,...

My past 5/12/21 column climaxed in a great marlin angling adventure in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Cabo lies on the southern tip of the Baha Peninsula.

Back pain can be disabling, not only in terms of employment but also in terms of social connections. This point was never more clear to me than when I saw Maria, a 56-year-old experiencing severe low back pain for nearly five years.