Check your temperature twice daily!

My mother likes to tell me stories about how she raised me as a young child. To be honest, I never found them very entertaining. But now that I am a mother myself I more and more start to value her tips and advise she likes to give me.  One of them is...

Why I bought a temporal artery thermometer for my mother

A few months ago my mother wasn’t feeling so well. She decided to visit her doctor and within a few days she received terrible news: cancer. Fortunately she was admitted in the hospital immediately and underwent surgery. That went very well, her doctor told her,...

Happy to travel again, but how can I be sure I am safe?

I am so relieved we are able to travel again! Most of my friends and family members live in other cities and I love visiting them whenever I can. During the Covid-19 situation that obviously was not possible but fortunately we are now able to travel again. But to be...

Is it true: IR guns are not very reliable thermometers?

I visited my doctor the other day and she told me I should not buy a non-contact infrared thermometer. The reason I asked her for advice is because our old thermometer fell on the floor the other day. It was an in-ear thermometer and when I picked it up again I saw...

How can I safely visit my mother?

Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic started it has been difficult to travel, to visit friends and family – especially when they live in another part of the country. So how do we stay safe when we travel – by bus or train or maybe by plane? The first thing to...
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