For S.C. Residents - some health record news

I just read this in the AARP bulletin, and for those of us in South Carolina, I thought it was worth passing along ........

" Personal records, all in one place. To encourage the use of electronic health care records, which would cut down on medical errors, AARP South Carolina is urging state residents to sign up for My Personal Health Record, a pilot project launched by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicade Services. As of September 2, 700 people had registered, giving them free web access to the previous 24 months of their Medicare records, including information about their medical conditions, hospitalizations and doctor visits. Users can enter their own information as well, including notes about medications, allergies, and services they've received. State residents with Medicare Part A or B can sign up for the project at http://www.myphrsc.com/. To learn more, e-mail questions@myphrsc.com or call 1-888-697-4772 toll free."

Now, for those of you not yet on Medicare or Medicade, there's another free service for posting your medical records online, and it's being offered by (who else?) Google. It's all manual entry (at last look), but it's a great way to keep all your med stuff in one place, online. It's called Google Health. Check it out.

We haven't been doing much these last few weeks, what with the season being over and all. WW came for a short visit, and Cynthia's due in a couple of weeks. Actually, we've all been fighting off flu symptoms and trying to dodge the off colored variants of same. Oh, well!

I thought these worthy of passing along. Hope it helps. That's all for today - keep those comments rolling in.

It's Robin's Birthday

Yep! You got that right. Today is little bro's birthday (I meant that figuratively). And for the occasion, we posted a special birthday site specifically for him - click on the picture to check it out!

Or if that doesn't work, go here.

It's Been a Month?

No kidding! I cannot believe it's been a month since I've last posted here. Aaaach! Well, that's probably because there ain't been a whole bunch happening, not counting Mom's minor misstep which you can read about on her blog - Mom's Progress Blog - or Sally's latest fun adventure. And except for the fall bike rally, some really cool local area festivals, our one day trip to Charleston, and the beach replenishment project, just not a whole bunch happening.

I have been doing some extra project work, which you can check out on my Shagmiser Blog. And that's been keeping me really busy.

Right now, we're off to the mountains of Virginia to visit the Bostic / Rasnake clan in Swords Creek and Lebanon. Yep, we're headed to the homestead of Sally & Susan, to see family, friends, and a grit or 2. You all know what grits are right? Girls Raised in the South. HAH!

I also just completed another IM related video, and it's posted on YouTube if you want to check it out. Personally, I think it is really boring, but I'll let you decide. It's part of a learning / challenge I've just started, and it's posted on the Shagmiser Blog.

Now here's a thought. If you want to be notified whenever I upload one of my videos, just join in my friends list on Youtube, or join (for free) Plaxco. Or Twitter. They all work.

Enough for now - we're headed out.

TTFN - AMF - Livin' Barefoot in Paradise
Dick

Sally and I go Parasailing

Well, everyone. Sally and I had a very eventful, fun filled Anniversary weekend, one we'll really remember for quite awhile. It started that Saturday afternoon when Sally surprised me with our very first parasail out of Captain Dick's in Murrell's Inlet. I've got a video on the whole thing posted on Youtube. Go to http://youtube.com/shagmiser to get your eyeballs on this one. I cannot believe it took us this long to get around to doing this. It was AB FAB! 500 feet up in the air, floating out over Litchfield Beach, and I got the whole thing on video. Wow!

BTW, if you haven't seen the special dancing video I made from our Friday night on the town, check it out HERE. And no, it's not our usual shag dance.

That night Susan joined us for one of the best dinner's ever at UMI's down in restaurant row. We've been wanting to try this place for quite awhile, based on the fact that my sister Carrie recommended it highly, as did our friends Sandy and Brian. It's a Pacific Rim type seafood restaurant that combines the best of Asian cuisine: select offerings of extremely fresh seafood prepared using blends of unique spices. Combine that with a high tech (not deco) ambiance, and wait service more than a cut above, and you've got a 4 star place that happens to be @thebeach.

Sunday afternoon Sally deigned to accompany me to Hoto's to listen to the Craig Woolard band for awhile, standing in the sun on the beach drinking cold beers. It don't get much better. Now that's my idea of a great afternoon.

Sunday night we all went to Bimini's for crab legs. My nephew Keith is headed back out to (guess where?) the Pacific Rim for his job installing steel scarfing equipment in Shanghai and Taiwan, and we wanted to gather with the rest of the family to send him off. It was noisy, filled with Tourons celebrating the end of summer, but well worth it.

Right now we're waiting to see where Hana and Ike are headed (those are hurricanes, Johnnie), and preparing to batten down the hatches. My next post might be from C.B.'s up in Charlotte. Hana might come into or close to Wilmington just north of us, so we will get lots of wind and rain. But Hana might be nothing compared to Ike, which as I write this is a cat 4 hurricane approaching the Caribbean. If there's some great surf, I'll try and get some video to pass along.

That's all I can think of for now - so check out the parasail video, and post a comment or 2.

TTFN - Dick @thebeach.

And don't forget my other blog, http://shagmiser.blogspot.com/