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Enjoy these weekly insights from Steve Simonin, President & CEO.

Notes from Steve (Posted August 10, 2026)

My post-RAGBRAI week is usually fairly “exercise” quiet, but I needed to get back on the proverbial horse.  This last Saturday, I thought I’d take a nice leisurely bike ride down to Carlisle, Iowa, from downtown Des Moines.  Maybe 24 miles round-trip.  Nice scenery, pretty day … by Easter Lake … nice.  I get...
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Notes from Steve (Posted July 27, 2026)

So today is the Monday after RAGBRAI.*  The weather was perfect, and the amount of fun and camaraderie was beyond compare.  A good time was had by all. 2026 marks 10 years of Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics doing RAGBRAI.  (I know that is actually 11 years, but for obvious reasons, 2020 was...
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Notes from Steve (Posted July 20, 2026)

One of my biggest internal “Iowa” battles is nice vs assertively kind.  I use the word battle because I’m constantly going over conversations in my head as to whether or not someone took something the wrong way.  If I filled the 90% of my headspace I reserve for “worry about how others...
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Notes from Steve (Posted July 13, 2026)

I asked the sisters if they had Mom's recipe for potato salad.  I remembered it included Dorothy Lynch dressing.  "No"… ok, fine.  I'm going to try and replicate her recipe from memory (from 40 years ago, wish me luck).  Her salad was not like potato salad anywhere else, but I know what she liked...
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Notes from Steve (Posted June 29, 2026)

I had my colonoscopy last Monday. It was 12 years late. “Steve!” – I know, but the thought of it somewhat horrified me. Here’s the skinny - it was not horrible. Heather H* (OR nurse with Dr. Adams) said I should be a poster child for colonoscopies because I did so well. I immediately thought,...
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