Category: Health
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My Health Journey, The Diagnosis
I finished the last post with a bang, sharing my brand new Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). I hadn’t actually been diagnosed yet, I simply had all of the symptoms. We headed to NYC on November 3rd, 2024, with the intention of staying until the day after Christmas. This would be our longest stay since […]
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My Health Journey, A New Discovery
In my last post I discussed my sleep issues. I also mentioned my Intermittent Fasting (IF) which was very positive. This post will concentrate on some very major life changes that were compressed into a four month stretch. We have very good friends who lived in Brooklyn and we used to see them […]
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My Health Journey, The Trouble Begins
My last post took us up to the pandemic. This one will back up a bit. It will also go through mid-2024, even though the last post claimed (incorrectly) that this one would conclude in 2022. In late 2019, out of the clear blue, sleep started to elude me. I had a few […]
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My Health Journey, A Long Stretch
My last post in this series ended with me saying that I’d briefly cover the years 2003-2019 in the next post (which is this one). Having been kicked off of Atkins, there was a positive and negative consequence. On the positive side, eating bread (and all things wheat) again was a joy. On […]
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My Health Journey, A Win and a Loss
This is the second post in a series on my Health Journey. If you’re just tuning in, this was the first post. For 18 months, I suffered. I ate cheerios with almond milk for breakfast nearly every day. I had salads for lunch and I don’t even remember what I had for dinner. […]
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My Health Journey, the Beginning
Don’t worry, I won’t take you back to my birth, even though that’s when it technically all began. ? I’ll start in 2001, before 9/11. I hadn’t been to a doctor in roughly 10 years, and hadn’t been to one regularly in way more than that. Lois was seeing a dermatologist regularly. She […]