A friend of mine has finally discovered that her horrendous migraines are a result of her gluten intolerance, but on looking up gluten intolerance you see that emotions play a large role in it. Similarly, I was reading what Dr. Weill has to say about Hashimoto’s and he suggests an inflammation free diet, which means no lactose, but again Hashimoto’s and emotions are delicately balanced as well. A lot of the natural health articles I…
It seems as if every conversation I am having with a friend goes something like this: I feel that I want to do something in my life that has meaning, but I’m not sure what it is, and I’m not even sure I can get excited about anything right now. It’s called, MALAISE (thank you, Jimmy Carter – although he never said the word malaise, his speech became known as the Malaise Speech) – we…
Overheard by teacher: Cadence: Babies come from vaginas. Tin: [pause] My mommy packed me grapes in my lunch. Cadence: My mommy is going to have a baby this weekend. Tin: My mommy has a big dinning room. Want to play marching band? Cadence: Okay! Overheard by Cadence mom: Tin: Jared is my boyfriend. Cadence: I know. Mine too. Tin: I am your boyfriend too. Cadence: Yeah you are.
My friend and the illustriously talented gardener Marcella came over today and we worked the entire day trimming, digging, composting, mulching, planting the garden and now WALA The garden has brussel sprouts, mustard greens, swiss chard, broccoli, and lots and lots of mulch. Yay!!
So turns out I’ve slayed my thyroid yet again – I’m taking too high a level and it is in and of itself killing my thyroid. Too much of a good thing – there you have it. So now I am going to start on a new dose tomorrow – .88 – to be precise and hopefully this is the magic pill dose. On the positive side I ordered a new wig and I ordered…
When I was waiting for the dermatologist this morning, the nurse was taking my information down and she said to me, “Too bad it’s not gonna stay cold cuz I was finnin to get my boots.” I had come in sporting Tin’s Hot Wheels cap because we had a turn towards winter but then by the time I reached the doctor’s office, it had already climbed to 80 degrees – I felt her pain. When…
So I went for blood work and to see the dermatologist this morning and basically things are what they are – I’ll get the results of the lab later this week, but the dermatologist said that there is pretty much nothing she can do to get my hair growing. Once my thyroid is level, she could give me steroids and/or my endocrinologist could give me an intense hormone therapy treatment over a course of two…
I have yet to have a Monday that wasn’t fraught with an escalating to do list and a bad habit of sudden guilt over so much to do and so not wanting to do it. I broke the day up with a swim that was fabulous. While I was in the pool, a friend came by on her way to yoga – we haven’t seen each other in a bit, and she hasn’t seen me…
Last night, we watched Patrik, Age 1.5, a Swedish film about a gay couple who adopt what they think is a baby, but turns out to be a teenage boy. Touching. And then I picked up Whatever Passes for Love is Love by John Stoss and began again this book, which I had picked up a week ago and then a week got in the way. More on this later. Monday started at 4AM, with…