As you may have heard, I have pneumonia. Here is my X-ray from Friday: As you can see, it is not the worst thing in the world. It is not even all over my lungs; in fact, my doctor was clearly able to point to certain “clean” areas and say “This is what your lungs [...]

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Wednesday evening, I went for my second allergy elimination acupuncture session. We started by testing each of my medications to see if I was sensitive to any of them, using the same techniques we used to test each of the food items last week (applied kinesiology); fortunately, my meds are not a problem. Then we [...]

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I feel like turning the comments off for this entry in advance because I’m kind of afraid of the responses I’ll get from both sides of the aisle on this issue, but a lot of people have been really nice in asking after my migraine treatments, so here goes: I went to a new acupuncturist [...]

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We’ve reached the more-than-halfway point in the two-week dairy embargo. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I’m afraid that it’ll be like driving Pali Highway, where I’ll just transition from one tunnel to another. Will wheat gluten be next? Good God, I hope not. I’m seeing an acupuncturist Friday [...]

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The absence of a migraine is a beautiful thing. Most people wander the earth without giving the lack of intense pain a second thought, but those of us who suffer from chronic migraines know better. From time to time, we are acutely aware of the absence of pain – unfortunately, such observances can also be [...]

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I have been dairy-free since Monday (8/29) as an experiment for an acupuncturist I’m trying out. The practitioner actually lives in another state but comes here once in a while to practice, and my friend Debbie says her mom swears by this woman, who has treated her for lactose, gluten and egg allergies. The acupuncturist [...]

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What if all it took was your name and e-mail address on a petition, and we could change the way the WORLD takes on cancer? News flash: This is your chance! The United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases will be held this September in New York City. If LIVESTRONG can get 100,000 electronic signatures on the [...]

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Dear Cancer, OK, I admit it: I’ve been slacking a little bit. Ever since you took my 19-year-old cousin Troy’s life last spring (you know, after you took the life of my friend Barb), I’ve been a little demoralized. I did a LIVESTRONG Challenge in Seattle last fall, but then I decided to take a [...]

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My neurologist assures me that it won’t actually happen, no matter how much I may feel like it sometimes, but I am writing this in case it happens anyway: My head feels like it is going to explode. The migraine is centered right above, below, behind – all around – my right eye. Sometimes, it [...]

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I went in today for a follow-up visit with my neuro-otologist, Dr. Hadley, and much to my surprise, my head CT confirmed what he already suspected but that I hadn’t understood: I don’t have otosclerosis, I have superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS). You’re probably thinking, “Huh?” Apropos enough, that’s what I end up saying a [...]

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