You might be wondering why I am showing you a blurry picture of an alien. Actually, it’s my uterus with an IUD (or as the ultrasound tech called it “the anti-baby”. You can see that weird tube thing in the middle top of the picture. Thats the IUD.
Because my life is [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Nutrition'
Whats life without drama?
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Doctor Visits · Nutrition
Vitamin D interacts with genes in MS
February 5th, 2009 · No Comments
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/05/ms-vitamin-d.html
Very interesting article out today on vitamin D! Just a snippet:
Vitamin D seems to help control a gene known to increase the risk of multiple sclerosis — a finding that suggests taking vitamin D supplements during pregnancy and early in life may help prevent the disease.
“I think it’s the first time that the environment and [...]
Breastfeeding and Copaxone
December 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments
I am a bit of a childbirth nerd. I have been trained to be a doula and attended three births. I don’t know if I will ever have kids so my family reading this shouldn’t get the wrong idea or anything.
I decided to do some research on breastfeeding with Copaxone. [...]
Tags: Nutrition · Research · Treatment
Anger
June 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I have lots of anger. I am not really an angry person but none the less, there is a lot of it. I don’t feel like hanging out with people. I don’t want to talk to people. I just want to be angry. Just let me be angry…
I am angry [...]
Tags: Newly Diagnosed · Nutrition · Research
Da Nile ain’t just a river in Egypt
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
I received my MRI last week but it did not include the report. That is of course the best part! The reports are filled with wonderful medical knowledge which you can look up on google and feel insanely smart. So I called first thing on Monday and in my mailbox today was [...]