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Defining a Miracle
I am sitting in my doctor’s office. It is 3:30, time for miracles. In 15 minutes the doctor will tell me that I’m in “late stage 4” kidney disease, a.k.a. getting close to kidney failure. He will urge...
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Confusion and Coping with Dietary Restrictions
Two years ago, I was having issues with phosphorous. Phosphorous is a mineral that your kidney maintains balance of within your body by filtering excess out of your blood. My lab work indicated that my...
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Hug from a Mug
I loved living in Portland, Oregon. Phillip and I spent 4 years there, and each time we visit it feels like home. Here’s a picture of the view from the back of our house. I would sit for hours and...
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101 Thoughts on Healing
Do you ever need to borrow someone else’s wisdom? Especially after a long day of coping with crappy health? You don’t have the energy to read a long-winded dissertation on healing. You just want the...
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Decorating for Fall
Self care is essential to keeping stress in check. Most of what you hear is around meditating, healthy diet, exercising and other boring stuff. Don’t get me wrong. That stuff is valuable, it is just,...
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Post Medical Starbucks Deliciousness
When I was young and had to go to the doctor or dentist, my mom and I would always go out to eat afterward. Usually to somewhere like The Souplantation (a soup/salad bar) which to a child is a...
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The Kidney Specifics
Just leaving the lab. Kidney disease requires a lot of lab work. I share in the book that I am on the kidney transplant list as well as some background as to how I landed myself there, but I wanted to...
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My Family’s Cure-All: Carrot-Apple Juice
My Friday Snack: Delicious Carrot-Apple Cure-All Growing up my parents were on the “Benesh Diet.” It was mainly raw and vegan with lots of fresh vegetable and fruit juice. One of the recipes that came...
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