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Watch out for worms

I ran in the freezing cold rain for two hours Saturday morning. It was 40 degrees! Crazy, for mid-August in Denver. There were a faithful few of us running around Wash Park. The only ones out at that hour of the morning in the rain was anothe

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I ran with the U.S. Women’s Marathon Olympic Team in Beijing

Sort of… THEY were in Beijing, I was watching them on TV from the treadmill at 24 Hour Fitness! But it was so cool. I had run three laps around Wash Park in the pouring rain a 6 o’clock that morning. After two hours in the freezing

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Who the heck took the race photos for Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon?

Race results were on the GTISHALF.ORG website almost immediately, but I haven’t been able to find the race photos. I have a call in to the race director and have checked EVERYWHERE. Just for grins, here is a list all of the “official

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Not so fine, after all

I must have a mental block about pain. There’s been a fairly persistent owie inside my left groin that I just ignore because I figure I’m all tight and out of shape. I feel it every time I run, try to stretch it out but never quite get

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Are there chiropractors in Denver who do kinesiotape?

I know of two or three and would appreciate my readers sending me the links to their chiropractors who are skilled in kinesiotaping. It’s relatively new (20 years) so my impression is that it’s part of the “new generation” o

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I did three miles of mostly running this morning just to show I could do it

I don’t know why it was so hard for me to run even one block at a time in the Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half-Marathon this weekend but I mostly-ran three miles this morning at the gym, on a 5% incline, just to show myself that I can do it.

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Georgetown Half-Marathon - A lesson in world-class encouragement

I did it! I finished. Not dead, not dead-last. I came in at 2022 out of 2039 finishers, in 3 hours 21 minutes, at a 15:22 pace. But I DID finish and I’m really proud of that! It’s all due to the most amazing encouraging you ha

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Kinesiotape is all the rage at the Beijing Olympics

What’s that black mark on Kerry Walsh’s shoulder? What’s the pink and blue stuff on Ari Taub’s arms and legs? It’s KinesioTape. Developed by a Japanese chiropractor in the 1970’s, Dr. Kenzo Kase, it made its

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Rested and Ready to Rock n Roll!

Tomorrow I’m running with my team in my first real distance event, the Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half-Marathon. 13.1 miles! I’ll be at the back of the pack and I’ll probably run-walk most of it, but I’m doing it! I’

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Whooped

I wonder how gyms react when someone falls off the treadmill without hitting the stop button and goes flying off? Because I came awfully close to it this morning. After the great successes of Saturday’s long run and yesterday’s solid th

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I ran almost the entire three miles!

Up to this point, I have never been able to run an entire mile. The most I’ve run at one time is 12 minutes at 4mph. But this weekend, keeping pace with Paige, we ran almost the entire first mile and most of the next two miles. (And, of

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Can you still afford to feed the very best pet food?

I recently received an email alerting to a price increase from one of my favorite natural, holistic pet food companies, Trilogy International, whose natural pet products line is marketed under the HealthyPetNet brand name. My many rescue kitties�

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A note from Mulligan Stew Pet Food

Thank you for your inclusion of Mulligan Stew as a recommended holistic pet food on your blog. (We love your blog, by the way!) We also have some new news… Mulligan Stew Pet Food is pleased to announce the inclusion of its revolutionary pet food in

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Sunday Sermon - The Parable of the Ten Virgins

You know the story. Ten young virgins wait for a wedding. The bridegroom will come to their house where they will run out to join the party as it continues to the wedding feast. But the bridegroom is delayed and night falls. The young girls

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So I don’t look like my drivers license any more

I got pulled over by the Denver Police on my way to my group run this morning. Lesson learned, at 5:20 in the morning, with nobody else on the major roads, they have time to notice that your license plate is not where it’s supposed to be! My

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11 Miles for today’s route with Team in Training

I felt better today than I have in weeks, good enough to run the first three miles! And I do mean mostly running, not mostly walking :-) Paige, who runs a solid 4 mph pace (that’s a 15-minute mile) on eight-minutes running, two minutes wal

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He does toes!

I tell you, I think my body is falling apart. How do older people train for marathons without daily help from a massage therapist or a chiropractor??? On last Saturday’s long run, my left ankle became really stiff. Instead of quitting I

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Team in Training folks, do you really make a difference? Part II

The mother of the leukemia patient I am running for has been sending me a lovely handwritten card every week. Jan is quite fragile, I shouldn’t guess at her age but her health is poor and she gets around on a scooter. I’ll include her

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What other products do the top holistic pet food companies sell?

If you are sold on holistic pet foods that do NOT contain corn, wheat, by-products, and other bad things and which DO contain chelated minerals, probiotics, and healthy herbs, you are probably someone who also wants to give healthy treats, baths, and

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Don’t shoot me but I’m not fond of the euthanized pets in food argument

I have to confess, the news that euthanized dogs and cats might wind up in Fido and Fluffy’s dinner sure gets your attention. It got mine, years ago, when I first read Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food by Ann Martin. That boo

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How is my experiment going?

It’s been just over a year since I fell off a truck and hit my head and in the resulting CAT scans and MRIs, discovered I have a small, benign brain tumor, a meningioma. Someone wrote recently to ask how my experiment of natural healing is go

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Free Hugs

Just a little something to brighten your day. Share it with a friend. The original Free Hugs, the most watched YouTube video, with over 28 million views Free Hugs in Hollywood Music is Somewhere Over the Rainbox, ukele version, from Hawaiian sin

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Is Your Pet Food Safe?

I’ve gotten a reputation for being the person you come to with pet food questions. I actually have lettering in my back car window that says, “IsYourPetFoodSafe.com?”. I’ve erased the phone number in this image but I rec

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Strengthening your body and shoulder after arthroscopy

It’s now one week since I had debriding of significant rotator cuff fraying and acromial decompression to remove a bone spur . I’m recovering very well, in fact, I worked out at the gym three hours on Thursday and just got back in from

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What kind of diet do you feed a cat or dog with Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD)?

This is a common question. Since I am not a veterinarian, just something of a healthy pet foods expert and an animal rescuer, I will cite some of my favorite holistic veterinary resources. First of all, there is a difference between occasional diar

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Off-topic but we need a laugh: MomSense and DadSense Videos

Too funny! Anita Renfroe giving us a William Tell condensed version of what Mom’s say in a day, MomSense, and in response to Dad’s wanting their version, DadSense. MomSense DadSense

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How to have a speedy recovery from shoulder surgery

It’s been four days since having arthroscopic surgery on my shoulder. I have been out of the house since 9 this morning, just got back, and it’s now 5 p.m. Among other things, I spent one hour at the gym with my personal trainer and one h

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Over 60 and out of shape in Denver?

My neighbors are involved in a clinical trial at the University of Colorado related to age, muscle mass, bone density, and the use of ibuprofen. They are VERY excited about it because it essentially gives them a gym membership and personal trainer

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Sunday Sermon Series - His Strength is Sufficient

On the chance that what I have learned about facing the fears of trials and diseases might help someone else, I’m sharing some of my journal entries. Background: In late 2003, I received a frightening diagnosis of fibromuscular dysplasia, F

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Sunday Sermon on the Meningioma Blog Part 1

So, I’m sitting at home in front of my laptop recovering from arthroscopic surgery, hooked up to an ice machine that keeps cold water flowing through a bag wrapped around my shoulder, wondering what’s next. With zero growth of the menin

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Taking care of dissected carotid arteries during surgery

One last note about my shoulder surgery… I have a condition that, on paper, is “carotid artery narrowing of uncertain origin”. In real life, doctors have speculated about whether or not it’s “fibromuscular dysplasia

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Back on supplements to recover from surgery

I had to go off of all supplements for two weeks prior to my shoulder surgery yesterday. Since I take them for specific therapeutic reasons, it made me more than a little nervous to go without! I had to stop taking the Nattokinase since it has an e

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Arthoscopy on my shoulder yesterday

I had surgery to remove a bone spur that was tearing my rotator cuff yesterday. It wouldn’t be so interesting to this discussion but for what the anesthesiologist said when he came to visit prior to the surgery. I was joking about my youthful

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Meningioma had zero growth

Got the news from my doctor yesterday. The meningioma had zero growth in the last year so we don’t need to do another MRI for two more years. No one will ever be able to say if the nutritional and anti-estrogen things I did made any differenc

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How effective is fish oil as an anti-coagulant?

This is just my personal, anecdotal experience… I had to discontinue all meds and supplements this week in anticipation of minor shoulder surgery next week. With my doctor’s permission, I take fish oil instead of Plavix as an anti-coagu

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Days, hours away from learning whether or not my meningioma has grown

I have been thinking I’ll just plop in the “How much did my meningioma grow in one year” article only after I have test results, but I’ve never been any good at “to be continued” TV shows or not peeking into wrap

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Estrogen dominance and thyroid, adrenals, menopause — all connected?

This meningioma journey is educating me on all sorts of women’s health issues. The Women-to-Women clinic issued an article this week on Hypothyroidism and Menopause. I’m including the link here so you can read the entire article. This

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FDA seizes pet food products at PETCO distribution center

During an FDA inspection of a PETCO distribution center in April, widespread and active rodent and bird infestation was found. The FDA inspected the facility again in May and found continuing and widespread infestation. Do you honestly mean to tell m

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Can a 50-year-old woman have a great body?

I see searches hitting my blog asking this question so I thought a picture was worth a thousand words. That’s me, the blond on the left, and I’m 51. I started mall-walking in January. You know the rest… joined 24 Hour Fitness, g

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Here’s something you can do not for me but for someone with leukemia

Just so you know, my health issues prompted me to “get healthy” and I’m now training for a marathon. But this marathon training isn’t all about me! It’s about raising money to fight leukemia. (Follow my journal at ht

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Success with an arthritic cat

I received this email on June 11: Our cat Samson is 12 years old. I noticed today and yesterday that he is having some trouble jumping up onto the counter where he eats, sleeps, prowls :-). Anyway, I was wondering if maybe it is his joints. I

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That was some fat cat!

I have been house-sitting for some dear friends. They are due back today. Somebody tell me how to have a chat with them that they are killing their cats! I try not to be obnoxious with friends and their pets. If they ASK, I’ll give them

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June Update

It’s been approximately one year since I fell off a truck, had a CT scan and MRI, and learned that I have a small benign meningioma (brain tumor). I’ve been pretty faithful at updating my blog with research, solid nutritional things y

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Be my bra! Eliminate drive-through mastectomies with the Breast Cancer Protection Act

The Meningioma and Me blog urges you to sign the petition on the LifetimeTV website in support of the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act. Please forward this notice to all of your friends. “Be my support. Be my strength. Be my bra.

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MonaVie and Fibroids

I see a lot of searches hitting my blog for the words “monavie and fibroids”. I happen to love MonaVie and have taken it for 2 and a half years. It is the foundation of all of my natural health activities. I do feel it has done sp

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One more person who feels nutritional support is “hooey”

So, somebody feels that meningiomas grow so slowly as to not be of any concern and went so far as to suggest that nutritional support is basically without foundation and to say that I was “making people feel guilty”, as if their tumor wer

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How to turn a 50-year-old body into a 29-year-old body

You can’t do it with diet alone. All the belly fat fads in the world won’t cut it. You have to get physical. After an epiphany where I realized that it was just foolish to take pills and potions to heal health problems when my body wa

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Survival of cancer patients correlated to inflammation

As you know, I am a huge fan of Dr. Jeanne M. Wallace, a PhD nutritionist who specializes in nutritional strategies for brain tumor patients. I am also a huge fan of fish oil, which I used as an anticoagulant long before I learned of a tiny benign

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If your pet has trouble walking, try glucosamine

I am so sad to hear people talk about their older pets and how they can’t jump on the bed any more… and the owners have not taken the pet to the vet. Folks, dogs and cats are much like humans. They get arthritis. Do you see those comm

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Top 20 Supplements for Dogs & Cats

This comes from an article by Ann Brightman in the June/July 2008 issue of Animal Wellness Magazine. Antioxidants B vitamins Calcium Chondroitin Colostrum - Speeds the healing process by as much as 50%. [From Teresa: So effective, I use it for all

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