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Moving through a new diagnosis
Receiving a medical diagnosis can often come as a relief. All those niggling signs and symptoms are finally explained by a few words and, if we’re…
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The Lesser of Two Evils
Vaccination or Covid-19
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Lessons from a nutritionista's kitchen
There is a not-so-quiet food revolt taking place in my home.
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Saying "yes" to individuals on the spectrum
We were spread out on the grass for our working lunch on “class management and safety” at my canoe instructor training last Sunday, when I raised the…
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Packing my (day) bag for the hospital
Surgery is set for tomorrow
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A one-size-fits-all prescription for mental health
Is it firefly season?
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Learning to live with his first love
Musings on our 22nd wedding anniversary
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It takes a village and very good friends
Telling our kids that we're leaving home without them
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Craving connection on Father's Day
Happy Father’s Day!
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Loren Edelson
Silk scarves, scars, and healing
Recuperating back at home
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Links to studies on Covid-19 and autoimmunity
Responding to my readers
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Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in 2019 anymore
If there’s one play that brings me back to my earliest memory of contracting an infectious disease, it’s The Wizard of Oz. When I was 8 years old, I was…
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