Well it happened. I am one of the 10.69 per 100,000 people in my age group that experienced myocarditis after receiving the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. (1) It was surprising because I did not feel anything unexpected from the first dose. Shoulder pain at the site of injection, fever, body aches and head aches came and…
You come into your Doctor’s office for an appointment. Your Doctor reviews your records and notices that you have not had a mammogram in over a year; or maybe you have not had a mammogram at all! So he/she recommends it to you. You may have heard of the test before from relatives or friends….
It seems like a practical joke that only Doctors seem to be “in” on. A colonoscopy is a procedure that involves snaking a long tube with a camera in through your back side. Not at all an enticing proposition! However screening is recommended at regular intervals for one reason: To find any possibility of cancer…
“Every battle is won or lost before it is ever fought.” ~ Sun Tzu You go to the Doctor’s office today thinking it’s going to be a breeze! You have no complaints. In fact, you feel great! But you’re going to visit the Doctor today for an annual exam. You’re betting that the Doctor will…
Since the outbreak of the current SARS CoV – 2 pandemic (aka Covid – 19), there has been a lot of ideas about certain nutritional supplements that can help combat the coronavirus. I would like to hone in on Vitamin D specifically in this article. Vitamin D is commonly known to increase calcium absorption to…
You’re going to the doctor’s office because the doctor asked you to make an appointment. You just had your blood drawn and can only assume that your doctor saw something there that was concerning. You go online to check your blood results and see the list of all the different things that were tested. Some…
It’s extremely hard to breathe. You can’t seem to catch your breath. You can feel yourself breathing but it seems like you can’t fill your lungs with enough oxygen. Your heart is pounding in your chest and maybe even hurts. These fill you with a sense of dread and panic, which only serves to exacerbate…
If you want to know how to test your heart’s response right away, skip to the last section of this article. A quick search about the energy a food provides will reveal nutrition facts. A list of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats contained in any food you can imagine. They will even include vitamins, minerals, and…
Every time we go to the doctor’s office one of the first things they do is check our blood pressure. And when they do, we get a kind of report card with 2 numbers. The first number is always higher than the second number. So much emphasis seems to be placed on those two numbers…
CDC guidelines indicate that people over 75 years of age in Phase 1 B and the people between the ages of 65 to 74 in Phase 1 C should be among the first to receive the covid-19 vaccination. You can see the guidelines here. Why has this been an established guideline? These individuals are considered…