It’s nearly 8:00 am and I’m showered, dressed, have a cup of coffee and a load of laundry in the washing machine. I wish this could be the case everyday. I love early mornings. But alas, another migraine kept in bed most of the day yesterday. It’s not even the migraines anymore. It’s the dizzy…
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Living Well – Skin care for winter’s itch
Yes, you’re reading this right. It’s before 8 am and I’m up with my first cup of coffee for the day. Mostly because I’ve been up all night again. But I made the mistake of having a nap last night. Sometime during the night, I looked down at my feet and marveled at how dirty…
Living Well: Self-care – practicing what I preach
Today’s been a lousy day to quote my mother as she used to say. I slept the entire day. I’ve had a migraine pretty much non stop since early December. The insomnia has been bad and I guess I needed to sleep to catch up. I had several articles saved in draft for the week…
Living Well: Factor V Leiden and blood clotting disorders
In addition to inheriting migraines and hormone disorders from my mother’s side of the family, I’ve also inherited a strange but common gene mutation called Factor V Leiden. It’s a term that is common in the UK, where my mum is from, but not so much in Canada. The gene mutation itself originates from somewhere…
Living Well: September is PCOS Awareness Month
It’s after ten at night on Monday and I’ve been sitting here most of the evening wondering what to write for my weekly health article when I saw an article trending on Twitter. I know. Twitter. It’s not my favorite place to pick up ideas from – but there it was. An article from Pop…
Living Well: Skin care and treatments for adult acne
For those of you who have followed my blog for a while, you know that I live with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome which is a disease that affects hormones. What also happens with PCOS, is living as an adult in my forties with acne. Sometimes I look like an overgrown teenager with skin problems. And I…