February 2014
Painkillers are an interesting subject. People take thiem without thinking. And, of course they do. We are trained from forever to think of them as safe. Interesting how we become conditioned to think that because if you look at the label on the back the warnings are frightening.
It fascinates me how people are more willing to take them when they clearly state on the back that they can cause terrible things like liver damage, and more worried about taking natural substances that grow in the ground-not that you should eat everything from the ground!
I like making up recipes. Having a dessert made by me can be risky business because it is hit or miss. In the old days, I would make things and my dogs would not even eat them!. That is a true story. Knowing this, you may or may not want to follow what's next
Anyway, I just made one that is really really nice as follows:
1 package almond meal
raw cocao powder about half as much as the almond meal
maple syrup to taste
I am terrible with recipes -so eye ball this
I just wanted to add one thing, which, I said, but, not clearly enough. Although Chinese medicine has been my-everything, has given me back the quality of life and ability to thrive, if not for Western medicine, I would not be alive. For that I am eternally grateful.
First, thank you for the amazing repsonses to my blog below, those and a few private emails were quite overwhelming for me to read. And, perhaps I am getting sappy as I age, but, many brought tears to my eyes, so thank you! More than anything, although I do need to make a living to feed my kids like everyone else, this work is for.... that-the knowledge that I made a positive change in someone else's life. So, this brings me to a very relevant next post. One I have thought many times to do and never have because I have felt it was not something I needed to do to validate my work.
The following blog request touched me deeply and I want to answer this first. I will post the request and follow with an answer:
"Request"
Thank you so much for the blogging suggestions both here and via email. I received so many wonderful suggestions.
I will be starting to address these one by one or in combination in the next few days:)
Dr.M
I often don't post alot these days for fear of redundancy. So, I thought I would post an invitation. If htere is somethin gyou would like me to blog about-please let m eknow here and I will do my best to do it.
Dr.M
Someone asked me yesterday if going through menopause will inevitably make IC worse. She is concerned because she is very young and doing a lot of hard work on her body and is worried that when she is feeling healthy and balanced everything will return later when she is of menopausal age. Good question. Menopause often comes with many symptoms that are very IC like-such as vaginal changes, urinary frequency, urgency or burning.
So, reaching menopause and having had IC can be confusing. It is also true for pregnancy which also may come with its own set of urinary symptoms.
I need to share something that happened because it could have ended in tragedy, and thank goodness it did not. I have always used _____ blenders, I have loved them for years. I have two little girls and I make shakes for the three of us every morning for breakfast. It was just luck, that the blade that separated from the blender last week ended up in my cup and not theirs!
