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Category: Sarcoidosis
Second Look Sunday: “Life With Sarcoidosis Is A Nightmare”
Originally Posted June 26, 2013 “Life with sarcoidosis is a nightmare” – Six words that describes most people’s experience on a daily basis with sarcoidosis. Those are the words posted as a comment on my Facebook page by one of my Facebook compatriots, and they speak so much of the frustration she feels having this…
We Don’t All See Things The Same Way
It is so easy to see the same thing and interpret it totally differently. I know for a fact that the brain can take two totally different events and blend them together and create a whole new truth.
How Will the Coronavirus End? – via The Atlantic
The White House is a ghost town of scientific expertise. A pandemic-preparedness office that was part of the National Security Council was dissolved in 2018. On January 28, Luciana Borio, who was part of that team, urged the government to “act now to prevent an American epidemic,” and specifically to work with the private sector to develop fast, easy diagnostic…
Plaquenil, Used For Sarcoidosis Is Unproven And Risky In The Treatment Of COVID-19
Trump and experts are in disagreement about the use of plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) as an effective treatment for COVID-19. Experts warn about taking the drug preemptively due to it’s dangerous side effects especially as it has not been proven effective as yet. Read on at https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/19/coronavirus-chloroquine-can-have-deadly-side-effects/2882242001/
How The Corona Virus Attacks Your Body
This short informative video explains how the corona virus – COVID19 – attacks your body.
8 Things People Diagnosed With Coronavirus Want You To Know | HuffPost Life
People with COVID-19 share what they’ve learned from dealing with the virus over the last few weeks. — Read on http://www.huffpost.com/entry/living-with-coronavirus-diagnosed_l_5e77a00dc5b62f90bc4c9f3a
Preparing For The COVID-19 Outbreak For The Past 14 Years
Today, I am working from home and settling in for the long haul. As the rest of the world goes into a “sudden” hygiene frenzy, my wife and I are settling into what has become normal for us for the past fourteen years. In 2006 we were already minor germaphobes, but when I started to…
Get news about COVID-19 coronavirus without panicking
Keeping up on coronavirus news doesn’t mean letting media stir you into an hourly panic. Here’s how to keep informed and keep your cool. — Read on http://www.cultofmac.com/691555/how-to-stay-informed-about-coronavirus-without-terrifying-yourself/
What Is Social Distancing? How To The Stop The Coronavirus Spread.
Staying away from crowded places may be driving some people up the wall. Will social distancing really help stop the spread of the covid-19 virus? Here’s how a 2009 flu outbreak in Mexico, and a 1918 parade in Philadelphia, may hold some answers for how to stop the spread of COVID-19. — Read on http://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/social-distancing-coronavirus
Second Look Sunday: “Frustration Of Forgetting”
Originally posted June 12, 2013 Today I lost my keys. I keep my house and work keys on a separate key chain from my car keys and I could not find them. The thing is, I remember having them in my hand walking to the car yesterday, but after that, nothing. I looked everywhere and…
How Watching The Walking Dead Prepared Me For The Covid-19 Outbreak
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3 Ways to Make Gel Alcohol Hand Sanitizer – wikiHow
With the current shortage of hand sanitizers I now have to make my own.
This Is Getting Too Close To Home
In less than a week, confirmed COVID-19 (Coronavirus) went from hundreds of miles away to 40 miles away to 5 miles away from my home. I fall into the vulnerable population because of my heart and lung conditions, and so I am being extra cautious. I have had bad flus before and recovered so I…
Second Look Sunday: “Hitting The Fan”
Originally posted June 2013 These past few days have been extremely busy for me at work. I worked four 16 hour days in a row and with the current heat in the northeast US with bad air quality, it has not been easy. Add to that two nights of lousy sleep and I feel like…
Six Word Story Saturday: “Friends”
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Renowned Microbiologists Explain the Coronavirus | Inside Mount Sinai
Renowned Microbiologists Explain the Coronavirus | Inside Mount Sinai — Read on inside.mountsinai.org/blog/renowned-microbiologists-explain-the-coronavirus/
Xeljanz (Tofacitinib) Might Be Successful In Treating Sarcoidosis – Sarcoidosis News
Xeljanz is a partial inhibitor of the JAK enzyme that has been used off-label for the treatment of sarcoidosis and is being studied in clinical trials. — Read on sarcoidosisnews.com/xeljanz-tofacitinib/
New advances in the management of pulmonary sarcoidosis | The BMJ
New advances in the management of pulmonary sarcoidosis | The BMJ This is a bit of a dry read. Very medical journal, but it’s informative. — Read on http://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l5553
Could My Love Really Be Turning Against Me?!
I remember too well the day we met, almost thirteen years ago, a cool morning, the sun high in the cloudless New York City sky. We were introduced by, of all people, an Ayurvedic doctor that I had only met 30 minutes before. He said we would be good for each other. At first I was…
The Weekend Revisit Of: Gazing Into Truth
I look at the white framed image of the man in front of me, his face revealing nothing of what really lies with in his soul, except his eyes. The eyes tell it all, their perfect brown circles staring out, trying to express neutrality, but can’t. They express the true meaning of the man, his…
Do Face Masks Really Protect You From Getting Sick?
The flu vaccine is only 35% effective. A face mask can be 80% effective. Personally I don’t get the flu shot and am seriously considering wearing face masks when I ho out. Experts explain if medical face masks work against illnesses like the Wuhan coronavirus. — Read on http://www.huffpost.com/entry/do-face-masks-prevent-virus_l_5e304a13c5b6ce51a4ec0a09
The Weekend Revisit Of: An Anthem For My Life With Sarcoidosis
When I am alone in the car, I like to listen to [podcasts] that I can learn something from. I would sometimes listen to [audiobooks]. They all help to keep me alert when I am driving alone. The other day I was listening to an interview and the host was interviewing the author of some…
The Weekend Revisit Of: Be Honest – Stay Healthy
Today I went to Starbucks and ran into a woman I went to massage school with back in 2008. We hugged and exchanged the usual pleasantries and quickly updated each other on where we were in the past five years. She knows of my conditions, at least basically, because I had to leave school because…
Wednesday Words Of Wisdom: Repost of “Put A Positive Spin On Your Life”
Just something to think about. If you consider yourself an organized person and at the end of the day you review your to do list and and see all that you need to do tomorrow, think about this for a minute. You have just focused on the negative aspect of your day. You just focused…
The Weekend Revisit Of: An Echo Gone Wrong
I went in for an echocardiogram last week to see if I still had shunting at my PFO closure (if the hole my heart was still not fully closed and if there was oxygenated blood still mixing with oxygenated blood), and it turn out to be quite the adventure. I went to my new cardiologist’s office…
