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Confessions Of The Unvaccinated

Confessions Of The Unvaccinated Heck. How did we get here? Being so publicly entitled to pass fear based, angry, heated and passionate judgment upon someone else's health decisions? I mean, women across the globe are well versed in the narrative of little to zero bodily autonomy, but that's another story for another day! I know… Continue reading Confessions Of The Unvaccinated

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Preparing For An MRI Scan | What To Expect And Tips On How To Prepare

Preparing for an MRI scan can feel a little bit gloomy. I know they can feel frightening (believe me I know!), I've had at least five in the last six months alone! I've had at least one a year for the past 22 years. My condition Neurofibromatosis Type Two (NF2) means these regular check ups… Continue reading Preparing For An MRI Scan | What To Expect And Tips On How To Prepare

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Mental Health, Mushrooms, Magic & Me.

MENTAL HEALTH, MUSHROOMS, MAGIC & ME  DISCLAIMER This post is intended to be for entertainment purposes only, and should NOT be considered medical advice. ALL opinions are my own and are an overview of my personal experience using mushrooms for medicinal purposes. Links to ANY claims made from scientific research will be included and clearly… Continue reading Mental Health, Mushrooms, Magic & Me.

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Preparing For Surgery | What You NEED To Know

Preparing for surgery can be a little more than packing cute pyjamas and remembering your phone charger. Believe me, I know, I mean, I just struggled to remember am I recovering from surgery 6 or 7. The surgery in September was a big one - a brain tumour. I’ve had both big and little surgeries… Continue reading Preparing For Surgery | What You NEED To Know

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Neurofibromatosis Type 2 – 1 Year Post Brain Surgery, 6 Months Alkaline Plant Based (part 4) (October 2019)

Do you love the title, or do you love the title? It's like a trick question on a game show or some sort of tongue twister. Here I am again, talking about living with Neurofibromatosis Type 2. how does an alkaline diet affects my health

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Hidden Home Toxins and Chemicals | Why You Should Reduce This To Benefit Your Health.

Once you start looking in to things like this, it's as though there is no way out. What has been seen can not be unseen! There are pages and pages of scientific studies that prove that what we eat, sleep and breathe is quite literally killing us. The World Health Organisation quote this very scary… Continue reading Hidden Home Toxins and Chemicals | Why You Should Reduce This To Benefit Your Health.

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The Science of the placebo effect, Mind Over Medicine book review, healing with the power of the mind.

How many times, have you eye rolled so hard at that quote you've given yourself a headache. Me, about thrice daily for two years, until recently. The author of this book, Lissa Rankin M.D, summarised so well in this book exactly what I had been feeling, seeing the sentence describe my thoughts in black and… Continue reading The Science of the placebo effect, Mind Over Medicine book review, healing with the power of the mind.

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Neurofibromatosis Type 2 | Changing My Diet (part 3)

If you managed to make it through my previous post (hats off to you its huge), you'll know in desperation after more bad health news, I decided to see if like some people have claimed, it really is possible to cure your own disease. Being much more desperate to be well, than I was sceptical of… Continue reading Neurofibromatosis Type 2 | Changing My Diet (part 3)

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Neurofibromatosis Type 2 | Intro 2019 (part 2)

This might be a little bit long and may be sad too, I'll be talking about illness and a lot about food too if it's not for you that's ok. Here goes! Why I Changed I've lived with a condition called Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2 for short), for at least 20 years, Well I found… Continue reading Neurofibromatosis Type 2 | Intro 2019 (part 2)