/ Tag: menstruationI really think I’m a lucky girl. Well, you see, I can talk to my mom about anything and she really makes a point of explaining things to me. I don’t get embarrassed at all… and neither does she. When I was ten years old, she told me about starting my periods—this is called ‘menstruation’.
I grew up in Maine, where cold weather is the norm for most of the year, so getting a good suntan was a challenge. In 1984, I moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina. There, the summers were a lot longer. Eventually, I even started going with co-workers to a tanning salon. I visited the salon regularly for a year-and-a-half. A year later, in July 2004, a mole appeared on the back of my knee, so I decided to go to a local dermatologist to have it examined.
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Today almost every other person you talk too is living with daily joint pain. It does not matter what the age or physical shape of the person, daily pain seems to be a common complaint. Living with chronic pain can wear a person down, affecting energy levels, mood and overall stamina. The cause can vary however Arthritis is typically the root problem.
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I’ve been battling migraines for about 10 years now. I’ve been through the whole gauntlet - CAT scans, MRI’s, contrast PET scans, test, test, test, test, ad nauseum. Anyway, you name it, I’ve done it. I’ve tried pretty much every migraine med on the planet at least once.
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