Surprise Pregnancy

Well this is truly a big surprise! After my youngest son Kim was born 13 years ago, I had a run of miscarriages including twins at 14 weeks and since then, 5 years of secondary infertility. I had assumed that I was not far away from menopause. I wasn't expecting to be a mom again. …

Choices, Changes

Over the last few years, I have moved from a Paleo type of diet to Vegan and back again several times. This blog had 'From Paleo to Vegan in one easy midlife crisis' as its subtitle at one stage. The truth is, though, that it hasn't been 'one easy midlife crisis' at all of course, …

Budget Healthcare

I know that we are supremely blessed out of all the world to have a publicly funded healthcare system. I am extremely grateful for it. In the case of my son, it saved his life... but only after almost taking it through misdiagnosis and negligence (see the page above on Type 1 Diabetes). I don't …

Fob-off Diagnosis (again)

About a month ago I decided to move GP surgeries to the other one in town, because after three years of being told - without any adequate process of exclusion - that I have ME/cfs with Fibromyalgia (although I have never seen a rheumatologist to confirm that diagnosis) and that nothing could be done for …

Trim Healthy Mama?

A few years ago the Trim Healthy Mama diet was recommended to me, so I read the book, and looked at the recipes, but found it too complicated and of questionable scientific basis, and so I never actually tried it. But the recommendations keep coming, and I see that the diet has become enormously popular …

Veganism for Klingons

I had a little thrill yesterday, to discover that one of my favourite Star Trek people, Michael Dorn (@akaWorf) is a vegan, and we exchanged a couple of tweets last night. I have been thinking for a while about wanting to go vegan, and I think this might just be my catalyst. You all know, …

Not Vegan Anymore?

I've never heard of Alexandra Jamieson before today, so I don't know how important or influential she is, but this article was drawn to my attention as somebody with vegan sympathies. http://alexandrajamieson.com/im-not-vegan-anymore/ Let me say at the outset that I'm not actually quite vegan - I eat free-range eggs and even fish occasionally, so technically …