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The New Thing

There are so many things going on.
1. Mom's dementia is taking it's toll on her and the rest of the family.
2. The aphasia makes it difficult for her to communicate what on her mind, what she needs.
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Stress level is coming down . . .

Well my stress level is finally starting to come down . . . work is going better, I finally made my cardiologist appointment today - it's 9:00 on Monday.
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Update

Well things are going pretty well. Seem to be doing well with the trileptal oral suspension. Went to my cardiologist consult on Monday and the cardiologist doesn't think I have anything to worry about, but still wants to do a stress EKG next Tuesday.
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Dying to eat

I love to eat - and it's killing me - slowly but surely. When I pass a bag of cashews, it's like they wandered too close to a black hole. They gravitationally fly into my mouth until they are entirely consumed...and the cashews find plenty of company in the black hole.
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Organ Replacement

Dear community, this is my first blog post at MF MB4L. As some of you might have seen I donated $ 1000 to the MLife Sciences fund to support the Regenerative Medicine company Organovo Inc.
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Hello there!

My name is Paul.

Evidently I can't, but you can either imagine me giving you a wave, smile, and perhaps a shake of the hand if you so wish!
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Things continue to go well . . .

Things continue to go well. Got Kevin's present, just need to wrap it and print out the Christmas card I made for him. My points dropped a little bit last week, but I got 3 club sales, so not too worried about that. Tomorrow's my stress EKG at 8:30 in the morning.
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60 Minutes On Growing Body Parts

60 Minutes had an article last week on progress on growing body parts. A couple of years ago they could do bladders and implant them in people, but now they have done a mouse liver and implanted it in a mouse, and are actively working on kidneys, hearts and lungs.
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My Chronic Pain

I've been living with burning pain it the upper left quadrant of my abdomen for decades.

I had 24 abdominal surgeries from age 4 months to 6 years of age, then 3 more between ages 21 and 25 for the cesarean births of my three children.
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A Year End Message From Methuselah Foundation

The black market for human organs made headlines in 2009. What didn't make the daily news were the men, women and children who died each day because they did not get an organ or because the transplant they had failed. Failed to give them a long, healthy life.
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Mprize in the Press

Mprize in the Press

The Mprize for longevity science was mentioned in the press a few times in recent days. Here are a couple of the articles.

Cash, the new mother of scientific invention
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My Bridge 4 Life (overview)

My Bridge 4 Life™ was developed by its founder Roger Holzberg, current creative director for the National Cancer Institute and former Disney Imagineer. Having created the survivorship program on which My Bridge 4 Life™ is based, he is now over 5 years cancer-free.
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My Bridge 4 Life (testimonials)

"I sent your link to a friend of mine in Boston. She is a breast cancer survivor, so I am sure that she will join and pass the word on to her circle of friends and fellow patients. Once again what a wonderful thing that you have started, it is true that one person can CHANGE the world!
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Things still going well

Things are still going well. My points dropped a lot Christmas week, I think because a lot of people didn't want to or didn't have time to talk. But this week is starting out really strong with 2 club sales already.