Conversation between mom and her ophthalmologist: Doctor, “I don’t understand; you don’t have glaucoma. That’s impossible; glaucoma doesn’t go away.” Mom, “Well I do take progesterone.” Doctor, “What’s that got to do with anything!?” Without taking medication, mom never suffered from glaucoma again, as long as she took thyroid and progesterone.  She had one recurrance after dad’s death when she stopped taking her hormones.  When she resumed her eyes healed again. Months later

Losing Eyesight is a big deal in my family My great aunt gave up painting when she went blind. In her mid-80s my maternal grandmother lost her eyesight from glaucoma. My mother developed glaucoma at 73 and my father had cataracts. Later he was struck with total blindness due to a severe attack of temporal arteritis that the doctor completely misdiagnosed. Another family member is dealing with glaucoma right now. I now have dry eye syndrome and bouts of eye infections from fl

You’re as young as your brain is flexible My brain is my number one health priority. Luckily it tells me when it needs my help. Brain inflammation and mood During last year’s illness I had my worst experience of brain inflammation due to a dangerous reaction to prescribed Advil.* It royally messed with my emotions; I would cry and cry for no reason and would drop into depression. When my mood dropped my husband would ask if I had taken my aspirin. No, I hadn’t for my body was

You’re as young as your body and mind are flexible. Any time you don’t feel great, look for the most likely underlying culprit, inflammation. Inflammation can cause pain, depression, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, migraines, neurological, skin, eye and heart diseases. Long term inflammation is referred to as inflammaging. Here’s what you can do to support your body’s ability to lower inflammation and pain and slow down the aging process: Sit cross-legged on the floor three minut