My Dad has fallen asleep outside. He has surgery coming up this week to remove the brain tumor he has. The meds he has been on the past week have made him cranky and given him crazy hiccups at times. I'll let him sleep as he needs his rest for the week ahead. I'm so scared that I might lose him in the near future. 😕

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Like I do two mornings a month, I'm currently receiving a Fabrazyme infusion. Without this treatment my lifespan would be much shorter than otherwise. I'm thankful that I'm in a country like Canada that gives me the opportunity to receive this treatment. To learn more about the genetic disorder that I have you can go here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabry_disease

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Doctors are always overworked and stressed out. We need to find a solution. Maybe hire 30% more staff which will leave room to give more rest days for the overall staff. Make mandatory rest periods like 1-2 week for each 2 month, during which doctors just have a holiday to rest and recharge. They would do a better job and save more lives if they have a clearer and recharged minds. They will be more creative, caring, and better at problem solving. They will have more time to read/study and keep up to date with recent advances in medicine. This is much better for healthcare in long term. Who is building this.

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Every 2 weeks I receive an infusion of a treatment called Fabrazyme. This includes enzymes that my liver can't make because I have Fabry disease. I am hooked up this morning and this will take about 2-2.5 hours. There are some cutting edge treatments going through trials currently. Hopefully they will be approved before long. Until then I will continue with Fabrazyme.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabry_disease

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/woman-off-insulin-for-type-1-diabetes-after-a-single-dose-of-experimental-manufactured-stem-cells/

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guys appt with hand ortho surgeon person is tomorrow morning for pinky I broke in December it’s only taken six months 🎭

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Alzheimer’s breakthrough! https://interestingengineering.com/health/enzyme-breakthrough-in-alzheimers Here’s an easier way to attempt to explain this article from ChatGPT: Some special helpers in the brain, called astrocytes, try to clean up this trash. But while cleaning, they accidentally make too much of a sleepy chemical called GABA. GABA tells the brain workers to slow down or stop, which isn’t good when you need to think or remember things.  Scientists have found that an enzyme named SIRT2 tells the astrocytes to make more GABA. So, if we can find a way to quiet down SIRT2, the astrocytes won’t make too much GABA, and the brain workers can keep doing their jobs well.  This discovery is exciting because it gives us a new idea for helping people with Alzheimer’s disease feel better by keeping their brain city clean and active.

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Bifurcation of the health system continues. Government will be buying more and more hospitals going forward, primarily from PE and for-profit health systems as here. https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/santa-clara-county-buy-hca-hospital-150-million

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Excited and hopeful about the new IVF executive order, but also cautious. In healthcare, expanded access often comes with financial pressures—insurers and PE-backed clinics frequently optimize for cost-efficiency, sometimes at the expense of quality. IVF already operates in a complex, largely private-pay market with uneven regulations. Access is crucial, but so is protecting standards of care. Looking forward to the full details. https://x.com/PressSec/status/1891954968401199187

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You know how we get Spotify wrapped? I wish EPIC would give me that… you went to 150 doctors appointments this year, you received 30 blood draws, your WBC levels went up/down…

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If you smoked the toad; what did you heal from? And, who did you meet? https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-guide-for-psychedelic-virgins-and-skeptics/

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Skip ahead to 21:44 https://youtu.be/fj2v_covEpo?si=2aLyiY3rm05UfsMC

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One advantage of state funded healthcare is that when my doctor makes a recommendation I know they’re not being paid to push it

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Excuse me while I geek out about health tech for a minute! It’s exciting to see how the landscape is evolving, with real strides being made in using quality health data to deliver value-based care. I had a moment where I realized that many of the theories and conversations we once had at Bloomberg School of Public Health about best practices for the future are now being put into practice in real-world settings. It’s incredible to see how far we’ve come, not just from an academic standpoint, but also from a business perspective.

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How do adults get tested/diagnosed for dyslexia?

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