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[7 Aug 2009 | Comments Off | ]

Yesterday, two years after it started, my son had his tooth work completed. It was a long journey of letting the tooth root grow enough so that the tooth could be finished. Over the last two years there were pain and tooth infections, kilometers of driving, appointments after appointments but finally it’s over. Now we are going to wait a …

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[21 Jul 2009 | 2 Comments | ]

I have got some news about my father. Last Tuesday it was requested my present as well as my mothers at the rehabilitation clinic where my father is. There are changes in the diagnosis.

The initial diagnosis was based on sporadic visits to his doctor and a neurologist. He was diagnosis with Alzheimer disease and probably Parkinson in the …

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[9 Jul 2009 | Comments Off | ]

Next month it’s my father’s 80th birthday. Due to his Alzheimer disease, he is in bed for almost two years.

Two months ago, through a TV program, my mother had the information that there were rehabilitation medical centers available in a nearby cities. She went to the social security department, filled in the forms and submitted my father’s application.…

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[19 Jun 2009 | One Comment | ]

A mixed of stress, anxiety, despair and pain took over me this morning. For those visiting my blog on the last weeks know about my son’s migraines and headaches, the visits I made with him o the ER, the visit to the homeopathic and the news about the possibility of my son having something serious on his brain. Today was …

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[6 Jun 2009 | 4 Comments | ]

I have been silent about my son’s headaches but now it’s time to speak out. The strong headaches are gone but he has an almost constant headache that almost goes unnoticed unless we ask him if his head aches. He says it’s a kind of very weak headache that doesn’t leave his head.

He already has a follow up appointment …

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[29 May 2009 | Comments Off | ]

With all the health problems that have been surrounding my family I decided to make a search for health insurances. I know many people have health insurances but once I belong to a private clinic that gives me most of the doctors appointments for free I never though about changing our health regimen.

This month I gave it a …

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[28 May 2009 | One Comment | ]

Who said life was easy? Not me for sure.

The month of May was a totally disaster. From my son’s headaches, tooth ache, my tooth ache, car problems, gadgets that stopped working, etc etc, we had everything.

I wish I could tell my son’s headaches were gone but I can’t. We are still on a limbo stage, we don’t know …

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[26 May 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
A third molar.
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Once again we went to the dentist but my son’s tooth could not be finished. He had a tooth infection two weeks ago, he had to take an antibiotic and now the doctor had to put another product inside the tooth. We have a new appointment for June 25th and hopefully that will be the last appointment …

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[13 May 2009 | 4 Comments | ]

fotos-065For a week now that I’ve been having a hard time with my son, unfortunately for him. After three weeks of a heavy cold, he had a tooth infection and now has been having migraines for one week already.

This last week we went three times to the ER and one time to a private clinic. His headaches and nausea …

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[6 May 2009 | Comments Off | ]

This is the Roll Massage Cushion RBM I bought a few weeks ago because of my back pain. After 15 physical therapy sessions and 15 more to do I decided to try a different approach of the problem.

I talked to the physiotherapeutic and asked her opinion about this type of massager and she told me some people have great …

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[29 Apr 2009 | Comments Off | ]
Swine Flu Public Service Warning
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My boss is in a business trip in Mexico and I must confess that I’m worry about his return. He is in the epicenter of the swine flu, Mexico City, and although he is not really worried about getting the flu we, in the office, are worried. Two Mexican clients arrived yesterday. They have …

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[26 Apr 2009 | Comments Off | ]
Brown cup of coffee
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Coffee is my best friend and my worse enemy. You might ask: How can it be possible?

Well, I love coffee and in working days I drink at least three a day. It is not regular coffee it is an express Portuguese coffee that is much stronger than those usually found in other countries.

I love the