Archive for February, 2005

Heading off to Cali, Cali, Cali…

Monday, February 21st, 2005

This week has been a blur. The fam played host to my brother Thomas and his lovely wife Elke. T was a German exchange student who stayed with my folks for a year, and thus became my brother. When he returned to Germany, my brother went along and spent a year with his family. […]

Good gravy! Out of luck at the pot luck.

Wednesday, February 16th, 2005

Therapists piss me off.

People in the mental health profession are taught the ways of diagnosing and treating neurological disorders and mental illnesses. They’re taught to have their DSM-IV at their side, always at the ready to figure out the patient’s condition. In some ways, this training makes their senses more acute. They view the world […]

Thimerosal and the red M&M.

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005

In 1976, due to a health scare over red dye #2, M&M/Mars pulled the red M&M from its assortment of candy colors. In actuality, the candy never even contained the offending dye, but the company, wanting to distance itself from scandal, yielded to the public outcry and quietly removed all red M&Ms from the market. […]

What’s new with Daniel?

Friday, February 4th, 2005

I promised myself I wouldn’t post anything new until I had something positive to report. Unfortunately, things are pretty scary right now in chelationland. Since starting the whole chelation process (and this is true for both the NDF+ and our brief trial of DMPS), Rubén has been frighteningly aggressive. Scratching and pinching our hands, necks, […]