good find: healing

good find: Quote

good find: Purple Pants

This was sent to me by Ruby. Here's to celebrating difference.
Ironically, I chatted with a woman wearing fushia-purpley pants the day before I saw this video. Life is strange and beautiful. Dive in.

good find: Spirit

The spirit of this blog is captured here.

good find: Unbroken

Perhaps the secret of all secrets is that we are all broken, and trying to take our broken wings and learn to fly as the Beatles sang.

good find: The Brain Rules

We found this book about two weeks ago and it has been on my mind ever since. The brain is so powerful yet we can take it for granted. I want to discover the wonders and harness the gems. A great physio once told me "80% is attitude." Yes.we.can. It feels like part of the story behind the youtube "miracles" is fuelled by a positive attitude. There is a lot of negative hurled our way, in the medical world. Perhaps even despite good intentions. Obviously "hope" can only go so far but it is definitely part of the recipe.

The Backstory: A year in review

What a year it has been. Ironically, I went for an ultrasound to see if my veins are narrowed or blocked, a day after the one year anniversary of this story. I feel conflicted in so many ways.I am awash with memories of my own medical tourism escapades a few years ago. It would be called a "complication" by some. I almost died. Also ironically, it involved a device for my veins and blood thinners. I am haunted by that experience.

There are still more deaths on the drug side of the game.