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Category: General Running and/or Fitness
November 7, 2019
8 Things to Know About Staying in Hospital
Yesterday I posted about 10 Things to Pack for the Hospital. I have some more general experience and wisdom to share on the topic. As I said before, even though I don’t work in a hospital, I have been a frequent “customer” over the last 12 months and hope this helps others navigate the Ontario Health Care system. Health care is certainly not free! Parking can be Expensive Learn the Nurses’ Schedules Put Your Family to Work Internet Plans can be Expensive Surviving Hospital Food is Part of the Challenge Learn to rely on “health care team” not just the[…continue reading]
October 6, 2019
New Food Pledge
Change is hard. It’s really hard. But, after about four months in the hospital, I am scared enough to not want to go back. And I’ve seen family and friends languish in hospitals, and that motivates me to to turn it around. Someone asked me: “After almost dying, do you eat whatever you want as if you’re dying, or super carefully?” I’m definitely in the camp of super carefully. I am making some significant changes to my relationship with food. These changes are to reduce inflammation to reduce the risk of another auto-immune illness. And I’m basing many of these[…continue reading]
September 30, 2019
“Total Cleanse” Juice Cleanse Review
As part of my ongoing recovery and health improvement journey, I went to see a naturopath a few weeks ago. He made a lot of really good suggestions, and gave a lot of really valuable advice. One suggestion was for me to try a juice cleanse. I’d heard about this before, but never tried it myself, until now. I told my wife about this plan and she agreed to do it along with me. Honestly, this would have been much, much harder if I was doing juices while smelling her eating regular food. We ordered two packs of the 3-day[…continue reading]
