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Nine Pioneers

Nine Pioneers of Recovery Discuss How They Reversed Their Symptoms

Nine unique stories of recovery reveal the steps that were taken to make the miracle of healing possible. Each pioneer found a therapy that offered them significant relief from their symptoms. Interested in knowing how to reverse Parkinson’s Disease? Therapies that paved the road to recovery  from Parkinson’s Disease included:

  • Candida cleanses
  • TMJ Adjustments
  • Voice Profiling
  • Sound Therapy
  • Tai Chi
  • Martial Arts
  • Qigong
  • Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
  • Chinese Medicine
  • Supplements
  • Herbs
  • Diet
  • Detoxes
  • Clearing blocked jugular veins

Pioneers of Recovery is like no other book about how to reverse Parkinson’s that you have ever encountered. It will transform your thinking about the possibility of recovery. This remarkable account of the approaches people have taken to how-to-reverse-parkinson's-symptomsreverse their own Parkinson’s symptoms provides just the type of information needed to reclaim your own health.

  • Be intrigued with approaches you have probably never heard about.
  • Be dazzled by the possibilities of therapies that you never knew even existed.

Nine stories of recovery confirm the wisdom of the ages that the body does know how to heal. It just needs a little help remembering how.

Hear clips of the pioneers and read the questions they answered in the following sections. Answers to the questions are transcribed in the paperback or download. A recording of the interview can be heard by listening to the Parkinsons Recovery Radio show interviews with each pioneer.

Cheryl-on-How-to-reverse-Parkinson'sCheryl on Parkinsons Recovery Radio

  • Tell us about the time when you were first diagnosed with Parkinson’s
  • Did you see an improvement in your symptoms when you took prescription medicines?
  • Tell us what has happened recently to turn your situation around.
  • Can people tell that you have an appliance in your mouth?
  • Does the appliance have to be adjusted periodically by the dentist?
  • Have there been any non-motor improvements?
  • How do you recommend we find a dentist?  Is there a listing somewhere?
  • Detail out for us precisely what happened during your initial visit to the dentist.
  • How much does it cost to have this appliance made?
  • Can payments be spread out for as long as five years?
  • Does the initial charge also cover the adjustments that are required?
  • How long is the treatment period?
  • Will the time between appointments lengthen over time?
  • What got you started on this path?
  • Does your dentist also do general dental work?
  • Is an internet search useful using the words “TMJ” and “movement disorders”?
  • Was your improvement steady?
  • What would want to say to a person who has just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease?
  • Caller 1:  Is there hope for someone who’s had Parkinson’s for 22 years?
  • Caller 2:  Does the TMJ appliance move the jaw forward?
  • Caller 3:  Did you notice any changes after the first visit?
  • Caller 4: Were you actually able to reduce your medication level already?
  • Caller 4:  Did you have a lot of fatigue with your Parkinson’s symptoms before getting your TMJ appliance?
  • Caller 5:  Is your concentration and memory getting better?
  • Caller 5:  Have you talked to any of the people that have used the retainers over the long-term?
  • Caller 6:  Did you ever previously experience any symptoms that would indicate a Temporo-mandibular condition to begin with?
  • Caller 7:  Are you a single parent?
  • Caller 8:  How long does the process take from the time you initially go to the dentist to when you get the appliance?

“I’m halfway through your most recent book “Pioneers of Recovery” and can hardly put it down.  Another masterpiece and a profound piece of work that will go down in history as proof that recovery IS possible, unlike nearly ALL doctors viewpoint.  It must feel so wonderful to know that you have made a HUGE difference in people’s lives by giving them HOPE of a better, more fulfilling life and a real possibility to achieve their dreams of RECOVERY.  Without your dedicated work, those diagnosed with terminal and degenerative illness would have no other choice but to give up, and we both know where that leads. ”

Thanks for all you do,

candida-150x150Lida on Parkinsons Recovery Radio

  • Is there a connection between your former husband’s PD and the health problems you were experiencing?
  • What symptoms were you experiencing when you figured out the cause?
  • How can you get Nystatin?
  • What is the source of Candida?  Can you get it from eating certain foods?
  • Do Candida hang out only in the GI tract or do they float all over the body?
  • Can freckles and dark spots on the skin be evidence of Candida?
  • What else did you do to rid yourself of the over-abundance of Candida in your body?
  • Can a person get rid of Candida in a few weeks?
  • What happened to your former husband’s situation with Parkinson’s symptoms?
  • What is the connection between candidiasis and Parkinson’s?
  • You wrote up your discovery and published it as a journal article?
  • Transglutaminase or tTG is basically something that plays a role in Candida’s life cycle?
  • Is there a connection between a foot or toe fungus and Parkinson’s symptoms?

lowdosenaltraxene-150x150Lexie on Parkinsons Recovery Radio

  • What is Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)?
  • What website offers a lucid explanation of how LDN works in the body?
  • Is a doctor’s prescription necessary to obtain LDN?
  • What’s the best time of day to take LDN?
  • Is LDN itself addictive?
  • Can an individual take LDN with their other Parkinson’s disease medications?
  • From your experience what would be a preferred dose of LDN to take?
  • Can LDN be combined with painkillers?
  • What diseases is LDN helpful for?
  • How much does LDN cost?
  • Are any clinical trials currently underway for LDN?
  • What would you want to say to a person who has just been diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease?
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biofrequencies-150x150Sharry Edwards on Parkinsons Recovery Radio

  • What causes of Parkinson’s disease have you now been able to identify?
  • Did the people who had radiation exposure live in the United States?
  • Are you going to sponsor a class on bio-frequencies in Florida?
  • Describe for us what happened when you came to Sharry Edward’s clinic.
  • Describe the toning box for us.
  • Was it your intention to enroll in the bio-frequencies classes when you went to see Sharry Edwards?
  • Is this treatment like taking medicine?
  • How do Bio-Frequencies work?
  • What is the Guardian Network?
  • Is it necessary for a person to attend your onsite training program for the entire week?
  • How does a person find a local BioAcoustic practitioner?
  • Tell us about Happy Hour
  • How can bio-frequencies help with detoxing heavy metals?
  • What can people do to get relief from their symptoms?
  • What do the tones sound like?
  • Marian, is your husband still a skeptic?
  • What does he say about the movement and the change in your face?
  • How could bio-frequencies do anything for a person with a gene that’s defective?
  • Is there a connection between tetanus inoculations and Parkinson’s symptoms?

howard-150x150Howard Shifke  on Parkinsons Recovery Radio

  • How long has it been since you fully recovered from Parkinson’s disease?
  • Are you symptom-free today?
  • When did you realize you might have Parkinson’s and what did you do in response to that realization?
  • What careers have you had?
  • Why did you decide to take a holistic approach?
  • Before your diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease had you personally experienced various holistic approaches?
  • When did you see a neurologist and receive a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease?
  • Give us a brief preview of your visit to the neurologist.
  • What did you learn from doing these tests at the neurologist’s office?
  • How does the brain chant help to offer relief from symptoms?
  • What does the chanting sound like?
  • How often did you do the chanting?
  • Why did you believe that your body could heal itself?
  • Why should someone “listen to their body” and take a “less-is-more” approach to healing?
  • Did you take any medications?
  • Why is Parkinson’s an electrical problem rather than a chemical problem?
  • Is holistic healing a quick way to recover?
  • What steps need to be taken to begin a holistic healing program of healing?
  • Did you see immediate results when you started your program of recovery?
  • Why did you stick with holistic healing even though you didn’t see any results right away?
  • Can holistic healing help people who are taking Parkinson’s medications?
  • What is the address of your blog?
  • How can people get in touch with you?
  • What would you say to someone who has just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease?
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gord-croppedGord Summer on Parkinsons Recovery Radio

  • Has your martial arts background been helpful once you were diagnosed?
  • What is the most important tool that is needed to harness the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease?
  • Do you tell strangers you have Parkinson’s?
  • How have you used the “Power of the Mind” to reverse your symptoms?
  • How do you access the “Power of the Mind”?
  • Can a novice use “Power of the Mind” successfully?
  • Have other members in your family been diagnosed with Parkinson’s?
  • What has been your history of Parkinson’s symptoms?
  • What therapies proved to be useful?
  • Is having Parkinson’s symptoms a gift or a curse?
  • What medications are you presently taking?
  • Tell us about your experience with the certification process for Master Diver
  • Does it help you to push your body to the point of exhaustion?
  • Has CoQ-10 been helpful?
  • Is there a connection between CCSVI and Parkinson’s?
  • Have you found glutathione to be helpful?
  • What would you say to a person who has just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s?

bianca-photo-150x150Bianca on Parkinsons Recovery Radio

  • Tell us about yourself
  • When did symptoms of Parkinson’s first appear?
  • Did you notice a loss of the ability to smell?
  • When were you diagnosed?
  • How did your neurologist go about determining you had Parkinson’s Disease?
  • Did Sinemet offer symptom relief?
  • What was your reaction to being diagnosed with Parkinson’s?
  • How did you find Qigong?
  • Why did you decide to travel to China to learn more about Qigong?
  • How long did it take to see sustained relief and then to become symptom-free?
  • Has your first name always been Bianca?
  • What lessons have you learned on the road to your recovery?
  • Why has Qigong produced such amazing results for you?
  • Describe a typical day.
  • Has doing Qigong been successful in helping you deal with fears?
  • Do you take supplements?
  • What about your diet?
  • Do you exercise outside of doing Qigong?
  • What other therapies other than Qigong have been useful?
  • Why exactly does Qigong help?
  • Why do energetic blockages form in the body?
  • How has your life changed since recovering from Parkinson’s?
  • What is on your bucket list?
  • Do you offer coaching for people with Parkinson’s?
  • What would you want to say to someone who has just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease?
  • Would you describe yourself as being symptom free today?
  • What factors played a role in the success of your healing journey?
  • Did you tell friends and colleagues you had Parkinson’s Disease?
  • Did you recover on your own or did you get help along the way?
  • What would you say to someone who is thinking all this sounds too intimidating?

danny-loney1-194x300Daniel Loney on Parkinsons Recovery Radio

  • Can you share with us your fascinating personal story?
  • Tell us about your experience with Parkinson’s.
  • Do you attend a Parkinson’s support group?
  • Tell us about your affiliation with the Israel Parkinson’s Association.
  • What Tai Chi exercises do you introduce in your Parkinson’s classes?
  • What are the benefits of Tai Chi?
  • Describe the lessons you offer in a Tai Chi class.
  • Who sponsors your classes?
  • What services can you offer to readers of Pioneers of Recovery?
  • What would you say to a person who has just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease?
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If you are a fan of the online games Kahoot or Quizizz, your class will enjoy Triventy to allow the activity to be more student-centered!  With Triventy, you can create an open game, and students can log in to add multiple choice questions.  When you create a game, you select “invite” students.  This will produce a link that students can follow to add questions.  All students can collaborate on the Triventy quiz at the same time.  They can even add poll questions for the class.  You still have the ability to edit the questions on your end.  Once they are done, you start the new game and students join the game with a code- just like a traditional Kahoot/Quizizz game.  To use this in class, you could have students read or listen to a selection.  Once they have done this, students could create their own questions: key vocabulary, true or false questions about the content, purpose of the selection, audience etc.  Students love seeing their own questions pop up, and I enjoy seeing their clever answers.

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This point of the year is the perfect time to let students really prove what they have learned from you.  It can be easy to fall into the trap of thinking that you wish you had more time to teach them a variety of topics; however, it is also easy to forget everything they have learned this year.  Give students the opportunity to present and share what they understand, and I know that they will impress you.

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Spiritual Directors

LUCKY SEVERSON, correspondent: Sunday Mass at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, where attendance has actually been growing, defying a national trend of fewer people attending church. Sister Joyce Cox, a Catholic scholar and spiritual director for the Seattle diocese, says a survey in a book called “The None Zone” found that people in the Pacific Northwest are less religious than the national average.

SISTER JOYCE COX: The first question was do you have any faith or church that you follow or you participate in? And the answer was “none.” So 67 percent of those who answered answered none, but they still claimed in other questions that they believed in God and that they were spiritual.

SEVERSON: That’s the good news: an increasing number of Americans say they are searching for spirituality.

Pastor Don Mackenzie

PASTOR DON MACKENZIE (speaking to retreat group): “By whatever name you might call the Holy One of Being…”

SEVERSON: And many inside and outside of church are finding it with the help of a spiritual director, someone to listen and offer guidance in the quest for the experience of God’s presence. Sometimes it’s in groups, like this retreat. Most often it’s one on one and deeply personal.

Attendee speaking to retreat group: “And I’m finding that that’s not a real serene place to be…”

LIZ BUDD ELLMANN (Executive Director, Spiritual Directors International): It isn’t as though one has to meet with a person as a spiritual director in order to know the spiritual journey, but it sure helps.

SEVERSON: Liz Ellmann is the executive director of Spiritual Directors International, which has a worldwide membership of 7,000, a number that has been expanding rapidly.

ELLMANN: And our members are clergy, our members are rabbis, they’re Catholic priests, they’re Methodist ministers and Presbyterian ministers. They’re also lay people of all different faith traditions.

SEVERSON: The first step to what some call a personal experience of the holy, most agree, is to find a state of tranquility and silence. These two women, both spiritual directors, invited us to observe the process, or what they call “the journey.”

Breathing exercise

Woman speaking during spiritual direction session: “During the day sometimes when I’m feeling kind of chaotic or pulled in too many different directions, I’ve come up with a simple gesture that reminds me to center, to quiet, to quiet…

SEVERSON: Not surprisingly, with the upsurge of those seeking a spiritual connection there are an increasing number of courses around the country for spiritual directors in training, like this one at Seattle University. It is not a lucrative undertaking. Many don’t charge for their services. Some may ask for a donation to a religious or humanitarian organization. For those who charge, the rates vary from around $25 to $60 an hour.

ELLMANN: Many people seek a spiritual director when there is something tragic that’s happened in their life. They’re trying to make sense out of it. Where is God in all of this? And so they reach out to meet with a spiritual companion, a spiritual director, to journey with them into what is the deeper meaning.

(speaking to retreat group): “I’d  like to share a story about this…”

SEVERSON: Ellmann knows about overcoming tragedy with some spiritual guidance. Her journey began after she was almost killed in a car accident, then survived a brain tumor. As head of Spiritual Directors International, she is often invited to explain the role of the spiritual director, as she did when she attended the spiritual direction retreat at this Interfaith Community Church in Seattle.

ELLMANN (speaking to retreat group): “So I’m going to talk about prayer first as these three chairs…”

SEVERSON: She explains there is a person in one chair who is a spiritual director, and there’s a person in the second chair who’s coming with a story of what is going on in their spiritual life.

Ellmann conduction a session

ELLMANN (speaking to retreat group): “There is an understanding that there is a third chair always present. God is in that third chair.”

SEVERSON: This retreat, over a series of Saturdays, was organized by one of the directors in Liz’s organization, Sheikh Jamal Rahman.

SHEIKH JAMAL RAHMAN (speaking to retreat group): “As we allow this to just sink within us, just end with a chant, Allahu Allah.”

SEVERSON: Sheikh Rahman is a respected scholar and teacher in the mystical branch of Islam known as Sufism. At this retreat, he is getting some help from two other spiritual directors—Don Mackenzie, a retired minister for the United Church of Christ, and Ted Falcon, a rabbi.

RABBI TED FALCON: I think more and more people are—have greater degree of awareness that the path exists within them. The institution has a tendency of protecting us from the immediacy of the spiritual encounter.

MACKENZIE (speaking to retreat group): “What are we doing here? What’s it about?”

SEVERSON: Pastor MacKenzie says the tradition of seeking help from a spiritual director is ancient, and historically it’s been people active in their faith who have been doing the seeking.

MACKENZIE: People are feeling there’s an emptiness, and how is it that we can get back and claim the substance that comes through our traditions in a way that moves toward healing, that fulfills us, that makes us better citizens, that—and so forth.

SEVERSON: Searchers say they sometimes feel closer to God when they’re not in church. That would apply to Sally Marquis. She also thinks her engineering and science background may have jaded her faith.

Ellmann conducting a group session

SALLY MARQUIS: This whole idea of prayer was so alien to me that I had no idea how to start.

SEVERSON: At this retreat, they are practicing prayer techniques that spiritual directors say are universal, that help clear the mind of distractions.

ELLMANN (speaking to retreat group): “Was it easier to be the speaker or the listener and be conscious of your breathing? How was that?”

Attendee speaking at retreat: “When I just noticed how I was breathing as opposed to trying to breath in some way, then it was very easy to engage.”

ELLMANN (speaking to retreat group): “Listen with the attention that I was hearing going on over here, of not only your ear, but your eyes and your heart and breath.”

SEVERSON: Liz Ellmann explains one way to clear the mind in this exercise designed to focus on the act of breathing.

ELLMANN: Breathing is one of the most basic prayers. God gives us breath. We are so close to God, we’re as near as our breath.

RAHMAN (speaking to retreat group): “And then once again you make a commitment to really submit your attachment to your ego to God.”

SEVERSON: At this spiritual retreat, they learn how different faith groups reach out to God, including the Muslim prayer of Salat, always facing Mecca five times a day.

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RAHMAN: An Islamic prayer is essentially about praising God and thanking God, and when we bow to God, the wonderful saying is: one prostration of prayer to God liberates you, frees you, from a thousand prostrations to your ego.

SEVERSON: The Sufi’s whirling dervish, performed here by Reverend Karen Lindquist, the Interfaith Church’s co-founder, is also a mode of prayer, although it requires a life-long commitment.

FALCON: One of the benefits of ritual is it gives us a form, for example, the ritual of prayer. But every ritual that we do in our lives also has us going on automatic. So there comes a time where I might be doing it outwardly, I might be saying the words, but I’m no longer conscious of them.

Woman speaking at retreat: “Months later, I realized it was an act of surrender to God, that my life is not in my own hands.”

SEVERSON: A common theme among spiritual directors is that first it’s necessary to value and love oneself as God’s creation.

MARQUIS: So what I’ve been doing is using the Buddhist prayer to quiet me down, quiet my thoughts down and open myself up, and then the Sufi prayer to just reassure and love my own heart so that I can feel really full and complete, and then from that place I can pray for people that are struggling, people that are sick, people that I feel like need some extra love.

SEVERSON: Even Sister Joyce Cox, in describing her method of personal or centered prayer, finds herself borrowing the language originally of the ancient Indian Vedic tradition.

COX: What I do in centering prayer is I choose a mantra, which is my sacred word, doesn’t have to have any meaning for me. What I simply do is return to that sacred word as a method of intention and just sit.

SEVERSON: Liz Ellmann says it’s a sign of our times that so many people have turned from searching for material things to the pursuit of spirituality, and, she says, it’s a good thing.

For Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, I’m Lucky Severson in Seattle.


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The Xen Project has fixed three vulnerabilities in its widely used hypervisor that could allow operating systems running inside virtual machines to access the memory of the host systems, breaking the critical security layer among them.

Two of the patched vulnerabilities can only be exploited under certain conditions, which limits their use in potential attacks, but one is a highly reliable flaw that poses a serious threat to multitenant data centers where the customers' virtualized servers share the same underlying hardware.

The flaws don't yet have CVE tracking numbers, but are covered in three Xen security advisories called XSA-213, XSA-214 and XSA-215.

"XSA-213 is a fatal, reliably exploitable bug in Xen," said the security team of Qubes OS, an operating system that isolates applications inside Xen virtual machines. "In the nearly eight-year history of the Qubes OS project, we have become aware of four bugs of this calibre: XSA-148, XSA-182, XSA-212 and now XSA-213."

Of these four highly critical and easy to exploit vulnerabilities, three have been found and patched over the past 10 months and two over the past month -- XSA-182 was fixed in July 2016, XSA-212 in April and XSA-213 on Tuesday.

Another commonality is that all of them affected the Xen memory virtualization for paravirtualized (PV) VMs. Xen supports two types of virtual machines: Hardware Virtual Machines (HVMs), which use hardware-assisted virtualization, and paravirtualized VMs that use software-based virtualization.

The other two flaws patched Tuesday, XSA-214 and XSA-215, also affect paravirtualized VMs. The difference is that XSA-214 requires two malicious guest VMs to work together in order to access the system memory, while XSA-215 only affects "x86 systems with physical memory extending to a configuration dependent boundary of 5TB or 3.5TB."

One limitation for XSA-213 is that it can only be exploited from 64-bit PV guests, so systems running only HVM or 32-bit PV guests are not affected.

The Xen developers released patches for Xen 4.8.x, Xen 4.7.x, Xen 4.6.x and Xen 4.5.x that can be applied manually to affected systems.

The open-source Xen hypervisor is used by many cloud computing providers and virtual private server (VPS) hosting companies, some of which received the patches in advance and were forced to schedule maintenance downtimes.

For example, VPS provider Linode had to reboot some of its legacy Xen PV hosts in order to apply the fix and advised customers to move to its HVM-based servers to avoid future downtimes.

Meanwhile, Amazon Web Services said that its customers' data and instances were not affected by these vulnerabilities and no customer action was required.

The Qubes OS team, which prides itself on building one of the most secure desktop operating systems, has had enough of having to repeatedly deal with Xen PV vulnerabilities. That's why, over the past 10 months, it has put in extra work to switch the next version of the OS -- Qubes 4.0 -- to HVM.

"We originally hoped we could transition to running all Linux VMs in a so-called PVH mode of virtualization, where the I/O emulator is not needed at all, but it turned out the Linux kernel is not quite ready for this," the Qubes team said in an analysis of the latest Xen patches. "So, in Qubes 4.0, we will use the classic HVM mode, where the I/O emulator is sandboxed within... a PV VM (which is also the case when one runs Windows AppVMs on Qubes 3.x)."

The good news is that the groundwork is set to switch Qubes to PVH in the future when the Linux kernel adds the needed support, and even to replace Xen entirely with something else, if a better alternative comes along.

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Remember 1985? I do, and it was a good year. William “The Fridge” Perry and his Chicago Bears were Superbowl champions, Amy Winehouse (lucky for us) couldn’t talk yet, and the McDonald’s corporation debuted the McDLT, a heavily marketed hamburger sandwich that arrived housed in a compartmentalized Styrofoam container whose two chambers kept separate the hot ingredients (meat and processed cheese) and the cold (the lettuce and tomato). Here’s one of the commercials.

Some 24 years later, the Bears suck, William Perry has traded in his cleats and now paints houses for a living, Styrofoam is practically illegal, and the McDLT has gone the way of parachute pants and pet rocks.

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Ping’s $8 spring rolls come with lettuce leaves, served separately from the deep-fried pork-spiked part of the equation, and the results are delicious. See slide show for assembly instructions.

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Plywerk “frames” are frame- and glass-free, but they hold up well; the photo pictured here is mounted on 3/4" bamboo.

Framing pictures always presents a quandary. What kind of frame will best show off your photo – and not distract from it? How much money is the frame going to set you back? Should you mat the image? And how do you get that super clear photo out of your IPhone or digital camera and onto actual paper – but still have it look sharp and clean? So many decisions, so many excuses just to leave the photo in digital limbo.

But a physical print of your favorite photo is such a treat to look at not just for a few moments on the computer screen, but on the wall or the desk or the mantelpiece every time you walk by it. (I tend to put up photos and just leave them there; my niece will forever be that little munchkin, wearing just a diaper, “reading” a book upside down. I’ll stop and stare at the photo, and just smile at how little and cute she was.) However, my DIY collection of home-printed photos in hand-me-down frames leaves a bit to be desired.

Plywerk could really clean up my gallery. They’re a local (NE Portland) company that does digital photo mounting on sustainable wood panels. You upload your digital photo; they make a great print of it and mount it pristinely on a solid, elegant maple or plywood backing. They mail it back to you – unless you happen to be one of their Northeast Portland neighbors: Kjell and Kim, the husband and wife co-founders, still have a studio in the basement of their home.

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Children are especially prone to illness in the winter months, and sore throats are one of the most common reasons for a wintertime visit to the doctor. Sore throat, known technically as pharyngitis, is a side effect of a great many ailments, including the common cold and the flu. While rarely dangerous, a sore throat can be painful for your child and appropriate steps to diagnose the cause and prescribe treatment should be taken.

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There are generally two types of sore throat: viral and bacterial. Bacterial sore throat is what is known as “strep,” caused by the streptococcus bacteria. Strep is widespread among young children, but is fortunately easy enough to diagnose and treat. A quick throat swab and analysis performed right in the Pediatric ENT office can let your physician know if your child has strep throat, and if the results are positive, antibiotics can be prescribed.

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As I gear up for my Sunday evening routine of prepping for the week ahead, catching up with my inbox, and making sure all my projects at work are on track, I realized that it’s been a while since I updated my blog. In fact, it’s been a while since I paused to reflect on some of the things that have happened. The weeks, it feels like, have progressed at an unceasing, unrelenting pace. This is my time out and a chance to make note of certain things both in the spirit of celebration and as a reminder that I can always be better.

In February, I went through with LASIK surgery. It was uncomfortable and painful for a few days, but the results have been amazing. No more glasses or contact lenses. I wear sunglasses when it’s bright out, something I never used to do. I look different in pictures. I wake up each morning and I see 20/20.

Of course, I got used to it really quickly. I had told myself before the surgery that not having to put on contact lenses would make it so much easier for me to wake up and work out each morning. That was wishful thinking. It’s still a battle, and I find myself battling my own excuses that it’s too cold out or that I should be careful not to push myself too hard and get sick.

Eating and drinking

I’ve been good about sticking with my plant-based diet. It’s pretty automatic for me now. On long trips or special occasions, I’ll allow myself some dairy, meat, and fish. It’s no big deal. But when I’m at home or at work, I’m pretty steadfast in my diet of fruits, veggies, legumes, nuts, and grains. My favorite go-to foods: dates and avocados. I still need to work more greens into the diet.

I’ve cut down alcohol consumption pretty heavily. Some weeks, I’ll only drink once. And when I do, I try to keep it light. This has led to some additional weight loss. I don’t think I’ve been as light as I am since middle school.

I started using Headspace, a meditation app, back in January and I’ve stuck with it. I use it five times a week on weekday mornings. I wake up, push my pillow against the bed headboard, sit up, and go through the 10-minute session. I’ve finished the Foundation sessions, completed the pack on Focus, and now almost done with the Anxiety pack. I can honestly say that meditating has really made a big difference in how I go about my day-to-day. I’ve found myself processing day-to-day situations differently with greater awareness. It’s as if I’ve been able to develop a more detached view of the inner workings of my mind and, when lucky, been able to call bullshit on myself. There’s so much more to learn and practice–I’m looking forward to continuing and hope these packs never run out.

Travel & Running

I’ve been fortunate to do some traveling in the past few months. I’ve also been training to run my first half marathon, which is coming up in a few weeks. On my trips, I’ve made it a point to bring my running gear and sneakers so I can keep up with my training. These were some memorable runs in memorable places:

  • Santa Monica, CA where I ran along the beach with the iconic Ferris wheel in view.
  • Land’s End in San Francisco, CA where I could see the Golden Gate Bridge while running up and down the hilly trail.
  • Stone Mountain Park in GA where I ran the loop and saw the Confederate Memorial Carving depicting Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis–all while listening to Team of Rivals, a book about Lincoln and his presidency.
  • Paris, France where I ran along the Seine, passed by Notre Dame, and circled inside Luxembourg Garden.

I especially love the feeling of going for a run in the morning, letting my body feel and wake up to the the outdoors, and then making my way back knowing that I’ll reward myself with a hearty breakfast and a cup of coffee. I think it’s one of the best ways to start the day.

I’ve been less diligent about reading these past few months, but I did finish a few books that have left quite an impression on me. They are:

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
After reading this, I have even more respect for Abraham Lincoln and the kind of leader and human being he was. His capacity for compassion, kindness, and generosity (expressed often in the book as his “magnanimity”) was almost superhuman, especially as he readily forgave and embraced those who undermined and betrayed him. His shrewdness for strategy, politics, and playing the long game was also admirable. He saw the bigger picture and was patient with his moves while his opponents and detractors could only see what was in front of them. When I finally got to the part of the book when Lincoln is assassinated, I couldn’t help but feel an incredible sadness. I wondered what would have been had he not died. What did America lose with his death?

Replay by Ken Grimwood
In this science fiction novel, the protagonist Jeff Winston dies suddenly at the age of 43 only to wake up as his 18-year-old self back in time. Without giving much more away, I’ll say that Jeff has multiple opportunities to “replay” his life but always ends up “dying” at age 43. I couldn’t put this book down, and found myself taking long walks replaying my own life for the past fifteen or so years. In reminiscing my blunders, successes, and luck, it became clear to me that the book’s lesson wasn’t about looking backward with regret and nostalgia. It was about taking control and savoring what lies ahead.

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman
This business book, which introduces the Traction Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), has been a helpful guide for our management team at Barrel. The biggest benefit has been the framework for setting goals and keeping us accountable on a weekly basis. I hope to share more about this and its impact on the company in a separate post in the future. While we’re just scratching the surface of truly instituting the EOS company-wide, I like the progress I’m seeing so far.

Ten Years

The ten-year anniversary of Barrel is coming up in a few weeks. I’ve been thinking about the milestone, where we are right now, and where we want to go. It’s been a mixed bag of emotions. I’m grateful for so many things and there are plenty of fond and pleasing moments directly associated with the company and the people who’ve been a part of it. I’m also regretful and disappointed in what could have been had I been more focused and mature over the years, but I also tell myself that I’ll have plenty of opportunities to contribute, lead, and raise the bar of my performance. Overall, my mind’s been trending in an optimistic direction, and I’m excited about what lies ahead for Barrel.

A few other random things from the past few months:

  • I went to Omaha, Nebraska for the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting. I saw Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger speak and walked around a large convention center where I picked up some boxes of See’s Candies and took a photo with the GEIOC Gekko. It was a short trip, but memorable in that I got to spend time with my good buddies Andy, Sei-Wook, and Welton.
  • My favorite piece of entertainment consumed so far this year has been The Night Manager, a 6-episode miniseries starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. It was an incredibly entertaining spy thriller.
  • I’ve been continuing to work on Grove Ave with my buddies, mostly on weekends. Since launching our website and e-book in February, we’ve sent out 15 email newsletters and created a Growth Library page that currently features a list of 18 carefully selected books. We have some other pieces of the business coming together in the coming months, so I think it’ll be a very active summer.

Melanie and I took selfies in front of a couple different triumphal arches in the past few weeks:

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Selfies in front of Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the Washington Square Arch in New York.

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Indian Poetics (Kāvya Śāstra) and Narratology Towards the Appreciation of Biblical Narrative

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Though the biblical and the Indian literary traditions had independent origin and growth in terms of spatial and cultural milieux, there are literary landscapes of confluence where the literary fabrics of their collective wisdom are interwoven. Both narrative traditions have rich oral and folk prehistoric traditions in their records and this attribute provides a substratum where their narrative patterns and paradigms can find a common ground. A Hebraic reading of the Bible does not exhaust the meaning of the biblical texts; on the other hand, an Indian reading of the Bible could bring more flesh and blood to the living text. Ancient Indian Kāvya Śāstra (Poetics) and its modern rendering narratology being multifarious and mutually integrative will be able to supply a variety of poetical tools and devices with which the great and vast miscellany of biblical narrative can be approached and appreciated. Indian religious tradition is more narrative/story rather than doctrinal or dogmatic. This demands an Indian reading of the Bible endowed with a narratological and synchronic approach to disentangle the biblical narrative from the burden of dogmas and doctrines and to re-launch its primordial narrative/story culture. The application of the canons of Indian Kāvya Śāstra with its narratological elucidations to the biblical narrative has categorically proved that it can open up a new horizon to an Indian reading of the Bible. Various such narrative approaches, heuristic devices and models thus evolved have been applied to selected narratives in the Davidic Episode of the Books of Samuel.

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The Point of Departure for an Indian Approach to Biblical Narrative

A call and craving for ‘holistic’ reading of the Bible is very much in at a time when narrative techniques take avatars ever new in a world of cyber communication. Its range of research involves real author—implied author, real reader—implied reader and real text—superimposed text. However, in the customer-friendly and user-friendly modern world, the real reader gets prominence. The lack of such prominence given to the real reader is a fault of which biblical interpretations have been accused.

It is one of the ironies of much writing on biblical interpretation that real readers are often simply assumed to be able and willing to step up the insights of theoretical analysis of biblical texts and embrace them somehow without regard to questions of their character, location, or other influencing factors. (Briggs 2010:207)

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Keep Calm and Summer On: How to Keep Your Dog Cool, Comfortable and Safe this Summer

Q: What are top three reasons people bring their dogs to the vet for during the summer?

Once the weather begins to warm up, dogs often develop skin disease. The change in weather fills the environment with pollens, fleas, and ticks which can create an array of problems with dogs’ skin. Pollens exacerbate pre-existing allergies and can lead to secondary skin infections. Fleas, in a similar fashion to allergens, cause dogs to itch and scratch, which creates red skin and patches of hair loss. Ticks are an entirely different beast. After biting a dog for as little as eight hours they can transmit deadly infectious diseases. Fortunately allergies, fleas, and ticks are all treatable or preventable.

Summer is also the time of year when we all get outdoors with our dogs. Whether you and your dog are on a jog, a hike, or swimming in the ocean, overexertion is an all-too-common reason to visit the veterinary emergency room. Humans sweat from pores throughout their entire body, but sweat plays a very small role in cooling our dogs. Instead, they control their temperatures by panting and dilating their blood vessels. These mechanisms of cooling are not as efficient as humans and can quickly lead to heat stroke. To avoid overheating, exercise your dog in the early morning or late in the evening, provide your dog with plenty of water, and make sure the temperature is cool in your home..

Viral infections are another common reason owners bring their dogs to the vet hospital in the summer. As the temperature warms up, we bring our dogs to parks, we go on vacation and board our animals, and local daycares are swarming with puppy energy. The increased contact among dogs aids in the transmission of common viruses that are spread through nasal and ocular secretions. Many of these dogs present to the vet for coughing, runny noses, and acting lethargic. Fortunately, there are vaccines available to help prevent against the common viral infections and your veterinarian will help you decide which are best for your pup based on their lifestyle.

Q: What’s your top three tips for keeping dogs safe during summer season?

The summer months are generally the busiest time of year for veterinarians. School is out, the weather is beautiful, and the dog parks are crowded. Prevention is key to keeping your dogs safe and healthy.

Flea and tick prevention is relatively affordable and easy to use. Today there are three commonly used products: a chewable tablet, a topical liquid, and a long lasting collar. For dogs that swim often, stick with the chewable tablets as they don’t wash off. Topical liquids are a great choice for dogs who spend most of their time on a leash and out of the woods. Collars are just as effective as the chewable and liquid products and last for up to 8 months.

Vaccines are critical in preventing the spread of viruses during the summer months. The Parvovirus, a deadly virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea, is all too common, yet easily prevented with a sound vaccine protocol. Canine Influenza and Kennel Cough are the most common upper respiratory infections seen during the summer months. If you plan on taking your dog to a heavily populated area, always make sure they are protected.

Keeping your dog cool in the summer requires more than a pair of fancy sunglasses and a fedora. Don’t expect your dog to get outside and immediately run a marathon; build up their endurance starting with short, controlled jogs. Take extra precautions if you have a brachycephalic (“smoosh-faced” dog) breed as they overheat very quickly. Provide them with plenty of water to drink or a doggie popsicle after exercise and make sure they have a cool environment for recovery.

Q. What should people think about when traveling with their dog during the summer months?

Just as most of us plan ahead for vacation, you should do the same for your pet. Visiting your veterinarian before leaving the country is almost always a necessity. Many countries have strict vaccine protocols and require an up-to-date veterinary health certificate. Some countries have quarantine periods of up to six months. If you’re staying in the United States, call ahead to your hotels to ensure they are pet friendly.

After packing your suitcase, make sure you pack your dogs’ too. By pre-measuring your dog's food and storing it in plastic bags, you won’t have to stop and shop along the way (pack an extra meal or two to give as treats). If your dog takes medications, make sure you give yourself enough time to obtain refills from your veterinarian or local pharmacy. Don’t forget a water bowl, your dogs bed, and their favorite toy!

Does your dog get anxious or nauseous in the car or on the plane?  Do they pant or pace? How about hypersalivate or vomit? If so, check in with your family veterinarian before traveling and let them know your concerns. There’s most likely a medication can that be prescribed to keep your dog safe and comfortable for all types of travel.

The summer months are an exciting time to be a dog owner. From hiking to swimming and lounging on the dog beach to playing fetch there are plenty of outdoor activities to share. Be safe, careful, and follow up with your veterinarian with any concerns.

Should you Send your Child to Veterinary School?

Picture this scenario. Your 12 year old daughter who loves to ride horses spends her weekends at the local barn taking care of a beautiful filly. She tells you that she wants to be a horse veterinarian when she grows up. Since she’s your daughter, you want to guide her towards her dream. But should you?

Being a veterinarian is a very rewarding profession as we are able to facilitate the human-animal bond. We are able to work in complex environments and appreciate critical thinking. We take an oath to continue to learn and do no harm. It’s these intangible assets and many others that drive young college aged students toward becoming a veterinarian.

Are the rewards worth the sacrifice in time and money?  I argue, YES - but with the following disclaimer. The vast majority of veterinarians never become wealthy as their salaries are substantially less than human doctors and most other professionals. The average veterinarian makes $88,000 a year, however this salary does not take into account the large amount of debt that veterinarians accrue. This debt service greatly reduces our salary as a large percentage is paid as student debt.

The veterinary field has the highest (yes number one) student debt to income ratio in the country at  2 to 1. This means that for every 2 dollars of debt owed you make 1 dollar. The total average reported debt per student is about $175,000. Some will argue that this number is even higher as veterinary colleges have an incentive to create an appearance of lower debt and some oversea schools will not release complete financial data.

This problem is not going away anytime soon as new schools are being accredited each year and current schools are increasing their class sizes. More veterinarians overcrowding an employment pool gives large corporations and small practice owners the upper hand when negotiating salaries. Additionally, while women make up 75% of the field according the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) they may make 15-20% less in salary per year thus inflating the debt to income ratio.

To make matters worse, a recent study from the AVMA interviewing 10,000 veterinarians found that 15% of men and 19% of women have contemplated suicide and 1.1% of men and 1.4% of women have attempted suicide. Upwards of 25% of males and 37% percent of females in veterinary medicine have experienced depressive episodes since veterinary school, which is about 1 and 1/2 times the rate for the general population across all occupations.

You may be asking yourself, if my daughter is accepted, how will she deal with the pressures of school? Based on a survey of more than 14,000 veterinary students and 4,000 responses not too well. Sixty seven percent of students had experienced a period of depression, and of those, 37% had an episode lasting more than 2 weeks. The most surprising results of this study were that 25 percent of students reported taking medication for diagnosed depression or anxiety.

I can’t help but to think of all of my colleagues who are suffering with significant debt and mental illness. Veterinarians have dedicated nearly a decade of their lives to rigorous schooling only to find themselves 10 years later, knee deep in debt and struggling to make ends meet. Is this field sustainable on its current trajectory? NO. Veterinarians, as a community, must create a professional environment that is both secure and safe; one that will hopefully allow future generations to thrive and flourish.

Veterinary Abdominal Ultrasound: Why you should take your vets recommendation.

Has your veterinarian ever recommended an abdominal ultrasound? Why does your pet need one? And why is it so expensive?

Abdominal ultrasounds are used to aid in the diagnoses of diseases located in the abdomen. The pets abdomen is shaved, gel is applied and a probe is used to obtain image; very similar to a pregnancy scan. The procedure is non-invasive and takes between 20-40 minutes. But why is it needed?

X-rays are great at showing the size, shape and location of organs whereas an ultrasound shows, more specifically, the architecture of the abdominal contents. This imaging modality lets you look within the kidneys, liver, small intestines and other organs to find very small nuances often missed with an x-ray.

When is ultrasound used? There are times when x-rays alone will not give your veterinarian enough information to make a medical decision. For cats with chronic vomiting or dogs who have severe abdominal pain it's best to re-evaluate with an ultrasound. It's also used to help determine the origin of abdominal masses and to continue looking for a cause of elevations in kidney and liver enzymes. There are many other uses, but in general, ultrasound is another instrument in your veterinarians tool belt that helps with obtaining a diagnosis.

Why is it so expensive? The price tag for an ultrasound ($400-600 per full scan) can make some owners shy away from this diagnostic, but the value is unmatched. Entry level units can cost 40-50 thousand dollars whereas high end units will cost more than 100 thousand dollars. On top of the cost of the machine there is the cost of the staff that is needed to help with the scan (doctor and technicians) and likely medications used for sedation.

But the ultrasound didn't find exactly what was wrong with my pet? This can happen! Remember, medicine is not always black and white. An ultrasound can be suggestive of certain diseases in the abdomen but additional diagnostics may be needed. A CT scan, a surgical exploratory, and an endoscopy (camera into the stomach) are commonly needed after an ultrasound to clarify it's findings.

Remeber to always ask questions and follow up with your veterinarians recommendations. Just as in human medicine, it's never wrong to seek a second opinion when you pets case becomes complicated!

Inappropriate Male Cat Urination: Inflammation or Infection?

Do you own a male cat? Has your male cat ever urinated inappropriately in your home? Has he ever strained in the litter box and produced only a small amount of urine? Has he ever urinated blood? If the answer to any of these questions is yes continue reading. If the answer is no, well, continue reading anyway because this stuff is cool.

Male cats who urinate inappropriately around the home or litter box may have a disease process called Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease or FLUTD for short. This is an umbrella term for a number of processes that can cause our male cats to urinate blood, urinate small amounts pee, urinate around the litter box, and many others. The most common cause of these clinical signs is Feline Idiopathic Cystitis (FIC), put another way, we do not know the cause. Other known causes include mucous plugs, blood clots, and urinary bladder stones. Interestingly, less than two percent of male cats with these clinical signs will have a urinary tract infection.

If your male cat is exhibiting any of these signs you should see your family veterinarian as soon as possible. Cats who go untreated may develop a urinary obstruction leaving them unable to urinate. Over time their urinary bladder will continue to fill like a balloon until the urine backs up into their kidneys. This may be life threatening and requires immediate medical intervention.

For those male cats who are still able to urinate and have a diagnosis of FIC it is speculated that stress may play a large role in the disease process. While our indoor cats may not appear anxious, worried, or unhappy keep in mind we have taken them out of their natural habitat. Behavior and environmental modifications are often described as destressors.

As you can see, male cats have a unique disease and the veterinary community is still working on an all encompassing treatment. If your male cat is exhibiting these behaviors be sure to discuss them with your family veterinarian.


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Aspiration Pneumonia in Dogs

Overview of Aspiration Pneumonia in Dogs

Aspiration pneumonia is an inflammatory lung disorder that occurs when your dog inhales a foreign substance. This most commonly occurs with disorders that cause regurgitation or vomiting. But, neuromuscular disorders that cause difficulty swallowing or paralysis of the esophagus can also lead to aspiration pneumonia. Dogs are more often affected than cats, and depending on the underlying cause, different ages and breeds are affected.

Causes of Aspiration Pneumonia in Dogs

  • Oropharyngeal (mouth and throat) disorders
  • Cleft palate
  • Diseases of the larynx or laryngeal surgery
  • Brachycephalic syndrome – upper airway obstruction that occurs in short nosed breeds of dogs
  • Esophageal disorders, such as esophageal obstruction from foreign bodies or masses, inflammation of the esophagus, or paralysis and enlargement of the esophagus (megaesophagus)
  • Polyneuropathy – a dysfunction of many different nerves
  • Polymyopathy – an inflammatory or immune disorder of the muscles
  • Decreased mentation or alertness causing a decrease in the swallowing reflex, caused by general anesthesia, sedation, head trauma, or a seizure
  • Accidental administration of medications, fluids, or foodstuffs into the wind pipe rather than the esophagus, especially during force feeding or tube feeding
  • Vomiting, especially chronic vomiting
  • What to Watch For

    Signs of aspiration pneumonia in dogs may include:

  • Coughing
  • Respiratory distress, with rapid breathing and a high heart rate
  • Cyanosis (blue color to the mucus membranes)
  • Exercise intolerance, weakness
  • Nasal discharge
  • Fever
  • Depression
  • Loss of appetite
  • Diagnosis of Aspiration Pneumonia in Dogs

    A thorough physical examination with auscultation of the chest (listening to the chest through a stethoscope) and palpation of the abdomen are very helpful in detecting changes that could indicate the presence of aspiration pneumonia. Additional tests may include:

  • Your veterinarian may choose to run some laboratory tests such as a complete blood count (CBC), biochemical profile, and urinalysis to search for evidence of infection and the presence of an underlying cause.
  • Chest X-rays can show changes in the lung that may indicate aspiration pneumonia.
  • Fluid may be retrieved from the lower airway and lungs for examination under the microscope, and it may be cultured to isolate causative bacteria and identify a proper antibiotic to use in treatment.
  • If the animal is in respiratory distress, a blood gas analysis may be considered.
  • Various other tests may be needed to identify an underlying cause of vomiting, regurgitation, or dysfunction. Such tests include abdominal X-rays, an esophagram or barium swallow, and fluoroscopy ( a video X-ray) to assess the esophagus in motion.
  • If a megaesophagus is discovered, then further testing is indicated to search for the cause of the esophageal paralysis.
  • Treatment of Aspiration Pneumonia in Dogs

    Severely ill dogs may require hospitalization with oxygen, intravenous fluids, antibiotics and supportive care. Mildly affected pets that are well hydrated and eating properly may be treated as outpatients, with frequent follow-up examinations to monitor the progression of the infection. Additional treatments may include:

  • Cage rest or exercise restriction
  • Loosening of secretions. This can be done with a humidifier or by thumping the chest wall (coupage).
  • Bronchodilator therapy to help open up the airways
  • Bronchoscopy to remove a foreign body if present
  • Surgery. In a handful of cases, removal of the affected lung lobe, foreign body, or tumor may be done.
  • Treatment or correction of any underlying problem
  • Home Care and Prevention

    Aspiration pneumonia, particularly of stomach contents, can be a serious, life-threatening condition. The animal may require several days in intensive care before it stabilizes, and some animals have great difficulty recovering from this condition, particularly if the underlying problem is due to paralysis of the esophagus. Once the dog is discharged from the hospital, administer all medications as directed by your veterinarian. Return for follow up examinations, blood work, and radiographs as recommended by your veterinarian.

    Many times, aspiration pneumonia cannot be prevented. However, treating and controlling the underlying disorder can greatly reduce the risk of aspiration pneumonia or prevent the condition from recurring.

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