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Hello RP Forum,
I'm a 71 yo retired female systems engineer. Having one of the very first Computer Science degrees in 1969, it was an exciting place to be at the time.
Now I'm just trying to keep my body young and cooperative!
I have an interesting family health history. Raised on a hobby farm, I had colic as a baby, so my parents bought goats and I was raised on goats milk for a while. Eczema as a child, tonsillitis, measles/mumps/chicken pox, but otherwise healthy. 1st migraine at age 12. PCOS as a teen and some IBS-C. College and then career. Two daughters born in my 30's, followed by hysterectomy due to cervical carcinoma in situ. Began to show signs of CFS and depression. Divorced and spent many years as a single working mom. Remarried and divorced again, then finally remarried happily in 2004.
Fast forward to current conditions: insomnia for 30 years, taking 0.25mg clonazepam. Took several antidepressants but none were good enough to stay on for the long term. Blood type B+, sensitive to a lot of meds - many give me headaches or a feeling of abject misery. Have had a chronic cough for about 7 years, it is better when I take H2 blocker at bedtime. Most COPD meds make my heart pound so I don't take them. Some SVT spells and high blood pressure spells, but nothing chronic. High cholesterol for which I do not take statins; otherwise pretty healthy.
I've been incorporating some Peat principles in recent years - avoiding PUFA and fried foods, drinking milk and OJ daily but not in large quantities. Eat eggs 3x week. Taking 500mg niacinamide, 325 aspirin, a bausch & lomb eye vitamin (AREDS), and 1000 iu Vit D.
I'll add that there is a fair amount of mental illness in the family and my sister and youngest daughter have rather severe schizophrenia, so at some later time I'll comment on some of those mental health threads - I know more than I want to know about SMI!
Glad to join this most helpful and knowledgeable group!
I'm a 71 yo retired female systems engineer. Having one of the very first Computer Science degrees in 1969, it was an exciting place to be at the time.
Now I'm just trying to keep my body young and cooperative!
I have an interesting family health history. Raised on a hobby farm, I had colic as a baby, so my parents bought goats and I was raised on goats milk for a while. Eczema as a child, tonsillitis, measles/mumps/chicken pox, but otherwise healthy. 1st migraine at age 12. PCOS as a teen and some IBS-C. College and then career. Two daughters born in my 30's, followed by hysterectomy due to cervical carcinoma in situ. Began to show signs of CFS and depression. Divorced and spent many years as a single working mom. Remarried and divorced again, then finally remarried happily in 2004.
Fast forward to current conditions: insomnia for 30 years, taking 0.25mg clonazepam. Took several antidepressants but none were good enough to stay on for the long term. Blood type B+, sensitive to a lot of meds - many give me headaches or a feeling of abject misery. Have had a chronic cough for about 7 years, it is better when I take H2 blocker at bedtime. Most COPD meds make my heart pound so I don't take them. Some SVT spells and high blood pressure spells, but nothing chronic. High cholesterol for which I do not take statins; otherwise pretty healthy.
I've been incorporating some Peat principles in recent years - avoiding PUFA and fried foods, drinking milk and OJ daily but not in large quantities. Eat eggs 3x week. Taking 500mg niacinamide, 325 aspirin, a bausch & lomb eye vitamin (AREDS), and 1000 iu Vit D.
I'll add that there is a fair amount of mental illness in the family and my sister and youngest daughter have rather severe schizophrenia, so at some later time I'll comment on some of those mental health threads - I know more than I want to know about SMI!
Glad to join this most helpful and knowledgeable group!