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Month: June 2011

June 30, 2011

Marjorie

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An annoyed woman under dark stormclouds.

The various causes of my headaches and migraines

My two migraine episodes were the usual tennis-ball-filled-almost-but-not-quite-to-bursting-with-boiling-oil-behind-your-right-eye kind of thing, caused by the old cliché MSG.

June 20, 2011

Marjorie

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Silhouette of a toilet.

Repairing the unspeakably lousy digestion of the celiac

Life before glutenlessness For years, in order to survive a job interview or a conference or a plane trip, I’d have to stop eating 36 hours beforehand.

June 16, 2011

Marjorie

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A spiral.

One cause of sudden-onset vertigo

During my last and final attempt to get my abysmal iron levels up with doses of 75-100 mg/day, I managed to bring upon myself a nice case of vertigo. (It also caused cystic acne.)

June 5, 2011

Marjorie

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Squiggly gray lines float on top of a beautiful snowy landscape with skiers.

No joy on the @#*! eye floaters

Being myopic is bad enough, what with the glasses in grade school and the terror of being caught in your spectacles by unannounced visitors.

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