Calendar Girl Blog: An Update
Dear friends of Sue,
As Sue will describe below, she still does not have a firm diagnosis. Her illness may be Parkinson's; it may not. In any case, it will likely be a long slog until she reaches some form of equilibrium and wellness. She is nevertheless quite upbeat and determined.
Your extremely generous donations have helped her immensely. She still has no source of income aside from ads from blogs (see below). So, if you can help her out again, she would very much appreciate it. As you likely know, healing can be expensive -- and a lot of what is necessary does not fall into the narrow-minded confines of what is covered by OHIP.
Again, cheques payable to Sue Richards can be dropped off to Wild Rose, 23A Macdonell St., Downtown Guelph or sent to Sue Richards, 207 Liverpool Street, Guelph N1H 2L6.
You can also donate by credit card or Paypal. Go to www.paypal.ca . Click on "send money." On the "to" line, type in Sue's email, artjam@artjam.org . The rest is straightforward.
This looks like it will be a long journey. Sue can make it with our support.
Best,
Gareth Lind
Lind Design
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Greetings From The Red Squirrel and Mold-free House of Healing,
Thanks to the efforts of a fine battalion of warrior friends and a bit of time, my home is no longer occupied by vermin of any size, shape or description. The effort was heroic and took a full month to execute. I will admit that ‘selling the joint’ was a regular thought – especially when a full two weeks into my evacuation, I met a third red squirrel casually hanging out on my couch. It took several days for Trapper John to catch the scoundrel. A low point indeed.
During the nutty days of June, many of you generously made cash donations to my cash-strapped wellness fund. The artist’s way is rich in experience and good work but lame in the disability department. Your help bought my drugs, paid for dumpsters for my toxic basement guts and afforded Green Sweeps Cleaning to come and clean my house of squirrel droppings, fleas etc. I have also been able to cover my basic life expenses for the last 3 months. The weight of worry that this financial gesture lifted measured off the scale.
All the medical tests I’ve enjoyed this summer have determined that I am medically unremarkable – except for one. After demonstrating a series of physical motions not unlike the ones a cop would request if they thought you were drunk, the neurologist suggested Parkinson’s. Other opinions from my diverse health team agree that my symptomology has Parkinson’s like appearance but instead believe that my nervous system is being compromised by fungus, mercury and aluminum. My appointment with allergist Lori Bowman uncovered a zinc allergy/deficiency and high levels of both mercury and aluminum. I’ve researched all these causes in relation to my symptoms and, sure enough, they link. As you might expect, I’m keen to explore all avenues that might be causing my health problems before I assign myself a life long label like Parkinson’s.
Just as Guelph City Hall wasn’t built in a day, the detoxifying process takes time and attention. I completed the anti-fungal in August and have presently taken on the task of strip mining my body of heavy metals – another multi-month drug protocol that includes a mineral replacement protocol too.
The Guelph Mercury provided some media coverage in August. I was appreciative. But I hid for several days following publication. As kind as everyone is, for many reasons, I do find it hard to be public right now. You can read what the Merc wrote here and here.
To sum up, I believe I’m on the right path and my intention is to stay 100% focused on detoxing and getting well. My motor movements are still very dysfunctional but I sense small improvements. I type with one hand – slowly – and my walking style varies from weird to somewhat odd. But I am doing a couple hours of blogging on www.blogguelph.com each week and I’m presently looking for advertisers to help augment my income. If you know of anyone that wants to advertise on-line, let me know. Blog Guelph gets loads of traffic.
Should you want to round out your collection of Breast of Canada calendars, I’ve put the entire archive up on my website: Click on this link.
Thank you for your well wishes and prayers. Please continue.
Love from Calendar Girl
As Sue will describe below, she still does not have a firm diagnosis. Her illness may be Parkinson's; it may not. In any case, it will likely be a long slog until she reaches some form of equilibrium and wellness. She is nevertheless quite upbeat and determined.
Your extremely generous donations have helped her immensely. She still has no source of income aside from ads from blogs (see below). So, if you can help her out again, she would very much appreciate it. As you likely know, healing can be expensive -- and a lot of what is necessary does not fall into the narrow-minded confines of what is covered by OHIP.
Again, cheques payable to Sue Richards can be dropped off to Wild Rose, 23A Macdonell St., Downtown Guelph or sent to Sue Richards, 207 Liverpool Street, Guelph N1H 2L6.
You can also donate by credit card or Paypal. Go to www.paypal.ca
This looks like it will be a long journey. Sue can make it with our support.
Best,
Gareth Lind
Lind Design
--------------------------
Please feel free to pass this on....
Greetings From The Red Squirrel and Mold-free House of Healing,
Thanks to the efforts of a fine battalion of warrior friends and a bit of time, my home is no longer occupied by vermin of any size, shape or description. The effort was heroic and took a full month to execute. I will admit that ‘selling the joint’ was a regular thought – especially when a full two weeks into my evacuation, I met a third red squirrel casually hanging out on my couch. It took several days for Trapper John to catch the scoundrel. A low point indeed.
During the nutty days of June, many of you generously made cash donations to my cash-strapped wellness fund. The artist’s way is rich in experience and good work but lame in the disability department. Your help bought my drugs, paid for dumpsters for my toxic basement guts and afforded Green Sweeps Cleaning to come and clean my house of squirrel droppings, fleas etc. I have also been able to cover my basic life expenses for the last 3 months. The weight of worry that this financial gesture lifted measured off the scale.
All the medical tests I’ve enjoyed this summer have determined that I am medically unremarkable – except for one. After demonstrating a series of physical motions not unlike the ones a cop would request if they thought you were drunk, the neurologist suggested Parkinson’s. Other opinions from my diverse health team agree that my symptomology has Parkinson’s like appearance but instead believe that my nervous system is being compromised by fungus, mercury and aluminum. My appointment with allergist Lori Bowman uncovered a zinc allergy/deficiency and high levels of both mercury and aluminum. I’ve researched all these causes in relation to my symptoms and, sure enough, they link. As you might expect, I’m keen to explore all avenues that might be causing my health problems before I assign myself a life long label like Parkinson’s.
Just as Guelph City Hall wasn’t built in a day, the detoxifying process takes time and attention. I completed the anti-fungal in August and have presently taken on the task of strip mining my body of heavy metals – another multi-month drug protocol that includes a mineral replacement protocol too.
The Guelph Mercury provided some media coverage in August. I was appreciative. But I hid for several days following publication. As kind as everyone is, for many reasons, I do find it hard to be public right now. You can read what the Merc wrote here and here.
To sum up, I believe I’m on the right path and my intention is to stay 100% focused on detoxing and getting well. My motor movements are still very dysfunctional but I sense small improvements. I type with one hand – slowly – and my walking style varies from weird to somewhat odd. But I am doing a couple hours of blogging on www.blogguelph.com
Should you want to round out your collection of Breast of Canada calendars, I’ve put the entire archive up on my website: Click on this link.
Thank you for your well wishes and prayers. Please continue.
Love from Calendar Girl
posted by Sue Richards at 10:21 AM
3 Comments:
Hi, I like your blog very much, that is why I'd like to invite you to be a part of a girls community . I will write a review about your blog and will put your link there. I also have a social network like digg, it is called NICE there you can add your posts.
I would be very happy if you joined us! :)
Sue,
As I start to clear my head again after sorting out some priorities at the end of the year, my thoughts turn to you.
I wanted to let you know my best wishes are for you and your health. I look forward to hearing your further news.
Love
Chris
Sue, Ahren just informed me about what's been going down in your world lately. You can tell how much I'm in the loop around this town that I'm just finding out about your recovery journey now. I don't read local papers and live in isolation - it works well and the kids still have a lot of fun without any newspapers coming to our door. As you might already know there is some exceptional software out there that may assist you right now - Dragon Naturally Speaking is one that Henry's other neighbour, Erick Rauser, uses all the time, trains people how to use it and is willing to train you too if you're interested. You might find this a great way to get typing done faster than a single digit - that's where technology has its uses. We're both into coming by to do some gardening for you if you have any needs and bring some of the Kathleen street vibe down your way - just say the word! Also, I recently stumbled into a hot bed of Henry videos from Sean up at the arboretum if you are interested in checking out some older images of our old friend. I will catch up with you soon enough - count on it.
all my best hopes for you, Calendar Girl, he says, while still remembering that wicked look on your face after rubbing some of Henry's ashes on the rear of the Venus sculpture by the Bergamont, "I figured he'd appreciate some of that action," you said and I remember it all well.
flowers and paper hearts,
Robert Brandstetter
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