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Saturday at the Torrance Farmers Market

Biotinidase Deficiency, Photos, pictures, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Southern California, Tanya, Torrance, Torrance Farmers Market, Wilson Park / 2 minutes of reading / July 28, 2013

There has been a lot of healthy activity in our household lately, and not just Tanya’s miraculous change in her well-being; we have also recently released a book of juicing recipes, “Faces of Juicing, Visual Juicing Recipes.” When the book was released Tanya suggested that she wanted to go on a juice fast; I just tried to change the subject when she brought it up. Since Tanya has recently learned that most of her health issues appeared to be the result of a profound Vitamin B7 deficiency, otherwise known as Biotinidase Deficiency, she started taking Biotin a week ago and …

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Adult Biotinidase Deficiency and you

B7 deficiency, Biotinidase Deficiency, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Tanya / 4 minutes of reading / July 27, 2013

To say that this has been an amazing week would be an understatement; I would go so far as to suggest that it has been a miraculous week. I would like you to take a look at the photo of Tanya, to the left. I took that photo this afternoon (Saturday, July 27); there is no way Tanya would have even attempted jumping up like that a week ago. The fact of the matter is that in recent weeks, Tanya has been extremely clumsy; tripping over her own feet and walking into walls became pretty standard occurrences. She had numbness …

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Practicing medicine

Cedars-Sinai, Providence Little Company of Mary, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Southern California, Tanya, Torrance / 7 minutes of reading / July 22, 2013

Sometimes clichés are just a little too accurate; for example, to say doctors are just practicing medicine is sad but true and that is what brought about my writing of this particular article. Since I expect that there are new readers here that do not know the back story to my adventure in medicine, I will give a quick review. If you would like more details, you can click the link to the RAD Caregiver category. In a nutshell; my girlfriend Tanya was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in 2004. In October of 2011 Tanya moved from Indiana to California …

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Photos of Fiesta Hermosa 2013

Arts and Crafts fair, Canon 5D, Chamber of Commerce, Family fun, Fiesta Hermosa, Hermosa Beach, Local business, Photos, pictures, Tanya / 2 minutes of reading / May 28, 2013

Back in 1972, the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce decided to put together “the largest arts & crafts fair in Southern California.” I have not visited all the arts and crafts fairs in Southern California so I cannot confirm whether or not they met their goal, but it has to be one of the longest running ones. Not only have they had this fair every year for more than 40 years, they do it twice a year, every year; Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day Weekend. It definitely signals the beginning and end of summer in the South Bay. While …

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Memorial Day Weekend at South Coast Botanic Garden

Family fun, Memorial Day, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Photos, pictures, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, South Coast Botanic Garden, Southern California, Tanya / 1 minute of reading / May 27, 2013

Saturday was the beginning of the long 2013 Memorial Day weekend and since Tanya has been working pretty hard getting her new book, Faces of Juicing, ready for publishing, we decided to take advantage of the great weather and pay another visit to the South Coast Botanic Garden on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The South Coast Botanic Garden is huge with over 40,000 trees and 200,000 plants, so we are able to return several times a year and it always looks at least a little different as different plants bloom at different times of the year. There are several species …

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Mother’s Day at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire

2010 Limited, Canon 5D, Family fun, Photos, pictures, Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Southern California, Sunday ride, Tanya / 2 minutes of reading / May 13, 2013

Sunday was Mother’s Day and it was beautiful in Southern California. Since Tanya has been doing so much better and has been doing a lot of walking lately, I asked her if she wanted to go to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale. At first she did not express much interest, but after our morning walk she indicated she wanted to go and we could take the bike. That was all I needed to hear; we were off in a flash. I have been gone to the Renaissance Faire several times in the …

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Celebrating one month pain free

Canon 5D, Palos Verdes Estates, Photos, pictures, Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, South Coast Botanic Garden, Southern California, Tanya / 2 minutes of reading / March 11, 2013

Back in August I mentioned that Tanya had started using a new drug to combat the pain from her Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease (aka RAD or RA) she has been living with since 2003. She had been using Enbrel for quite some time, but it did not seem to be doing any good, so Cimzia was suggested. These kinds of drugs usually take a while to get into her system before they start working, and she was in a terrible amount of pain, so her new Rheumatologist started her on various sleeping pills and anti-anxiety pills; but nothing seemed to help. …

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Is it Spring yet?

Palos Verdes Estates, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Photos, pictures, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, South Coast Botanic Garden, Southern California, Tanya, winter / 2 minutes of reading / March 4, 2013

The almanac says spring does not begin this year until March 20; but with the weather we have been having around here, you could have surprised me. It was almost summer-like around here over the weekend. Since Tanya’s RA/RAD has not been bothering her lately, she has wanted to take advantage of the great weather and the lack of pain by spending more time outside. Sunday we took another trip to the South Coast Botanic Garden on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Palos Verdes Estates. The South Coast Botanic Garden is 87 acres of trees, flowers, birds, lizards, squirrels and …

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A day at Descanso Gardens

Canon 5D, Congregation Ale House, Descanso Gardens, Pasadena, pictures, RA, RAD, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Stone Brewing Company, Tanya / 2 minutes of reading / February 26, 2013

Tanya has been feeling a lot better lately; so much better that she actually forgot to take the shots that she is usually counting down the days before she can use again. Trust me when I say, this is a very good thing. We have been tied up at home lately, Tanya especially as she has been doing some website design for a few new clients. Since she had some free time and the weather was in the mid-70’s, I knew I had to get her out of the house. My friends at BeersInParadise.com told me that Stone Brewing Co …

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Simi, Smell Me, Taste Me Sunday

Agoura Hills, brewpub, Enegren Brewing Co, geek good girl, Lab Brewing Co, Local brewers, microbrewery, Moorpark, Photos, pictures, restaurant review, Southern California, Tanya / 3 minutes of reading / January 28, 2013

These photos were taken Sunday at Enegren Brewing Company in Moorpark, CA and Lab Brewing Company in Agoura Hills, CA. A few days ago I was at El Segundo Brewing Company and was introduced to Joe Nascenzi, one of the owners of Enegren Brewing Co., a microbrewery in Moorpark, CA. After talking with him for a while, and hearing what kind of beers they were brewing over there, I knew that I had to head out there with Tanya. While I am a definite hophead, Tanya is more into saisons, porters and stouts. When Joe told me about their oatmeal …

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