My Health Adventure
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Ohanapecosh
The name is thought to mean “standing at the edge” in the native tongue of the Taidnapam, who spent time in what is now southeast Mt. Rainier National Park. Wandering in this part of the Northwest is true nature bathing. Trails run through this land of ancient giants who tower over your insignificant human stature.…
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Is anything actually boring?
What bores you? How many times have I heard this phrase: “I’m so bored…” What does it mean and why do people say it? By definition it means “not interested… feeling weary due to tedious activity.” Unfortunately, I’ve heard this statement all too often when I am interested in something and others around me are…
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison
I love national parks (NP’s) and one of the most thrilling vacation choices I have made recently was to check out some not so popular parks. Yosemite, Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone are all amazing and it’s no wonder everyone in the world wants to visit. But that does not mean there are no other cool…
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My old leather hiking boots…
Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. Early in my 30’s, the idea of adventure and hiking crept back into my life after an absence. For years, I was awash in school, a new career, marriage, babies and moving too many times. When the dust settled, I yearned for…
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Hepatic Steatosis
Somewhere between 1/4 to 1/3 of the US population will be told at their next visit with their primary care provider that they have a fatty liver. The more official name is hepatic steatosis (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease), but fatty liver is certainly descriptive in normal English. Basically it is just that: excess fat…
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Prostate cancer
I started this post a long time ago, but found so many other things to write about that were easier to deal with than cancer. Cancer still is the ultimate disease, and we as a human race fear it probably more than any other. Any organ of the body can be affected, and for men,…
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