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Is Essential Thrombocythemia a blood disease or cancer?

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@nohrt4me

I come from a family of smart and empathetic people who were burdened with addiction and mental illness. I learned from their mistakes and tried to arrange my life somewhat differently.

I hope that the "good choices" contributes to improved attitude and general enjoyment of life, enhanced stamina, and maybe even better response to meds and longer life down the road.

Being in good shape always puts you ahead of the game!

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chimo | @chimo | Apr 3 3:04pm

I like to think so. 🤞🏻

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gigi05 | @gigi05 | Apr 3 3:51pm

@nohrt4me I'm sorry to hear that your family members were burdened with addiction and mental illness. That can cause a lot of suffering. I liked hearing that you were open to learning from their mistakes and tried to do things a bit differently. That's wisdom and resolve right there. Whenever we can focus on our life situations as experiments that we may learn something from, or when we cannot find anything to learn ,we can choose to hold ourselves with lots of compassion, and kindness, nothing is lost, and we emerge ready to move forward.
Your post made me think of the book that ignited my passion for the healing power of food and (mental) well-being. "Diet and Nutrition" by Rudolph Ballantine. I think he was trained as a psychiatrist, and no doubt his work was considered revolutionary at the time.

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