patricia hawyes
A retired teacher and full time carer for my 86 year old husband. Masters degree in psychology but quite at a loss with this debilitating disease. (Parkinson's)pictured on our diamond wedding da
Location South Wales
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Hello everyone I am 86 years old and ready to start the course. An ex teacher who cannot just vegetate. I need to receive stimulation to keep the old brain cells working
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patricia hawyes replied to Harry Smith
@MartinI just repeat what I hear
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patricia hawyes replied to Harry Smith
@HarrySmith I fear you are right Harry
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@JacquesPelletier Hi I love Europe and Europians, I have had a home in Spain for 22years. It is the infliction of laws that stop us having control of our borders that I object to. As a woman I am pushed out of the way at a bus stop, Intimidated going for a walk through town. Not by Europians or West Indians who are great but by Asians who run all the taxi...
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I have enjoyed it although not necessarily in agreement with assumptions made by would be therapists
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patricia hawyes replied to Harry Smith
Never. It was because we knew how good it was when we had control of our own future. How we fought a war to stop the nazi invasion. Now we have the back door entry of undesirables, Men who think women are fair game if they wear what THEY consider is immodest clothing. We welcome immigration of genuine people who agree to abide by our laws.
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An excellent idea. My lifeline would be so long but painful as I recall all the mistakes as well as the good moves I have made.
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An excellent session.. Just the pep talk she needed
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I can only get one paragraph of this session. Pity because it was the only practical example of councelling in the course
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Reading through all aspects of your approach to treating depression in elders You seem to suggest that patients have low self esteem. As an elder myself, I seem to think differently. I congratulate myself on my achievements . This does nothing to dispel feelings of dread which sometimes overcome me. I find depression is like a black cloud hanging over me....
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A virtual driving simulator where it was possible to watch him correct his mistakes in steering and actually learn to anticipate his next moves. It then shows the same ex soldier return to the hospital where every specialist was amazed that what they previously thought to be impossible proved to be incorrect. It is possible to regenerate brain cells as they...
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Sometimes I wake up in the small hours , terrified over a stupid dream .I then try to remember what it was all about. Latest one about a jigsaw!! I lie awake trying to remember what frightened me. Then I think surely the cause of such emotion is bio chemical. Don't you think adrenaline flowing through one's system is the culprit? Then I ask myself Why did...
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@MargI can only speak of my own experiences. I have paid the deposits on houses for my son. Bailed him out of financial trouble and now paid off his mortgage. My daughter has moved back in with me and I support her. They are 61 and 59 .Lucky I have worked hard all my life and saved for the future. aretClapp
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Louis I think the reverse is the norm. We elders are supporting our adult children.and grand children.
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@NicolaJames Thank you Nicola.All the best to you too.
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@NicolaJames I am hoping that is the case as I am slim and I have never bothered the doctor in my life. Only go for routine yearly tests as the practice needs to keep records. My 85th is coming upshortly
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No I dont think that is it as they never ever went to a doctor in those days and water was of
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patricia hawyes replied to Chris Bradford
What makes an expert? Certainly nothing that you could learn from a book. I am suspicious of younger do gooders who put down older folk as if they have all lost their reason. It is life experience that counts.. As a youngster I thought. "Why do we have to live by laws made by long dead men?" Now I know it is knowledge of past mistakes passed down to the next...
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Thanks I have done these things when I could get cover as a carer and not free. Now a fit young man in his seventies would add spice to life.
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@WilliamDerekGraham. Hi Derek I was looking for free spirits willing to share holidays and adventures . You have to laugh though don't you?
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I can understand depression but how do you know if you are cognitively impaired?
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As I am now a widowed elder who would love to meet up with similar others . I mentioned this online asking if anyone knew of a club or meeting place. Response. Try the cemetery.
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Lets all do a Hedda. Why stop doing the things you love doing? Use it or lose it is my maxim
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I think that it is the older population that is supporting the younger
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positives.more affluent , more time.more aware Negative I dont look too good, I feel 18 but others dont see it. I write out my shopping list and forget to take it with me
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Researching my family history, I have found 9 over 90 years old.One uncle died at 99 just after his birthday party.His brother was 96.On my father's side my grandmother was 98 She had an older brother. who came to her 90th birthday .. I remember his saying" I had to run for the bus." Then I read in the local paper about a 90 year old man (A hundred years...
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Surely people mentioned in the bible lived for much longer than the majority of people alive today?
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Here we go! 84 and straining at the bit. I am wondering about the psychological effects of being told you have dementia. Surely this diagnosis alone is enough to cause a person to start worrying about saying the wrong thing,and start making mistakes that would not have occurred without the anxiety attached by such a statement
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patricia hawyes replied to patricia hawyes
It makes you wonder doesn't it?
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Thank you all for your very informed replies. I am putting all this behind me now. My house needs a complete makeover after years of neglect. My daughter has moved in with me too so that's a very good thing.Thank you so much for your loving messages. Have a super Christmas all of you.
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Do you mean that his sight might have deteriorated? His vision was tested but nothing of note changed
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My late husband was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease about 12years ago. Latterly hehad been doing very strange things. He stripped the plugs off all th electrical appliances, He cut up the garden hose into small pieces and joined them all up with connectors. I asked him why he had done this and he said " Well you wont have to wind it on the spool you just...
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I feel a great sense of relief to know that Hosna is happy again. She must be unaware that things may deteriorate which when they happen may again become scary. Where ignorance is bliss t'is folly to be wise.
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I always think of the old maxim There is safety in numbers. It has to be reassuring to know that you are not alone when you are struggling to come to terms with a new frightening situation.
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surely we are talking of mental illness?
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would gene therapy work to correct the situation before symptoms occur
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I had trouble signing in .My password was not accepted so I reset it .Then the same thing happened again. Does this mean I am on the slow boat to dementia or what?
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A most exhilerating and informative course . Absolutely glued to the information given. It has been one of the best courses that I have studied. Keep up the good work and Thank you all so much
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With all the good will in the world it is going to be difficult to get cooperation without understanding. Even in developed countries field workers say. You must eat such and such a supplement , but with no explanation as to the necessity for it. Education is going to be the vital key.
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Food for thought.We must know which methods are actually working. I suppose sealed units would be used to carry out the various methods with just one method being trialled at any one venue. A long ongoing task.
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We took mosquito nets with us for our travels and then donated them to a local family before our return. Just a little thing to us but a blessing to those who could not afford them. An idea to pass on
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Yes the companionship of others .
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I think the use of bed nets can only be advantageous even if it helps just a small proportion of the community. It may not be effective for the majority of people but peace of mind for young children and pregnant women taking daytime naps could only be helpful
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My experience in mosquito infested countries has been limited to Sri Lanka and Thailand. Wheras my daughter was absolutely covered with mosquito bites, I escaped unscathed. I was wondering if a difference in blood grouping may be a contributing factor. She and my husband were group A . I am blood group O . I am certain a different scent is a major factor...
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Do you suppose that a mosquito can carry muliple disparate disease bearing viruses at one time?
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I was wondering if different blood groups have more attraction to biting insects? In my apartment in Spain I find guests leave behind mosquito repellents. I say that we do not have a problem with them , but maybe they are there and I do not see them? This is after 22 years of visiting there
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When in hospital for a mastoidectomy as a child, An outbreak of diphtheria broke out in the ward. I was found to be a carrier and had to be isolated for many weeks without developing the disease. Was I then the vector ? was this disease airborne? Always wondered about it.
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I am going to French Polynesia so I am very interested in keeping well away from virus carrying insects.
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I am one of those people who have never received a mosquito bite while my daughter is plagued by them. Very strange
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Here we go
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I am quite excited by this new challenge of understanding the details of this new phenomenum
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I am sure everyone would think carefully how to move after a fall. Common sense would have us on all fours before we test out our next moves.
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I really thought this course was about aging in general .not about falls
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Having accidentally stepped on the cat's dish which shot out away from me I was shocked to find myself falling . I was thinking where am I going to land? Hit my head on the kitchen counter before landing on my rear. Blood pouring out of a gash on my forehead. No pain at all just shock. I could not believe it happened. Then I decided it was dangerous to...
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I have never altered my way of life and am lucky to be fighting fit Blood pressure 129/79 heart rate 54 Weight 55 kilo and I walk so fast others say calm down and slow down , Why? Eyesight needs to be sharper but keen hearing makes up for it. It frightens me that all my friends need replacement knees or hips I tend to walk barefoot around house and...
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I am surprised that there is a comprehensive study of falling. Something I have never given a moments thought to
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My late husband had Parkinson's disease and was fearful of falling so used walking aids. I was his sole carer for many years and it never crossed my mind that I too should take care. He died last November and now as I live alone I tend to think .How would anyone know if I fell etc.
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My score was 8 .I still think I am 18 So I must not become complacent
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shock fear panic Must find a reason
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I have felt dizzy as a child when we had a game of holding hands with a partner and then spinning around. The world then seemed to be spinning around me when we stopped.
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A fall is to me a trip that lands me on the ground. A slip on the ice, a wet floor , a stumble over an object not noticed on the ground
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clumsiness indignation stupidity .As I live alone carefulnes from now on
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I slipped on the cats dish and had a nasty tumble. When I saw the doctor about a gashed forehead she shook me by asking if I had had other falls. It had never occurred to me that normal people repeatedly fell. Where have I been all my life?
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Hello i joined this morning purely out of interest as I am 84 years old and wondering what it will be like to grow old.
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Hullo Everyone, just saw this course this morning and joined out of interest. I am 84 years old and would love to know what growing old will be like Ha Ha
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I think I shall bow out gracefully
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I am completely both fascinated and confused. Reading the padlets in plain english was the only way I could make sense of the processes. I kept saying to myself, you are completely out of your depth. but yet eager enough to keep trying to understand the formulae. We studied biology but not chemistry in school Such a drawback !!
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Would any ordinary young animal or human drinking the milk from a spider goat acquire the gene for producing spider silk?
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Hydrogels may one day be used to inject a lubricant into the joints of arthritic hands. May I become one of the first guinea pigs to try out the idea?
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Natural fibres breathe as my grandmother would say. synthetic fibres do not. Natural fibres react to the differences in temperature and allow you to feel comfortable wearing them. Synthetic fibres in the heat keep in that heat and make you wilt , whereas silk or cotton allow you to feel cooler .
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No I think these are minerals apart from rubber which yes could be used as waterproofs. Interesting to find out the molecular make up would be
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Horses for courses. Some natural materials have good insulating properties such as wool and silk but cotton does not possess them. As for man made garments, they are often cold to wear in winter or hot to wear in summer. To try to overcome this factor faux fur and fleeces using man made fibres have proved effective. For summer wear loose weave material...
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for garment making , cotton, wool, silk, bamboo, linen, raffia , coconut fibres, long fibres from grasses used by native Americans for ceremonial cloaks . For domestic use, eucalyptus oil, petrol, coal , coconut oil, palm oil and many more types of oil extracts
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patricia hawyes made a comment
Hello Everyone Here we go
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I have thoroughly enjoyed this course.29 points out of 30.Yes William this is a dangerous kit( cristp cas9) because if one country allows it , it could allow an accidental disaster to spread. I too have opted out of a review. One point I would like to make .Many not native english speakers can be confused by lead compound. Please change the description to...
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patricia hawyes replied to Nicole Cole
Because it so expensive in developed countries but is highly desirable in underdeveloped countries but crops need to be protected from predators and the seed to be of better quality with natural soil enhancers( animal and human waste) and visiting advisors to help
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patricia hawyes replied to Mako Tamura
Please check lead compound .Lead compound should mean the best compound not the poisonous pb
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patricia hawyes replied to Mako Tamura
I wonder if we are interpreting lead wrongly. Surely lead also means the one in front. The leader as opposed to a chemical element?. I have had too many domestic problems to deal with to be up to date with the course at the moment
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patricia hawyes replied to patricia hawyes
Perhaps that is the way to save us all
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Often people in different scientific areas can relate to a process in another field of study. An Eureka moment so to speak. negative electrons seeking protons could be likened to fertilisation in the biological world. Osmosis to chemical reactions etc. Certainly leaders in all scientific specialities working together to blend their knowledge is an ideal...
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I am wondering if we are talking herbicides to kill weeds , or crop plant sprays to deter insects. Educator please elucidate Perhaps both?
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It seems to me that pesticide use is a two edged sword . We harm ourselves as well as the insects. So scientists tried to modify plants so that they would be lesser affected by pests with potentially disastrous results. Land no longer usable for growing crops. Maybe insect control using other less dangerous to crops insects. There is much land that has never...
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I think the greatest problem facing mankind is overpopulation .Educating everyone to realise that they must take responsibility for limiting their family size; disregarding social mores that encourage them to have more than two children per couple. If this does not happen voluntarily , it will have to be enforced against their will. Singapore in the 70's...
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Again Mike I think you are missing the point. It is the very use and indeed misuse of antibiotics that has caused the problem of making the bacteria that were once shrugged off as a nuisance, now deadly dangerous, because we cannot fight off the infections in the same way. There always were people who had a natural resistance to certain infections but could...
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Not all bacteria are harmful, In fact there would appear to be more useful bacteria than disease rendering ones. Where would be without the bacteria that decompose dead flora and fauna? We would not have petrol or fossil fuels. How about yeast that we use in baking and brewing? We have bacteria in our gut to digest our food What is the essential difference...
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Thinking about Ash tree die back which decimated forests .Certain trees remained resistant to the scourge. These protected trees are seen as a way of renewing the forests . Could not people who are resistant to certain bacterial diseases provide cells that could be propagated to supply vaccines against the disease or would the bacteria find new ways to kill...
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Surely caged birds are still routinely fed with both growth hormones and antibiotics.. The danger of cross infection would be rife when battery hens are squashed together . It all boils done to money. In an ideal world hens would roam freely but be protected from foxes etc. But how would the farmer survive? Then again farmers try to protect their cows from...
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The problem lies in the amount of time allowed a doctor to fully explain the resistance consequences in the wider community. Surgeries ought to have posters with full explanations on the wall of the waiting room
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We must ensure that the public is made fully aware of the dangers of not completing a course of antibiotic treatment :_. the remaining bacteria which have not been killed are more resistant to antibiotics and so proliferate and are passed on to other hosts
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I feel that antibiotics have been given out on demand for viral diseases by impatient patients , which were of course useless. Doctors should not have been cajoled by the populace. Antibiotics were given routinely to caged birds and farm animals which made humans immune to the known antibiotics
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In 1937 I had a mastoidectomy before the advent of antibiotics. iodine was the household cure- all and boy did it sting!, or folk remedies were dock and dandelion leaves to rub in and a white liquid poured into bathwater for "gatherings" etc)
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If I was Linda I would definitely like to know if my son had inherited the likelihood of contracting the disease. . I could not live with the threat of potential illness hanging over us which would stop us enjoying a normal life. It is best to know so that we could prepare ourselves in advance. I would not tell my son until he was old enough to...
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patricia hawyes replied to patricia hawyes
Thank you Paul. We had no scans I my time
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Which type of imaging is given for routine antenatal scans please?
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patricia hawyes replied to Alex Dow
Hello again Christine .widowed on Nov 14th
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I agree it is what happens to you that shapes your thinking. Strange things happen all around me that I cannot explain. They puzzle me. and interest me enormously. I have seen a gold watch rise up from a shelf and float across the room to float slowly to the ground. Am I someway responsible for the action or is some force trying to contact me?
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I am up for the challenge. Bring it on
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Immuno- therapy. Certain drugs called checkpoint inhibitors do not work on everyone. They are effective only if the patient's immune system recognises them as the enemy . The latest study by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London show that some cancers hold within themselves the seeds for their own destruction. These are the immune cells which...
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I started this week with fear and trepidation, but became so engrossed in the therapies now being trialled, I can't wait to see the next steps. Somehow I have managed to participate in two courses running alongside each other. and am enjoying them both immensely. I keep thinking "This might work on " for many different situations. Good luck everyone for next...
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This course is absorbing, fascinating and compelling. The potential for epigenetics exceeds all my expectations. With the wind in the right direction we could be onto a winner here
