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  1. mkbretsch

    Electric wheelchair recommendations?

    I really like my Fold and Go. There is lots of information on their web site. Every kind of chair has its quirks, but the Fold and Go serves me well.
  2. mkbretsch

    Genetic Study Finds Mitochondrial Link to Fibromyalgia

    Apologies for telegrahic style. Was trying to keep word count down. Includes my personal thoughts on well established racial disparities in health care. See the link for their discussion. Genetic Study Finds Mitochondrial Link to Fibromyalgia...
  3. mkbretsch

    Mineral Deficiences

    Your D is low. Heavy period, impaired mineral metabolism...associated with low D. There is lots of information on it elsewhere. Conventional max recommended daily dose is 4000 iu. Many of us take more. Good to test if you can get your dr to do it.
  4. mkbretsch

    Question for former athletes/fitness rats

    Former long distance runner and avid cyclist. Backpacker. Weight training user. Never fast. Tended to fat since puberty. But very active up to loss of health in late twenties or early thirties. I, too, wonder if over training provokes these problems to some degree. I do have methylation...