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  1. hmnr asg

    best dog breed for a CFS patient

    Hi everyone, So since my CFS got bad enough that I had to stop going out my fiancee got me a cat. Unfortunately as much as I love this cat she is not a cuddly one and every time I try to pet her she will scratch me pretty bad. I have tried every training method to get her to stop being so mean...
  2. gbells

    Why SEIDs patients should avoid cats

    I recently read that a large number of europeans are asymptomatically, chronically infected with toxoplasmosis gondii parasite (50%). I looked up how this organism infects and learned that it suppresses apoptotic cell death by stimulating Nf-kB and blocking caspase 8. The treatment I am...