Showing posts with label Dr.MargaretAranda. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

"Group Talk with Dr Aranda": Featuring "Angry, Disabled Women"

by Dr. Margaret Aranda

Hundreds and thousands of you know who I am, and the Patient Advocacy that I relentlessly have served, especially in the areas of Invisible Illnesses, Essure(R) Fallopian Tube contraceptive coils, morcellation of the uterus during hysterectomy, and my more recent promotion of two possible Solutions: Immunonutrition metabolite supplementation, and growing your own salad vertical Tower Garden on your patio. I even talk about starting your own children on this scientific blend via gummies, in the hopes of boosting their own body defenses. They get into the program free, if you fill out a questionnaire and enlist them in their study. And studies show that if you let them participate in the garden and the kitchen, they are more likely to actually eat their vegetables.



Image 1. Immunonutrition. Dr Aranda's new acquisition of a JuicePlus+ franchise. She is merging her nutrition, cellular and molecular biology, immunology, and clinical/bench research backgrounds to further serve the patient population she has literally become: that of chronic, Invisible Illnesses. Also appropriate for growing children; 1 million children already enrolled in studies. Children that qualify (i.e., health-wise) for this program are charged a minimal annual enrollment fee, and then get gummies FREE,  and are tracked in a database of questionnaire questions, to determine if they get if they get as sick of their cohort age-matched control group... 

Image 2. Tower Garden.  Expensive, but if you can afford it, grow your own fruits, vegetables, kale, lettuces and tomatoes from your own patio. Non-GMO, vegan, gluten-free, and grow 30% faster than veges in planted soil. Think about it. How many trips to the grocery store does this save you? Hmmmm.




















I devote an entire Chapter to the topic of Immunonutrition in my Women's Health book, Archives of the Vagina. Have you ever even heard of Immunutrition? If you have read any of my books, you have. Otherwise, if you are into Health & Fitness, Nutrition, working out, or taking care of your physical body, this may be a new term to you. Since I have been chronically ill for 10 years now, I'm starting from the inside out to optimize my immune system for better health and Age Management Medicine. I admit that I do know a thing or two about several subjects, and am an Expert in several fields.

One of them is Chronic Illnesses. So, here the story goes. Someone read my article on Endometriosis and then, being unaware that I would see her Comment, belittled the article, misquoted me with single quotation 'marks' (instead of "double" ones) and began on an unpleasant upheavel amongst the group. I believe that most of  the outspoken girls in the group were in their young 20's and although experienced in women's health, still had not the experience of an elder physician who has spent much blood, sweat, and tears on the front lines of LACounty-USC Medical Center, when it was there. It's front entrance is featured on the Soap Opera, Days of our Lives. Rather ironic, actually.

We engaged in a conversation that was not a logical conversation. It got out of hand, in my opinion, and was reduced to street talk when I ended it. I invited everyone to go online LIVE at that moment, and have a discussion, where they could actively participate by asking questions, making comments, or even YELLING in CAPS at me. One person went. Here it is:




Video. Dr Aranda's "Group Talk" with Invisible Illnesses. Her way of allowing young women 
to vent their anger about the horrid medical system 
available to us, in particular. And the response from the audience? Similar to the response to the Invisible Illness Petition: underwhelming. 


(Thank you to the 5 people who signed the Petition today.) 
I am posting this as an educational tool to show everyone how I ended this argument that in my opinion, slandered my words, libeled my thoughts, and led to defamation of my character. One person actually ridiculed me for referencing my own book regarding one subject. Names were flung around as if I was the "enemy" doctor that they always wanted to lash out on, for years. Unvented anger exploded.

No one in the conversation had ever heard of me before.  No one mentioned a word on the Event's Comment Stream. No one wrote another word on the FB Page. No one gave me any feedback. In fact, the entire conversation was deleted from the Group Page. 

I asked them to 'take the baton' and really put effort into finishing off the signatures on this Petition. I told them I'm tired of doing it by myself. I asked them to help me, to HELP ME obtain some sign of a SOLUTION. 

And the main word that I could use when talking about my experience in advocacy for Women's Health issues? Exactly what is the one word that I would use to summarize the response that I get from women whom I seek to help? 

     Innertia


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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Endometriosis Month: And What IS Endometriosis?

by Dr. Margaret Aranda




March is International Endometriosis (ên dō mē tri ō sîs) month! What IS endometriosis? Affecting 176 million women worldwide and 5.5 million in the USA, the uterus lining sheds blood during mentruation, plus with "endo", there are bits and pieces of uterine tissue scattered outside of the uterus, & they all bleed with menstruation, too. 

The most common patient complaints are: 
(1) Pelvic Pain: can be mild, moderate, or severe.
(2) Infertility. So, take it seriously. 

The Origin is thought to be from: hormones, 'retrograde menstruation,' Transplantion Theory, Coelomic Metaplasia, heredity, cell-mediated immunity, humoral immunity, and/or genetics (3). So did you register at GeneFo.com to get evaluated for the gene for endo? Yah....

Facts: Generally considered to be a benign condition, endo has turned cancerous in 1% of women, and doctors may always want to use that small number to take your ovaries out. Ask them if they can't just check your blood level of CA-125 every 6 months instead. The Pain can be very mild, or it can be incapacitating. And some women can still get pregnant and have a baby with 'endo.' So keep up the faith.



Image 2. The Pathophysiology of Endometriosis. The uterus lining is inflamed with free radicals and other metabolites, resistant to progesterone. Menstrual blood falls out of the Fallopian Tubes, instead of going up the Fallopian tubes, into the uterus, and out the vagina. Implants of Endometriotic Origin are then implanted outside the uterus, with new blood vessel growth, new nerve growth, new steroid production, and invasion of other pelvic structures like the ovary (depicted above). All the added sensory, sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves make each "implant" feel pain in each area of the implants. (Image courtesy of www.WomensHealthSection.com)


Mothers, try to get your daughters diagnosed with this before she marries off to a man that is also devastated to accept that she can not bear children. This diagnosis should not be made that late in life, girls and ladies. We can do better than that. We can get good at talking about it, discussing it with the right people, asking questions in online groups, and discovering the diagnosis as soon as possible. Only then can we 'put it in a box' and deal with it. 


I bet that 95% of teen girls who menstruate have never heard this word. And I also bet that there are lots and lots of women who have had prolonged, painful periods for years and years stretched into decades...and now they are married and the husband is left to actually live with the grown woman now....and he sees her suffering. He sees her pain. A good man would not accept this for his loving wife. He would want to find out what is wrong, and take her to a doctor(s) until she has a diagnosis.

This "doctor shopping" is discussed in both my adult books, and I do encourage it if you know that there is "something" wrong with your body. 

But if you are referred to a surgeon for an operation....WHOAA! Slow down and get a 2nd or even a 3rd opinion. 

Because some women have had a hysterectomy for endometriosis, with ovaries removed and then suffer "surgical menopause" as a Crash Course. And these women cry every day. Others have had scraping (i.e., ablation) of the uterus' lining, and it worked just fine, without undue emotional trauma. So, proceed with care. 

Keep your antennae up. Learn one step at a time. Talk to your doctors, friends, family, groups of women that have it, and be informed and educated. Women ARE helping women on this, and there are entire organizations dedicated to only Endometriosis, like the following list that is not meant to be all-inclusive. So let's proceed.

          The Endometriosis Association



                                         Endometriosis at the Mayo Clinic

            Endometriosis Foundation of America


                                                                                                                  Endometriosis.org


       World Endometriosis Research Foundation & Resources


                                                                                                           
                                                                                                            St. Hope Foundation
                                                      

                             ROSE: Research OutSmarts Endometriosis



Women helping Women. National Endometriosis Month of March! Let us continue to educate our daughters. They need to at least "hear about it." We can get good at this!

References:

1. http://offeringhope.org/national-endometriosis-awareness-month/

2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0024650/

3. http://daysofyear.com/endometriosis-month/


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Age 31: The Color Blue






Monday, January 11, 2016

DR ARANDA MAKES 2015 TOP 100 ARTICLE WIN, HORMONESMATTER.COM

by Dr. Margaret Aranda, MD, Ph.D.


Well, 2015 wound down and it brought with it several good accomplishments (unexpected) and I'm so humble and grateful for those who helped to make it possible:

1. 2015 Top 100 Articles: HormonesMatter.com

2. 2015 “Top Doctor” in Age Management Medicine and Forensic Medicine, People’s Choice       

3. 2015 “Doctors Making Change” List on Twitter, Recommendation by Dr. Pugliese MD

4. 2015 Nomination, "Best Health Blog Contest" for blog,           "Invisible No More!"

5. 2013, 2014, 2015 NancyMills’ Spirited Women Directory
   

I want to thank all of the people that helped me to attain the accomplishments that I have been so gratefully given. I don't take any of them for granted, and I know that tens and probably hundreds of people contributed to making me who I am today. 






But for my accomplishments in 2015, I want to dedicate them to my mother Julie Luna, as all mothers have a special place in their children's hearts. Thank you for the crocheted dresses, the poofy dresses, the school uniform shopping, taking me to the Brownies and to piano lessons, and letting me figure out how to be my own person. 



You made me who I am, and I give you all the credit.
Happy, Happy Birthday!

I Love You!




I Love You!




I Love You!













I Love You!









I Love You! I Love You! I Love You! I Love You! 

I Love You!



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Age 31: The Color Blue



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