"I AM" The Cork of Life

 / By Dr. Margaret Aranda and William C. Ballard II /

# 316 BIG SKY 9-5-16

From the WCBI the GRACE OF PAINTINGS 

"I AM" the cork, in the drain of life that exists today. 

Deny that you., Deny life., God bless. "

~William C Ballard, II

Artist William C. Ballard II StartEd started painting this image after being aware that Dr Aranda is now spending quality time with a dying daughter. The continuing failure of Australian Hospice and Palliative Care delivery to Mother, Warrior and Beautiful 

Mandi Loren

exists as you read this heartfelt article and Dedication. And as William C Ballard, II Dedicates this Original Painting to Dr Margaret Aranda, so too Dr Aranda takes this in kind and in the same lovingkindness and compassionate consideration to bestow it upon 

Mandi Loren, 

also known as 

#MandiPandi

Today, Dr Margaret Aranda is doing what she can to help this precious lady who is not laying down in destitution, but who sits up straight with the Light of Godin her room. 

 #MandiPandi possesses conscious 

of extreme pain 

in her dying process.

Let us first be stimulated to look upon her as a human.

Then let us be aware of our own travesty 

in failing to provide

"Patient Dignity in Dying Alone"

Give us strength and character to fight for others in 

"Palliative Care" 

so this travesty

 should never happen again.

Let this one beautiful baby girl's life 

have purposes and meanings

so much further than our dreams. 

Let Us Pray: 

Let us take responsibility

To learn the meaning: True Charity 

Forgive our being too busy to care

Let us make others aware

that this "ain't the way to die."

~Dr Margaret Aranda

Prayers and supplications go up to God and Our Living Lord, and we ask that you join us 

in asking Our Maker to let us bear the burden of taking #MandiPandi's pain away so we may 

help 

relieve her 

of her sorrows 

in her last days. 

"Let not anyone depart this world 

with consciousness 

that it is a heartless and lonely place 

without compassion.

Don't let people be glad to die 

in order to find PEACE."

#DrMargaretAranda

To William C. Ballard, II and MandiPandi:

Finest shades of blue

Calming soothing hues

 Expression of Love 

Relief Dues above

 The leaks in cold society stare

 Big 'equalizer' of pain 

Natural forces of a drain

Stops us dry freezing pain

Mesmerized blue cork unrestrained

Give Mandi Peace

Garments of Wreaths
Bestow pain relief
Forge our disbelief
Exalt Your praises to greater seas

Calm whispy glitterin'
Glow gifts a flitterin'
Blue seagulls chirp
Mountains exerp 
The breeze of unleashed love from above.

~Dr Margaret Aranda

"Please take away Mandi's pain as she is truly in dire need during our last days. 

God Bless us all. Amen."

Note that artist William C Ballard, II likes to hide the numbers "143" inside. 

#MandiPandiProject    #LymeDisease   #StemCellResearch 
#Australia

Please stop and pray for Mandi now.

Backpack and Back Pain 2016

 / by Dr Margaret Aranda /


 Is it just me?
Or do you see?
Children with backpacks to their knees.
This is worse that just "not a breeze."
It's damaging to our children, who should not complain of pain.



The data are in to show that heavy backpacks on are children are more that just silly show. The heavy backpacks to their knees also can damage the spine. So listen to your children if they complain about neck or spine pain. We don't want them growing up to be chronic back pain patients.

And as an aside, please don't just chide you child for complaining about pain. Many, many pains are not "just growing pains." They can be harbingers of badness that remains into the adult years. Or, bone pain can also be a sign of something worse that needs to be seen by 2nd Opinion doctors. And third. And fourth. Because I want you to listen to your child's complaints.

Abnormal posture can commonly be seen. Seriously. How do we get used to seeing our children like this (See Image 1)?

Image 1. Huge Backpacks for Our Children.  How in the world did we ever become desensitized to see them screeching and reaching, twisting and moaning, grunting and rolling their eyes? Do you see? If we get used to seeing our children this way, what does that say about how we as adults take for granted the infliction of damage that we do on our own backs, in the same way? For centuries, women and men have carried heavy loads on top of their heads, using the shoulders for balance. Keep that in mind. Photo Courtesy StemChiro.com. 




Problems with a Backpack

• Not ergonomic: misshaped and does not conform to the human body
• Improper padding: the shoulder straps are a huge culprit
• Weight shifting: lunch bags are put under pressure; so is the spine skeleton and muscles
• No adherence to weight limits: WoW. We need to know a bag's weight limit
• Improperly worn: WoW Again. I didn't know there was a 'right' way to wear one
• Spinal disc abnormalities: decreased disc height, disc compression
• Spinal bone abnormalities: left or right abnormal spine curvature can lead to adult spine disc herniation and a surgical emergency due to decreased nerve function (See Image 2)

Image 2. Spinal Curvature Damage in Our Children. 

This is what our backpacks can do. Let's not create chronic pain patients. No one wants that for you.

Image Courtesy NovaChiropractic.

• Medical Costs: 5,000 Emergency Room visits for school backpacks / year 
• Misinformation: the source of the medical information needs to have no conflict of interest for interventional procedures (that is, a surgical article can't advise surgery)
• Poor posture: hump-back decreases the upper thoracic space to perfuse the heart and lungs (See Image 3)

Image 3. Correct Way to Carry a Backpack. 

Note the shoulders and elbows are back. I think the feet can be wider, for better balance.

Photo Courtesy NovaChiropractic.

Solutions

• Increase Awareness: it's not just a funny-looking picture
• Prevention: don't our children deserve a look at the best prevention?
• A Pain Clinic: Specialists with post-doctoral training study extra long to treat pain
• Treatment: pediatrics, Pain Clinic, orthopedics, physiology, physical therapy, kinesiology 
• More Treatment: sports medicine, neurology, traumatology, neurosurgery and more
• Hold that thought on Pain Clinic for adults - important information below

Prevention

• I think we should buy a school backpack as if our child is going camping
• Consider to include a small Emergency Kit of Contact Information, bandaids, water 
• Go for a backpack that is well-made
• I think a backpack could be considered camping or sports activity equipment
• Lightweight, good padding especially on the shoulders and lower back
• Thick shoulder straps that don't tug on the clothes
• Small compartments for separate items: distributes the weight
• Compartments: allow for selection of items without digging or contortion
• Hip strap: braces the pelvis and brings great stabilization to the spine
• Never share a backpack with another child -you never know if there's lice
• Wheels: now why didn't we think of that? Big wheels that go over bumps in the cement
• Don't let the backpack go down to the buttocks
• Help your child clean out her backpack each day, and each weekend, too
• Check the manufacturer for regular cleaning. Don't want ticks hitching a ride
• As with all prevention of low back pain, lift from the knees -keep back straight- not bent over

Image 4. Ergonomic Backpacks for School.

Child-friendly, rolling backpacks are quite a good remedy when used properly. 

No rides.

I think this is just as important as brushing your teeth. I just do.

Image Courtesy Under Armor.

And What about the Weight Max for a Child's Backpack?

According to Max Health, 

"For optimal spinal health, the American Chiropractic Association recommends a backpack that is 5-10% of your child’s weight. The weight of a backpack should not exceed 15% of the child’s body weight."

For Adult Back Pain - I Saved the Best for Last:

There you go!

So now as an adult, you have chronic back pain! You're in for a treat as #BackPainDay2016 is on 9/11 from 10 - 4 PST Live Streamed and FREE here: +Stanford Pain Medicine 

Look at all the comprehensive information to be given to health care professionals, Caregivers, Patients, Advocates, Invisible Illnesses, Chronic Pain, All (See Image 5):

Image 5. Stanford Back Pain Education Day, 2016. Twitter +Stanford Pain Medicine to keep up with real-time information! +Stanford Pain Medicine Tweets: 

"For those who cannot attend in-person, we will be live streaming #BackPainDay2016 for free! https://t.co/JCIeRZvtDX "

Be Blessed!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

#DrMargaretAranda

Copyright©️ 2016, Aranda MD Enterprises. All rights reserved. 

Medical Disclaimer: This article is not meant to provide medical advice, cure, or treatment. Always see your medical professional for persistent complaints. Likewise, seek medical treatment if your child has any persistent complaints. 

For Positive Parenting, I like to avoid saying, "It's all in your head." That's just me.

~ ~ ~ 

Dr Margaret Aranda is disabled after a tragic car accident left her bed-ridden for over 10 years now. She is a Public Figure in Patient Advocacy for Invisible Illnesses, having been told that her traumatic brain injuries (x 2), vertebral artery dissection and dysautonomia were not real. Please listen to your children and keep going to another specialist or referral if you suffer from persistent complaints. 

Dr Aranda says, "Thank you for reading my writings!"

Cheering for Her Daughter

/ by Dr Margaret Aranda /

Cheering for Her Daughter

No one could know

Beautiful girl grows

But her real mom

Playing Pom-Poms

Cheering for her daughter on the sidelines.

You see MandiPandi

Pudding and Tie-Dyed

Pantered to a Pond

Hair blowing Fond

Mummy clapping, smiling to be in her life always.

Huge brown eyes touch

Hearts that grow much

Sweetest girl ever

Moments to treasure

Stomping on puddles placing people first.

That's my MandiPandi

Highly treasured Fancy Wancy

Kiss you Hug you Fly Above Forever

Miss me Kiss me Look up Hover

I'll look at my hands as they are the same.

I'll treasure the memory your soul

Crying to me touching my Lymie Bowl

Of Advocates Associations Foundations

Affiliations Conglomerations Ethics Mountains

Fighting Forever and Evermore No Worries.

Go said wind

Let go wild

Sing with melodies in skies

Fly to other LymiePies

All will be well with your soul and mine. Stitched together in time.

~ Just Look at Your Hands ~

~Love, Mum

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Live like there's no tomorrow.

Cheering for Her Daughter

/ by Dr Margaret Aranda /

Cheering for Her Daughter

No one could know

Beautiful girl grows

But her real mom

Playing Pom-Poms

Cheering for her daughter on the sidelines.

You see MandiPandi

Pudding and Tie-Dyed

Pantered to a Pond

Hair blowing Fond

Mummy clapping, smiling to be in her life always.

Huge brown eyes touch

Hearts that grow much

Sweetest girl ever

Moments to treasure

Stomping on puddles placing people first.

That's my MandiPandi

Highly treasured Fancy Wancy

Kiss you Hug you Fly Above Forever

Miss me Kiss me Look up Hover

I'll look at my hands as they are the same.

I'll treasure the memory your soul

Crying to me touching my Lymie Bowl

Of Advocates Associations Foundations

Affiliations Conglomerations Ethics Mountains

Fighting Forever and Evermore No Worries.

Go with the wind

Let go wild

Sing with melodies in skies

Fly to other LymiePies

All will be well with your soul and mine. Stitched together in time.

~ Love, Mum

Dedicated to my MandiPandi.

Lyme Disease Warrior Extraordinaire

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We Shall

Fight for Lyme Stem Cell Research to be Ignited in Australia

Pray for Kyle

Live like there's no tomorrow.

Generstone Photography Steals Photos by Dr Margaret Aranda

 / by Dr Margaret Aranda /


 I have discovered that a company, Generstone Photography, has pirated my downloaded and pinned photographs, and is marketing them on Pinterest as being their own.

What do we do?

We give them notice to cease and desist. We let you all know. We change the Pins.
Are we going to sue them?

Image 1. "Generstone Photography" Stolen Pinterest Image. 

These are Property of Aranda MD Enterprises. You can see that I saved it 3 years ago. I just noticed it recently and have been thinking about "what to do."

At Aranda MD Enterprises and at MAF Photography, we are distinguished by distinguishing poetry assigned to a photo. In art and poetry, usually the artist sketches or paints a work After the Poem. Not with us. We take great pride in writing original Poetry to coincide with the essence of the image.

~"We are unique and distinguished. Because you are."

The Essence of this Photo is:

"Crinkled Pink"

Note the fine distinction

Petals wrapped non-fiction 

Edges silky fine wrinkles 

studded by infinite circles

Therefore, the image says, "Crinkled Pink."

Original Photo/Photograph Combo

~by Dr Margaret Aranda

Anyone can take a photo. Lots of people can write Poems. Even fewer still can sketch an artist's work to match this distinguished Trio. At MAF Photography, we create our own imaginations to match the sentiment that you feel. 

~"So don't fight it. Succumb to the bliss."

Sketch Being Made Now:

Sketched Image by Doctor, Patient Advocate,

Author, Poet and Artist

Dr Margaret Aranda

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There are over 40 images in this collection, and I will be posting each one here to claim them and serve as legal notice that they belong to me. 

I think this is an effective, proactive, mature and professional way to behave. 

What do you think?

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This is my Ladybug Pinterest Board! Can you come out and Play?

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"My GoBACKtoSCHOOL Pinterest Board is fun, too! 

Hey, do they have Ladybug Nutrition smoothies there, Mommy?"

...and Mommy says, "I don't know, honey, but let's check on your 

"For My Daughter" Pinterest Board!"

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Thank you so much for visiting this page.

See all images as they are Selected, Poetry written, and Sketches Drawn: 

Pinterest: MAF Photography

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For the Suffering: Speak Words of Praise

by Dr Margaret Aranda


Video 1. Praise You in this Storm. It is backwards. It is. But when you are in a Storm, a Trial, a Tribulation, and your world is falling down around you, PRAISE THE LORD!




God created the earth and all that is within it, in His timetable of seven days. How did He do this? He did this by....His Words.

Drill this in. Words have Power.
~ Words Create.
~ Words destroy.
~ Words tell the mind what to think.
~ Words may not be as strong a sticks and stones, but they WILL break your bones.

So in your tears, lift up your hands. Praise the God who made you, and He will do His Works.
Let go, and Let God.

For just as Peter walked on the stormy, raging waters in the wind and thunder with Jesus Christ, so can we. And equally so, just as Peter looked at the storm and TOOK HIS EYES OFF OF JESUS, we too shall sink if we do that as well.

Keep your eyes on Jesus.
Everything else? It's just a distraction.
I'll bet the evil one is doing this to you, because you are a threat to him.
So HAIL King Jesus! Spite the devil in his face!
And let God's miracle open up to you today or tomorrow, for it is just on the cusp.

Show God your faith, and He will be more faithful than any Father on earth is to his own child.
Amen.

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