“Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of life it may occur” – Muriel Sparks My friend Bernie and I in our prime time Several years ago , I was devastated. Let me not get into details anymore. Instead of wallowing myself in self-pity, I looked intently at my beautiful MBA buddy, Bernie. I idolized her....
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Good news to my readers : Dr. Roderick Tan of HealthQuest is extending the discounted rate of 4,500 pesos for the MDTI. Just mention my name (Noemi Dado or @Momblogger) to avail of this special price. See contact details at the bottom of the post. I talked about the Medical Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging, a painless breast...
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Updated November 10, 2011 Good news to my readers : Dr. Roderick Tan of HealthQuest is extending the discounted rate of 4,500 pesos for the MDTI. Just mention my name (Noemi Dado or @Momblogger) to avail of this special price. See contact details at the bottom of the post. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Allow me to...
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Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Betty Friedan It is my usual routine to show my husband the photos of media events that I attend. Lying comfortably on our beds, I placed the macbook on my tummy and showed my husband the photo above taken by Carlo Ople when we attended the Blackberry 7 launch...
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Youth has no age.- Pablo Picasso This funky neon green sporty car was mine to use for the past 5 days. I was pretty excited to test drive cars. Mazda gave me this opportunity through their 2011 Mazda 2 1.5 L sports car. I don’t mind driving subcompact cars but I wasn’t prepared to drive in Spirited Green with...
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We are all different, but we must embrace and respect our differences. We must come together through the very emotion that makes us human: love. US Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr.at at the LGBT Pride Month Reception What a long but productive day. I treated my family for lunch in celebration of my 54th birthday because I...
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What a mouthful of a tongue twister! Chronic Calculous Cholecystitis with Choledocholithiasis simply means Inflammation of the gall bladder with dislodged gall stones. That was the diagnosis when I got my medical certificate after being discharged from Medical City. The operation itself called for Open Cholecystectomy with IOC,...
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The abdominal pain started last December 16 but after a massage, the pain was gone. Then that sunday, my sister in law told me she has gallstones. As she described her symptions, it sounded like mine. So on Monday, I visited Philcare, my HMO for 23 years. An ultrasound of my abdomen on Tuesday showed I had 5 stones which were only...
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285 million people have Diabetes. That is 6.6% of the world’s adult population. I am one of them. Let me tell you my story. I was diagnosed of Diabetes on June 2000 a month after my beloved son died. I desired to have another baby at some point so I got a thorough medical checkup. The diagnosis should not have stopped me...
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That was a wonderful two week vacation with my siblings. I just arrived from the US after helping my sister in her campaign bid to win a council member seat in her city. She won the seat but that’s another blog entry in the next few days. I had so much fun meeting her friends, cheering myself through the mini-rallies and...
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I think I wrote “Time may change how my body looks but I will always feel sexy and gorgeous forever” at this Olay Total Effects event. And surprise, surprise… I was one of four winners to win an iPod shuffle. When I was called on-stage, I was asked why I wrote that winning quote. I let out a huge smile and blamed...
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There is no other choice. Choose a healthy lifestyle. I am diabetic and though my...
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This is about me ( a Filipina mom) and my journey to a "new normal" after the death of Luijoe , my beautiful 6 year old son.
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