Retro Ruffle Dress From a Pillowcase

Thanks, SSM for inspiring me to be creative with ordinary life

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Cyclic neutropenia: a clinical review.

This is my disease. It is pretty rare - but I always knew I was 1 in a million!

Dale DC, Hammond WP 4th.

Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195.

Abstract

Cyclic neutropenia is a benign, hematologic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of severe neutropenia at 21 day intervals. There are associated cyclical variations in other blood cells. Patients with this disease have malaise, stomatitis, cervical lymphadenopathy and fever during the recurrent neutropenic periods. The exact cause of cyclic neutropenia is unknown. About one third of human cases appear to be inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. In the other cases, the disease appears to arise spontaneously with symptoms usually beginning in infancy or early childhood. In adult patients, the disease may be acquired and occur in association with a clonal proliferation of large granular lymphocytes. Therapy for cyclic neutropenia involves local and symptomatic therapy for the recurrent mouth ulcers and pharyngitis, and antibiotics for episodes of sinusitis, pneumonia, peritonitis, or bacteremia. Therapy with glucocorticosteroids, androgens, and plasmapheresis has been efficacious in a few adult patients, but no therapy has been proven to alter the cycling of blood counts in children. Despite their repetitive illnesses, patients with cyclic neutropenia grow and develop normally. With the help of attentive physicians and dentists, their quality of life and life expectancy are good. Current research on hematopoietic growth factors offers promise of new approaches to therapy.

I love the Internet too much

I got angry today that the internet was so slow that I had to wait minutes for each page to load. I got angry that I had to explain what I was doing to my family. I got angry when everyone else was on the computer and I had to do real-life things.

This is a problem.

Birthday parties

What is it about birthday parties that bring out the worst in adults?????

Bloggers: How Do You Keep Up??

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I need to get over my "I haven't posted on my blogs today" guilt. This is obviously a common thing.

I love this picture of my children

Beautiful days in Guilderton

Oh man, sunshine and water is good for a family and good for the spirit.

I need to get a new camera. This is my big WISH at the moment. Perhaps I should make it a big PRAYER.

Oh man today has been exhausting

Sinusitis a touch better. I have been taking so many pills I am surprised I have not ended up ODed by mistake. I wish I knew how long it would take for this to clear up. In the meantime, it is Joseph's birthday tomorrow, we have a move to make to America, within three months, we are stuck in Perth, and I can't even enjoy the sunshine because I am sick. Grr. Lots of books I want to get read though. Maybe I should make this a book review column for a while to motivate me to finish what I have started.