make health: personal genomics hero story
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Presented at the inaugural We Make Health Fest, University of Michigan, August 16, 2014. This is a retelling of the story of the personal genomics study which lead to my diagnosis and resolution of decades long serious health issues.TRANSCRIPT
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Making Health: We All Have Hero Stories to Tell
PF Anderson, August 16, 2014
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What is a “hero story”?
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But our story starts here
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A Motivation (The ordinary world)
❖ Where does it hurt????
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… a misery of
symptoms❖ Cognitive losses!
❖ Fatigue!
❖ Pain !
❖ Hives!
❖ Digestive
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… a laundry list of diagnoses & hypotheses
❖ acne | allergies | amnesia | atrial fibrillation | bad hips | bad knees | balance disorder | brain cancer | depression | ear infections | geographic tongue | GERD/acid reflux | hearing loss | heart murmur | hypotension | idiopathic anaphylaxis | longterm carbon monoxide poisoning | meniere's disease | migraines | mild obesity | morton's neuroma | mouth sores | severe osteoporosis | ovarian cancer | pneumonia | prediabetic | rosacea | sciatica | severe chronic idiopathic anemia | sinus infections | skin infections | slow clotting | strep carrier | stress | ventricular tachycardia | vitamin & mineral deficiencies [Ca/D/Fe/Zn/Mg/E] | weight gain | weight loss!
❖ PLUS SURGERIES
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… and grocery bags of medicines
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A Call to adventure
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An Acceptance
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A Discovery (or two)
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The Quest has questions❖ What in blazes in MTHFR?
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Questions, part 2
❖ … and what does MTHFR deficiency do?
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Guides appear
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The Guides give the hero tools needed to complete the journey
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The Hero finds more tools …
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… and more …
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A Transformation (Crossing the threshold)
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Then Now
A Choice (The road back)
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A Mission (Return with the elixir)
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Contact
❖ PF Anderson !
❖ @pfanderson !
❖ http://pgenpt.wordpress.com/
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