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Good news, bad news (more of the second kind) Got a series of problems, the kind you begin to doubt that all you do do to attract prosperity or at least peace do exactly the contrary…It is the attractor factor baby, what else? Anyway I dig through them and ended up with a considerable loss of hard earned money… Two days ago I woke up with an excruciating pain in a tooth. Now, it is hard to find a dentist when everybody, including my own dentist, is on holiday (besides, he was one of those who had had a part of my considerabl loss of money). My husband manages to remember that an old student of his was a dentist’s daughter, and calls him. I’m so “happy” to be accorded a between two patients check in, with a phone diagnosis of something like pulp infection. Anyway by 5 p. m I can barely close my mouth. The doctor is very kind, performs a number of exams, and yes, I have got a bad infection, I need antibiotics, which he, who is an holistic dentist, rarely uses, but I need them well before he can work on my tooth roots (bad, anyway, means I already have pus in my tooth, and no anaestetic can sedate the even more excruciating pain I suffer, during the following hour of dental care and a lot of “I’m so sorry” on his part). It was well worth, if I can say so, because before going to bed that evening ( after a concert with friend - and I didn’t have to drive - where it was difficult to recognize me) my pain had completely ceased and has never retourned afterward. Huray ! Needless to say I would like to ask my doctor number one what was looking at when I took my annual check up one week before all this…(when he will be back from his holidays) But may be the best vengeance is to drop him: dentist number 2 seem much more calm in his work ( and even less expensive… I have already spend 400€ with number one, that is 100€ every time I opened my mouth in front of him, literally ! and i have still 289 to give the number 2, for much more work)

Into this I even managed to get better with my phisical activity: now I aim to up my activity at 45′ a day no matter what, because alla I need is consistency. It seem working (at least on my shape, and on the scale, I didn’t put on more weight). And eventually my thyroid doctor agreed do give me some supplement (carnitin) to help my sluggish metabolism.

I read about president Obama health bill. One of the few things that work well in northern Italy is the health system (and I stress, northern Italy) A public health system is a social guarantee; then if you have your insurance or means, you can improve your situation, but a public health system is needed when you want to do prevention (pap smears, mammograms,  colon cancer, melanoma, all this screening is done for free here; you can support it with deducible tax donations) Of course autorithies (local ones) have ti inspect on how public money is spent (and  this is why in Italy public health is better north than south): but you can’t save on citizen’s health (it is one of the new  fundamental rights)

Oh and I have begun a blog about mountains in English, if you want to check about Italy and other… http://ferris60.wordpress.com/

I’ve not being writing for a whole month…, during which I have worked long hours for the final examinations in my school and went to all the doctors I had to. At least my thyroid is under control; and the doctor happy too. He gave me  carnitin to sustain my efforts ( he says that I need to pile up sports): unfortunately it is so hot and humid I barely can walk. Last Sunday my blood pressure was 75/95and I was not very strong, nor did I feel like doing something strenous. My ob gyn said it was all normal, like my feelings, and my bloating, and advised me to diet (just when my thyroid doctor said to keep weight under control, but to wait until a full menopause to diet)… I love them them when they  agree each other…