Health Update: Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder

My mixed connective tissue disease is back.

I recently had a positive ANA titer again. 1:640. Speckled.

Mixed connective tissue tissue disease could carry a high rate of malignancy. Ugh.

I am currently on a gluten-free (for over a year now).

But my night-sweats are back and my fatigue levels are up.

Malignant-lymphoma-associated autoimmune disease.

My Vitamin D levels are good (51 at last check) though.

I will try a strict paleo diet and check back in later.

Paleo Diet and indolent lymphoma.

I wonder if all that farmed salmon I ate this summer at the Market in Hartford (in the all you can eat $7 salad) had anything to do with my titer becoming positive again. Plus, I'd bet the salmon at Whole Foods salad bar is farmed as well. I've eaten salmon there too recently. I had no idea they vaccinated farmed salmon! Ew! And all of the vaccine toxins are stored in the fat of the fish, and you eat them.

Health Hazard: Farmed Salmon

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: "A rheumatologist may suspect mixed connective tissue disease if a patient appears to have lupus, scleroderma, vasculitis, polymyositis, Sjögren's syndrome, lymphoma or viral pericarditis but also has symptoms of the other conditions as well."

Infections and Vaccination in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Myth or Reality?

Faux Painting: Pearl Metallic Finish

Just finished a sample board for my next project using pearl metallic paints:


I'll be using an over-scale damask pattern by Royal Design Studios ~ this stencil was for sample-making purposes only.

Inside Artists Homes . . .

Cool pics from Flavorwire ~ take a peek inside the homes of a few famous artists . . .

My fave: West Village Home of Julian Schnabel (via NY mag)

Vanity Fair Goes To The Schneighborhood

Check out more artists homes (including Georgia O'Keefe and Keith Haring) here . . .
Creative Habitation: Inside Artists' Living Spaces

Now that I live at ArtSpace Hartford, I'm thinking a good article for my new website Inside Artists would be to take a peek into the homes of the wonderful artists that live here . . . I am amazed at how uniquely different they all are!

Color: Design Seeds

FABULOUS website for color schemes: Design Seeds

Check them out!!

I've Moved . . .

In case you're wondering why I haven't been blogging as much as I used to, here is one of the reasons:

I've just moved into a gorgeous 2br artist's loft in Downtown Hartford with my boyfriend, Johnny Frechette Super Fine Artist.

Check it out:







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Love.