July 2014 – GOT BADDOG

Our Petition to WhiteHouse.gov & why you should sign it

Adult Biotinidase Deficiency, Biotinidase Deficiency, End Deficiencies, petition, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease, TanyaMartin.com, WhiteHouse.gov / 5 minutes of reading / July 25, 2014

Long time readers are familiar with the saga of my fiancee Tanya and her life being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease, aka Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), which turned out to not be RA but rather a Biotinidase Deficiency. Since my server stats indicate that I have a lot of new readers I will summarize the ordeal for you. In December of 2003 Tanya was diagnosed as having Rheumatoid Arthritis due to her joint pain and fatigue. As the years went by her symptoms got worse and she spent close to $500,000 in treatments that included low dose chemo. In 2013 one …

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The City of Torrance has a new mayor and council

Geoff Rizzo, Heidi Ashcraft, Kurt Weideman, Pat Furey, Photos, pictures, Rebecca Poirier, Southern California, Tim Goodrich, Torrance, Torrance City Council / 4 minutes of reading / July 16, 2014

On Tuesday evening, the Torrance City Council went through a major changing of the guard, with Pat Furey being sworn in as our new mayor; and Kurt Weideman, Heidi Ashcraft, Tim Goodrich and Geoff Rizzo being sworn in as new council members. Weideman had been appointed to the council a year ago when Councilwoman Susan Rhilinger resigned due to health; and Ashcraft was appointed in December when Cliff Numark was elected to the El Camino College Board of Trustees. They have a combined year and a half of experience compared to the 30 years of experience between the departing Mayor …

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