Pinay WAHM

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I woke up today with an email sent to me by a very good friend. Sadly, the email is not bearing good news. Just recently, her Mom’s leg was amputated as a result of diabetes. I had the pleasure of meeting her Mom when I was still teaching in Taiwan. She even became my ticket agent after meeting her. So we have both a professional and a personal relationship. The news hit me hard not only because I knew her Mom but because my mother died from complications of diabetes. It happened to me and if I have any choice, I wouldn’t want anyone to go through what I’ve gone through. Helping my friend cope with this will be a bit hard since we’re thousands of miles apart. I email her regularly and I am hoping that it helps a little. Since I have diabetes in my genes, I can’t help but worry. I believe that we’re luckier though than the women of the past generation because now there is some kind of a light at the end of the tunnel because of what C’elle is offering… a...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If life is like the movies, then we will have superheroes saving lives. But life is very much different. Still, if we are given a chance to save lives, I’m sure there will be a lot of people who would want to do it. I know I would. This is why we chose to preserve our little one’s cord blood when she was born. Today, there is another possible way to help save lives in the future. It’s also About the Science of stem cell and what it can do for our future. But this time the stem cells will be harvested from the menstrual blood that every woman secretes monthly. Am I surprised with this new development? Actually, I’m not. Growing up, our grandmother had this crazy notion that menstrual blood can actually help clear up skin! She didn’t have any scientific explanation then so we never really paid attention to it. But with the recent developments and with C'elle providing women with the opportunity to collect and preserve the vital stem cells from the bo...