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=> ASK LENA Q & A EDITION!
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Greetings! I do hope your weekend was a good one and the week starts off on a good note. If not don't give up, each day is new and who knows what tomorrow hold?

We are still experiencing occasional waves of wind, rain and storming. Certainly cooled off a lot.

I've always said if I receive a question then a lot more are thinking and looking for the answer to the same question. This week I'm not so sure my premise is accurate.

As usual Steve has come up with another great Motivator, as only he can! If you enjoy his weekly Motivator let him know and tell him you read it in "A Natural Environmental Health Facts Ask Lena Health Q & A ezine." Publisher@LifeSupportSystem.com

Wishing you a week of health and wealth building!

Your health questions are being answered to the best of my ability using what I gleaned from 20-years as a Medical Office Nurse and Administrator along with my education in nutritional and alternative modes. I am not a doctor and you should not think of me as one. Bobijane asks a question I've never received and I wonder if anyone else ever wanted to know, but more than likely!

Q & A is for your information and education only and in some instances to give you a different perspective on a particular problem! 

My wish for you, in the use of the information gained here, is that you will apply it in a smart and safe manner in order to enhance your life and not harm it! Not to be used in place of your judgment but in  addition to...

I have always felt that I had to know all sides to a problem and then make a decision for myself and I hope that will be your attitude as well! 

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Be sure to give at least your first name, if it is a question you want answered in person feel free to give me a call at 928-636-9425 or email me and let me know it's not for publication.

Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
Lena

QUESTION:
 
Hi I know this will seem an odd question but if they can do heart transplant then can they do a uterus one also ??? see in January 94, i had to have mine removed because of excessive bleeding from a tear in my uterus anyways i do have three teenagers and but now I'm remarried and I really want another baby but all I have is my ovaries... also do I still produce eggs even if I don't have a period??? please respond this has been of interest for some time now to me??? I just want to check out what my options are...Thank very much Bobijane
 
ANSWER
 
It is being looked at and even one somewhat successful human uterine transplantation has occurred.
 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Goteborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden. stated:
 
"....The logical but radical approach for treatment would be replacement of the unfunctional or absent uterus. Uterine transplantation could allow these women to become both genetic and gestational mothers. The present work reviews the existing literature on the history and recent development around this topic. We also briefly describe a newly developed model for heterotopic uterine transplantation in the mouse, in which pregnancies have been accomplished. Some specific issues that are required to be solved prior any further attempts to transplant the uterus in humans are also addressed.In mouse transplantation; A syngeneic mouse model with a uterus transplanted, by end-to-side aorta/vena cava vascular anastomoses, alongside the native uterus was used. The cervix was attached to a cutaneous stoma. Pregnancy rate and offspring (birth weight, growth and fertility) was evaluated after blastocyst transfer to the native and the grafted uterus of transplanted mice and to controls. RESULTS: Pregnancy rates were comparable in the grafted uterus (8/12 animals became pregnant) and the native uterus (9/12 pregnant) of transplanted animals and controls (8/13 pregnant). In a separate set of animals, the native uterus was removed at transplantation to exclude influences from the native uterus on the pregnancy potential of the graft; two of four animals became pregnant after blastocyst transfer. The weights/lengths of fetuses (gestational day 18) and gestational lengths were similar in all groups. Offspring were delivered and the growth trajectories (up to 8 weeks) of offspring delivered from grafted or native uteri of transplanted mice were similar as compared with controls, and all were fertile. The second-generation offspring from transplanted animals were all fertile with normal birth weights. CONCLUSIONS: These observations document the capacity of a transplanted uterus to harbour pregnancies to term, and reveal that offspring from a transplanted uterus develop to normal fertile adults."
 
There has been one human allograft uterine transplantation reported in 2000 from Saudi Arabia. A 26-year-old woman who 6 years previously had a hysterectomy for post-partum hemorrhage. The donor uterus was placed in the orthotopic position (grafting of tissue in a natural position ). The uterine arteries and veins were extended using reversed segments of the great saphenous vein and then attached to the external ilial arteries and veins respectively. Oral cyclosporine A, azathioprine and prednisone were given orally to prevent rejection. There were two episodes of withdrawal bleeding with hormonal therapy. Acute vascular thrombosis occurred 99 days postoperatively with uterine infarction, and recipient's hysterectomy then became necessary. The tubes were viable and without rejection. The origin of the tubes, whether donor or recipient, was not identified.
 
The vascular accident was presumably due to inadequate uterine support and kinking of the uterine vascular grafts. Fageeh et al. suggested that the radial artery as well as the great saphenous vein be considered for the vascular pedicle. Even though the transplant was successful it failed in the end due to the vascular pedicle.
 
I personally do not believe this will ever become a normal transplant procedure.
First, Because the medications needed for the rest of the life, to prevent rejection, is not really conducive to a healthy baby should a pregnancy occur - 50/50 chance.
Secondly, it will be so expensive that most women will not be able to afford it and who will be the donor?
Thirdly, In order to have a better chance of success the need to use the saphoneous vein will make for a great deal of leg scarring and the majority of women of child bearing age are not willing to live with that scarring side effect.

Hope this helps answer your questions,
Lena

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GREAT TEACHERS

I met a great teacher. She lived in a small Costa Rican village where my family vacationed. She was no formal educator, philosopher or person of any renown. Actually, she made chocolate to sell to tourists.

She took us into her small home. It consisted of a single, partitioned room with a dirt floor and a wood-burning stove. Its paneless windows were open to an encroaching jungle that surrounded the dwelling. This house, by my North American standards, might not be considered more than a shack or a hut. Yet it was home to a warm and happy family of four.

She showed us how she picks the cocoa beans from her porch, crushes them, boils them in a paste, adds sugar and other ingredients and finally produces chocolate. We sampled chocolate candies, bananas and other native fruit picked from the jungle.

She not only invited us into her home, but into her life. And for a couple of hours, she allowed these strangers a glimpse into her world.

Here was a person who had no TV, no computer, no washer and drier, no microwave oven, no automobile...no floor!...and none of the conveniences of my daily life. I saw no books or magazines and presumed that only her children (two lovely teenaged girls, home that day from school) could read and write. Yet this woman taught me so much. And if I could have stayed longer, I would have learned more -about her life, her world, her culture and her ideas.

Who are not teachers? Who are so humble or so uneducated, so young or so old, or so deficient in some way - that we cannot learn from them? If we only take time to listen, who cannot tell us of things we have never imagined?

Someone advised, "Live each day as if it were your last; learn as if you were to live forever." And it's so easy when we discover that, in some way, everyone is a great teacher.

Steve Goodier Publisher@LifeSupportSystem.com  is a professional speaker, consultant and author of numerous books. Visit his site for more information, or to sign up for his FREE newsletter of Life, Love and Laughter at http://LifeSupportSystem.com .

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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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And You Thought It Was Just a Flower!
 
It isn't just a flower and hasn't been for centuries but lost it's health allure sometime in the past!
 
I thought it would be unique to present you with a food that you've more than likely never eaten or even referred to as food. There are a minute number of people who even recognize this as a food! "A rose by any other name is a rose." That is precisely what this food is, a Rose!
 
Roses are members of the apple family, and like their relative, they produce a fruit. The fruit portion of the rose is called the rose hip, a big seed pod that form on rose canes after it blossoms. Some roses, especially Rugosa roses, form rose hips that are the size of a quarter! Wild Roses are found in various places from forests to canyons, logged wastelands and thickets. There are nine species of Roses, all of which have edible fruits and flowers, though they are not necessarily tasty. Then there are a multitude of roses found at your local neighborhood nursery. There isn't a lacking of roses as it is a most popular flower! But what about eating it?
 
Rose hips is the apple of the rose and also a great food! Of course rose petals make a great looking healthy addition to salads!
 
Rose Hips, The Healer 
 
Rosehips were found within a body of an English woman buried almost 2000 years ago. Seems the English have enjoyed roses and rosehips since the beginning of recorded history.
 
Rosehips have saved many generations from scurvy due to its high Vitamin C content. Many fine foods have been created using these rose hips. Probably the most popular being rose hip vinegar but jelly and syrups are healthy, unique and found in unique stores and homes.
 
Rose Hips contain more vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, and iron than oranges, and sixty times more vitamin C than lemons. Rosehips also contain a high amount of carotenoids and catchins, isoquercitrin all from the polyphenol family. These natural occurring chemicals have great antioxidant activities. Polyphenols also enhance the immune system, assists in weight loss, lowers cholesterol, and beats up cancer cells and free radicals that disease the body. Rosehips also contain maltic acid. Women suffering from Fibromyalgia are almost always found to be deficient in maltic acid. Herbalist at the turn of century suggested we all drink a cup of rosehip tea daily. There seems to be something to that rosy advice.
 
Rose Hips is used by many to treat infections of the bladder and kidney, diarrhea, skin problems, colds and flu, sore throat, fatigue, inflammation, stress, and nervousness. It has also been used to treat arteriosclerosis, circulatory insufficiencies, contagious disease, and PMS.
 
More cosmetic companies are adding rosehip seed oil to their lotions and facial products. Rose hip seed oil helps to regenerate the skin cells due to its high content of essential unsaturated fatty acids, oleic (15-20%), linoleic (44-50%) and linolenic (30-35%). Our body cannot reproduce these fatty acids, so it has to come from an outside source and very few foods contain sufficient quantities to help us. Rosehip oil helps to fade age spots and reduce the signs of aging. It also helps to reduce scars as well as scars caused by acne.
 
Here is a really neat tasty Rose Hips recipe that I haven't tried yet but may have by the time you read this as I intend to make them soon!
 
Peachy Rosehips Muffins
 
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup fresh or frozen peaches (or canned)
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup dried seedless rosehips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease twelve 2 3/4" muffin pan cups, or line them with paper baking cups. In large mixing bowl, combine first six ingredients. In another bowl, mash peaches with fork, add rosehips to the mashed peaches, let sit about 10 minutes, then stir in remaining ingredients. Add peach mixture to flour mixture and stir just until ingredients are moistened. Spoon the batter into muffin cups. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until tops are golden.
 
Recipe from "The Chamomile Times & Herbal News"
 
Taken in the recommended doses, Rose Hips is generally safe; however, taking vitamin C in high doses can cause stomach upset and diarrhea. If you have kidney stones, consult your physician before using Rose Hips. Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or those with severe liver or kidney disease is not known.
 
Enjoy your unique food!
Lena
 

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