Illustrated Chronology of Fletcher Generations Chapter 47: 1 Sept. 2006 to


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• 47.1 Introduction: Simplify, Simplify!
• 47.2 Problems Connected with Sale: Tenants, Clear Title,
• 47.3 Closing (Finally): 6 Oct. 2006
• 47.4 Writing Chronicle: "Fletchepedia"
• 47.5 Life with Lena & Danyil at 118 High Park
• 47.6 Health Issues: Crohne's Disease
• 47.7 (Sunday) Chess at 118 During this Period
• 47.8 Family During this Period: Mom at Meighan Manor
• 47.9 Fall, 2006: Occational Teaching
• 47.10 My Art of the Period, 2006 to 2007
• 47.11 Zeitgeist: Politics and Society, 2006 to 2007
• 47.12 Culture, Books, Films, and TV: 2006 to 2007
• 47.13 Retirement, Financial Planning
• 47.14 Website, Published, & Un-published Works
• 47.15 Renting Windermere Townhome
• 47.16 Summary, Conclusions, Connections, Goals, Omissions, & Regrets

47.1.1 Introduction: Crossroads The beginning of every chapter follows some kind of crossroad being passed. Some decision on my part nad been made at the end of the previous chapter to go in a certain direction and not another. The end of the previous chapter dealt with that decision, and now the beginning of this chapter is in the context of my setting out in this new direction, the decision having already been made. In the case of the previous chapter, 46, the decision to sell 485 Manning was a great crossroad. This was part of the larger decision to simplify things in my life. To cut out all the junk I had collected over the years. The decision to try to sell was made back in July, 2006, and the realization of this decision, the actual sale, was on 30 August --which then ended chapter 46. This great crossroads had therefore been passed.

47.1.2 Leave of Absence

47.1.3 Simplify

47.2.1 Introduction

47.2.1 Problem 1: Tenants

Up until the house sale (30 August) I had problems with Dave and Charlie, the upstairs tenants, (see chapter 47, section ..) --most notably the wild parties, the taking up of the carpet, and damage to both the roof deck and the shelves in the garage, leaving heaters going, leaving windows open, leaving lights on, but they did not have any complaints against me. The fatigue of putting up with these was a major contributing factor in my deciding to sell. I was greatly relieved to now be free of these problems. Suddently, however, in September they started acting all disgruntled. This was an act to strengthen their demands for immediate compensation for the inconvenience and intrusions of the showings. I had to remind them many times that we had agreed that this would be negotiated after closing (scheduled for 6 October). They insisted on compensation immediately, as much as $2,000 and they also did not want to compensate me for the various issues I had with them, including the removal of the carpeting, damage to the roof deck, etc. In any event they stopped paying rent, and became very unpleasant. Charlie concockted a story that his grandfather's watch had been stolen from his room. Dave complained about a leak which had developed in his third floor bedroom ceiling.

Darren and Erika, the downstairs tenants, had wanted to buy the house. Darren especially was upset because he felt that I had agreed to give him a "right of first refusal" and that he felt disappointment that someone (Julien) had offered more than he could afford to offer. He threatened to "cloud" title by making a claim, and also stopped paying rent. He complained about a leak which had developed in the basement.

47.2.2 Problem 2: Real House Problems

47.2.3 Problem 3: Potential House Problems and Building Department Work Orders

The difficulty I had gone through in July, being ordered to remove the plastic roofing of the workspace by the garage, was still fresh in my memory. This order to comply (city work order) had come about because of a complaint by Susan. This was engendered by two things. First, while the roof of the workspace did not look good under construction, she became fixed on the idea that she did not like it. It poped up a foot above the property line fence and therefore obstructed some of their view of my garage. But the main consideration was that Susan was still upset about the wild party which Dave and Charlie had thrown back in March, 2006. In the absence of this party, Susan would have been unlikely to have complained, or at least she would have spoken to me about it and we would have arrived at some compromise. And in the absence of her complaint to the city, the building inspector surely would not have written a work order on his own. But this city department works on the basis of squeeky gear gets the grease, and a complaint is resolved by issuing a work order to solve the problem. The inspectors do not go out looking for problems.

Having said this, there were problems developing during September. For some reason, two leaks developed just after the house sale. One in the basement and one in the ceiling of the third floor bedroom. By mid-September they were what I would consider serious. Normally I would have repaired them. But by then relations with the tenants had degenerated to the point where they were refusing me access to do repairs. The problem was not simply the leak, but the fact that leaks engender pealing paint and eventually mould --which can be a health hazard.

47.2.4 Problem 4: Purchasers' Mortgage

Banks hire independent appraisors to come and see a place which is being proposed as collateral for a mortgage. These appraisors or assessors estimate its value and this is what is used to decide whether the property justifies a mortgage of the size being requested. They had to borrow a sizable 75% and were still 15% short. They had some difficulties but finally did get approval for their first mortgage. They then turned to me and requested that I take back a 15% mortage --and to this I agreed because I wanted the deal to close. In this way, their 10% downpayment was enough to buy the house. This left the only remaining obstacle to closing being the issue of title.

47.2.5 Problem 5: Doris Still on Title

47.2.6 Title Cleared

47.2.7 Moving Stuff Out of Garage

47.2.8 Taking Keys in to Lawyer, 5 October

As of this date, 485 Manning Ave. legally belonged to Julian Pinder and his wife Alejandra de Miguel.

The word of the year, coined by Steven Colbert ("The Colbert Report") has been "truthiness". Truthiness means

Truthiness and the democratization of reality (eg. Wikireality) follows from the Bible: "It shall be according to they faith." (...............) In other words, if you believe in something, even if it is not true, it will become real to you because of your belief. The Christian right has CREATED the devil through their belief in it. More recent examples would include "weapons of mass destruction in Iraq" and terrorism as the new enemy which become more real was Americans believe in them --with or without evidence or regard to facts.

47.5.1 Introduction

47.5.2 Danyil Goes to Ursula Franklin Academy

47.5.3 Lena Goes to George Brown College

47.6.1 Introduction

My general health situation is summarized in the table below:

Measure:	David Fletcher:	Implications:
Age	in 2006: 51	.
Birth Day/Month	14 March (Pices)	.
Feng Shui:	colour: red	group: East
Feng Shui:	element: fire	Gua #: 9
Sex:	Male (Y Chromosone)	.
Weight:	180 lbs	.
Height:	6 foot, 1 in.	.
Girth:	waist size: 33 in.	.
Breed / Race:	Caucaoid (white)	.
Ethnicity:	Celt	.
Blood Type:	B+ group dCd def	.
Allergies:	shell fish	.
Food Tests:	Should not eat: - - -	.
Blood pressure:	over	Should be
standard fasting blood lipid test (Triglyerides) TG/HDL Ratio	.	Should be
Cholesterol Level:	.	Bad Cholesterol (LDL) level should be less than
Intestinal permeability: Lactulose _________ Mannitol	.	Should be
SIP or Blood MDS test to measure AA ________________ EPA in my plasma phospholipids	.	Should be 1.5
Health problems:	(1) chronic inflammation (Crohn's Disease) in Illium (2) nasal polyps (3) face skin blotchiness (4) spinal curve	.
Spinal Shape:	S curve	My left shoulder is always lower than my right. My left hip is always higher than my right. Need to straighten.
IQ:	150	.
Briggs-Meyer:	.	.
True Colours:	Blue	.
Learning Style(s):	extrovert	.

47.6.2 Chronic Inflammation (Crohn's Disease) in Illium (2 of 3)

Crohn's Disease is an umbrella term for a number of different inflamations of the bowel. It is often in the last few feet of the 22 foot long intestinal tract (called the Ileum). Other names include:

• Ileitus
• Irritated Bowel Disease
• inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Causes of Crohn's

It is also believed that a virus or bacteria may be involved, which may cause the initial damage to the lining of the GI tract. However, we have no idea as yet what that organism might be.

Crohn's Main Problem for Me

• Crohn's damages the walls of the intestine, which makes it harder for the body to absorb nutrients;
• diarrhea moves food move faster out of the body, so there's less time for nutrients to be absorbed into the body;
• the pain causes me to loose apetite, thereby reducing my intake of food;
• appetite is further reduced because I can't eat the tasty foods that I enjoy.

Crohn's Other Symptoms

• abdominal tenderness or swelling
• worry about getting to the toilet in time
• weakness or tiredness
• loss of appetite
• weight loss
• joint pains
• fever
• rectal bleeding
• abdominal mass
• blood clots in the leg (in my case, my left calf)

Possible Complications (if Crohn's gets worse)

• partial obstructions of the bowel, which cause vomiting and constipation poor absorption of food, which results in nutritional deficiencies
• fistulas, which are sores that tunnel through from the GI tract to some other organ or the skin surface. They may end up in the bladder or vagina, or they may exit the body near the anus. Fistulas are often very painful strictures (abnormal narrowing of a portion of the intestine)
• cancer of the intestine
• arthritis
• skin problems
• inflammation in the eyes or mouth

Basis of Diagnosis of Crohn's

Some kind of inflamation was evident in my colonoscopy (done 25 May, 2006) and in my Barium X-rays (taken 15 August, 2006). These X-rays are shown below:

What is Going On in my Illium?

An analogy to Crohn's is that pro-inflammatory eicosanoid hormones are like soldiers. Under imbalanced conditions of too many of them, they are like rogue soldiers running amok and attacking everything under no control. Crohn's disease is autoimmune friendly fire.

One solution is to promote anti-inflammatory eicosanoids by eating lots of EPA long-chain omega 3 fatty acids (such as temporarily 16 capsules/day or 10 grams/day of fish oil) and eating no pro-inflammatory eicosanoids (AA) found in omega 6 fatty acids (such as in vegetable oils including corn oil, soybean, and sunflowers). See "new diet" table below.

Related Health Problems

Another issue is called "Leaky Gut Syndrome", which involves the selective permeability of the inflammed colon becoming weakened and compromised. Instead of stopping toxins and sending then on their way down the colon, they fail and toxins find their way into the body through the lining and into the blood stream.

This health issue is in the context of others, summarized on the table below:

Date/section	Health Issue:
1998	.
1986	broken thumb
Aug. 1992	polypectomy
20	right eye corrective LASIC surgery
2000	tooth 2-4 cracked
2002	new implant to replace 2-4
April, 2002	gum surgery
2003	notice pain in left side
Spring, 2006	pain in side diagnosed as inflammation of Illium called Crohn's Disease
summer, fall 2006 / 47.6.2	treatment of Crohn's

47.6.2 Took 5-Aminosalicylic Acid But Turned Out to be Alergic

This is one of the stardard drug treatments for Crohn's, others include:

• antibiotics - medications such as metronidazole or ciprofloxacin can prevent and treat bacterial growth on infected wounds in the bowels.
• corticosteroids such as prednisone and budesonide. These have more potent effects to reduce swelling and tissue damage.
• immune modifiers are azathioprine and methotrexate. Many of these medications are also used for managing other immune diseases.
• biologic medications for IBD, which can control the disease itself rather than just the symptoms: infliximab (RemicadeŽ). It may be used for moderately-to-severely active Crohn's disease when other treatments are not effective. Infliximab works by attaching to and neutralizing a molecule called tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-á). TNF-á is involved in causing inflammation, which is a key part of IBD. By neutralizing TNF-á, infliximab helps heal the damaged bowel walls and bring IBD under control. It also reduces hospitalizations and surgeries and helps improve quality of life (improved ability to enjoy the normal activities in life).
• anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) - infliximab is given intravenously (thorough the vein) to people with more severe symptoms and relapsing disease.

47.6.3 Antibiotics Did Not Work

47.6.4 Entocort -Budesonide (Corticosteroids) Prescribed

47.6.5 Homeopathic Treatments

47.6.6 Chinese Herbal Treatments

47.6.7 Food, Inflammation, and Blood Types

47.6.8 Blood Types and Family History

B blood type is found predominantly in Eastern Europe, as shown on the map below:

O blood type is found throughout the world, as shown on the map below:

A blood type is found throughout the world, as shown on the map below:

(see Distribution of blood types.

47.6.9 Dietary Changes and Food Sensitivity Test

47.6.10 Summary of Problems and Responses

• "Breaking the Vicious Cycle, Intestinal Health Through Diet" by Elain Gottschall ("Specific Carbohydrate Diet")
• "The G.I. Diet" by Rick Gallop
• "7-Day Detox Miracle" by Peter Bennet
• "_________" by Nickola Perricone
• " The Anti-Inflammation Zone" by Barry Sears
• "Top 100 Zone Foods" by Barry Sears

The results of all of what I learned are summarized in the table below. This table also summarizes the changes that I initiated to improve my diet and make the Crohn's go into remission.

General / Lifestyle:

FOOD TYPE 1 of 3: CARBOHYDRATES

FOOD TYPE 2 of 3: PROTEINS

FOOD TYPE 3 of 3: FATS

OTHER CATEGORIES:

Healing Crisis