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cinder1's Homepage http://www.zorpia.com/cinder1 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:55 EST Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:55 EST Zorpia.com November is Alpha-1 Awareness Month http://www.zorpia.com/cinder1/journal/1940290 <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><a name="OLE_LINK1" rel="nofollow">What is Alpha-1</a><img style="MARGIN: 0px" border="0" align="baseline" src="http://en.zorpia.com/cinder1/journal/[URL=http://imagefra.me/][IMG]http://img27.imagefra.me/img/img27/2/8/3/cinder1/f_essglx9m_6ac64bc.jpg[/IMG][/URL]" /></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"></div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt">     Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, also known as Alpha-1, is an inherited disorder that causes significant reduction in the naturally occurring protein alpha1 antitrypsin (AAT).      Scientists also call this protein Alpha-1 Proteinase Inhibitor (A 1 Pi) because it inhibits not only trypsin but also other enzymes called proteinases.      It is believed that Alpha-1 affects as many as 100,000 people in the United States and similar numbers in Europe. Alpha-1 is most common among Caucasians of Northern European and Iberian descent. It is the most common cause of genetic liver disease in children and genetic emphysema in adults.</div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt">Cindy ZZ</div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt">California</div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"></div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt">"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,</div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"> but by the moments that take our breath away."</div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt">Give the gift of life......</div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"></div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt">Donate blood so others can live............</div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"></div> <div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"></div> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/cinder1/journal/1940290 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:50 EST PEOPLE COME INTO YOUR LIFE FOR A REASON http://www.zorpia.com/cinder1/journal/1846980 People come into your life for a REASON, a SEASON or a LIFETIME. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on. Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season. LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime. Personal http://www.zorpia.com/cinder1/journal/1846980 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:19 EST My journey.......... http://www.zorpia.com/cinder1/journal/1708222       I was born and raised in the land of the midnight sun, where the Caribou and the Salmon run. Alaska will always be the owner of my heart. California the owner of my lungs. I now live in Northern California, on one of the oldest and largest natural lakes in North America. So I guess my horizons have been small.  I am a single mother of a 13 year old. I also have two adult children. I am a college student at Mendocino College. My life in limbo for the moment. You just don't know when your world will change in a mere moment. Alpha-1 has drastically changed my life forever. In some ways debilitating and in others ways so enlightened and enriched. So live, love and laugh, and dance to your own drummer.  Personal http://www.zorpia.com/cinder1/journal/1708222 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:03 EST