Life has been pretty hectic for me recently.My best friend's dad died suddenly at the end of September, my house needs some work, my car is completely unreliable and is getting worse, and more.Yesterday was my wife's birthday. I was excited to have her open the presents I'd wrapped for her and see how happy she got when she found out I had baked her a chocolate cake.Yesterday wasn't all fun and games (as it should have been on my wife's birthday), though. …[more]

Last Thursday marked the two-year anniversary of my wife's mother's death.  Linda was just 57 years old.Linda was very kind and considerate person.  I look back fondly on the time I spent with her and feel privileged to have known her as a person.  I jokingly referred to her as Mom #2.Linda was an alcoholic and struggled with her addiction throughout my wife's life.  She went in and out of dry spells and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.Her personality changed dra…[more]

I'm pleased to announce that the Asperger's Collection is now live!  This brings the grand total of Collection pages, thus far, on Trusera to three:Asperger'sAutismBreast CancerPlease feel free to send me your feedback on our Collection pages.Which health interest area would you like to see a Collection page for next?  Leave a comment and let me know.Thanks.

We're in the process of creating a Collection page to highlight all of the great Asperger's content here on Trusera!Many of you are probably aware of our Autism Collection page.  The next logical step is creating a Collection page for Asperger's, as it is on the autism spectrum disorder.We hope to have the Collection page for Asperger's live by next week and would love your feedback.Feel free to send any great Asperger's content you've seen on the site my way.Also, ta…[more]

I'm glad I have pictures of my mom.  They help remind me of her face and bring back fond memories. Here's a picture of my mom, dad, and my first dog QT.  We always spent a lot of time together in this room, which we called the Play Room.  It was an extension my parents added onto the house for us kids.  It did eventually turn into the computer room as well, though.In this picture my mom is proudly sporting her Virginia Tech shirt.  You can…[more]

I'm proud of myself.  I went running this morning.  I can't even remember the last time I went running.I ran just about exactly one mile (1.1 mi according to Google Maps).I know that's not a very far distance and probably won't impress any runners out there, but I feel good about it.  I have never been very into running.  I'm much more interested in cycling or pick-up sports games with friends.I don't want to become inactive so I made myself go out there and do something this morning.

Welcome to the Trusera community, your new online health network.  The purpose of this guide is to help you make the most of your Trusera membership.  Below you'll find a brief overview on getting started in the community and some helpful tips to help you out along the way.GETTING STARTED- Introduce yourself.  Fill out your profile so the community can get to know you.  Consider adding a picture to your profile.  This can be a picture of yourself, a pet…[more]

I was in the process of activating a new credit card.  (I needed to get another because my U.S. credit card companies love to charge me crazy international fees to use the cards up here in Canada.)Anyway, I had provided my address, date of birth, and some other items.  The man on the other line then said, "May I please have your mother's maiden name?"  That gets to me every time.  I know I'm too young to not have a mother but apparently society thinks s…[more]

In addition to the fact that you can embed videos in your Trusera posts, you can also import your blog entries into Trusera.We wanted to make it a lot easier for you to take blog entries you've written elsewhere and publish them in Trusera.  Your imported blog entries will appear as journal entries on Trusera.Here's how to import your blog entries:Click "you" at the top of the page to go to your Trusera profile.Click "your journal" to go to your Trusera jo…[more]

We just released a brand new feature: you can now embed YouTube videos in your posts on Trusera!When you're posting a story, journal, or question you can easily add a video from YouTube by clicking the following icon: All you'll need to do is copy the URL for the video on YouTube and paste it into the textbox in the popup.This will provide for a much better experience for other members of the Trusera community when they're reading your posts.Try out the feature.  Please let us know what you think.