Background Bio Questionaire (on me)

[Guest guest]

Someone on a different list posted a bio questionaire. Looked like

a pretty good form to me so I decided to fill it out and post it

myself, particularly as info for the new members.

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Personal information:

What is your name? MIKE

Where do you live? SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Do you have family? Tell us about them. MARRIED, 35 YEARS IN

OCTOBER, WIFE DARLENE; DAUGHTER BARBARA 32, SON-IN-LAW KERRY

What is your reason for being a list member? (curiosity, sharing

knowledge, etc.) ADVISE AND EDUCATE ON ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES AND

BODYWORK/MASSAGE MODALITIES AS THEY PERTAIN TO EDS

Activities:

Work

Are you employed? RETIRED FROM " BUSINESS CAREER " MAY 2003; PART-

TIME ACTIVITY AS LICENSED MASSAGE PRACTITIONER (LICENSED SINCE JULY

2002)

How many hours a week do you work? 2-4 HOURS A WEEK AT HOME WORKING

ON FAMILY (WIFE, DAUGHTER, SON-IN-LAW AND DOG); 3-4 HOURS A DAY ON

COMPUTER WITH EDSERS AND CEDA LISTS.

In what field? MASSAGE AND BODYWORK, PARTICULARLY ENERGETIC

MODALITIES SUCH AS ACUPRESSURE AND POLARITY THERAPY.

School

Do you go to school? CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES IN ALTERNATIVE

THERAPIES; FORMAL EDUCATION INCLUDES FOUR DEGREES-BS IN ACCOUNTING,

BS IN TRANSPORTATION, MBA IN TRANSPORATION, MBA IN MANAGEMENT, AND

ABOUT 1350 HOURS AT THE MOMENT IN MASSAGE AND BODYWORK. IN ADDITION

TO THE BASIC MASSAGE SCHOOL PROGRAM OF AROUND 800 HOURS, I HAVE

TAKEN ROUGHLY 120 HOURS EACH IN JIN SHIN DO ACUPRESSURE AND POLARITY

THERAPY, ABOUT 50 HOURS EACH IN ZEN SHIATSU, MYFOFASCIAL RELEASE,

LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE THERAPY, CRANIALSACRAL THERAPY, AND FROM 10 TO 30

HOURS EACH IN TOUCH FOR HEALTH, THERAPEUTIC TOUCH, CHI NEI TSANG,

AND ACUTONICS (USING PRECISION TUNING FORKS FOR SOUND THERAPY ON

ACUPRESSURE POINTS).

How many hours are you taking? AVERAGING AROUND 200 HOURS A YEAR,

PLUS OR MINUS; I EXPECT THIS LEVEL TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE

YEARS. PLANNED CLASSES FOR BALANCE OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT INCLUDE

ADVANCED TRAINING IN JIN SHIN DO ACUPRESSURE, INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

TRAINING IN ACUTONICS, BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE VISCERAL

MANIPULATION, AND INTERMEDIATE THERAPEUTIC TOUCH.

What is your subject area? ADVANCED COURSEWORK, PRIMARILY IN

ACUPRESSURE AND OTHER ENERGETIC MODALITIES

When will you be graduated? WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF CLASSES THAT

INTEREST ME OR THAT I THINK MAY HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR SYMPTOM RELIEF

FOR EDS

Voluntary Activities

What are your favorite hobbies? READING, WOODWORKING, TRAVEL,

FISHING, CAMPING

What organizations are you active with? EDS BOARDS ON INTERNET

Medical

(Yourself)

**EDS

Do you have an EDS diagnosis? NO

Which type of EDS? HEDS (BASED ON SYMPTOMS)

When did you get the diagnosis? HAVE NEVER BOTHERED WITH THE TESTS

If you do not have an EDS diagnosis, do you have symptoms that may

indicate EDS? HYPERMOBILITY AND A DAUGHTER WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED

Do you have other arthritic diseases? OSTEOARTHRITIS

Do you have any other life-altering medical condition? AN OCCASIONAL

ATTITUDE PROBLEM WHEN STUCK IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC

Treatments

What medications and treatments have you had? I DO NOT TAKE ANY

MEDICATIONS, PERIOD, AND SELF-TREAT FOR PAIN AND SUBLUXATIONS USING

ENERGY WORK.

Which treatments have been the most useful? ACUPRESSURE AND POLARITY

THERAPY

Have you had any treatments you regret? ONE SERIES OF CHIROPRACTIC

ADJUSTMENTS FOR RIB SEPARATIONS THAT ENDED UP BREAKING AT LEAST

THREE RIBS IN AT LEAST 2-3 PLACES EACH

Do you have a doctor in your local area you would recommend? NO

(Family and Friends)

Do you have family members or friends with EDS? DAUGHTER, SON-IN-

LAW, FAMILY MEMBERS OF SON-IN-LAW

Which type of EDS? HEDS

If they do not have an EDS diagnosis, do they have symptoms that may

indicate EDS? YES

[Guest guest]

> What organizations are you active with? EDS BOARDS ON INTERNET

Mike also writes a column in EDS Today on Massage Therapy for EDS.

-Barb

(Mike's Daughter)

[Guest guest]

> What organizations are you active with? EDS BOARDS ON INTERNET

Mike also writes a column in EDS Today on Massage Therapy for EDS.

-Barb

(Mike's Daughter)

[Guest guest]

And Torments the " girls " or witches as he calls us!!!

WWW (aka Bonnie Heintskill)

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Are you accusing me of being a member of the AAWB? Otherwise known

as the American Association of Witch Baiters?

I don't know why. I personally know two official Witches and one

Warlock, and am doing my best to achieve Wizard status myself. Or

is it Weasel? I never can remember.