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My Favorite Coconut Cake
Last Updated on November 3, 2021 by Anna Baumann I love baking! It’s so satisfying to create something from scratch. You start off with a bunch of ingredients and some empty bowls and, POOF! Sweet happiness! This recipe is for my favorite coconut cake! Coconut is one of those things that people either love or...
12 Crazy Good Chick Lit Picks
I love to read and I read a lot. I love historical fiction, romance, drama, and adventure. Mysteries and thrillers tend to keep me awake at night so I choose them carefully. And oh, how I love a good ghost story! But again, I have to choose the book and the timing carefully so that...
Anna’s Undressed Arugala Salad
Last Updated on July 18, 2021 by Anna Baumann Anna’s Undressed Arugala Salad is just a big name for a small idea. I’ve mentioned before that when I was first diagnosed with Graves, I was traumatized by everything I learned about gluten and autoimmune disease. I also became more aware of eating real food and...
What Do Dental Patients Really Care About?
Last Updated on October 25, 2023 by Anna Baumann What do Dental Patients Really Care About? We all work hard to come up with ideas for getting new patients to join our practice. And just as hard to get our current patients to stay put. It’s a challenge because keeping everyone happy is impossible! (But...
Graves Disease And Stress
Last Updated on December 3, 2023 by Anna Baumann Graves Disease and Stress Autoimmune Disease occurs when our immune system produces antibodies that attack our body’s tissue. It’s not always clear what causes the immune system to misfire. But there seems to be a direct correlation between Graves Disease and stress. When I look back...
How To Cope With Perimenopause And Graves Disease
Last Updated on September 24, 2023 by Anna Baumann How To Cope With Perimenopause and Graves Disease For my fellow Gravesters that are of a certain age, do you find it hard to decipher whether what you’re feeling is related to Perimenopause or Graves Disease? I’m in my late 40’s. Overall I’ve been feeling pretty...
How to Improve your Morning Huddles
Last Updated on March 25, 2024 by Anna Baumann How to Improve your Morning Huddles Morning Huddles are very popular in the dental world. I think they’re kind of like Brussels sprouts; you either love them or you hate them. Overall I’m pro-huddle. (A hard NO to the Brussels sprouts.) If nothing else, it’s always...
Things I’ve Learned About Graves Disease
Last Updated on September 24, 2023 by Anna Baumann We Gravesters have all had our doctor tell us that everything is within normal range when we’re feeling anything but normal. I think that’s one of the most frustrating things I’ve learned about Graves Disease; doctors medicate us to keep our hormone levels in range, not to...
How NOT to Check Out a Dental Patient
Last Updated on January 7, 2024 by Anna Baumann Every dental office has a patient check-out system. I currently manage a small office and am the only person at our front desk. My system is simple. I ask everyone to walk their patient up and tell me what they did and what the patient needs...
How Cruising Changed My Life
In 1994 I booked my very first cruise on the Carnival Mardi Gras. I was 22 years old and traveling with three of my girlfriends. This was an exciting time for me! I was completely single, loving my job as a Dental Assistant, and happy to still be living at home rent free. Of the...