Tuesday, December 15, 1981

Korte brief met veel inhoud... Short letter with a lot of content

Short letter with a lot of content...

A very short letter with a lot of content; which hopefully says it all: "Dear Mariet"
Me on December 9, 1981


Monday, November 23, 1970

Mom 7 Months Pregnant with me on November 23, 1950

 
Consultatie–Bureau
November 23, 1950
Mom's BP 110
Weight 62 kg or 136.6 lbs
Around 7 months pregnant
My weight was 6 Dutch pounds or 6.6 lbs
Born on February 6 at 1:00 AM

Wednesday, April 29, 1970

Pieter's Baptism April 29, 1929

 Too bad the publish date cannot be before 1970...
Pieter got baptized the same day he got born early in the morning on Monday, April 29, 1929
Family booklet from Pieter's Parents
Gemeente Bestuur van Zevenaar, Gelderland
Parents
Dad from 1890 and Mom from 1895
Pieter was the youngest of 3 boys and born at 5:00 AM—an early bird!
His oldest brother at 6:00 AM and his middle brother at 7:00 PM

Friday, February 6, 1970

On my FIRST Birthday I got Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine

What an idea... On Wednesday, February 6, 1952 I got my triple vaccine: Measles, Mumps and Rubella!
At least for my Diphtheria and Whooping Cough + Tetanus vaccine they waited till two days after my 9th Birthday!
But we all are fortunate for having received those vaccines!

My Baptism on Tuesday, February 6, 1951

 Just like Pieter, I too got baptized the very day I was born!

My full name was Maria Anna Martha but when I became a United States Citizen and got my FIRST passport it came back without Anna Maria...
My Godmother was my Maternal Grandmother Anna 
My Godfather was my Paternal Grandfather Martinus

My 1st Holy Communion was on Thursday, Ascention Day, May 15, 1958
My Confirmation (Vormsel in Dutch) was on Tuesday, July 5, 1960
My Formal Renewal of Baptismal Promises was on Sunday, July 21, 1963

Sunday, January 11, 1970

At age 16, I was prescribed Thyranon for Hypothyroidism

Being a woman never has been easy for me...
On my Angel sister's Birthday, January 11, 1967, I got a prescription of Thyranon, before my 16th Birthday.
That in order to regulate my too low Basal Metabolic Rate and my too short cycles...
This Thyranon hormone got slowly reduced and stopped in 1969.
I felt less cold and had a far better cycle.
During a laparoscopic surgery my gynecologist found out that my uterus was on the small side.
Thyranon hormone was a brand of animal thyroid hormone powder.
It was later in 1987 removed from the market...
Whether a dose was sufficient was checked on the basis of complaints and metabolism (heart rate, metabolism).
January 25 of 2010 I had this nuclear test done for checking my thyroids
Iodine – 123 (I – 123) sodium iodine in capsules or liquid form. I had to drink it...
It are radioactive isotopes of iodine used in the field of nuclear medicine for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, paraticularly for evaluating thyroid function.