Dear Mama Tenza: Am I Full of Crap?
Dear Mama Tenza,
A friend of mine wrote to you sometime earlier this year so I figured I’d try seeking some advice as well. She was feeling tired and annoyed all the time and had stomach burns. I don’t have...
Dear Mama Tenza: Chapped Lips and Cold Sores for 2019?
Dear Mama Tenza,Every year, right after New Year, afta mi cute and clean an di gurl dem a swarm mi like when bees si honey, mi get buss up lip an cold sore! A wah cuda...
Ringworm a eat out mi daughter face
Dear Mama Tenza,
I have two children, one is 9 and the other is 4 years old. When the 9 year old was about 6 she caught a ringworm in her back and what I got prescribed for...
Dear Mama Tenza: Pain a Ben Mi Up
Mama Tenza I'm not sure if you can help me but I was referred to you so I'm gonna give it a try. I've always had backaches but I've noticed I only get them when I stand for long...
Dear Mama Tenza: Where is my summer body?
Mama Tenza I need your help with this one, really! I’m an early childhood teacher, I work in Kingston but live in Spanish Town so I wake up extra early and leave for work super early just so I...
Dear Mama Tenza: Why am I tired all the time?
Mama Tenza I’m tired, seriously always tired, grumpy, moody, no sex drive, depressed. I’m miserable! What’s wrong with me? I have super high moods then super low moods. I don’t wanna eat but then that makes me weak. I...
Dear Mama Tenza: Sinus a Kill Mi!
I work all over Jamaica as I am an administrative assistant for a marketing executive. Sometimes when I go to country areas or dirt tracks for events like car racing my sinuses would go crazy. I would experience headaches,...
Dear Mama Tenza: Boil a Spoil Mi Bumpa!
Dear Mama Tenza,
Mi nuh know ifa di climate change, but when di place hot mi get some boil pon mi privit an mi battam. When mi used to shave, dem wuda come up...
Dear Mama Tenza: Eczema has tattooed my twins
Dear Mama Tenza,
I have 12 year old twin girls who seem to have eczema that leaves tenacious tattoos. I know you’re going to tell me that part of why they have eczema is because of their diet, I know...
Dear Mama Tenza: Autism is wrecking my nerves
Mama Tenza I don't like what is happening to me and I don't know how to fix it, so I'm writing to your for something, anything, even if it's just empathy and support because this journey is rough! My...
