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Q: What's the diff between God and a surgeon?
A: God doesn't think He's a surgeon.
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Q: What's the diff between God and a surgeon?
A: God doesn't think He's a surgeon.
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Sure we do - just most people are afraid to pursue alternatives
I dropped out of western medicine completely
You mean to not use the same punishments on those of the medical profession as the rest of us get?
Just like actors and such?
I am for equal justice for all.
Well maybe those in power over us deserve a double level of punishment for their crimes if it is a misuse of their power.
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I use traditional medicine's drugs for my asthma, because I get them for free, thru GSK's assistance program, and they're more effective than anything else. And if I have a bacterial infection that I can't get rid of, I'll take antibiotics -- my doc is STRICT about not prescribing them unless they're truly necessary.
But anything else? Bah humbug. I take ginger for any kind of stomach/digestive dysfunction, and I seek out "natural" remedies for other problems that might arise.
I go to the doctor only 1) for my asthma checkups and refill prescriptions; 2) when it seems I do have a bacterial infection that just won't depart; and 3) if it's life-threatening, I go to the ER. Otherwise... FUHGEDDABOUTIT.
The eczema on my hand (dishydrotic eczema) seems to be cured, and that on my legs is a LOT better. No doc and $multi-thousand-dollar prescription needed. The edema in my left ankle/foot seems greatly improved, and again, no doc needed, I just wear "mild compression" knee-highs 24/7 -- which also keep me from scratching the eczema, which is probably why it's gotten so much better.
I don't know if most people are afraid of alternative treatments, or just too damn dumb to do the research; some of both I expect.
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I only take any prescription medicine to get to sleep.
I routinely take no other prescription medicine.
I routinely take no other prescription medicine.
Doctors piss me off! They can fuck you up seven ways from Sunday and never have to answer for it because they greased many politician palms to get elite status and be untouchable. Here in Louisiana if a doctor fucks up like my surgeon did, you have to get a lawyer who files suit and then it goes in front of a board of 3 doctors to determine the validity of the case. Then it is dismissed because the board of doctors is well known to never ever but extremely seldom times rule in the patients favor. IF you are one of the very very few who gets the blessing of the board of doctors you will be limited to $500K maximum to sue. Doctors are so well protected here that its no wonder the leading cause of medical deaths in this state is malpractice.
Most of yall remember what happened to me. Hernia surgery, intestines cut and missed, I was sent home where I became septic and almost died. A simple surgery that was suppose to be total six weeks recovery ended up being 8 times total on the operating table and 7 months recovery yet my case was thrown out for lack of merit. Yes doctors piss me off!
Most of yall remember what happened to me. Hernia surgery, intestines cut and missed, I was sent home where I became septic and almost died. A simple surgery that was suppose to be total six weeks recovery ended up being 8 times total on the operating table and 7 months recovery yet my case was thrown out for lack of merit. Yes doctors piss me off!
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This eczema I've been struggling with for the last 2 yrs is really puzzling, and thought-provoking. I first started noticing it, the very first time EVER, one night when I was struggling to get to sleep because we had to go up to my parents' house to do the housework -- it kept me awake for hours, because it felt exactly like ants were crawling UNDER my skin, on my right thumb. It then started doing that on my left thumb, over the next few weeks, and then crept to my left palm -- that was right around the time my mom died. Shortly thereafter, the left-hand outbreak eased, but it fucking took over my right hand palm, just ungodly itching, and you could see the little raised "blisters" for lack of a better word. It itched unmercifully, and Eczema Relief Cream and hydrocortisone were only marginally effective at relieving the itch. Then, on my right lower leg, there was an itch that just wouldn't stop -- it was still autumn, so I figured "flea bite", because those bastards itch like hell -- but it just wouldn't stop, and soon, I was seeing the same small raised "bumps" or blisters on my right leg, that infested my palm. Then it started up on my left leg. It's been driving me completely batshit for about 2 yrs, 18 months, something like that -- the hand, 2 yrs; the legs, 18 months.
When the weather cooled, I started wearing socks. That helped a bit, because it kept me from scratching. Then, after my soda ingestion had gotten way out of hand, I started having the edema in my left ankle/foot, very similar to what I suffered on the right shortly after I started vaping. So I knocked off the soda/caffeine abuse, and started going hard on the coconut water as I did then, plus, I got a bunch of mild-compression support knee-highs. I still notice some *slight* swelling in my ankle after a full day of being on my feet, but mostly the edema has eased, since I backed off the caffeine and sodas and started with the compression hosiery. '
Strangely... the eczema on my hand, a huge PITA for 2 yrs... has apparently gone away. The eczema on my legs isn't gone, but the sores have healed, thx to not scratching it all the time, and the itching isn't nearly as bad as it was for a while. I keep wondering... could stress have played a role with the eczema? I never had it till the summer before my mother's death (2016), and then after her death, it got all kinds of worse.
One of those things that makes you go HMMMMM....
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When the weather cooled, I started wearing socks. That helped a bit, because it kept me from scratching. Then, after my soda ingestion had gotten way out of hand, I started having the edema in my left ankle/foot, very similar to what I suffered on the right shortly after I started vaping. So I knocked off the soda/caffeine abuse, and started going hard on the coconut water as I did then, plus, I got a bunch of mild-compression support knee-highs. I still notice some *slight* swelling in my ankle after a full day of being on my feet, but mostly the edema has eased, since I backed off the caffeine and sodas and started with the compression hosiery. '
Strangely... the eczema on my hand, a huge PITA for 2 yrs... has apparently gone away. The eczema on my legs isn't gone, but the sores have healed, thx to not scratching it all the time, and the itching isn't nearly as bad as it was for a while. I keep wondering... could stress have played a role with the eczema? I never had it till the summer before my mother's death (2016), and then after her death, it got all kinds of worse.
One of those things that makes you go HMMMMM....
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Vaping causes my feet to stink.
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We went thru our xmas boxes tonight, for wrapping paper, tags, tissue paper, our xmas stockings... and found the cat hat we bought last year for Tuxie, who would never tolerate it on her head for long enough to get a pic. 
But Annabel is *slightly* more complaisant about it.... (just slightly!)
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But Annabel is *slightly* more complaisant about it.... (just slightly!)Andria
What will she tear up to get even with ya?
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We went thru our xmas boxes tonight, for wrapping paper, tags, tissue paper, our xmas stockings... and found the cat hat we bought last year for Tuxie, who would never tolerate it on her head for long enough to get a pic.
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There is just no telling, and I hate to imagine! She already tried to get into the rolls of wrapping paper we have stood up against the fireplace ("oooh shiny!"
). We're not even going to attempt an xmas tree this year, with this rapscallion on the premises.On Valentine's Day, she'll be a year old, so next xmas, nearly 2 yrs. Hopefully a bit calmer and less destructive. Hopefully.
Tuxie was rather interested in the xmas tree last year, but that cat could walk thru a minefield and come out the other side, looking for something to eat. She did break one ornament, but it wasn't strictly her fault; it was just hanging a bit too low and her body knocked it off the limb.Andria
We went thru our xmas boxes tonight, for wrapping paper, tags, tissue paper, our xmas stockings... and found the cat hat we bought last year for Tuxie, who would never tolerate it on her head for long enough to get a pic.
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Damn that kitty has gotten big!
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Yeah, growing like a weed! On the 14th, she'll be 10 months old. She's got this little bulging belly, but thx to her much-earlier problems with eating, you can still see the shape of her hipbones!
My son was kinda like that too -- he had a lot of problems at first due to a TINY stomach; half of everything that went in, came back out, so at about 4 months old, he had this enormous baby belly... and arms and legs like stick figures! However by about 8 months old, he was rolls on rolls of baby fat. I guess Annabel will get more properly filled out during her 2nd yr. Her ruff is still just a bare suggestion.
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Morning fugees
Heard on the news this morning Alaska got 1 inch of snow last night while North Carolina got a foot and a half........
@LynnNC not gonna be happy with Lucy
I know - it's barely fall up here still
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My fav Christmas song.
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Then for the Dylan fans...
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Umm.. Dylan??? I think you mean "Seger"...
Geez Cromwell, you truly are an alien. Andria
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Umm.. Dylan??? I think you mean "Seger"...
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Or an old phart
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He ain't THAT old -- he's younger than my husband, who damn well knows the difference between Dylan and Seger!
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Yep Seeger.
Brainz fart.
I was still upset over the $200 / mo premium increase in my Obamacare ins.
I got Zero tax cut and a $200 mo increase in health ins.
seeger was ok but no Dylan for me.
actually I got a tax increase on the state level.
Brainz fart.
I was still upset over the $200 / mo premium increase in my Obamacare ins.
I got Zero tax cut and a $200 mo increase in health ins.
seeger was ok but no Dylan for me.
actually I got a tax increase on the state level.
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I used to LOATHE Dylan.... Then I met my husband, and he played me a lot of really old, deep-cut Dylan, and I began to appreciate Dylan's genius. He's not a good singer at all, on many of his records he can barely carry a tune, and on quite a few, he just plain DROPS that damn tune. But... there's something really raw, and real, and GODDAMN RIGHT about his songs. I still can't stand Nashville Skyline, his singing is absolutely the worst on that one... but some of the real early ones... just ineffable.
And Tangled Up in Blue is more or less the story of me and the mate, if you also throw in a pinch of Floyd's Wish You Were Here.
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And don't forget, "The Band" started out as Dylan's backup band. I think they may fall into the "loved or hated" category too, as unique as their music is -- neither rock nor folk nor bluegrass nor country.. but somehow all that and more. They could carry a tune better than the Dead, whose guitars always sound to me, out of tune. The mate says "you had to be there," to which I reply, I'm glad I wasn't, as tone-deaf as they were!
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I absolutely love The Band
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I do too, but I had to warm up to them slowly. When I was younger, my musical tastes were much narrower... but the older I've gotten, the more I've realized that there's a lot of great music out there, even if some of it doesn't appeal on first or tenth listen. I used to hate Traffic -- if Low Spark came on the radio, I'd squeal and turn the radio OFF, rather than listen to it. Now I holler at everyone to shut up and then turn it up to 11.
Lately I've been obsessed with a couple of Mozart's best on Youtube, but now it's getting to be time for Michael Buble, Nat King Cole, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. 
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I do too, but I had to warm up to them slowly. When I was younger, my musical tastes were much narrower... but the older I've gotten, the more I've realized that there's a lot of great music out there, even if some of it doesn't appeal on first or tenth listen. I used to hate Traffic -- if Low Spark came on the radio, I'd squeal and turn the radio OFF, rather than listen to it. Now I holler at everyone to shut up and then turn it up to 11.
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Always loved that song. One of them you can just get lost in while listening to.
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I love it NOW...
But hey, it's almost xmas. If I gotta listen to the same ol shit year after year, let it by people with voices that are just priceless...
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Mornin fugees and of course, GFY
Gotta go hang out with Rascal and his mommy this morning. Power companies calls me with a recording yesterday informing me the power will be off for 3 hours today for some bullshit line maintenance. Sucks for me but I know Rascal will go ape shit the second he sees me so its all good
Cool Kats!
A crabby bunch, those Alaskans
Been a little into making some happening. Got applications in with an automobile part maker,. They have spots for warehouse and line work, applied for both. Hope to get word from them. I keep looking and applying, all a person can do.
Switched out general care docs yesterday. Told him I felt like a lab rat at times. He chuckled. "Well, you are in point of fact a mutation. Suppose we do see you as a lab rat," I was told. So, could be. Could be better or worse, I reckon.
Hope everyone is faring well. Think I'm off to go have some coffee, oatmeal while looking at some tell lie vision.
Switched out general care docs yesterday. Told him I felt like a lab rat at times. He chuckled. "Well, you are in point of fact a mutation. Suppose we do see you as a lab rat," I was told. So, could be. Could be better or worse, I reckon.
Hope everyone is faring well. Think I'm off to go have some coffee, oatmeal while looking at some tell lie vision.
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Went and spent more money yesterday. Now I have more gifts to wrap. And my husband hasn't done any shopping on his own yet. I'm starting to understand people going miserably into debt at xmas. Until the last few years, we had so little money, no problem -- we'd wait till xmas eve when he got his $100 bonus, then go out and manically buy a few inexpensive items. Much different story now.
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And my husband hasn't done any shopping on his own yet. I'm starting to understand people going miserably into debt at xmas. Until the last few years, we had so little money, no problem -- we'd wait till xmas eve when he got his $100 bonus, then go out and manically buy a few inexpensive items. Much different story now. Andria
Good luck on the job search.
And it is all fake on TV.
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So only a minor boner....
I dunno did not read the article just shamelessly stole the headline.
From: reddit.com r/electronic_cigarette
"FDA told to go fuck themselves." --- InterWebs Headline Winner
This does not confer fugee status upon the FDA. They can get their own dinghy.
"FDA told to go fuck themselves." --- InterWebs Headline Winner
This does not confer fugee status upon the FDA. They can get their own dinghy.
Morning fugees
A lil hard on........is that softie or shorty? FDA needs to be more forthcoming with this info
Well, it will not be the FDA's concern any longer. They need to hand it off to our lovely customs department. The Brits are moving aluminum back and forth by calling it Al U Min U m to get around the current U.S. imposed tariff on it in the U.K.. Figure the Chinese will just borrow the idea and call male enhancing vape juice, vigor vape juice. Customs will be none the wiser as the claim can be "give you more energy". Vitamin B12, caffeine can also "give you more energy". Customs won't take a second look. They haven't got the man power for it. So the FDA well, it can not really do anything more than send nasty letters to China. Seems the FDA is too impotent to even fuck itself.
Paper tigers lost in deepening blizzards roar so cute. Kind of reminds me of how people could continue to get certain guns despite their country being on a watch list, sanctioned, imports controlled. "No, we don't buy them here or from here. We get them from XXXXX country and then the doctors from XXXX country bring them to us when they come to help our children." A very true adage, "where a will there's a way." Or one could see also ISIS having lovely brand new Toyota pick ups to run around in the desert shipped from the U.S. of course.
Fun day today. After having been on a high dose of Effexor saw the PA and told them it was not working, not giving me "pep, vigor, energy, enthusiasm". That was what it was allegedly prescribed to me to do. If honest, I doubt much of any medication can do that. I am simply not "wired" internally to get all "hyped up".
So instead of saying they want me to start gradually stepping off of it, wait for it, ... my high dose was nearly doubled. The rationale being it may not be having the desired effect at an already doubled the standard dose. Thought I told her as much. And I also got some kind of sedative or such that is used for Parkinson folks to help with my leg spasms.
The PA at the clinic has already explained the leg spasms to me, on Tuesday. "You don't want to hear it but you already know. You're getting old. Your leg muscles are doing the opposite of atrophy. They've locked up tight on you. When you relax, well there you go they spasm. Drink more water, take some OTC pain meds." Got Tramadol for the really bad pain. Me and high pain tolerance. Six folks say number 10, I say number 4. I'm not too "at risk" of having an opioid "problem". Ergo the docs "sneak" me a script for Tramadol because Demoral well, it makes me loopy and yep it would cause a problem. I guess the Tramadol is a lower grade.
So fun day trying to figure quackery. *smh*
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If you are looking for logic in our global society then give it up as a lost cause.
Humans are at the root of it all.
Humans are at the root of it all.
Sad but true.
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I once had a dentist.. excuse me, an ENDODONTIST! tell me I was the weirdest patient he had, because everytime he would offer me pain meds, after a root canal, I'd say "nah, I'll just take some ibuprofen and take a nap till the numbness wears off, so it doesn't hurt so much when I wake up." I asked him what was so weird about that, since it worked just fine for me. He said refusing pain meds was absolutely the weirdest thing he'd encountered from ANY patient. I said, well, if I really NEEDED those drugs, believe me, I'd take them gratefully... but I don't need them, and I'm a recovering alcoholic; so why risk liking them too much?
In the ER, when I had appendicitis, I was literally THANKING GOD for morphine... but after the surgery? I took hydrocodone for 2 days, then ibuprofen for a few more, and that was that. I switched off the hydrocodone because the doc told me they were the likely cause of my nightsweats -- I'd endure a lot of pain, to avoid that! But once that nasty appendix was out of me, pain wasn't a big problem -- the nausea was!
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Mr Juicy is going through dental hell right now - he had a tooth break and had it removed. Started to heal well were the hole is, then he woke up this morning and the gum had pulled back revealing one of these Tori and BARE BONE
He suffers with these thingies What are Tori, And Why Do I Have Them? | Julie M. Gillis, DDShttps://www.juliegillisdds.com/blog/what-are-tori-and-why-do-i-have-them/
He had a bunch of these removed from his lower jaw about 10 years ago, and it did the same thing, exposed tons of area on his lower jaw
Needless to say, I am tiptoeing around the house....
Hmm did not even know about Tori. That sucks. My sympathy to Mr Juicy.