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I don't have an answer for you Goey! But I wish I did. 1n 1995 I had a TIA and was put on blood pressure meds and Zocor. I couldn't stand the calcium channel blocker the Dr. prescribed so eventually he changed the type and I stopped bi$ching. Life went on and 4 years later I moved to New Mexico. The climate was wonderful. I felt so great there. I lived at considerable altitude too (12,000 ft) and once I got used to the altitude and stopped feeling so tired, I began to feel wonderful. So good in fact, that I began to work out, something I'd never done before. I worked hard before, but not at this level. About 6 months later I bought a small ranch and a couple of friends and I began working on it. We started building a house....from scratch. I wanted to made it from adobe, so we got a machine to press the blocks and that was that. I moved rocks, dug dirt, hauled water, and every other kind of physically hard work such that I lost 12 pounds in about 3 weeks. It was summer and 100^ or more during the day but I poured some water over my head and sat in the shade for a while and I was good to go for another hour.or so. One day I didn't feel so good. I was shaky and dizzy and lost lunch. My friend took me to my Dr because I was white and shaking. She took my blood and measured my blood pressure and it was very very low. No more blood pressure pills. Three days later she phoned me and my cholesterol was very low also - no more Zocor. And I continued punishing myself (not really) with physical work loving every sweating second. Now I'm back in NJ and not working so hard and back on the drugs. This time the Zocor gives me the fahrts if I take it every day, so I don't. I dropped it one day per week (doc called it a drug-vacation) and that wasn't enough so I dropped it 2 days.....and eventually 3 (Doc only knows about 1 day) but my numbers stay good so I'm not gonna tell him. I need nothing for blood pressure. The only thing that makes us different from our ancestors of a single generation ago is the lack on our part of hard physical labor. Does it release certain drug-like substances???? of course it does, we feel the beneficial endorphins as the result - but who knows what else gets made OR used up with that kind of physical work. A century ago even the women worked hard all day. If our grand-parents and great-grand-parents had the benefit of antibiotics they would probably still be among us. (provided they never smoked and ate like they used to - - very little refined sugar and no refined white flour)

That must be devasting to all the !'s. Please convey my condolences to all. With all respect due to the family, given this turn of events, I'm going to start a thread in the prayer room. Perhaps further posts could go there - - I think it's a little more private.

Ahhhh! Now quitting smoking is a horse of a different color. One needs to get your head prepared, and possibly get some prescriptions filled. Failure and quitting is not final failure. Experts now say that one sometimes must go through the process several times before finally being able to quit, in fact, they say those "failures" are part of the quit process itself. It doesn't make sense to me, yet that's what I discovered when I quit. I tried for 5 years, and seriously kept at it for 3 years until I could go 4 months or so without breaking down....and now I think I've got it pretty well quit, although I need to be diligent. Smoking is not a habit which can be changed in the twinkling of an eye, it is a physical, psychological and social addiction with may not be beat by one single attempt. It may take several before that door is finally beat down for good. It's really no different than alcohol. I say I want to stop drinking, but I go out with my buddies in a couple of weeks and belt back a few. Well, get up, shake off the dust from your feet and try again with a little help sometimes and repeat until you've succeeded.

The only thing I remember about that was that it made no sense, and was wasting time if there was something you wanted to work on, or start etc. Just for example, your idea...why wait until Jan 1 to implement it? On the other hand, there are a few times each year where I stop and review certain areas of my life to see how I'm doing in relation to reaching certain goals - - and if I need to make adjustments, I do it. I always did that, even when I was in, I just kept it to myself and went about my way!

mstar1 I really like you! I've learned a lot about you from your posts over the past year or so. But I have to be honest with you.....I hate that bug - - it drives me crazy! If there was a way for me to kill it, I might - - but killing is not my style. I really hope it is not contageous or infectious. mwah!

I do remember being carped on for lackluster believing - but I remember more of angry yelling about God not spitting in our direction because we were holding back our tithes and offerings - - maybe that's why they stopped teaching about healing. God stopped spitting in their direction? Actually, when you concentrate on minutia and expand it to take up your day in 15 minute increments, you can't see the big things, can you.

I think of this - (paraphrased) I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help....my help cometh from the lord......

90 days until daylight and nitetime are equal! The days are getting longer now!

You've worked long and hard to get to this point so I'm really glad to see you realize your dream. You may have your dream job, but that school had acquired one of the very best suited educators for the position. Congratulations!

I love you too OFM Miss you too (((((OFM)))))

Likeaneagle these seem tame, but how about lift tickets at his favorite ski area, or a massage apre ski?

That's great news.

Such a lucky babe to be welcomed into the world with such anticipation and joy! And congratulations to Cindy! (et al!). My mother in law told me, and I find it completely true, that grand children are God's reward for not having bashed your own kids to death while they were teenagers.....(that's a joke! we've all been there at one time or other) The only thing I dislike about being a grandmother is that now, I am "sleeping" with a grandfather....it spoils my image!

Where is the line forming?

The scientist in me has no choice but to go hmmmmmmm................

I'm disapointed but not because of twi.....well - - not directly! What's the point?

What did you eat?

Saw Judy Collins in Carnaigy Hall. I think I left my heart there. You see, a guy I used to date, well, we went there very often and I loved him and good music. Now he supports good music and good educaation in Seattle. I guess we had some things in common. Judy blew me away. Her concert piano rendition of "my father always promised us" found me sobbing like a 3 year old.....and there was a very long silence before folks could wrestle their hands out of their handkerchiefs to applaud. We lived in a wonderfully rich time, I think. But I'm too old now.

Clearly, I'll have to find some other muciscal groupe to hang out with. Classical, easy listening, Simon and Garfunkle, Neil Diamond and Tangerine Dreams play in my Bose which is here in my office. Oh woe is me - - - - time to go find some real 3-D people.

Someone whom I trust in such matters told me that nothing is private. Once it's out of your mouth on a phone (especcially a cell phone or a portable phone - - or leaves your fingers in a email or any other computer contraption, the probability is very very great that it is NOT private. sorry. edited because I cannor spell

oh my goodness - - Oenophile didn't look like that last time I saw him! holy cow! Happy Birthday! You're wonderful! Enjoy your day.

That's what I thought, George!

Ala, or anyone who is grieving over a difficult death.......... twi and it's henchmen said whatever would hurt the most as it suited them - - never thinking........ Who had the worst of all possible deaths - - but the greatest believing of all?????? It was Jesus Christ. Think about it.

Once vp and lcm had set themselves up as MOGs and had pretty much done away with the Bible (except to make us feel it was drudgery and monotonous due to inane Retemories) they could pretty much tell us anything and we would believe them. At least at the moment we'd buy it! They had us so convinced that we were the ONLY right group, and they were the ONLY MOG's, so we'd better pay attention to them. They kept us so busy, and so tired, and so full of protocol, that we had no time to think about the crap they were forcing down out gullets! No wonder they got away with all that they did. Forgive us Father....we should have known better.