Posted by J L on March 29, 2011
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When I was having coffee yesterday with Jim and Bob, they were talking about nutritional supplements that they were considering taking to help them with their muscle building efforts. Jim had heard something about a force factor scam that he was concerned about, and was asking if we knew anything about it. I told them that I hadn’t heard anything about it, but I’d let him know if I heard anything in the future.
Posted by J L on March 27, 2011
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Each time I see one of the episodes of the popular MSNBC Dateline’s To Catch A Predator TV show I have a hard time sleeping. I am so glad that these good people at Perverted Justice are doing what they are doing in a huge effort to protect our youth from a huge pool of perverts. Chris Hansen does a great job talking with these criminals and bringing this horrible issue to light on public TV. As much as I hate watching shows like this I can only hope that they keep doing what they are doing for every one’s sake.
The one that have just finished taping caught 21 males in a four day sting in Florida. That is 21 guys that hopefully won’t try anything like this again and will send the message that there are watch groups out there and the punishment will fit the crime.
Posted by J L on March 27, 2011
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There are so many products and services that have found their way on the Internet being rated, compared and reviewed to make finding the perfect match for prospective customers to buy into, which is a good thing for folks that are willing to take the time and do a bit of research. Right now I am looking into switching my web hosting provider to another that will do me better and cost me less, not much to ask for right?
One such informative site can be found at webhostingrating.com, which has been very useful for me these past couple of visits in the evening. I have decided to go with a web host that is doing what they can in today’s eco-friendly growing business world. There are numerous way for them to go “green” and I’m all for that. There is a great blog post asking “What Color Is Your Web Host” that helped me with some questions about the whole issue and I would urge anyone to read that is interested in learning and hopefully switching to a green web hosting provider that deserve more customers for their effort. So far Green Geeks has my vote, but I’m going to spend a bit more time before signing on the dotted line.
Posted by J L on March 27, 2011
Posted in Home and garden • Life • Opinion • Politics • Technology and gadgets • Travel
We got a notice in the mail the other informing us that are trash and recycling pick up days were changing from Monday mornings to Tuesday mornings. It used to be that way when we first moved here but then they switched and now out of the blue we are switching again. It’s fine with me. Instead of coming home from a long weekend out of town (or what ever else we find ourselves getting into on the weekends) and having to remember to put the bins out. Tuesday morning will work out just fine and I can only hope that it stays that way from here on out.
Posted by J L on March 27, 2011
Posted in Education and Personal Growth • Friends and Family • Health • Life
My poor wife has been telling the doctor for years that she is thinking that she is going through menopause. But her doctor keeps telling her that she is too young for that.
I don’t understand why the doctor says that she is too young for that, because according to almost all of the information on menopause that my wife and I have ever heard, seen, or read seems to indicate that menopause can start as early as the mid-thirties. Seeing as my wife is older than that (no, I won’t say how much older, I still need a place to live thank you very much!) we can’t understand why the doctor would insist that she is too young.
My sweet wife has been having night sweats, leg cramps, hot flashes, insomnia and mood swings for several years now. All of these are symptoms of menopause. And these are taking their toll on her physically and emotionally.
I can remember the first time she had a hot flash; it was in the middle of the night. I woke up and realized that she wasn’t in bed, and went looking for her. She was sitting on the toilet, doubled over in pain, with sweat pouring off of her body. Her face was red as a beet! I grabbed a towel and wiped her down, and brought the fan from the bedroom into the bathroom and put it on high, pointing it at her.
In addition, my wife has been suffering from irregular and heavy bleeding, due to uterine fibroids. She’s been complaining to the doctor about that, as well, telling the doctor that she thinks that she may be anemic from all of the bleeding. And the doctor told her that she can’t become anemic from uterine bleeding.
So, if a woman goes to her doctor and says she thinks that she is going through menopause, (or thinks she is anemic) and the doctor says she isn’t, what is a woman to do? This is one of the problems that we face because we have an HMO that insists that we use this particular doctor.
Frankly, I think that the best thing that my wife can do is to take some natural supplements, (Amberen, for example) and then get a referral to a GYN to see about treating the uterine fibroids. Once she sees the GYN for the fibroids, then she can talk to that doctor about menopause at the same time. Hopefully she’ll get some relief that way.