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Active journals
Thankful For My Fingers
- By GringoGrandma · Posted yesterday at 2:22 pm
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- Lately my fingers, both hands have been acting rather strange. I had frostbite a number of years ago, nerve damage...then they seemed to calm down. Now since it is getting cold again down here, my fingers ...
Sun Damage and Duct Tape!
- By GringoGrandma · Posted yesterday at 10:27 am
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- Too much sun as a teenager and beyond. Oh well, it looked and felt great. Now I have a spot of thickened skin (not CA) on my temple. Hmm, if duct tape restricts the air from warts, and causes them to ...
New here...
- By razz51 · New reply yesterday at 2:14 am
- 37 replies
- I'm 58 and looking for answers to solve my suite of problems. Some are worse than others but taken together they are really limiting. I have osteoporosis with a loss of height and one really weak hip ...
Peace for My Mother :)
- By GringoGrandma · New reply yesterday at 12:51 am
- 19 replies
- After a lot of emails to find out how Mom is, a miscommunication with my brother and the foster home lady, (my good friend)..allowed that I found out on Monday that my Mom had passed away the previous ...
Happy Thanksgiving to All! :)
- By GringoGrandma · New reply November 25, 2009
- 2 replies
- Dear friends on Inspire, I may be in Mexico, where today isn't celebrated..but it is in my heart. I have much to be thankful for, I believe we all do. No cooking for me, there's something right there ...
Civil Unrest and Demonstrations
- By GringoGrandma · New reply November 25, 2009
- 10 replies
- Today is Constitution Day here. There is a large group of people who are acting up again, the Zapatistas. They have closed some roads, and are causing disruption here & there. You never know where they ...
Cement Dust, "Choke, Cough, Gag!!"
- By GringoGrandma · New reply November 23, 2009
- 2 replies
- What a trade off! a week of my kitchen being torn apart, old cement being taken out, and no use of my sink. Here, they literally have to hack out the 26 yr. cement, I can't believe how much and the ongoing ...
Sad, Happy and Awesome Peace
- By GringoGrandma · New reply November 22, 2009
- 11 replies
- Just got word my Mom has taken a turn from doing good to probably not making it through the holidays. Sad, as we are very close, but happy, joy filled and full of peace as she is ready to go to Heaven ...
Water or Coke? (or rather any carbonated drink)
- By meriterry · New reply November 21, 2009
- 13 replies
- This was sent to me by a friend: Focus on the hydration thing....... Water or Coke? I could not believe this..... Very interesting WATER #1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies ...
Kidney Cancer Support Groups in NC & SC - USA
- By Mickeral · New reply November 21, 2009
- 6 replies
- For those affected by Kidney Cancer (Renal Cell Carcinoma) -- there are many great developments that have occurred this year. As a 12-year survivor, I will be glad to pass along information to those who ...
sad again day...
- By grandmotherbird · New reply November 19, 2009
- 4 replies
- I had a treat last evening. Friends I was once in Ministry with came over to visit all together for a mini-reunion. It's been 30 years since we saw our Brother Stephan. We laughed and were silly all evening ...
swine flu
- By meriterry · Posted November 18, 2009
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- My daughter let us know that the doctor told her husband not to come into the doctor's office, and to assume he has swine flu due to symptoms he reported. He has headache, achy, fever, coughing, but unless ...
The Scary & Blessed Friday the 13th
- By GringoGrandma · New reply November 17, 2009
- 11 replies
- I just realized it is the 13th-Friday. Remembering what happened many years ago while driving semi truck with my now deceased husband. We had really pushed it, and were totally worn out. We stopped in ...
Dr. Hastings
- By meriterry · New reply November 17, 2009
- 3 replies
- Dr. Carl Named to CRN Board of Directors. Reliv Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Carl Hastings has been elected to the board of directors of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN ...
Hanging clothes out in the Rain!?
- By GringoGrandma · New reply November 17, 2009
- 20 replies
- Yep, that's how we do it here. Weird, but after God giving a final rinse or 2, they should be dry manana..tomorrow. Water has been off most of the week, I get ansy when the laundry overflows my little ...
Day 5 tapering off Cymbalta
- By grandmotherbird · New reply November 17, 2009
- 2 replies
- It's been a blur...that Cymbalta made me frantic at the end...not good for me at all. I knew it was the drug so I didn't have to panic...the side effects of being on that drug were getting worse by the ...
I am too sad today
- By grandmotherbird · New reply November 16, 2009
- 10 replies
- My dear friends' mom committed suicide day before yesterday. She was 71 and was Bipolar II. I struggle with that concept and thank God for my family and birds cuz....they keep me from following through ...
Alternative therapies
- By Tyger · New reply November 15, 2009
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- Hi Vinod , I am based also in Delhi and am a stage IV NSCLC . There are some alternative therapies I am into besides the chemo which I take every 03 weeks . These are - ( 1 ) Every morning on an empty ...
Withdrawal
- By grandmotherbird · New reply November 15, 2009
- 2 replies
- Today is day 2 of the beginning..of getting off Cymbalta...for me...a very bad experience. I am doing this under my doctors supervision because I tried to do it by myself about a month ago and it was ...
Can you demand it beez good for you ?
- By Enlightenedpsych2 · Posted November 10, 2009
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- Yes you can, especially as a consumer living in the good ole USA and those abroad as well concerned with this topic: our food does NOT NEED hazardous chemical additives to enhance color, taste, texture ...
