sinsboldly
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16 Mar 2007, 7:45 pm
16 Mar 2007, 7:52 pm
Guess you aren't (my loss). Well, just so you know Merle, we're also looking out for you! But I'd never ask you to behave! 
A tentative life will bring regrets in the final stretch, I think. You inspire me to live with verve! !! Why, in fact, I may even, uh, I may even... sit in a different chair (yeah!) tonight here at the cafe... as I sip my tea .... and I read a book ... so as not to disturb anybody... in a dark corner...so as not to draw attention....
16 Mar 2007, 7:59 pm
Well, you are here! I really must clean my trifocals! I didn't see you in the shade of those blooming trees! You're a wise soul, as reflected in your celebration of spring's bouquet. So, at least there's one wise soul in the cafe at present!
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16 Mar 2007, 9:31 pm
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16 Mar 2007, 9:32 pm
Cheezus, all this time I thought nothing was going on here and you guys went whoosing by me. (gasps at Lau) You were even talking about sex and I missed it 
Well I did try to back track your 2 thread leads Sinny ol gal. But didn't see the one on "how long it takes". So to you, I wish they be many, multi, and long. I somehow still can't get the adult area being so, humm how to put it, well unlike what I would have expected it to be. Hell, I thought this was the adult part. I'd probably post there except I have to do some kind of age test and I don't like tests. Mild stuff in there actually, afriad I'd come across as haveing been promiscuous, lol, I was. Well hey, it was part of the age of free love and I never left it. Dunno why I wasn't/not getting email notices to this spot. Oh well, I'll just have to hobble over to the puter more often.
Starting a med change, 3 days into it, wonder where this one will go. I even wrote some (shudder) poetry today, this direction does not look good. Now if it had been one of Laus limericks I'd feel ok with it.
There's a part in a Door's tune, think it's in the Soft Parade where Morrison yells out, "proud to be part of this number". Never was sure what number that was, or if he ment it as slang for a joint, or just happy to be in the group. Taking the latter stance, which also makes me high and I can count the number of steps, that leaves me with this, seriously pleased to be in this company and seeing it expand to more regulars. Expand, humm, maybe that would be an extension latter. Expand also gets me to thinking about sex, I'm hopeless.
16 Mar 2007, 9:38 pm
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16 Mar 2007, 9:40 pm
aylissa
Lol, SwampBlossom (my wife) got an email from Inventer, saying us silverbacks should remember to walk on all fours. Well for the most part I do, but I still have the bad habit of ripping branches from trees and pounding them on the ground to scare off evul Munchkins that wear sandpaper on there little feets. While I wasn't reaching for a branch at the time, I was after firewood, so I don't see much difference.
Shoulder pain, I went down for I don't know how long with calcium deposits on my right shoulder, left went shortly after. Now I have real fears they won't let me do the cortisone if it should come back. How hard is that Synvisc on the liver?
Hard, keeeyyyriiist, now I'm thinking of sex again. 
there is no god.
Main Entry: sem·i·nal
Pronunciation: 'se-m&-n&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin seminalis, from semin-, semen seed -- more at SEMEN
1 : of, relating to, or consisting of seed or semen
2 : containing or contributing the seeds of later development : CREATIVE, ORIGINAL
Please pick door 2, for both our sakes.
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16 Mar 2007, 10:05 pm
16 Mar 2007, 10:12 pm
] Said I'd never be able to run or squat weights again. Had read about glucosamine in a medical journal, but the products weren't yet available. Made my own from chicken gristle. A year later I walked into the doctor's office fully able to squat with weights, and I had been running for 4 months. He x-rayed my knee - the meniscus had grown back! He couldn't believe it! But I grew back the end of a finger I had chopped off, so who knows . Think healthy thoughts! This story reminds me of a cat I had who got run over by a car, fractured her pelvis, and couldn't lift her tail. I took her to the vet who x-rayed her to show me of the damage, said she needed an operation to have her pelvic bones set and to cut off her tail since she'd never be able to lift her tail again. The surgery estimate was around $1000. I was in college - so of course I said no and took the cat home. That weekend I saw a little bit of movement at the base of her tail. Damned if she didn't start to heal on her own. Her pelvic bones healed on their own, and the nerve damage, well that was fascinating. Every month she'd get about another inch of movement in her tail, so took around 8 months for her to have complete movement of her tail, but it was absolutely fascinating to watch the tail and nerve grow back. Eventually she completely healed on her own, and it didn't cost me a dime.
So empirically, using a cat as an example, I have come to the following three conclusions:
1. Cats are subject to the placebo effect (as evidenced by the fact that, upon hearing the word 'surgery', my cat decided to get better)
2. Nerves can regenerate!
3. That the body either heals itself, or you die.
Disclaimer: This opinion is submitted by somebody who believes the scientific method and empirical research are, in and of themselves, the only true way to know what is fact, and what is fiction.
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16 Mar 2007, 10:22 pm
, here's a little joint primer for all my buddies with aches and pains:Synvisc: (hyaluronate) is injected right into the knee joint. There cannot be an infection in or on the knee at the time of injection. Make sure they are NOT using a disinfectant containing quaternary salts to prep the site, or the Synvisc will precipitate. If you buy it at a retail pharmacy to take to the doctor, protect it from light, and try to keep it at room temperature (below 86 degrees f. Do not freeze). If they are going to inject both knees, they must use two separate syringes (cannot inject both knees from same syringe). This stuff is expensive: $743.99 per kit (if bought from a retail pharmacy). Check with your insurance company to make sure it will be covered - get it in writing - beforehand! Both knees will run $1,500.00 - $3,000.00 just for the cost of the drug, depending on the price the hospital charges, and the # of injections required. It's usually injected once weekly for 3 weeks (total of 3 injections). I believe a kit has 6 X 2ml syringes in it.
Some patients tell me it works well. Others have told me that it didn't help. It can cause temporary pain, bruising, or itching at the site(s) of injection. But it is a pretty good joint lubricant (a polysaccharide matrix). They are probably trying to use something other than cortisone to prevent suppression of your HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) axis.
Anyhoo, the following is for everyone else - get a bottle of glucosamine/chondroitin and take one month's supply once a year. Unless you have diabetes, in which case, don't take it. If you have diabetes, eat a little chicken gristle now and then. (
I know, I know. But we eat Spam in this cafe, don't we?). SAM-E will not only help your joints, it's good for the liver and helps improve depression. (there's a reason for this, but I'm containing myself here
). If you have a chronically inflammed joint, you can apply alternating "cool-warm-cool" sequences to it. Always start and end with "cool". "Cool" is applied thusly: hold an ice-cube with a dry wash cloth and rub the inflammed joint with the ice for about 1 minute. If it's starting to hurt from the cold, stop before 1 minute. Now let the area return to normal body temperature (takes 20 - 30 minutes). Now apply warmth for about 10 minutes. Again, let the tissue return to normal temperature. Now repeat with ice.
Repeat as often as you like, but always end on "cold". This treatment will also make bruises go away - sometimes in 2 days!
Take omega-3 fatty acid supplements daily (or eat cold-water fish) twice a week.
Eat at least a small portion of cooked spinach at least once a week, eat almonds on occasion, and eat blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, and mild red peppers frequently. (if not allergic and can tolerate them). We don't want all that inflammation causing beta amyloid plaques in our brains (Alzheimer's) now do we?
If anyone wants to know more, I'll write 'til you're satisfied in a private message.
And THATS the scoop on Synvisc!
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16 Mar 2007, 11:24 pm
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16 Mar 2007, 11:29 pm
16 Mar 2007, 11:29 pm
16 Mar 2007, 11:30 pm
Hey Aylissa! Glad you're able to type again! (sorry the ability was gained at the point of a n enormous needle!)
Postpaleo: looking forward to your first dino-aspie poetry recital under the spot on stage, where we've heard from the immortals Sins and Lau thus far.
Has anyone seen Lupine, DogDancer, Prof_Pretorius, Kpupg, Inventor, Apatura, Claradoon, Rjaye, or Calendale tonight? Perhaps difference in time zones, or they're out pub crawling . Hope they're havin' fun whatever they're doing. And for everyone here - hope you have a good night - I'm turning in early tonight. All this "sex talk" has made me sleepy.
16 Mar 2007, 11:33 pm
Pronunciation: 'se-m&-n&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin seminalis, from semin-, semen seed -- more at SEMEN
1 : of, relating to, or consisting of seed or semen
2 : containing or contributing the seeds of later development : CREATIVE, ORIGINAL
Yes, I used the word intentionally
