Tag: health
group name: letscalliteven
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January 11, 2007 09:01 AM EST --
I have no idea what the unwritten politics on Gather are regarding pimping another member, and really I could care less either way. I'm going to do what I'm going to do. And what I am going to . . .
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February 08, 2007 04:28 AM EST --
You know what gripes my butt? All those commercials for various Over-The-Counter medications which claim to take away arthritis pain... Those damn commercials minimize the pain of arthritis and serve to . . .
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January 17, 2006 12:51 AM EST --
thanks to sadi's "here, wear this stigma" for the inspiration.
I was 18 when i had a life-changing accident. i was on crutches for more than 8 years. i have had 13 surgeries at last count . . .
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July 29, 2006 01:32 AM EDT --
As we all know, the disabled and those who love and care for them are bombarded constantly with little digs and jabs. "You don't look disabled to me!" as you prepare yourself to limp into . . .
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March 08, 2008 04:43 AM EST --
Hello, friends.
I am officially back on my medications for bipolar as of yesterday. I have mentioned to some of you that we couldn't afford most of my medication for bipolar, diabetes, asthma, . . .
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March 10, 2007 02:08 PM EST --
I have decided it is time to apply for Social Security Disability. It is getting harder and harder for me to do things. I try to stay active but it doesn't take much to over do it. I have . . .
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May 10, 2007 03:08 AM EDT --
Quite a few folks have asked me to elaborate on something I've only mentioned in passing in a spot here and there around the site. I've put off doing so because my hard-core views on the subject . . .
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July 15, 2007 01:17 PM EDT --
I am a diabetic and I like ice cream. Especially, on a
sweltering July evening when the thermometer hits 95.
Of course I know that I cannot have regular ice cream.
So I look for sugar free and, naturally, . . .
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October 06, 2006 04:24 PM EDT --
I have Lupus. It is very painful and tiring. I can feel every change we are going to have in the weather before they forecast it. I live in the midwest and lately it can't decide . . .
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October 11, 2006 01:56 PM EDT --
I have two all white cats with blue eyes. They can not hear. According to the vet all white cats with blue eyes can not hear. The story is not about their hearing. I just thought that was an interesting . . .
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October 23, 2006 03:25 AM EDT --
I am the person all those schlocky tourist traps were made for. No. Seriously. When I travel, I do two things: One is to get off the beaten path and seen the real heart of things. The other is to . . .
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October 05, 2008 02:10 AM EDT --
Mental Health Parity is legislation that will help end the discrimination in health insurance coverage between physical and mental illnesses.
No one can explain this better than the Depression . . .
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August 30, 2006 05:19 PM EDT --
Adventures of an Infirm Woman
Prefacing introductions to disability-based groups always has a certain 12-step feel to me; everyone needs to know what's wrong with me and just how wrong it is. . . .
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August 07, 2007 01:23 PM EDT --
Eight years back this September I was on my way to work. A car crossed over the centerline and stuck my car just behind the driver's door. I did what I had been taught in so many safe driving courses . . .
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November 22, 2006 12:04 AM EST --
If you have not yet discovered Dr. Devin Starlanyl's website, please take a few minutes to check it out now. She has some of the best information I have seen regarding the treatment and diagnosis of . . .
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March 30, 2007 12:57 PM EDT --
Doctors appointment yesterday. Got new x-rays and stuff. Guess what? I'm a person and have bones. one of which is healing up nicely. Actually better than expected with friends at Gather and . . .
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October 19, 2006 07:17 PM EDT --
I was just going to post this to the fibromyalgia group Fibromyalgia: When you just need to talk about it, but then, I thought that everyone needs to be aware of what happens in the daily life of someone . . .
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October 06, 2007 11:16 PM EDT --
But I probably don't want to. Yes, I'm officially old today. Well, more old than I was yesterday. I'm thankful for my Gather Friends and Colleagues, I'm thankful to still be . . .
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July 18, 2007 04:18 PM EDT --
I have just returned from the dentist. This was for no filling. It was about over $4000 in dental work including upper and lower bridges. Not unusual at 60 years old. But, I am also diabetic. The . . .
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