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Still waiting to go to sleep

Insomnia is kicking my a** today

When people feel okay, they tend to avoid doctors. COVID comes around and all normal visits get cut to nothing. Maybe you... and maybe me.
I haven't seen a cardiologist in a least 5 years. There's a 3 month wait. I'm on a list to see one. Hearing? I went to an audiologist (I think that's the right word and not someone who listen to music a lot) to have my hearing checked. Urologist... I'll get to see one before summer. Pulmonogist, twice this year. Proctologist, first time ever. Neurologist, this month. I've had my eyes checked twice for prescription glasses... there must be an -ologist name attached to that profession. Later this month, I'm scheduled to see an opthamologist.

All of these doctors are covered by my insurance. I say "Let's dot it!"

The year of the -ologists...

Woh!! How's that for a title! Probably should don a bullet-proof vest, or two!

Before anyone jumps to conclusions, I suggest you first read a decent way into this post, to know what it's on about.

I was brief with the title, so people knew what it was about. The longer version of the blog title should probably read: "Are we single for a reason?"

Again, before anyone jumps to conclusions about what that question may imply, I suggest you read further into this post.

Some people may say: "He/she's single for a reason," to imply that that person has something wrong with them that prevents them from having a partner, or having a partner for any decent length of time.

Whilst that may be true, there are other aspects to this topic. I wanted to mention these other aspects coz I think they're worth mentioning, especially so, on a dating site.

I have my ID on this site. I'm single, and I'm open to having a future partner. However, there's something different about my approach to this circumstance that I didn't previously have.

The difference now is, I'm also happy to be single for the rest of my days! No I'm not 87! I'm 57. I'm quite eligible to spend many years still, with another person.

To summarise a huge topic, I'll try to be as brief as possible...

I'm sure most single adults can feel the need to be with another, to feel 'whole.' Whilst it's lovely to have that kind of situation, many are not, and it may have little to do with anything being wrong with us.

It's just our life circumstance! Simple as that! Hang on, you say, good people find other good people and everything is clearly in order! Are you (me) saying that other good people may not find who they're 'meant' for? My answer: Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying, AND, no-one is necessarily 'meant' to be someone else's partner. But, they 'may' be.

If we find ourselves single, then yes, it feels kinda 'UNwhole.' There is definitely a difference between being partnered and single. No question.

However being single is better than being with the wrong person. And being single should not be seen as unwhole, even though it may 'feel' unwhole.

I believe the better psychological approach a single person can take on this topic, is as follows:

1. Be active about experiencing everything life has to offer. By that I mean, don't think you cannot go to things because you're single. Go on trips, social outings, activities, whatever. And not just a few. Go out as much as is right for you. Some are social butterflies, some are quiet loners, some are somewhere in-between.

2. At different times in life, we are given a boost, strength, Grace, anointing, psychological development, new insights, whatever, that are helps. Some say these are helps from a higher power. I will leave it to the reader to decide.

3. Life is not fair! Ohhhh, how dare I! Yes, I dare! Hahaha!

Ok. Maybe the truth is best dealt with by knowing what it is!

Some say that everything becomes fair in the next life! That whatever we persevered with in this life, we will receive a reward for that perseverance in the next life. I'm not talking about a psychologically destructive perseverance, like an abusive relationship. I'm talking about things such as being single when we don't wanna be, dealing with unruly children or associates, carrying a seriously debilitating illness for many years, etc.

The end! Hahaha!

The author of this post has 20 years experience in weekly Christian men's personal growth groups; a BA (Psychology); an Advanced Diploma in Counseling; was married for 8 years and had 3 children, before becoming separated and divorced.

Ok. A universal problem and think I may have a universal easy answer: don't eat, drink!

Ah, don't be daft. We need to eat, right?... Not so fast. We probably need to eat very little. As long as we're getting sufficient nutrients via food AND drink, we may not need much by the way of food, at all!

So how do I do it? Well, the answer is simple. To stay slim, I fill my hunger with fluids in the first instance. So any hunger pangs...fill it with fluids... until, you can't stand it anymore!!! Then, have something small to eat. Then, fill the rest up with fluids again! In my case, coffee with honey and milk. And, more coffee with honey and milk. And, you guessed it! I almost live off coffee with honey and milk.

It'll keep ya slim alright. Just make sure the food is minimal, and the fluids are maximal. Enjoy.

Any questions? Fire away!

Friday morning, I felt awful. Like someone had pulled a massive cold over me. I went to school as I usually do, but I was really not there. All I wanted was to stay home in my bed.

A few hours later, I still felt awful. My driving instructor came, and asked if I was ready to do some highway driving. "No. I don't feel good", was my answer. My instructor looked at me, and went: "Yeah, you look awful today. Give me 5 minutes. I'll be back".

A few minutes later, she returned and told me, that they had agreed to not allow me to drive, because I wasn't 100%, so it wouldn't be safe for me to drive. We then agreed that I was going to drive on Sunday. Before I went home, I took a rapid test (I really don't like that test), which was negative. Luckily I had a PCR test booked for that afternoon, but I had to wait for a few hours for that.

When I got home, I decided to give the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre a view, which was pretty good. Not super amazing, but it was alright.

After the PCR test, I stupidly went shopping. Not my proudest moment, but I needed some things, and I never in a million years thought I was going to receive the result that I did.

Evening came, and I felt even worse. Headache, coughing, sore skin and a light fever. After some sleep, my fever and sore skin was gone. My runny nose and headache was there, and I started to make plans for the Saturday, and then a text arrived on my phone. It was my test result. I opened it, fully expecting a negative result.

I had tested positive for covid, for the second time. The last time I had covid was in January 2021, but since then, I have been vaccinated. I credit those vaccines with me not being so sick this time around.

So what have I been doing? Not much. Watching a bunch of WWE and a bunch of YouTube videos. Tomorrow is my last day inside, and then I can go outside on Wednesday! I really look forward to that!

The meaning in death is “Death is the greatest equalizer”.

When we are all alive, there are differences between us in terms of sex, money, race, religion, culture, language etc.


When we are dead we are all the same.

. Death, some says its a new beginning to another life, some says death is the last sleep, some says it's our soul which changes it's form.. i know it's a inevitable part of life.
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Death, the end. End of a being. End of an existence. End of someone's entire world, and you can add to the list.

Death scares us to some extent but let's just face it, we all will someday come to an end.

We came naked, we'll leave naked.

We came alone, we'll leave alone.

We cried when we were born, and our loved ones will cry when we are gone.

Someone washed us upon our arrival, and someone will wash us upon our departure.

If that's the way it has been going on and will be, then why be so aggressive, hostile towards the weak ones, and be always pessimistic when one day it'll all come to a full stop.

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So why not just make this world a better place to live by simply making small differences, since we all know little drops of water make a mighty ocean. So enjoy your precious days with spreading love and joy, one day you might be remembered for.

That's all for today folks..
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As part of my yearly physical I had an EKG a few months ago and everything checked out okay. I changed medical insurance provider 2 years ago and it's been more than 5 years since I've seen a cardiologist.

They normally do a sonogram of the heart to check heart valve operation and deposits on the blood vessels. It's time... actually covid delayed many things, so I requested to see one.

Leaving my primary care physicians office, they printed out a list of cardiologists who accept my medical plan. It was a fat list... 12 pages. I thought: wow, Florida has a lot of elderly people and they probably need all those specialists.

When I got home and checked the listing, only 2 were within 50 miles of me. The list of cardiologists who accept my insurance was a national listing and only 2 were near me.

That didn't give me a 'warm fuzzy feeling' and will rethink who I select for an insurance provider.

Israeli study finds patients who are deficient are up to 14 TIMES more likely to fall severely ill.

Vitamin D may help fight off coronavirus after all, a study suggests.

The jury has been out on the 'sunshine vitamin' since early in the pandemic, with conflicting findings muddying the waters.

Papers that did find a link were deemed not rigorous enough and not definitive. But a new study — this time in Israel — claims to have the most conclusive evidence yet.

Previous research has been criticised for only looking at vitamin D levels when the Covid patient was already in hospital.

Being ill is known to make levels of the vitamin drop, which may have skewed findings, according to critics.

To overcome this limitation, in their latest study, researchers from Bar Ilan University and the Galilee Medical Center looked at patient records up to two years before they were diagnosed with Covid.

They found people who were consistently deficient in the vitamin were up to 14 times more likely to suffer severe disease, even after adjusting for age and other underlying health woes.

The patients were in hospital before Israel's vaccine rollout was widespread and scientists said its findings should be seen as a green light for anti-vaxxers to turn to supplements instead.

People are still strongly encourage to get jabbed, with extra vitamin D only offering a helping hand alongside more steadfast protection against the virus.

The researchers measured vitamin D levels in 253 adult Covid patients from April 2020 to February 2021.

Those with vitamin D deficiencies were found to be significantly more likely to develop severe Covid than patients with high levels of the vitamin.

They said the association was so strong they could predict Covid patient outcomes just by their age and vitamin D levels.

Vitamin D is vital in helping the immune system respond properly to the virus, they said. But they could not prove higher vitamin D levels were the only factor behind better disease outcomes in Covid patients.

Dr Amiel Dror, a physician at RMC and one of the researchers behind the study, said the results were also as important for Omicron as the previous variants patients in the paper had.

It comes on the back of a host of studies suggesting the 'sunshine vitamin' — usually sourced from sunlight — can help protect against the virus.

But the research was not deemed strong enough by the UK Department of Health to warrant continuing A previous scheme of giving out 3p Vitamin D pills to the clinically vulnerable in winter.

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