druidess6308 Forum Posts (13,695)

RE: Hey YOU! What's That DRUG You're Taking?

I rarely go to the doctor, and yes, I'm overdue since I haven't had health insurance for two years, and the year before that I was too busy dealing with my late husband's cancer to worry about my health. Thankfully, I'm very healthy.

I used to take a synthetic hormone for my thyroid, but now regulate it naturally with supplements and diet. The medical community will tell you that this can't be done, yet it's actually more effective than the hormone since rather than increasing one thyroid-regulating hormone, I'm actaully increasing all three. And yes, I know it's working, I can feel the difference.

Even before beginning my studies as a Doctor of Naturopathy I studied the drugs I took and would request something different if I didn't like the one being prescribed. Having a background as a nursing student and a medical assistant has helped me with that, too. I know that there are better alternatives for some drugs. Now I would really grill a doctor about a drug before I'd start taking one, and I'd eschew it completely for alternative therapies if they're available.

RE: Do You Really Want To Know?

Glad to hear it's going well and you're making progress, Sassy. You're one I would listen to because despite everything you're going through, you're always so upbeat and always reaching out to others.

It's the ones that have nothing positive to say because they're so miserable that I have trouble listening to for long.

RE: Do You Really Want To Know?

I do really want to know when I ask, but have known people who are always so miserable they make me feel like this when I see them. With these people, I listen for a bit, but usually they don't have anything else to say, so I will move on politely in a bit. With the rest, yes I truly listen and offer help if I can.

RE: Happy birthday

Hey, Thumper, doing well! Btw, I believe a "roundabout" is the same as what we call a traffic circle. Not sure, though...someone who's been to the UK and US would have to answer definitively.

RE: ARE YOU REAL

Yes, we exist. We're here in the forums, and we're scattered all over the country and the world. I've been on here for over a year, and finally met one CS forumer in person, as a friend, and found him to be as real as he is on here. I'm sure others are as well...I know the ones I talk to on the phone match their personality in forums.

Best of luck in your search. Don't give up, sometimes it takes time to find the right one.

RE: Anyone Out There?

Search your area, and post in the NY forums as well, though they might be about as busy as all the rest of the states (meaning dead).

Regardless, good luck and welcome to the nut house!

RE: DO YOU THINK WOMEN SHOULD GET PAID AS MUCH AS MEN FOR THE SAME WORK ?

It's an issue because it still doesn't happen everywhere. Often women get paid less for doing the same job as men, for the same amount of hours. No, it's not fair. Regardless of race, gender, etc, everyone should get paid the same for doing the same job if they are equally qualified. When it becomes fair is when pay descrepencies are based on performance and skill on the job, again without regard to race, gender, etc.

RE: Happy birthday

Happy Birthday, Morgan!!!!

RE: after death what will u get?

I believe that after we die our soul takes a period of rest and reviews what we did in this life. If we've done something that leaves us owing a karmic debt, then we take that into the next lifetime to atone for and resolve. We're answerable to our Higher Self, that part of us called our "conscious", which is part of our soul, and thereby part of the Divine Universal Intelligence that has created all.

RE: Can Jeepers do it part II....

You gave me a good laugh, g/f! Thank you, and have a good day at work!

RE: Can Jeepers do it part II....

You've done great, Sundown! I regret the last time I was weak...it got me too far off track. I'm not doing it again...this time is for good. And in a month, I'll be where Jeepers is...just a month behind you guys.

Right now, Reverse is helping me through it. Listening to the mucus he's coughing up helps too...it gives me one more reason not to smoke, because if I get a pack, he smokes with me. That's part of how I got so off-track.

I care enough about both of us not to buy any more cigarettes.

RE: WOULD YOU LIKE A DATE to QUIT SMOKING?

Day two, and making it through. Went for a trail walk yesterday, and I'm going again today. It helps to remind me of why I'm quitting. I'm just grateful the weather is holding so beautifully here! It's 60 degrees F, sunny, and no wind...a beautiful day to trail walk!

RE: The world wide quit smoking thread

Day two. I have the support of my man, and the sound of him coughing up a bunch of mucus to help me stay on track today.

Seriously, we're both fighting a cold now, or the flu, so it's a good time to quit.

RE: The world wide quit smoking thread

No, it can't. If you're smoking that much a day, take it down gradually first and start divorcing yourself from your triggers. Try a site called "Become an Ex" for more tips on how to do that, I found them very useful.

Good luck, and stay in here to keep us posted. We'll be your support system to make it to quitting, too.

RE: Can Jeepers do it part II....

Congrats, Buddy...you're over a month now.

You're a month ahead of me. I'm day two now. Could be at almost a month if I hadn't screwed up.

RE: WOULD YOU LIKE A DATE to QUIT SMOKING?

Oh, and Sundown, you've been part of my support as well. You, Jeepers, Larry, Merky, and everyone here on CS. And thank you, Thumper, for this thread. I agree with Sundown40, CS is an awesome place!

RE: WOULD YOU LIKE A DATE to QUIT SMOKING?

I'm quitting for the last time. I know how to do it, now I just have to do it. The final part is what's been the hardest: stop buying the cigarettes! As one person once told me, you can't quit if you keep buying them. I stopped last night so that Reverse and I wouldn't smoke then and today together. We're supposed to be quitting together, and he does fine when he's not around me. It's me that's having difficulty since my last weak moment when I gave in.

So...day one for me, day three for him. We're doing this together for ourselves and for each other.

RE: are you a 'member' of the mile-high club?!

Especially when you're the only two in it.

RE: are you a 'member' of the mile-high club?!

Yes, I am, and I didn't get it by visiting Denver either.

RE: The world wide quit smoking thread

You can if you decide you want to, Conrad. Don't say "can't".

RE: The world wide quit smoking thread

Glad to have you join us, C! You have a very good reason to quit who is three years old.

RE: The world wide quit smoking thread

Well, just in time, too. This is day one for me since I had to start again. Reverse (my other half) is on day three.

RE: Would you agree that ANY RELATIONSHIP is better than NO RELATIONSHIP AT ALL?

Yes, it is...especially when they miss us equally!

RE: Obama will win re-election in 2012

You mean the Act that made our Constitution a worthless piece of paper? Yeah, right...like that would be repealed by any politician!

RE: Obama will win re-election in 2012

That is, of course, unless we have a revolution first...a necessity IMO. Lots of people are extremely, and vocally, unhappy with both parties and how our country is being run.

RE: Saying good-bye for now

Congratulations, Webbs. I've missed you in the forums, but I understand. Blessings to you both for the future.

RE: Yuri, Congratulations To You And Your New Husband

I wondered what had happened to her. Glad to hear this! Congratulations!

Thank you, Morgan, for posting this for them and for us.

RE: Would you agree that ANY RELATIONSHIP is better than NO RELATIONSHIP AT ALL?

Well said, Whaaat.

In the relationship I'm currently in, he's about 85% perfect, but he's wants to work on the things that aren't there yet for what I'd consider 100%, which are diet and lifestyle changes. What he wants to do is compatible with me, and I've already told him that although I'll educate him about what he's eating, I'll never nag him about it. I think too many people write someone off for minor things not matching because they're searching for that "perfect" match, and they'll always be disappointed for it's nearly impossible to find. I'm not looking to date myself, btw...just someone compatible enough to spend the rest of my life with, who I love dearly. Because of that realistic viewpoint, I found him.

RE: Would you agree that ANY RELATIONSHIP is better than NO RELATIONSHIP AT ALL?

From my own experience, I've ended up in relationships like that, but they didn't start like that. I ended up in a marriage to a person who had portrayed himself much differently than he truly was, and his real self didn't emerge until after we said our vows. I ended up stuck in that one for 5 years until I got the self-esteem back, and the financial resources, to get out. Never again do I want to end up like that, and I've never "settled" knowingly just to be in a relationship in my life...I'm not going to start now.

RE: Would you agree that ANY RELATIONSHIP is better than NO RELATIONSHIP AT ALL?

Love is always necessary to start a relationship, but I've found that the person you fall in love with isn't necessarily what you thought would be your perfect partner. Sometimes life clears that up for you and gives you what you need and truly want, not what you think you want. "Perfect" partners don't exist, btw, since none of us is perfect. It's finding someone whose dreams and goals, values, ideals, and personality match yours well, and that you find you can love dearly over time. If you're happy together, that's what counts.

It's not finding the one you can live with, but the one you can't live without.