Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?
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GREAT news, Arlene.
If I could just figure out how to upload pictures I'd upload one of the happy dance for you!!!! 0 -
What lovely news flannelette! 3 cheers for the stupid rash! (now go away rash and scare us no longer!)0
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Lassie also fun to answer the door naked, always good for a laugh :-)
Nothing against any one or any religion but yes please do not bring it to my doorstep.0 -
oh dear -- not naked!! I keep my clothes on as a public service.
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I could never go to the door naked, but I did once answer the door upon the arrival of Jehovas' Witnesses wearing a overtly feminist shirt with no bra (and I was a DD), listening to very loud folk music (the Weaver's or something like that)...only to argue for sport (I was 17 or 18 at the time). They didn't stick around long...
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Hi to all, esp. Arlene - yes, I was banned - and probably won't be posting as often as I used to - haven't read back, but guess you are WELL - and that is FABULOUS news..really, so happy for you...hope all goes well on your journey, sunflowers this post might get deleted by Moderators too - just can't tell anymore what is "safe" to say...so better not to say anything...
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Hi Sunflowers!!! It is so nice to see you. I guess now I can go back to my old avatar... I will do that soon.
Welcome back!
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Hugs to you sunflowers..
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So good to see you again. Welcome back.
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so glad you're back, sunflowers, hasn't felt right without you
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Thanks Flannel. I really appreciate your kindness. I still do NOT feel "comfortable" at BCO because of why I was banned. But hope you're well, and still feeling the results of your successful "cruise" both on the sea, and thru that horrendous web of medical problems.
Noticed a tag line, on a Stage IV thread ( I went to see how someone I admire was doing) and found a link to Matthew Arnold's Dover Beach. Synchronicity.
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Havent been here for some time but quick note to say GREAT NEWS Flannelette! And sorry to read you were hounded out Sunflowers, missed that saga, but glad to see you've been reinstated.....have always found you most welcoming and friendly, as well as interesting and intelligent...
Had problems posting this reply...system wouldn't react and cursor would not move to open page, only managed to post this by first 'sending' an empty page...and then editing. Any ideas why this might be happening anyone?
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Maria, good to see you.. I have no idea what is happening with your post..that is a poser.I still can't walk. Working on it.
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SOCALLISA - you can't walk???? What did I miss??? I was JUST thinking of ou this am, missing your pictures. Hope "not walking" is a very VERY temporary interlude...sunflowers
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SoCalLisa,
What the hey! You can't walk? What ever is going on?
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notself - I KNOW! What did I miss in exile??? I posted on another thread Lisa often posts on to ask too.
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SoCalLisa...I am thinking of you. I hope you are okay...
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I am OK other than the fact that I haven't been able to walk for about four months..docs have ruled out plantar fasciitis and some other stuff..they think it is a bone spur digging into my heel tissue..we have tried PT now for almost five weeks. no good..am heading back to my PCP next week.but he is worthless...
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SoCalLisa, Oh, I know what you mean by the docs being worthless. I had sleep problems before BC and went to 3 different docs to see if anyone could figure it out. The last one was a sleep "specialist" and he was the most worthless one of all! Then he had the balls to charge me $320, for nothing! Finally after all the bouncing around was when a regular mamo checkup found the BC that I finally got some answers. Sometimes I think that they are over-thinking the plumbing....so to say.
Sunflowers, I'm soooooo glad you are back. Your insights and wisdom are inspiring! Kitty
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Kitty...thank you
It's good to be back with my friends. I post on 3 threads now, that's it!Lisa - OUCH, darn, I went thru the plantar faciitis, getting out of bed in the morning was almost impossible. Icing was the only thing that helped. But bone spurs, yuck. If PT isn't working, that's ALWAYS what I try first, then, this may sound stange, but acupuncture has helped me more than anything except PT & massage. A doc was gonna inject cortisone into my knees, but I had that once b4 & it turned my knees into marshmallows, ok for eating, not great for walking.
I have had such success with acupuncture, and so many of my friends now go for a variety of reasons. I can't "logically" explain it, I just know it completely eliminated the neuropathy after chemotherapy, and the SE's of 5 years of Arimidex. I'm still taking Arimidex ( in my 6th year) and I know I couldn't have gotten this far witout acupuncture. Seems the best thing ( at least for me) for eliminating inflammation ( osteo arthritis) and joint pain.
Hoping you find a WISE PERSON in y our area who can help you figure this out, and HEAL, HEAL, HEAL you.
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Hello SoCalLisa! I wish your foot problems could be solved as easily as my posting problem, which seems to have disappeared on its own overnight...
I had a bad case of plantar fascitis a few years ago, which was caused by the start of heel spurs in both feet...the left worse than the right. I was given anti-inflammatories, and after that I was advised to wear the right kind of shoes...I never wear completely flat shoes, but always have a heel, or a wedge of about 1-2 inches. Apart from this, I try as much as possible not to wear backlass sandals in summer...probably the worst footwear possible if you do indeed have heel spurs are what we call 'flipflops', as your feet are completely flat and have no support whatsoever. I also find that even after all this time, if I go on a long walk (over 2 hours), the pain tends to come back. Any kind of foot exercises which help stretch the planter fascia (the muscle which runs along the base of the foot) are useful. Acupuncture is definitely worth a try, but what I personally found best, and what eradicated the pain completely was chemo(!!!), or rather the steroids that accompanied it...ha ha I know very bad joke, but true!
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Lisa, I found some fake fur lined clogs and wear them for slippers. Having some heel helps. I still stretch my feet by bending toes back toward my knee before getting up in the morning. So sorry to hear about your problems. It was a miserable year for me.
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speaking of shoes - I now wear only Keen (clodhoppers) maybe, lace ups - and my platypus FLAT feet are so happy. What Maria said about NO Flipflops - ever - and no flat soles, made the difference for me. I used to have to wear orthotic inserts for arch support, until I "discovered" Keen shoes. Thanks to the gods & goddesses for that. Can't wear their sandals, too wiggly, but the laceups are, well, divine 0
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I'm another fan of Keens. My arch is extra high, but requires support. I do well in Birkenstocks, too.
So sorry you're having such mobility problems, Lisa! It makes everything in your life more difficult.
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SoCalLisa...My children's dance teacher, who danced ballet professionally for a number of years, developed plantar fascitis. She was unwilling to go the surgery route. Out of desperation, she tried acupuncture. And she was back on her feet and dancing after her first day there. It might be worth a shot... Whatever you do, I hope that you get back on your feet really soon...
Claire
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Thanks everyone..I had plantar fasciitis three times before and
I take all the precautions with the shoes etc, and have tried acupuncture.
Somehow this is different.We shsll see, but thanks much for caring0 -
A couple of my friends have found Teva sandals that are supportive. They have lots of adjustable straps. Sort of in the Keen price range, however.
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OK, enough with the shoe talk - wink wink - no really, I hope you can figure out what's up and get it take care of Lisa!
I have a question - we have a 9 year old DS. DH and I were both raised in Jewish households, but had Bar/Bat Mitzvah, but neither of us is particularly religous, I refer to myself as a traditional Jew - I'm lucky that I work at a place that closes for the High Holy days. By traditional, I mean that I enjoy the Jewish traditions - Passover Seders, Latkes at Hanukkah, that stuff. But I'm not religous.
My question is about what type of religous education we should be doing for DS and I thought this might be the perfect group to share what you've done when raising kids. If any of you have kids and could share, I'd love to hear it. Thanks!!
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I was raised a Jew too, Cookie, but in a very reformed household. My father was an athiest, my mother was not. We celebrated all the holidays at grandma's with cousins, aunts and uncles and I have nothing but fond memories. At the same time, my dad raised me to believe in science as opposed to fairy tales. Then I had a son and could not figure out how to reconcile my two feelings. One, science trumps religion and two, I loved the rituals with family. In the end, I had my son Bar Mitzvah'd (even though husband was not Jewish) in a very reformed temple. I am now 60 and every Passover, we get together at my cousin's house for a very informal sedar. I believe in tradition but not in a supreme being. Find a reformed rabbi who understands the way you think.
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Well I am Ukrainian Greek Catholic - ever heard of that one? lol. My grandfather was a "duc" in that he sang back to the priest. My grandmother wanted to be a nun. I have the most beautiful, sweetest memories of our tradition - the food at easter & Xmas, my wonderful extended family. Santa never even existed! But my parents left it to me as to whether to attend church ie believe in xian stuff - or not. I did explore it, but no bells rang. Yet I had a spiritual hunger. My father was actually anti"religious" because he was a child in pre-revolution Ukraine where it was widely seen that the church was in cahoots with the ruling class. At my mother's funeral the UGC priests came and sang the whole service, with all of us singing too, and to this day I cannot go into a UGC church without being mesmerized, enchanted, and crying. it is so warm - and I'm slavic. So tradition - yes, there is nothing in the world so comforting to me a a big plate of pierogies - belief - no. The best of both, IMHO. I now can't stand the hoo-ha of Xmas but do give thanks for Jesus' brilliance, insight, and grasp of reality. Oh - and I totally LOVE all the pagan parts!!!
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