Depression Recovery

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I believe I understand you.  Rode one when I was a teen (many years ago).  No. 2 son whirled me around on one a few summers ago.  I was really gutless on this tour.  So I think I’ll stay with my trusty mountain bike.  Looking at a new hyundai to purchase.  I do need a new vehicle.  I think a nice tour of the west is in order for me by next spring.  I just want to stay clear and clean before I embark on a lone tour. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Dear Mavis, > Can you beleive it was 54 that day and in Minneapolis it was 75?  Wow!  Temps > got to 48 here (severe storm conditions for Californians!!) !! > The trees seem to be doing a little better today. I treated the dirt before > planting, so they ought to recover from their little drooping spell. > Maybe you can buy a motorcycle and take a putt through California  The man I > date is getting a new one next week. It is in the middle of shipping. I can’t > wait to take a putt and get some sun and wind!!!!!!  You ain’t lived till you > Janet > We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. > ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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Ah Mike…loved you telling about your drive down the coast.  It solidifies my resolve to do it and I know I can if I stay away from smoking.  The cost of cigarettes in our area just shot up to $5.70 a pack and I was smoking a little over a pack a day!  Wonder if I should change my meter to reflect new cost?  Thanks for reminding me of what I can expect if I stay quit.

Mike – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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Sounds great.  Just wait I get my new wheels. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Even saw a little bunny on the lawn.  Asked him if he was the >Easter guy and he just wiggled his nose at me! > LOL!! You’re silly!! > > Did you say it’s cold…in California?  Just kidding, I kind of envy you.  Never > been to California but would love to drive the down the coast from > Vancouver….maybe next summer. > Yes Mavis, it was raining all night here last night – highs are > supposed to be in the 50’s today.  That’s "turn on the heater" cold > to Californians. (!) > Well, I think Janet is up in northern CA and I’m in So. CA so you > can drive all the way down Hwy 1 and visit us both!  How’s that > sound? > -GoddessXena > Smober. > I hope your trees are doing better.  Sometimes they go into a transplant shock > for a few days and then once they grab in  they start to look healthier. > I’m here in eastern ontario where the sun is absolutely brilliant today.  Went > for my morning walk and saw it rise.  Life is some much better without > cigarettes.   Even saw a little bunny on the lawn.  Asked him if he was the > Easter guy and he just wiggled his nose at me!  Have a great day. > > Dear Mavis, > >  No I don’t live in England. I live in California.  It is raining here today > > and cold. I just planted a few trees yesterday and they are wilting from the > > shock of their new environment. They look so depressed! > > > > I do envy you being able to vacation in Cuba. I don’t think we are allowed to > > go there. I would love to return to Hawaii again. I took my sons with me both > > times I went and now I think I will have a huge yard sale, buy a one way > > ticket, and be a beach bum. Now there is the perfect place to run away from > > home where the teens can’t find me! > > Janet > > We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. > > ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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Dear Mavis, Can you beleive it was 54 that day and in Minneapolis it was 75?  Wow!  Temps got to 48 here (severe storm conditions for Californians!!) !! The trees seem to be doing a little better today. I treated the dirt before planting, so they ought to recover from their little drooping spell. Maybe you can buy a motorcycle and take a putt through California  The man I date is getting a new one next week. It is in the middle of shipping. I can’t wait to take a putt and get some sun and wind!!!!!!  You ain’t lived till you Janet We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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I know what you mean about leaving the planet that way. We all leave some way. Some of us explode, some of us go in our sleep, some of us burn, who knows the way we have to go. The destination is the most important thing once we leave. My mom has not had a well day since it happened. I think she was born with this one because she suffered severe migraines all of her life…then one day it burst. It is a miracle she even lived through it. It was in the center of her brain. I will never forget that horror that she went through and is still going through today. I really feel for her, and wish she didn’t have to suffer every day of her life. I hope if it happens to me that I don’t survive it. I don’t want to live like that. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Dear Adrienne, > My aunt and my mother both had them. My aunt had been a 5 cigarette a day > smoker, while my mother was a five pack per day smoker. My Aunt did not >suffer > a stroke afterward, but my mom did (she was 37 years old). That was the >worst > day of her life. 31 days in the hospital, shaved head, husband cheats, and > later dumps her, she never did recover. She is severely disabled. >That sounds terrible Janet.  Sorry your mother never recovered.  The memories >are >horrible of my mother’s death.  I mean what a way to go with all those holes >drilled into your head and tubes coming out. >At the time I thought "whats the point to life if you leave like this."  At >all >costs I want to avoid that, so the best I can do is not smoke.  You too. >Let’s >keep strong.  Maybe now that we quit we don’t need any stupid doctors anyway >: )

Janet We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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posted: >Did you say it’s cold…in California?  Just kidding, I kind of envy you.  Never >been to California but would love to drive the down the coast from >Vancouver….maybe next summer.

<snippety> I’ve driven two sections of the CA coast in my exquisitely short life. Once from LA up to San Jose and once from north of San Fran up into Oregon.  The coast road is kinda winding, to put it mildly.  Whomever is the passenger tends to get a little sea sick after a while.  <urp> Even the driver might feel it on long legs.  But it is all devastatingly beautiful, seals and birds racked and stacked for miles, rocky outcrop island bay lagoon precipices galore.  And landward trees as big as Saturn V rockets.  I just love those baby redwoods, only 50 feet tall, so cute. It’ll be a shame when it all falls into the ocean. Mike Remember, only *you* can prevent nicotine inhaling.

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>Even saw a little bunny on the lawn.  Asked him if he was the >Easter guy and he just wiggled his nose at me!

LOL!! You’re silly!! > Did you say it’s cold…in California?  Just kidding, I kind of envy you.  Never > been to California but would love to drive the down the coast from > Vancouver….maybe next summer.

Yes Mavis, it was raining all night here last night – highs are supposed to be in the 50’s today.  That’s "turn on the heater" cold to Californians. (!) Well, I think Janet is up in northern CA and I’m in So. CA so you can drive all the way down Hwy 1 and visit us both!  How’s that sound? -GoddessXena Smober. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I hope your trees are doing better.  Sometimes they go into a transplant shock > for a few days and then once they grab in  they start to look healthier. > I’m here in eastern ontario where the sun is absolutely brilliant today.  Went > for my morning walk and saw it rise.  Life is some much better without > cigarettes.   Even saw a little bunny on the lawn.  Asked him if he was the > Easter guy and he just wiggled his nose at me!  Have a great day. > Dear Mavis, >  No I don’t live in England. I live in California.  It is raining here today > and cold. I just planted a few trees yesterday and they are wilting from the > shock of their new environment. They look so depressed! > > I do envy you being able to vacation in Cuba. I don’t think we are allowed to > go there. I would love to return to Hawaii again. I took my sons with me both > times I went and now I think I will have a huge yard sale, buy a one way > ticket, and be a beach bum. Now there is the perfect place to run away from > home where the teens can’t find me! > Janet > We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. > ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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Dear Mavis,  No I don’t live in England. I live in California.  It is raining here today and cold. I just planted a few trees yesterday and they are wilting from the shock of their new environment. They look so depressed!   I do envy you being able to vacation in Cuba. I don’t think we are allowed to go there. I would love to return to Hawaii again. I took my sons with me both times I went and now I think I will have a huge yard sale, buy a one way ticket, and be a beach bum. Now there is the perfect place to run away from home where the teens can’t find me!   Janet We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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Did you say it’s cold…in California?  Just kidding, I kind of envy you.  Never been to California but would love to drive the down the coast from Vancouver….maybe next summer. I hope your trees are doing better.  Sometimes they go into a transplant shock for a few days and then once they grab in  they start to look healthier. I’m here in eastern ontario where the sun is absolutely brilliant today.  Went for my morning walk and saw it rise.  Life is some much better without cigarettes.   Even saw a little bunny on the lawn.  Asked him if he was the Easter guy and he just wiggled his nose at me!  Have a great day. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Dear Mavis, >  No I don’t live in England. I live in California.  It is raining here today > and cold. I just planted a few trees yesterday and they are wilting from the > shock of their new environment. They look so depressed! > > I do envy you being able to vacation in Cuba. I don’t think we are allowed to > go there. I would love to return to Hawaii again. I took my sons with me both > times I went and now I think I will have a huge yard sale, buy a one way > ticket, and be a beach bum. Now there is the perfect place to run away from > home where the teens can’t find me! > Janet > We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. > ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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Janet, do you live in England? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Let me know how things go for you Mavis!  This body of mine won’t accept meat > right now. That is fine with me with all the disease going around. Bar S brand > just had a major recall of meat distributed nationwide and to some other > countries too. I am not missing anything by not eating meat. Also, this body of > mine doesn’t like fast food anymore (this is just fabulous news for me). I am > not overweight, but I could lose a few pounds safely. I seem to only be drawn > to vegetables and fresh breads right now. I had some vegetable lasagna last > night and that was good, and a fresh red bell pepper (one of my favorite > veggies). It is as if my body has taken a turn for the better, and I am all for > it. I take glucosamine chondroitin for the joints too, and 2400 mgs of calcium > a day along with a multi-vitamin that is complete with antioxidants. I still > have my chocolate fixes and low fat frozen yogurts….but fresh fruit is my > favorite. I live in a valley that is plentiful with everything fresh. It is > almost time for the country fruit stands to open. Home made jams, jellies, > pies…..oh I can see the pretty bottles now  I will buy apple butter for my > cream of wheat. I love that along with some fresh cinnamon….mmmmm…. > I will look for this book and check it out.  Have yourself a smoke-free day > Janet > We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. > ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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> Dear Adrienne, > My aunt and my mother both had them. My aunt had been a 5 cigarette a day > smoker, while my mother was a five pack per day smoker. My Aunt did not suffer > a stroke afterward, but my mom did (she was 37 years old). That was the worst > day of her life. 31 days in the hospital, shaved head, husband cheats, and > later dumps her, she never did recover. She is severely disabled.

That sounds terrible Janet.  Sorry your mother never recovered.  The memories are horrible of my mother’s death.  I mean what a way to go with all those holes drilled into your head and tubes coming out. At the time I thought "whats the point to life if you leave like this."  At all costs I want to avoid that, so the best I can do is not smoke.  You too.  Let’s keep strong.  Maybe now that we quit we don’t need any stupid doctors anyway : ) Take care, Adrienne OF

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Let me know how things go for you Mavis!  This body of mine won’t accept meat right now. That is fine with me with all the disease going around. Bar S brand just had a major recall of meat distributed nationwide and to some other countries too. I am not missing anything by not eating meat. Also, this body of mine doesn’t like fast food anymore (this is just fabulous news for me). I am not overweight, but I could lose a few pounds safely. I seem to only be drawn to vegetables and fresh breads right now. I had some vegetable lasagna last night and that was good, and a fresh red bell pepper (one of my favorite veggies). It is as if my body has taken a turn for the better, and I am all for it. I take glucosamine chondroitin for the joints too, and 2400 mgs of calcium a day along with a multi-vitamin that is complete with antioxidants. I still have my chocolate fixes and low fat frozen yogurts….but fresh fruit is my favorite. I live in a valley that is plentiful with everything fresh. It is almost time for the country fruit stands to open. Home made jams, jellies, pies…..oh I can see the pretty bottles now  I will buy apple butter for my cream of wheat. I love that along with some fresh cinnamon….mmmmm…. I will look for this book and check it out.  Have yourself a smoke-free day Janet We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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Hi Janet,  Couldn’t help but read your mini-rant here about doctors, etc.  I too, am sick of being fluffed off with a new prescription.  I picked up a book called the Wise Women many years ago.  I’ve just had time to read it lately ….actually it calls for study.  I’ve loaned it to my sister to read and I intend to follow some of the ideas in it to deal with some of the pains I’m experiencing.  One is a detox diet that you go on for up to 3 weeks. The premise of this diet is to detox your body and introduce new foods slowly so that one can study reactions to different foods while at the same time purging the toxins within our body.  Intend to start it this weekend.  Will let you know the results.   Ideas of how to deal with sleep problems, arthritis and "other" joint and muscle pain need some research before I try some of the herbs mentioned.  The book contains a lot of common sense items that we all need to be reminded of from time to time.  One I value the most is "don’t smoke". – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Dear Adrienne, > My aunt and my mother both had them. My aunt had been a 5 cigarette a day > smoker, while my mother was a five pack per day smoker. My Aunt did not suffer > a stroke afterward, but my mom did (she was 37 years old). That was the worst > day of her life. 31 days in the hospital, shaved head, husband cheats, and > later dumps her, she never did recover. She is severely disabled. > I am sorry to hear about your family. I am going to request the MRI becuase > they can clamp it off if it is a threat (but that scares me about having a > stroke – seems that almost everytime the brain is messed with, a stroke seems > to occur). Maybe modern technology has improved since the last time you spoke > to a physician regarding this, and maybe there are more options available for > prevention. I am so afraid of doctors anymore these days because every time I > go there I get a new hypothetical diagnosis. Im sick of geting pricked, > prodded, filmed and drugged. You should see how many pills i have to take. I am > worse off than I was. They just can’t find one to work on the depression part. > Had my first accupuncture yesterday. it was very strange and it seems like the > pains must moved somewhere else. I don’t like doctors anymore, but I am stuck > going for now. Good luck to you, let’s hope for the best, > Janet > We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. > ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh so that’s what happened?  I get it now.  I’m SO sorry Janet. =( It’s a medical condition. I shall taunt you no more. Bren Eight months, two weeks, three days, 10 hours, 53 minutes and 11 seconds. 3906 cigarettes not smoked, saving $560.72. Life saved: 1 week, 6 days, 13 hours, 30 minutes. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Cigarette smoking can cause brain aneurysms

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Oh God Janet.  A brain aneurysm was how my mother died.  My great grandfather and great great grandfather as well.  My uncle had a brain aneurysm also – but he didn’t die from it (he lived another 10 years afterward).  The doctor’s told me thay my mother’s smoking was a lethal combination – smoker’s rarely survive brain aneurysms.  My father also had an anuerysm but an abdominal one.  My uncle and father both survived because they were non-smokers. So the doctor’s told me to have an MRI to see if I inherited my family’s tendency for aneurysm’s.  The part of the article that is wrong is the part about saving your life if it is detected.  There really is not much they can do.  So I chickened from the test. Adrienne OF – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Cigarette smoking can cause brain aneurysms, especially in young > women, warn medical experts. An aneurysm occurs when the wall of > a blood vessel balloons out, often because of high blood pressure. > They are not always life-threatening, but one bursting in the > brain can result in a stroke. Sixty percent of people with a rup- > tured brain aneurysm either die or are left permanently disabled. > About 30,000 Americans have a brain aneurysm rupture each year. > Nicotine attacks blood vessels in the brain, say researchers at > the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. > "The warning on a pack of cigarettes doesn’t mention brain aneurysm, > and most people are surprised to find that can be a complication of > cigarette smoking," says Dr. Thomas Kopitnik. "This is really a > silent killer." Kopitnik suggests that young women who smoke should > check with their doctor about an aneurysm screening. "The screening > involves doing an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain, > and it can save your life if an aneurysm is detected," he says. > Janet > We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. > ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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Dear Adrienne, My aunt and my mother both had them. My aunt had been a 5 cigarette a day smoker, while my mother was a five pack per day smoker. My Aunt did not suffer a stroke afterward, but my mom did (she was 37 years old). That was the worst day of her life. 31 days in the hospital, shaved head, husband cheats, and later dumps her, she never did recover. She is severely disabled. I am sorry to hear about your family. I am going to request the MRI becuase they can clamp it off if it is a threat (but that scares me about having a stroke – seems that almost everytime the brain is messed with, a stroke seems to occur). Maybe modern technology has improved since the last time you spoke to a physician regarding this, and maybe there are more options available for prevention. I am so afraid of doctors anymore these days because every time I go there I get a new hypothetical diagnosis. Im sick of geting pricked, prodded, filmed and drugged. You should see how many pills i have to take. I am worse off than I was. They just can’t find one to work on the depression part. Had my first accupuncture yesterday. it was very strange and it seems like the pains must moved somewhere else. I don’t like doctors anymore, but I am stuck going for now. Good luck to you, let’s hope for the best, Janet We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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Cigarette smoking can cause brain aneurysms, especially in young women, warn medical experts. An aneurysm occurs when the wall of a blood vessel balloons out, often because of high blood pressure. They are not always life-threatening, but one bursting in the brain can result in a stroke. Sixty percent of people with a rup- tured brain aneurysm either die or are left permanently disabled. About 30,000 Americans have a brain aneurysm rupture each year. Nicotine attacks blood vessels in the brain, say researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. "The warning on a pack of cigarettes doesn’t mention brain aneurysm, and most people are surprised to find that can be a complication of cigarette smoking," says Dr. Thomas Kopitnik. "This is really a silent killer." Kopitnik suggests that young women who smoke should check with their doctor about an aneurysm screening. "The screening involves doing an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain, and it can save your life if an aneurysm is detected," he says. Janet We meet all life’s greatest tests alone. ~Agnes Campbell MacPhail

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