Good morning and happy Tuesday to one and all!
A few thoughts from catch up on yesterday's thread.....
LVT, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. I have no words...losing them is so very difficult. :upset: Sending healing thoughts to you and your family.
Greenie, those "I'll show YOU" thoughts are really scary. I've had those a couple of times and that's the closest I feel I've been to actually drinking. In a recent AA meeting, it was put forth that resentment is the #1 reason for relapse. I immediately thought of those "I'll show YOU thoughts" and I think resentment is the basis for that thinking. Not sure that little piece of wisdom will stop my thinking like that, but at least I will be aware - VERY aware of the dangerous nature of those thoughts. ( and change the channel QUICK while they are still just thoughts as the WIPPER would say..)
AFM - we wanna hear more about that ever so hot date. At least we hope it was hot hot hot.
Mo if you like the feeling of taking down trees, all I can say is that I wish you lived closer to us! It is storming this morning and the wind is blowing hard. So many of our trees are old and also being damaged by carpenter ants. So tree clean up is unfortunately all too common here.
Cindi I'm sorry to hear you are back on the road. That road warrier business got really REALLY old for me too back in the day. I hope there is a new job in your future once this economy straightens out again.
Narilly, thank you for that sober vacations link.
Hello to all others - Sausage, Detergarlicman, Marshy, TG, Sausage, Mary and anyone I missed!
The doc appointment was not what I expected at all. My doctor encouraged me to schedule a phone consultation with Dr. Sherry Rogers. If you google that name you will find that she has written a number of books and seems to be well known for her alternative views on medical conditions / treatments despite being a classically trained MD. (like my own doctor in that regard, just far more experienced). My doctor's concern is about finding what is "out of whack" in my body that caused the tumor in the first place. She has come to believe that no disease is just random. Our bodies are truly amazing instruments, and when they are in healthy working order they keep themselves fixed. So her point is that the surgeons will still be there tomorrow - she is encouraging me to search for a root cause. (everything I have read about parathyroid tumors is that nobody knows the cause)
I called Dr. Roger's office and got information. There are some tests she likes to have people take first, then you send those results along with your medical history to her office. Then you set up a consultation and you own doctor is welcome to join, which of course is how I would want to do this. It's expensive. But I'm thinking I'm worth it. At 51 I am "ripe" for the medical establishment in the US to start shoving pill after pill my way which if my Dad is any example, can send a person downhill fast. So if I want to really see what the "alternative" world has to offer, this woman sounds like a good place to start, especially since I have a supportive local MD on my team. I'm glad we started Health Savings Accounts several years ago. At least there is some $$ set aside that can be used for this. They also recommended that people read one of Dr. Rogers' books - "Detoxify of Die" prior to the consult so I've ordered that. They also recommended reading any macrobiotic diet books by Kushi. He and his wife seem to be well known in that arena - there are lots of books. I ordered a couple from Amazon.
There is so much toxicity in our modern environment you just can't get away from it. I guess they are finding high levels of toxicity these days in the breast milk of Eskimo women who seem on the surface to be far far away from the urban world. It's everywhere. I'm looking forward to finding out more about what Dr. Rogers has to say about detoxifying.
My diet is destined to get less "fun" (at least that's my perception now) and my pocket is destined to get more empty. I hope I end up healthier when all is said and done. I will say this much - I felt SO horrible when I first quit drinking and have come so far in feeling better that I have NO interest in taking any back slides health wise. I guess that's the main reason why I'm keeping an open mind and wallet about all this. If anyone has any thoughts, experience, information that is useful on these topics I am all eyes. (the ears of the internet)
Mean time - business took a turn for the crazy and Mr. D and I will be going on the radio today (unexpectedly) and we also just signed up for a telemarketing program to drive more business, which will take time for us to plan and manage. All during figure skating world championship week. I can't catch a break!! (LOL...I think)
Have a great day everyone...
DG
A few thoughts from catch up on yesterday's thread.....
LVT, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. I have no words...losing them is so very difficult. :upset: Sending healing thoughts to you and your family.
Greenie, those "I'll show YOU" thoughts are really scary. I've had those a couple of times and that's the closest I feel I've been to actually drinking. In a recent AA meeting, it was put forth that resentment is the #1 reason for relapse. I immediately thought of those "I'll show YOU thoughts" and I think resentment is the basis for that thinking. Not sure that little piece of wisdom will stop my thinking like that, but at least I will be aware - VERY aware of the dangerous nature of those thoughts. ( and change the channel QUICK while they are still just thoughts as the WIPPER would say..)
AFM - we wanna hear more about that ever so hot date. At least we hope it was hot hot hot.
Mo if you like the feeling of taking down trees, all I can say is that I wish you lived closer to us! It is storming this morning and the wind is blowing hard. So many of our trees are old and also being damaged by carpenter ants. So tree clean up is unfortunately all too common here.
Cindi I'm sorry to hear you are back on the road. That road warrier business got really REALLY old for me too back in the day. I hope there is a new job in your future once this economy straightens out again.
Narilly, thank you for that sober vacations link.
Hello to all others - Sausage, Detergarlicman, Marshy, TG, Sausage, Mary and anyone I missed!
The doc appointment was not what I expected at all. My doctor encouraged me to schedule a phone consultation with Dr. Sherry Rogers. If you google that name you will find that she has written a number of books and seems to be well known for her alternative views on medical conditions / treatments despite being a classically trained MD. (like my own doctor in that regard, just far more experienced). My doctor's concern is about finding what is "out of whack" in my body that caused the tumor in the first place. She has come to believe that no disease is just random. Our bodies are truly amazing instruments, and when they are in healthy working order they keep themselves fixed. So her point is that the surgeons will still be there tomorrow - she is encouraging me to search for a root cause. (everything I have read about parathyroid tumors is that nobody knows the cause)
I called Dr. Roger's office and got information. There are some tests she likes to have people take first, then you send those results along with your medical history to her office. Then you set up a consultation and you own doctor is welcome to join, which of course is how I would want to do this. It's expensive. But I'm thinking I'm worth it. At 51 I am "ripe" for the medical establishment in the US to start shoving pill after pill my way which if my Dad is any example, can send a person downhill fast. So if I want to really see what the "alternative" world has to offer, this woman sounds like a good place to start, especially since I have a supportive local MD on my team. I'm glad we started Health Savings Accounts several years ago. At least there is some $$ set aside that can be used for this. They also recommended that people read one of Dr. Rogers' books - "Detoxify of Die" prior to the consult so I've ordered that. They also recommended reading any macrobiotic diet books by Kushi. He and his wife seem to be well known in that arena - there are lots of books. I ordered a couple from Amazon.
There is so much toxicity in our modern environment you just can't get away from it. I guess they are finding high levels of toxicity these days in the breast milk of Eskimo women who seem on the surface to be far far away from the urban world. It's everywhere. I'm looking forward to finding out more about what Dr. Rogers has to say about detoxifying.
My diet is destined to get less "fun" (at least that's my perception now) and my pocket is destined to get more empty. I hope I end up healthier when all is said and done. I will say this much - I felt SO horrible when I first quit drinking and have come so far in feeling better that I have NO interest in taking any back slides health wise. I guess that's the main reason why I'm keeping an open mind and wallet about all this. If anyone has any thoughts, experience, information that is useful on these topics I am all eyes. (the ears of the internet)
Mean time - business took a turn for the crazy and Mr. D and I will be going on the radio today (unexpectedly) and we also just signed up for a telemarketing program to drive more business, which will take time for us to plan and manage. All during figure skating world championship week. I can't catch a break!! (LOL...I think)
Have a great day everyone...
DG
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