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Read more: It’s Too Late
It’s Too Late
2 comments on It’s Too LateEver dream of “If I win the lottery” or “If I met someone rich” or “If I got in on the next big startup” or “If I get on a reality show and become famous”? Or heard that “Oh, you don’t want to be too set in your ways, when you meet a partner you’ll want to build your life around his”? Next month I turn 49…
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Read more: Hm, maybe I should post more often
Hm, maybe I should post more often
The 2nd-most-recent post on the blog is from February and mentions that I’d gotten my silver Translator badge that week. I got my gold Translator badge* last week. Maybe I should post more? Harriet Brown has been writing more about weight and health of late. The most recent, in Slate, is worth reading (though the comments are NOT supportive and can be easily skipped). Harriet also tackled 4 lies…
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Read more: QotD
QotD
So my advice to women is this: If a man ever tries to use the Bible as a weapon against you to keep you from speaking the truth, just throw on a head covering and tell him you’re prophesying instead. To those who will not accept us as preachers, we will have to become prophets. — Rachel Held Evans wrote this in her book A Year of…
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Read more: Day in the life: Thyroid pause
Day in the life: Thyroid pause
I started taking levothyroxine this fall, and got the standard spiel from the pharmacist: Take first thing in the morning. Do not eat anything else for 30 to 60 minutes after, including other oral medication. Do not take with calcium or iron supplements for 4 hours after taking levothyroxine. “You CAN have coffee!” the pharmacist chirped happily. I was happier when she confirmed I could have my…
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Read more: No, Really, Treat the PROBLEM
No, Really, Treat the PROBLEM
A comment for Treat Weight First? that I did not approve, but found striking for its ability to completely misunderstand, was: There must be some powerful drugs in that koolaid you’re drinking. You admit you are morbidly obese, you have multiple health problems directly related to obesity, yet you shun the doctors that are trying to help you and others like you to lose weight. Amazing! I posted here…
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Read more: Treating Weight First?
Treating Weight First?
The Twitterverse has been busy talking about some new treatment guidelines for fatties. Ragen Chastain posted about a piece from Medscape called “New US Obesity Guidelines: Treat the Weight First,” which also has quotes from the lead author. I also clicked over to the guidelines themselves. They start with an extremely helpful objective, to wit: Objective: To formulate clinical practice guidelines for pharmacological management of obesity. That’s…
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Read more: Day 12: Celebration of the WinterTide
Day 12: Celebration of the WinterTide
Today is the 12th and last day of Christmas. Thanks to you who’ve been following along. This last recording is from Alexander James Adams’ album WinterTide. Comparisons keep us at odds- There’s room inside for all our Gods- Embrace the things that we all share, For then we find compassion there- To those that thirst, you offer drink, It’s not as hard as you might think!
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Read more: Day 11: Musical Merry Christmas
Day 11: Musical Merry Christmas
From Kirby Krackle & The Doubleclicks comes Leia Organa & Han Solo singing on Hoth (no drinks involved). (Of course, if Leia had encouraged Han not to look for Luke on Hoth, The Empire Strikes Back might have ended rather differently …. )
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