Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
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yeah, i know. ok, back to dealing with my troubles...
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In some states here in the US, some politicians ( mostly men ) are taking away access to abortion , even if it means without it the mother will die . In some states there have been cases where the fetus is not viable at all or has already died and the mother’s life was in grave danger without an abortion and was still denied an abortion . Some states are passing or trying to pass laws that it is illegal to go to another state even for a lifesaving abortion .
I won’t get into the pro life versus pro choice debate , except to say that the majority of Americans believe there should be access to abortion and birth control .
What I’m getting at is that , access to these things save women’s lives . Access to birth control saves teenagers lives . As pregnancy can frequently be high risk , especially for the younger teens . The teen pregnancy rate is at the lowest it has been in 50 years . These are facts.
Some politicians want insurance companies to stop covering the cost of birth control . What I don’t see is any talk about getting rid of access to Viagra or other similar meds , or penile implants etc . Viagra is very expensive but there is no talk of it not being paid for by insurance . There is no talk of restricting access to surgery for men’s sexual function .( And by the way men’s sexual dysfunction is not life threatening , but having access to treatment for this is not being taken away) .
So what all this tells me is that men’s sexual health matters , but women’s doesn’t even in a life threatening situation.
cw - I believe that many valid and important discoveries slip by without gaining much media attention. It was many years ago that the action of aspirin on preventing blood clotting was discovered. (1950) I remember thinking that that discovery should be applied to medical treatment to people liable to heart attacks as the discoverer did. I don't believe it was used generally for quite a while after that. Medicine moves slowly when it comes to new treatments. I've heard it said it is 20 years behind research findings. The emphasis nowadays seems to be more or new drugs.
way - very good points!
Women of high risk for breast cancer opt for mastectomies every day . I would think having the option to have fallopian tubes removed to prevent cancer , especially if it runs in families, would be an opportunity that could save lives.
hugs, golden.
do contradictions show up? yes actually, and sometimes one can't be sure it's really been resolved. with time, that "finally resolved issue", might suddenly yet again be contradicted by other competent, reliable research.
sometimes, even some things we're verrrry certain about regarding health, can later turn out to be wrong.
regarding medicine but there are still many valid and useful findings that don't waver under new scrutiny. And there are some that do!
cw, way - re the removal of fallopian tubes. there is evidence that herpes simplex virus-2 plays a part in ovarian cancer which would make sense of removing the tubes in that it can travel up the tubes to the ovaries. There is also a possible link between certain herpes viruses and breast cancer.
...Just joking. But it would be neat if someone on the forum is.
that does happen sometimes where new research debunks old to the point where we do a 180 on something .
I doubt though that removing fallopian tubes will be one of those things that is contraindicated . Fallopian tubes have been removed for many many years with total hysterectomies , with no known adverse effect of not having them .
“Who needs a predictable good day when the rollercoaster of a bad day can be so much more exciting?”
emmmm, no thanks.
i don't think this person has ever done - any - caregiving.
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My daughter showed me this watch thing that she is wearing that does all kinds of things. One thing is measuring her sleep schedule because she does struggle with getting enough sleep.
Apparently, she has a subscription to something for this thing that she is wearing.
How does tracking sleep and paying for an ongoing subscription help? I didn’t ask her these questions because she is entitled to do whatever she chooses to do.
I am just curious. I don’t think I would wear one of those things. Maybe there are good reasons why to wear one. I am only saying that I am not motivated to do so.
Thanks again to everyone who said prayers for him.
How long have you had a Fitbit? Do you find it helpful?
I do the same routine on my exercise cycle. It tracks the mileage and calories burned and all of that but I don’t really pay attention to any of it. I do 30 minutes on the bike and then stop.
Okay, if it is a motivational factor, then it is good.
I think my daughter is kind of a trendy gadget person. She’s always telling me about something that she ordered on Amazon.
If you struggle with insomnia sometimes, perhaps you'll want to wear a sleep patch. DH got me one called Zleep.
My daughter says she isn’t sleeping well. I will tell her about it. Thanks.
I don’t get it but you have to know my kid. She’s like her dad, an engineer, and loves all of this high tech stuff. She loves this thing that she is wearing.
I can see how it could go either way though, and be annoying or stressful as it was for your daughter.
My daughter’s generation relies on technology for everything.
She buys into all of the marketing hype! One time she saw me looking at websites to purchase something that I wanted.
Oh gosh, she says, “Mom, why aren’t you looking at instagram first?” I told her that I thought that was a waste of time! LOL 😆
Then, I get the, ‘Okay, Boomer’ look from her!
I find it more peaceful to nod and say yes! LOL 😆 when she starts talking about how wonderful her new purchases are!
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The Insomnia Team
It's good to be back and I look forward to chatting with our group.
~BC