The Things Which Could Be Worse Need Cats To Make Them Better Complaint Thread

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085
    Mystarra said:
    McGyver said:

    I hate when I can’t remember stuff... today I was trying to remember the name of some old DAZ character, which I used to like using for stupid reasons.

    I probably haven’t used him in seven or eight years... I couldn’t remember the character’s name... at first I thought it was “Spurggles”, but I couldn’t find if that was a real thing or I imagined that name... I went through two old computers and five hard drives and ended up finding him on my computer... the one I use the most... apparently at some point I went looking for him, found him and never installed him... and then promptly forgot I ever did that.

    The Creeper was his name...

    So now I found him... installed him and decided to amuse myself... 

     

     

    I spend entirely too much time amusing myself photoshopping stupid pictures... 

    Was spurggles a DAZ product or did I imagine that name?

     

    is this the creeper came with a nice prop of drool.  was in the old freebie archives

    This is he... or she... it’s hard to tell as there are no obvious naughty bits.

  • AmaltheaAmalthea Posts: 224
    Chohole said:
    Amalthea said:
    Chohole said:
    Amalthea said:
    Tjohn said:
    Mystarra said:

    statins dangerous stuff

    https://draxe.com/hyperlipidemia/

     

    All meds have side effects.

    True. For most people on statins the benefits far outweigh the possible risks.

    Himself had been  taking them for 25 years with no problems,

    When we moved and changed Doctors  our new Doctor had a system whereby you got a full health check. when he went back for his next appointment, to find out the results of the check up his Doctor (not noted for her tact) looked at him and said "How come you are still alive"  That is certainly a statement to make someone blink.

    He came home with medications for Hypertension and Statins and a diet sheet.

    He did tell her that since we had been together he had lost quite a bit of weight as I had already changed his diet from what his mother had been feeding him and actually the diet sheet he got was virtually what I would call a sensible diet, and almost indentical to what I had been giving him.

    It did take a couple of changes of BP pills before they got that right, but he was giving them a month each time to settle down before going back.  We pay for prescriptions a month at a time. no refunds on a prescription so, unless there is a really horrific side effect obvious, we give the meds a month to settle down.

    You are a very sensible person. Himself was fortunate to have met and married you.

    The funniest thing was His mother came to live with us when we moved, so she was eating her main meal with us in the evening.   She was 80 when she moved in.  One day, a couple of years after she moved in she asked Himself to make her an appointment to see the Doctor and then take her down, but didn't say why.  It turned out that she was worried because she was losing weight, and she had always been a somewhat "cuddly" lady.  Doctor gave her a thorough medical and then told her that she was healthier than she had ever been since she had first gone to that Doctor,

    OK, that is amusing, yes.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    some pone numbers calling me start with a + sign, yet is my area code, i dont understand that?

    someone repeatedly leaves me messages about my car warranty. i havent owned a car in almost 10 years

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925
    edited January 2019
    Amalthea said:
    Tjohn said:
    Mystarra said:

    statins dangerous stuff

    https://draxe.com/hyperlipidemia/

     

    All meds have side effects.

    True. For most people on statins the benefits far outweigh the possible risks.

    ..Statins have in some cases been clinically known to increase the risk of or aggravate diabetes.

    Since I had myself taken off, my blood sugar count has improved instead of remained steady.  I am also not nauseous every day, sometimes to the point I don't want to get out of bed.  One can maintain his/her cholesterol level through diet without the adverse side effects of the medication.

    I also have maintained a very low sodium diet for a long time.  Persoanlly, I never liked the taste of very salty foods and my BP is often slightly lower than average rather than high.  If I go out to eat (rare these days), I always request no salt when I order as it seems every place uses too much salt.  

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    Amalthea said:
    Tjohn said:
    Mystarra said:

    statins dangerous stuff

    https://draxe.com/hyperlipidemia/

     

    All meds have side effects.

    True. For most people on statins the benefits far outweigh the possible risks.

    No comfort to the one who does experience the bad side effects.  When I was rear-ended several years ago, I was given a high dosage of ibuprophen by my doctor for the pain.  I went back to see him a couple times to be checked up.  The first time, my blood pressure was quite high.  I did some research and found out that all NSAIDs have a particular side effect...elevated blood pressure.  Mine was already kind of high before he prescribed this.  Next visit I chewed him out for prescribing that after complaining about my blood pressure.  He admitted that he should have told me the possibility, but "It only occurs for a small number of people!"  Well, of course I was one of those people!  I've never taken another ibuprophen since then.  It never helped a whole hell of a lot for pain anyway, not for me.

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited January 2019

    tried callinga few people, no one answering.  >.< feeling intensely lonely after being with family for holidays  not in mood for computer games.  talking to siri  asking her the temperature in different cities. meh  not worth it to taxi there and back to the pub.  

    there a lot of work to do in carrara. got some new dvds comin ordered the complete series of last airbender and danny phantom, ragnarok thor movie, and spiderman was 3.98 as an ad on on amazon.  have GOT s7 to watch, but not in mood right now for gore.

    caught up on the new 2 episodes of orville.  maklan pronlaugh.  orville calls there holodeck the simulator. matter of time before they have a simulator gone awry episode.

    i dont see what Ed sees in Kelly, tho she has a good point for why she dissing him.

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited January 2019

    tips on how to argue

    Mod Edit :- Video link removed due to political nuances

     

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    aww had a bright idea to apply for a home at habitat at for humanity  http://www.habitatsuffolk.org/

    but ... 

    Application Period for

    Home-Ownership is Currently Closed. 

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925

    ..yeah I checked Section 8 certification where I live and it is still closed.  Been that way since August of 2016

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited January 2019
    kyoto kid said:
    Amalthea said:
    Tjohn said:
    Mystarra said:

    statins dangerous stuff

    https://draxe.com/hyperlipidemia/

     

    All meds have side effects.

    True. For most people on statins the benefits far outweigh the possible risks.

    ..Statins have in some cases been clinically known to increase the risk of or aggravate diabetes.

    Since I had myself taken off, my blood sugar count has improved instead of remained steady.  I am also not nauseous every day, sometimes to the point I don't want to get out of bed.  One can maintain his/her cholesterol level through diet without the adverse side effects of the medication.

    I also have maintained a very low sodium diet for a long time.  Persoanlly, I never liked the taste of very salty foods and my BP is often slightly lower than average rather than high.  If I go out to eat (rare these days), I always request no salt when I order as it seems every place uses too much salt.  

    We can accept that yes there are possible side effects,  It is stated on the sheet that come with the medications.  However usage and possible side effects need to be monitored properly.  One does (or shouldn't) start quoting advice given on an internet site by a person who is not medically qualified to give the advice. 

    Statins are used to control bad cholesterol, high levels of which are quite often associated with High Blood Pressure. A diet to control cholesterol levels advises to cut out high fat foods.  So are you going to take advice from a person who advises to not take Statins and who makes part of his income by writing cookery books promoting the Keto diet for everyone.   The Keto diet should only be used for a specific reason and should only be used short term.  Like all the Quack diets it is dangerous if misused. Incidently how many people realise that the Ketogenic diet  is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control epilepsy in children. It was not formulated to be used as a low carb diet, or to lose weight. The body does need carbohydrates,  the level just needs to be optimum, not removed completely.Just avoid "empty" carbohydrates

    As I said Himself was on statins for 25 years or so and experienced no side effects.  The side effects effect a minority of people.  If they were widespread then the medications would not be allowed to be distributed.

    I totally agree with you about salt. (Sodium salt that is).   I only have LoSalt (http://www.losalt.com/uk/) in the cupboard, and still only use it mainly when cooking potatoes, which do need a little salt added.  Doing the main grocery shop on line it is much easier to monitor the salt/sugar/fat levels in manufactured products. Checking everything you buy when walking round an actual shop gets very tiresome.  

    It is quite amazing how many Savoury products have sugar added, and quite frustrating monitoring the salt level in basic food like a loaf of bread.

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  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298

    I found some prime workout videos that look like they used Victoria 4 maybe to make.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085
    Mystarra said:

    some pone numbers calling me start with a + sign, yet is my area code, i dont understand that?

    someone repeatedly leaves me messages about my car warranty. i havent owned a car in almost 10 years

    Those are “spoofed” numbers... They are pretending to be local numbers so people will pick them up thinking it’s someone they know... But in fact most times they don’t even originate within the US... They are either phishing scams or looking for “live numbers” to add to a scam list.

    Also look out for “V” numbers... these all originate outside the US... so say you saw V18005556758 on your caller ID, it will be a screwup on the part of the machine making the call. I believe the “V” indicates a VoIP auto dialing device.

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    Mystarra said:

    some pone numbers calling me start with a + sign, yet is my area code, i dont understand that?

    someone repeatedly leaves me messages about my car warranty. i havent owned a car in almost 10 years

    I used to get calls about extending the warranty on my car.  I drag out the conversations before I tell them my car is a 1974 Plymouth Valiant and that there is no warranty to extend.  It hasn't been driven or registered since 1989.  Now I'm getting 2 calls a day about insurance for my car.  I just laugh like crazy and ask the callers why I should buy car insurance when I don't have a car.  They hang up quickly.  All the phone numbers they come in with are spammed.  When I call those numbers, I get the "The number you have dialed is not a working number" message.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    would be nice if an app could report all those + and v numbers straight to a carrier's spam list

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342

    Spoofing has risen to a new level.  Several times over the past few months, I've gotten a call from...me!   surprise  laugh

    Dana

  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670

    I saw a dress that was on sale at an online store yesterday.  Unfortunately, the sale ended before I could add more money to my pre-paid debit card.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085
    DanaTA said:

    Spoofing has risen to a new level.  Several times over the past few months, I've gotten a call from...me!   surprise  laugh

    Dana

    Me too, but only twice...

    Some of them aren’t trying very hard either... my “step brother-in-law” (well, sorta... it’s complicated) took a picture of his caller ID that shows up on the TV when you get a call... it said “Caller Scam”... Maybe it was something the cable provider tagged, but they get plenty of scam calls and none are ever flagged as such.

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,097
    DanaTA said:

    Spoofing has risen to a new level.  Several times over the past few months, I've gotten a call from...me!   surprise  laugh

     

    Dana

     I sorta miss the old "crank" or "prank" calls the heavy breathing the lousy jokes ....

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    watching rgnarok. jeff goldblum laugh

    mac n cheese for dindins, puffs for dessertangel

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925
    Chohole said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Amalthea said:
    Tjohn said:
    Mystarra said:

    statins dangerous stuff

    https://draxe.com/hyperlipidemia/

     

    All meds have side effects.

    True. For most people on statins the benefits far outweigh the possible risks.

    ..Statins have in some cases been clinically known to increase the risk of or aggravate diabetes.

    Since I had myself taken off, my blood sugar count has improved instead of remained steady.  I am also not nauseous every day, sometimes to the point I don't want to get out of bed.  One can maintain his/her cholesterol level through diet without the adverse side effects of the medication.

    I also have maintained a very low sodium diet for a long time.  Persoanlly, I never liked the taste of very salty foods and my BP is often slightly lower than average rather than high.  If I go out to eat (rare these days), I always request no salt when I order as it seems every place uses too much salt.  

    We can accept that yes there are possible side effects,  It is stated on the sheet that come with the medications.  However usage and possible side effects need to be monitored properly.  One does (or shouldn't) start quoting advice given on an internet site by a person who is not medically qualified to give the advice. 

    Statins are used to control bad cholesterol, high levels of which are quite often associated with High Blood Pressure. A diet to control cholesterol levels advises to cut out high fat foods.  So are you going to take advice from a person who advises to not take Statins and who makes part of his income by writing cookery books promoting the Keto diet for everyone.   The Keto diet should only be used for a specific reason and should only be used short term.  Like all the Quack diets it is dangerous if misused. Incidently how many people realise that the Ketogenic diet  is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control epilepsy in children. It was not formulated to be used as a low carb diet, or to lose weight. The body does need carbohydrates,  the level just needs to be optimum, not removed completely.Just avoid "empty" carbohydrates

    As I said Himself was on statins for 25 years or so and experienced no side effects.  The side effects effect a minority of people.  If they were widespread then the medications would not be allowed to be distributed.

    I totally agree with you about salt. (Sodium salt that is).   I only have LoSalt (http://www.losalt.com/uk/) in the cupboard, and still only use it mainly when cooking potatoes, which do need a little salt added.  Doing the main grocery shop on line it is much easier to monitor the salt/sugar/fat levels in manufactured products. Checking everything you buy when walking round an actual shop gets very tiresome.  

    It is quite amazing how many Savoury products have sugar added, and quite frustrating monitoring the salt level in basic food like a loaf of bread.

    ...I am an avid label reader when I go to market. I also check for added sugar (which here in the States is often HFCS).  For example I don't purchase the big commercial brand name peanut butters as they use rapeseed oil (which was deemed unhealthy for human consumption years ago) while also having a lot of added sugar and salt.  Instead get the pure, natural/organic ones even though they are more expensive.  Any time an ingredients list on a package reads more like a graduate chemist's thesis, I put it back.  For meats and poultry, I go for the lowest fat content (usually 7% or better for beef) and again only buy naturally raised, range fed, not factory farmed meats and poultry (even though the latter is less expensive).  For fish I purchase only wild caught instead of farmed.  Yeah it's not easy on a pension, but my health is worth it. 

    As to the Statin, yes I am one of those who is very sensitive to many undesirable effects. Both medications do have nausea listed as a side effect, and taking both together was a "double whammy" for me.  When my physician took me off the Statin (he did not protest my request), the nausea disappeared almost overnight.  Supposedly the bad effects were only supposed to last two to three weeks, but in my case it was going on for many months.  Most likely my system adjusted to the Metformin while the Statin continued to amplify and aggravate the condition.

    When I was in the hospital for that day they used what was like a mini "epi-pen" to administer insulin which was injected on my arm (one of the meds they had me on had an interaction with Metformin).  No pain no messing with filling a syringe and it soon balanced my blood sugar.  I am wondering if these are available for diabetics as it seems a much better solution (for someone with my type of diabetes, insulin does not need to be taken as frequently like Metformin, and what i was given I was told would keep my blood sugar in check for a couple days).  

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925
    DanaTA said:

    Spoofing has risen to a new level.  Several times over the past few months, I've gotten a call from...me!   surprise  laugh

    Dana

    ...I get emails in my spam folder from "me". 

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    kyoto kid said:
    DanaTA said:

    Spoofing has risen to a new level.  Several times over the past few months, I've gotten a call from...me!   surprise  laugh

    Dana

    ...I get emails in my spam folder from "me". 

    Even worse we got spam emails in the mod group email inbox, supposedly from me.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298

    I came home before 4:30pm and found everyone already eating dinner and saved none for me.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342

    I came home before 4:30pm and found everyone already eating dinner and saved none for me.

    Get the heck out of that place!  Something is defintely going on there.

    Dana

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298
    DanaTA said:

    I came home before 4:30pm and found everyone already eating dinner and saved none for me.

    Get the heck out of that place!  Something is defintely going on there.

    Dana

    I understand.  I wish I could but it is not easy.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298

    I got something to eat, but not without being blamed for making drama.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,117
    edited January 2019
    carrie58 said:
    DanaTA said:

    Spoofing has risen to a new level.  Several times over the past few months, I've gotten a call from...me!   surprise  laugh

     

    Dana

     I sorta miss the old "crank" or "prank" calls the heavy breathing the lousy jokes ....

     

    Hmmm..., is that an invitation?  I can do heavy breathing.   devil

    And apparently I can do lousy jokes as well. frown

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,117
    edited January 2019

    Still Complaining:  Pain, pain, pain...  crying I'd hoped that my back would have settled down by now, it usually lasts two days and by the end of the 3rd day is tolerable and by the 4th day I'm almost able to not scream when I walk.  But this is the end of the 3rd day and the pain is as bad or worse than the 1st day.  I can spend only a few minutes in my computer chair.  I'm considering professional help tomorrow.  The doctors should be back from holiday so either the GP or Chiropractor or Emergency Room.  Unless the pain subsides tomorrow morning then getting out of the house and into and out of the car then into the doctor's waiting room then back into and out of the car, and back into the house will be a journey of miserable proportions. indecision

    I have determined one position, and only one position, in my recliner chair that is tolerably less painful but after about 45 minutes I can feel the back slipping again and I have to get out of the chair gingerly and let the bones reposition a bit for about 15 minutes while I work through the pain before I recline down into the chair again.  At least I'm todderingly mobile enough during the day to use the necessary room and get things to eat, but I'm running out of preprepared food that doesn't require standing over the stove for a half hour to make.  I spent all afternoon today upstairs in bed, where I can relieve all pressure on the lower spine and am still able to cautiously and carefull get out of bed without yelping, screaming, and whimpering.

    Getting old is SOOOO much fun! angry

     

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  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298

    Is dying young better?

  • AmaltheaAmalthea Posts: 224
    edited January 2019
    kyoto kid said:
    Amalthea said:
    Tjohn said:
    Mystarra said:

    statins dangerous stuff

    https://draxe.com/hyperlipidemia/

     

    All meds have side effects.

    True. For most people on statins the benefits far outweigh the possible risks.

    ..Statins have in some cases been clinically known to increase the risk of or aggravate diabetes.

    Since I had myself taken off, my blood sugar count has improved instead of remained steady.  I am also not nauseous every day, sometimes to the point I don't want to get out of bed.  One can maintain his/her cholesterol level through diet without the adverse side effects of the medication.

    I also have maintained a very low sodium diet for a long time.  Persoanlly, I never liked the taste of very salty foods and my BP is often slightly lower than average rather than high.  If I go out to eat (rare these days), I always request no salt when I order as it seems every place uses too much salt.  

    Yes, you can. But with misty's diet her cholesterol is likely going to stay high enough to need medication.

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