health lulie can we now take down the pink, white, and blue ribbons? 020325 ... amy in many ways, from a soul perspective, health problems are integrity-maintenance. think of how the immune system functions. luckily, nobody on blather has to believe anything anybody else writes. its a free speech forum, where nobody even has to make any sense, if they so desire. 030310 ... Mandy taken for granted 030311 ... nr -"i tell myself that it's temporary and you'll figure out what's going on soon." -"that's what you tell yourself?" -"yes, and now myself is telling your self." -"well, my self hopes your self is right." the exchange amused me but your choice of words makes me wonder. if you have to tell yourself, does that mean you're reassuring yourself? what would you do if you found out what you tell yourself is wrong? 180421 ... unhinged (i thought of you recently nr when i finished the book doing_harm you might find that book interesting, infuriating just like i did) 180422 ... nr i'll check it out, unhinged. being infuriated about health issues at least motivates me to advocate. maybe more doctors should be infuriated... 180423 ... unhinged from my experience most doctors are too arrogant to be infuriated at their own shortcomings i get acupuncture once a week and have a regimen of herbs and supplements and steer clear of doctors and their biased assumptions and poisonous pharma peddling 180423 ... nr i tried acupuncture for the first time recently, should really go back 180423 ... unhinged i go to acupuncture one a week; have been for several years because there is a network of community clinics here that offer sliding scale treatment for between $15-20 on the low end. i don't smoke cigs anymore, barely drink alcohol (although the desire to do both of those things has been creeping back up lately). my feet don't jiggle with anxiety anymore. acupuncture coupled with the right herbal tinctures (ginger and CBD) has eliminated almost all of my female issues. western medicine derides it; so i champion it. women don't need synthetic hormones of questionable safety. we need ancient wisdom and some calm. 180426 ... nom mon nom update 231126 what's it to you? who go blather from