Trial is over, DH doctor gets 45 years. Is it really Justice?
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Comments (3)Apologies for not getting back to this query promptly. Now for the info: Move/Shade: The actual location of the containerized tree has not changed but after careful observation DH and I noted that the 'earth moved'. The location was in full sun all summer but now with the fall we note only about 4-5 hours of full sun per day. Overcast days: If I had to put a percentage I would say maybe 5 - 10% or less. Weather: We had a very hot summer with lots of days over 100 degrees and very little rain. The lack of rain caused municipal water restrictions - with fines for those caught watering lawns or washing cars. I kept the citrus trees watered mostly by bottom watering. When it began to rain again - it really rained. Last repot: Late May/Early June 2010 full repot with removal of old potting medium which was Miracle Gro Citrus potting mix 80% and ProMix BX 20%. New medium is 50% MG Citrus and 50% ProMix BX. Tree went from 10 gallon pot to 15 gallon pot. (Actually an 18 gallon rope tub but only has 15 gallons potting medium) Tree did extremely well after repot. Fertilizer: Espoma Citrus-tone January, June (with repot) and October (not done yet for 2010). I use 3/4 cup (12 tablespoons) in this 15 gallon pot and used 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) when tree was in 10 gallon pot. When tree is inside during winter I use Schultz liquid plant food (10-15-10) once a month with watering. After all of this I have noticed that the leaves have almost stopped dropping. The fruit is still turning orange/yellow but no fruit drop - even in heavy winds. Thanks, DL...See MoreOY- Doctor changing
Comments (25)"what do you say to those folks who are born with a disability or end up getting cancer, etc?" That is what and who "health insurance" should be for. It should not be, not at neither my nor any other taxpayers expense, for those who are the primary cause of their own decline. If you want to have your bills paid for that which you are the primary cause of, then it should be your responsibility to pay the premiums. My apologies to all for upsetting most everyone off on this subject, but the truth is the truth, deal with it. I was once a rather rotund 262 pounds. My cholesterol ratio was terrible, my blood pressure was bouncing all over the place. Then in a moment of fantastically good fortune, an internist who specializes in diabetics found out just why I could gain and lose (if I didn't mind being sick half the time) large quantities of weight on a repetitive basis....And it turned out that other than diet and exercise, there wasn't and still isn't anything other that can be shown to have any long term effectiveness at all. This it turns out was one of the best things that could have ever happened to me. 16 months later I was down to 175 pounds , a weight I have been at SINCE 1998! No pills, no TV medical miracles, no magic anything. Just a daily 3.5 to 5.1 mile fairly fast walk and a 55% complex carbs/25% quality proteins/20% quality fats diet. You know, the kind of stuff that actually works but that family and friends don't want to hear about. If it is your "health" you are looking to "insure", do you watch what you eat, get plenty of exercise, read/study/and-stay mentally-active.? Do you turn off that TV and take the spouse the kids and the dogs for a 35-45 minute walk every evening? Do you eat lots of whole grain foods and see to it that your diet consists of mostly complex carbohydrates, a moderate amount of quality proteins, and certainly no more than 25% of all your calories are from fats of any kind? Or do you prefer to moan and groan and whine about how it ain't your fault because of genetics or some other "medical issue" or how they can't make you do this that or the other because after all, yer an American and they ain't gonna tell you how to live your life. This is ESPECIALLY for those "conservatives" who insist that all us Americans need to be held responsible for all of our own actions whatever those actions might be... "Personal responsibility", what a great concept that is! Unless and except for...Oh yeah... except for the sorry shape folks have managed to put themselves into and that they now want, nay, demand that I pay for...... The almost 2/3 of us, yes that would be all those folks we all know, mama/daddy/aunt/uncle/son/daughter/spouse/boy/girl-friend... they are NOT pleasingly plump, not a BB-Anything, not large nor husky not anything except fat lazy and health ignorant by choice... Too many Americans are just plain fat, lazy, physically revolting pitifully inept whiners deserving of NO special consideration at all. Folks who are plain what is called FAT, and expecting everyone else to pay for the results of such lifestyle choices. Health insurance, what is insurance anyway? Insurance is a shared risk based system whereby the greater risk of damage/whatever the higher the premiums. Let's see.. A) How about if you drive a 10 year old 4 door family sedan have no tickets and no accidents charged to your record. How about if I drive a late model big block Corvette, had a couple of DUI's 4 speeding tickets and another moving violation or two and have had 3 accidents that I was charged with causing. How about if we both get to pay exactly the very same exact auto insurance premium? Sounds fair to me..... B) How about if you live on a paved road 1/2 mile from the nearest publicly supported fire station, 100 yards from the nearest fire hydrant and nobody smokes. How about if I live 1 mile off the road, 10 miles from the nearest fire department, and a volunteer one at that, no fire hydrants or fill ponds anywhere, 4 of us smoke like fiends and we have only wood heat. How about if we both get to pay the same exact fire insurance premium? Sounds fair to me.... C) How about if you live on top of a hill, 1 mile from the nearest body or stream of water, 200 miles inland, in a county with storm water run-off planning and no building in anything even remotely resembling a flood prone zone.. How about if I live right next to a river, 2 miles from the coast and there is no storm/run-off planning at all. How about if we both get to pay the same exact flood insurance premium? Sounds fair to me.... D) How about if you are height/weight proportionate, don't smoke, don't drink, get lots of exercise, stay mentally active and watch what you eat. How about if I smoke 2 packs a day, drink 8 beers a day, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and triglycerides watch 4 hours of TV a day,and my exercise consists of pushing the remote, lighting a cigarette, and walking to and fro the fridge. How about we both get to pay the same exact health insurance premium? Sounds fair to me. In example "A","B","C", I venture I couldn't buy a policy anywhere. Which is a very reasonable thing. Also very very reasonable is that if I could find an insurer, my rates would be far far higher than yours. Not only is that reasonable it is also FAIR AND JUST!!!! And yet for some reason the majority of Americans, a majority is overweight, under-exercised, with the poorest of diets, TV addicted, mentally lazy and "suffering" from a spectrum of 100% preventable ailments, seem to think that when it comes to health "insurance" that it's only fair and right that they get coverage at the same exact premium rate as you. Most unreasonable and unfair and not only that, unjust as well. Is that socialism or what? That is not what many would consider "socialism", no, it is not! That is "communism" >from each according to his ability, and to each according to his needNo more kidney transplants for 68 y.o diabetics, no more endless years of dialysis for 45 y.o. fat folks who got themselves into their condition all by themselves. No more chemo/radiation/drug "therapies" for those with cancer/cirrhosis who insist it is their "right" to continue smoking/drinking. No more triple bypasses for 83 y.o.'s. No more endless prescription regimens for chronic medical issues known to be caused and contributed to by ones personal lack of concern for proper diet, exercise, and effort. No more years of amphetamine and other stimulant based "therapies" for your kids while you continue pouring vast quantities of artificial colors and flavorings and refined sugars down their throats. If you want to continue eating massive quantities of grain fed beef pork and fish, consuming vast quantities of agricultural goods grown and treated with all sorts of agri-chemicals, demanding and taking various pharmaceutical products for every "ailment" and issue imaginable.... If you want to do little other than eat and watch TV and type at your computer. If you want to continue eating modified fats and refined sugars... Those who due to circumstances beyond all human control find themselves in need of medical treatment are exactly who and what health insurance should cover and be for, not those who are merely lazy and ill intended. There are those here on this board who have major issues through none of their own doing....And that by the way would include me....I was once forced to choose between head-oning a school bus, head-oning the moron in a big hurry to pass that school bus , or a bunch of schoolgirls who just got off the bus, or a culvert and a tree. I made what I think was the right decision regardless, but I doubt diet and exercise were doing me much good under those circumstances... It took me over 7 months to where I could walk one mile without falling or having to take a break, and I have never looked back. I >worked Oh my, how do I manage to get on with life while refusing the "advice" and recommendations of massive quantities of all sorts of uppers/downers/stabilizers/modifiers and lots of other pharmaceuticals that nearly all of the modern medical establishment, save the research neuro's I see, seem to think I cannot survive without...... Maybe it's because I was raised to realize that life has its ups and downs and that one needs to just shut up, quit whining, and deal with it all... Yes, just get on with the business of making oneself a better person today than one was yesterday. Something which quite apparently is no longer neither an expectation nor teaching here in 21st century America.... It would seem that when it comes to "health care", personal responsibility has come to mean taking your meds "on time" Amazing isn't it that I pretty much just eat well, stay mentally active and involved, do stuff daily, and walk a giant dog somewhere around 3.5 to 5.1 miles each day 6 days a week Last Thursday 07/01: age : 57 Ht. : 72" wt. : 173 B.P.: 110/68 ARP : 49 BPM Glucose Level was 89 two hours after eating Cholesterol is what would be considered rather high at 228 total were it not for a 3.7:1 HDL:LDL ratio and those rather moderate pulse and blood pressure numbers. And I do eat quite well too....And I do consume what is considered by all except the neurology folks I see to be way too much coffee. And I eat quite a bit of what I do eat too..... I even have every week a big bowl of Bryer's and some Pecan Sandies, and even an occasional Hershey Bay, the occasional bar-b-que sandwich or chili-cheeseburger, and even a chili-cheese dog (with mayonnaise-slaw. and onions) on a somewhat irregular basis too. Life is good and should be enjoyed in all its many pleasures, otherwise life would be all too tedious and boring. No need to overdo anything though. And besides, making things occasional tends to make them special too Now let us just assume for one little bitty minute that 25% of the adult American population could match my numbers and that another 50% could meet existing "targets" and the other 25% showed an overall 25% improvement....Just how much do you think the monetary savings would add up to??? And it wouldn't just be a money thing either folks...there is nothing like being able to live a normal and healthy life. People tend not to realize that until one day they find that they for-what-ever-reason cannot. I hope this make my feelings on the subject somewhat more digestible, but in truth, I doubt it....See MoreJustice
Comments (151)Nope. You're pretty clear, but I don't think you're coming across like you want to. Instead of being happy for OP that the BM got caught defrauding the system, you drug her into it and called her judgmental and insinuated she's living off her dad, you brought Myfam into it and insinuated she'd never been 'on her own' so therefore she was judgmental, and you've continued on that vein ever since. "But I would not judge her for not working if I myself did not work, had no children at home during the day and was supported by a husband and a father. Not everyone is that lucky." " I think you are just lucky your DH makes enough or you have other family to help, isn't your father paying for your DD's education?" "Everything is relative. Just have some perspective, not everyone has parents or men to move in with." " I don't care if others don't work. But if someone stays home and is fortunate enough to be supported financially, but then suggests other women must work, it does strike a chord with me. It seems arrogant to me, maybe it is not meant this way, but sure comes across." "Many on this forum got lucky to live very comfortable lives and a lot of support and felt it is OK to pass unkind judgments on those who aren't as lucky." ETC, ETC... IE: If you get help from family when you need it, you are entitled and judgmental toward those who have to ask for help from the govn't. PLUS... It appears that your opinion is that if a mother even thinks for a moment that she wished she hadn't had kids... even if she'd never had an abortion and didn't consider having one when she got pregnant (even though she's pro-choice), it's sickening. Try looking at it from the perspective of others for once....See MoreThe Big C - DH - now what?
Comments (110)Here’s the thrust of my message: Once you’re told where the cancer is, and told he needs surgery, find a specialist at a large teaching hospital. My DH’ s cancer was in a similar area. The specialist we saw in our large metropolitan area said he was familiar with the type my DH had. I asked how many surgeries he’d done for this . Well, last year, two. I quickly began my research and chose a top rated man at UCLA......who averaged hundreds per year. He was over an hour away, but so worth any inconvenience. The research included reaching out to all my various docs and dentists, along with calling radiologists and asking for names. US News and WORLD REPORTS was a source that confirmed our choice of surgeons. Some large hospitals have very reasonable guest quarters for patients and families. UCLA’s was wonderful.. This was 6 years ago. All is well. I’m not sure if my message will ever show up, but you can try messaging me if I can be of any help. Deep breath, this can turn out fine!...See Morejoaniepoanie
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