The Respectfully Republican Conversation

You said anything about I was trying to be funny?...........I am just a sarcastic bitch......not sure what Mr. Spouse's excuse is though.......but whatever it is he will be handsome and distinguished doing it well because he is male and as we all know men are better and smarter then women.......but at least being Republican women all and all we are more beautiful then our liberal sisters........ha..........(Cherryl I am just kidding.........no really)..........Shokk

I think I need to ask Suzanne Somers to start giving me commission! I got one of my best friends to read it and she was so happy she wrote me the nicest thank you note I have ever received. She has been seeing doctors for 2 years, and getting worse on all the drugs. She said, after reading Breakthrough, everything makes sense. I now have her going to my holistic chiro and she feels that at least someone is going to help her.

Here is something really dumb that I did today. I have been thinking about juicing for quite a while and finally broke down and bought myself one. So I got it our for a juice lunch and started adding all this great stuff and juicing away. I noticed that the thing was filling with pulp, but I could not figure out where the juice was going. Well, I was supposed to put a glass on the back, which I did not do(next time read the directions). All the juice was going onto the countertop. I was so busy looking at the front of the machine, I did not check the back! I guess I do not qualify for MENSA!

Sherri, Remember Obama has all those Clintonites on board now, they have perfected the art of spin. Obama will follow Bush's policies because that is how we have remained terrorist free for 7 years. He will spin it and give one of his great speeches to sell it, the press will eat it up, and nothing will change. That is actually a good thing. It is the Change thing about Bama that really worries me.

I'm trying to post since I can only post five a day.  My posts must have really been on the number one HIT list..Hit "report this post."  LOL  So, so funny because I never had much of a chance to hit the report button except one time for Blaest the real troll.  But at least I AM POPULAR.

Now, since I can only post five post in a 24 hour period, this may be a bit long.  I need to talk to Herbie. 

IBC, I couldn't tell you on this board YESTERDAY how happy I am with Cam's scans.....NED, Yea!  And, she'll be dancing with him instead of you if your not careful!

I agree with Vivre.  You have such talent.  You are sensitive (rare for a REAL man!).  You are insightful.  You support women in this cause.....breast cancer.  Unfortunately your wife had to join this club and that definitely is not a good thing.  Not many husband's will do what you have done and continue to do and WILL continue to do.  I don't give a FLIP about your IQ (however, I think it's cool that I know some very smart people and they don't judge me for not reaching their level of "smarts")..LOL  I care about your heart.  What I see is a kind heart..a loving heart....a caring heart for all women who have been chosen to travel this journey no matter what political affiliation they choose.  You have the GREATEST SENSE OF HUMOR even though you and Cam are going through difficult times. You're not afraid to let us know just how much Cam means to you...she is the beat of your heart...the fresh air you breathe into your lungs...the blood that runs in your veins.....and the LOVE OF YOUR LIFE!    Not many men know how to love a woman like you do.  I so respect you!

Okay, I can only post five posts so I realize this is long.  But a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do...RUN HER MOUTH!  (I just had my teeth cleaned..yuck!)

This is my first post for today.   Let's see if it goes through....and one glamor shot of me......

I think I'll now go write a book about all the interesting things I have learned on this board.

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About hormones...I was 95% ER+ and 90% PR+.  I was 58 1/2 and post meno (DUH!) when dxd.  I did take HRTs with estrogen and progesterone..was supposed to be bad, bad, bad.  I stopped taking them when the study came out that it was making us have heart attacks, strokes and memory loss.  I never had a hot flast before HRT nor after going off of them COLD TURKEY!  I can't take the chance of putting hormones in my body.  I suppose I'd have to read up on t his more so I could have my onc explain it to me.

I don't have too much to say right now.  I forgot everything I wanted to say earlier.  I did a mini look at the start of both new political threads.  I scanned through th Positive one and the Respectful one.  I'll will look further into this since I have sooooo much time on my hands (can't post but 5 posts in 24 hours..just reminding you why I have so much time).  I noticed right away that the Positive one started turning Negative, and not due to us.  There were others who wanted to know why they didn't answer their questions instead of telling them to go away.  Ours, on the other hand, didn't turn negative..well, I don't know when it started..haven't finished my "research."

My point...we didn't chase people away and tell them they were not welcome to post here UNLESS they kissed the ONE'S ______________.

Let's see if this goes through.

Shirley

Rosemary, from what I understand, most of the progesterone creams are made from sythetic hormones. That is the culprit, and all studies have shown that synthetics are carcinogenic. The new studies involve natural, plant based hormones. I am still trying to figure it all out, that is why I have opted to not do anything until I understand it all. I am also reading that this it not something one should start on their own, without a doctor looking very closely at hormone levels in the blood or saliva. This means All hormones which include those produced by the ovaries and gonads, adrenals, pituitary etc. It is these hormones that keep our bodies in sync. So here lies the dilemena. How to find a doctor who understands all this cutting edge reseach on hormones to help us regulate it. Not many doctors are up on all this stuff, so we are still out there treading water without a life raft, hoping someone will finally come along and haul us in. It is going to take more people like us, questioning the standard treatments, which do not really work well and have bad side effects, to force doctors to start to look at alternatives. I keep going back to the way it was French women who demanded that their breasts be saved that led to lumpectomies. As the French did more and more of them, with high rates of success, it finally became accepted in the US. Merci beaucoup mes amies! Perhaps, if enough of us start using safer alternatives with good results, the doctors will take them seriously. There are too many people alive today with cancers that doctors said they could not cure, who took their lives in their own hands, adopted very strict diet and supplement protocols and survived their cancers, to not take this seriously. I truly believe that food is either our best medicine or our worst poison.

Just as I always learned as much from my students as I was able to teach them, Doctors may someday realize that they can learn a lot from their patients. The trick is getting them to listen.

Now Maria, are you enjoying the New thread? LOL

Shirley, We missed you today. Glad to see you made good use of your posts. Not all snake bites are lethal.

Oh my Vivre Houston housewife's are dripping in money..........usually oil money but can also be natural gas money and/or refinery money..............we know how to satisfy our menfolk..........you know why our hair is so big........it goes back to the hoop skirts from Scarlett O'Hara days......the bigger your hair the smaller your waist looks..........and Vivre not sure what is up with the Houston housewife contributing 100,000 grand but we don't do anything for free..........she is getting something in return........hmmmmmmm

And by the way I like it when we do discuss other things beside politics......we have all become pretty good friends during this nightmare........opps.......I mean trip and like today I learn some things from Vivre about hormones and since my bc is not estrogen based I never have even given it much thought but see now I have been thinking about it............

I can't respond, I am going to go tease my hair and make it HUGE so my waist looks itsy bitsy!!

Vivre,

I shouldn't have used the cream in my story.  It's the progesterone that needs more looking into.  Natural, synthetic, doesn't matter from what I read.  I wish I could remember more, but I came away saying...ok, not for me...next. 

I've heard a little bit about the inauguration details.  Train rides, speeches at the Lincoln memorial... I gave up at that point.  There must be more.  It was like this in Rome, I'm sure. Are we going a bit overboard here?  Hail Caesar everyone. 

Oh Rosemary, it's not extravagant, they're riding the train like the common man, not taking a private plane like the auto execs.....

The train leaves 30th St station in Philly tomorrow morning, with a stop in Delaware to pick up Biden & others.  The temperature is currently in the single digits in Philly, and the wind is wicked on those platforms even in "nice" weather. The people who were invited to ride on the train are all invited to the Ball as well, so it will be a very cold start to the 4 day long extravaganza. 

At least they are dealing with a train not a motorcade, so as of this evening there weren't any more than the usual street closures in the area. 

Back home, after 11 hrs on the road.

Just to be sure, I checked Cam's Woman's Handbook

Page 13, paragraph 3, subsection a clearly states:

Never under any circumstance over compliment a man.  It is a well known fact that testosterone and Ego are synonymous, that any encouragement will only cause the the Ego to expand well beyond the range of human tolerance.  You risk turning a nice man into a total and complete ass. 

Personally I like the compliments, but I don't won't any of you getting reported or banned from the great sisterhood of womankind

For vivre ..... Gosh , I feel so bad ...... it was over 80º and I had to take off my sweater outside it was so hot. But good news is I wore a bright green short sleeved knit top with a v-neck but it had strings going across the v part ......  And just so you don't think I am bragging about our heat .. I did get chilly in the lunch room with the air conditioning running full blast.  Really I did.

There's no new thread.  Vivre meant that this is the new thread because we're talking about hormones and not politics. 

Pat, it might not seem overboard what they're doing at first glance, but I've read the security for all this costs about $40 million which we are paying for.  There are donations coming in from the private sector for this.  It seems that the very same banks that we bailed out, and are still bailing out, are donating large sums of our money for this event.  I wonder how much the auto makers are donating?

30th St station is currently awash in a sea of blue with all the added security. 

The city of Philadelphia is currently in the process of shutting down libraries and fire stations to deal with it's dire financial situation.  The New Year's Day Mummer's Parade, which is a huge part of the city's identity and a financial boost to the city every year was nearly cancelled because the city couldn't afford the police overtime costs.  They ended up shortening the parade, making the Mummers chip in thousands this year to help cover the cost, and for future parades when there is more than 2 weeks notice, the Mummers will have to pay much much more.

Who is paying for all the additional security today?  Most of the people taking the train didn't stay in Philly hotels last night, didn't eat out in the city last night, are being dropped off in cars and car services that originated in the suburbs and don't pay the city taxes.  The city is making no money on this venture, but it is paying out alot in overtime costs.  There is no "extra" tax money coming into the city, and there isn't even an 'event' where the general public gets to participate, just inconvenience and costs.

Rosemary

The link I posted yesterday shows a pie chart and a list of who all the donors are. Did you catch it? It was very interesting.

Daff, so it looks like it might be a little nippy in DC for reger day eh? I hope everyone wears their long johns. Gee I wonder if they will make this much fuss when Sarah Palin becomes president?

i'll be at work ... no tv's there!