my daughter has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia.
several questions: are they one in the same, are there any good web sites to look over?
also, when she was young she was abused/molested over a several year period.
I got my blood test for the MP yesterday, but will have to wait possibly a week or so for the results. For anyone that is interested I am posting the following information to read. Click on and go down to the 7th post:
http://www.marshallprotocol.com/forum37/3391.html
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my daughter has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia.
several questions: are they one in the same, are there any good web sites to look over?
also, when she was young she was abused/molested over a several year period.
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, and NMH in 1990. I had been suffering from exhaustion for several years prior and finally got a name put on the problem. Then I tried to find a cure. I have tried almost everything you could think of...some crazy stuff, like going on a water fast for a week! (That was supposed to cleanse my system, didn't work!) Now I am going to look into the Marshall Protocol, which you can google and find very easily. I found a dr. that is willing to work with me on this and see if this could help! If it does, it will take time, but you can be sure that I will let everyone I can know about it. Also, there was a special on 20/20 ? several years ago and they suggested to find out if it could be caused by spinal stenosis...I had that checked out and found that I had 2 discs in my neck that were damaged and cutting half-way into my spinal cord. How much damage this did it anyone's guess. I had surgery and that really helped my neck pain. The fatigue is so overwhelming at times and that is the biggest problem to deal with on a day to day basis. I hope your daughter can find some relief but let her know there are more and more people out there who can sympathize with her problem!
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let me start off by saying i dont believe in astrology and most certainly not horoscopes.
having said that, i have often considered the real possibility that the time and season of the year we are born in can dramatically influence our pre-natal development and the resulting personality, i dont think this has anything to do with "stars" or cosmology, but we do know that babies born in certain seasons or months are more prone to certain illnesses, temperaments etc.. i'm an aries and had a really lousy relationship with a "cancer" for many years.
she always pointed out that all of the compatibility charts state that aries and cancers are fundamentally incompatible and it turned out....she was right!!
Kid-A, I too am an Aries and it is dead on about my personality!!! Plus I find myself attracted to Leo's....I only looked into this about a year ago and was overwhelmed by the info. One of my best and closest friends was an Aries!!! It's like we knew what each other was thinking...now I understand why! I do know a couple of Aries that really don't fit the desciption though, and that makes me wonder. Very interesting subject!
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okay, here's the update.
i sent an email to my former bible study after a phone conversation we had where i told her i'd disassociated myself.
in the email, i included information about the shunning practice (which she had no idea about).
I have a friend that faded. She said had she known that you were not allowed to question anything after you were baptized, she never would have been. During the time she studied she was told to research and make sure that what she was studying was the truth...of course she didn't have access to all the information that is out there now. I would encourage them to:
1. Research the JW's roots
2. Research the U.N. issue
3. Research the child abuse issue
4. Research the disfellowshipping issue
It would be good for you to take some of this info already printed out to show them. Then let them make up their own minds. You can feel good in the fact that you made this available to them and if they decide to go ahead they do so with this knowledge.
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unlike those of you who made the choice to drift or fade away, i was df'd a few years ago and, at the time, i thought i would return.
with the passing of time, i am realizing that going back for the sake of mending family bonds is not a good enough reason to go back.
but my family has been holding out the hope that i will return.
As I have mentioned in several of my posts, most of my family members decided to stop attending meetings around the same time, within a year or two. One of my brothers was DF'd for approaching the elders with the U.N. information. I have tons of relatives still in the organization and we have so far been able to just fade, but still see relatives occasionally. My immediate family including myself can not stand the thought of going back. I could not sit there and listen to that propaganda that they are spewing out and knowing what is really going on. It's just an insult to my intelligence. I admire the ones who stay in though and give us updates on what is being taught and "new light". I guess after so many years I just can't bring myself to go back for any reason. Everyone's circustance is different and you will just have to decide for yourself what you want to do and at what cost.
Hope this helps a little,
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the french quarter's supposed to be open.
The food there is fabulous...I would just want to know where the water for preparation is coming from!!! In the initial news reports they indicated that the water supply/pipes could be contaminated...just would like to know that it would be safe. Hate to see tons of people getting sick!!! I love walking around the art district and going in all the wonderful antique shops. There are a number of great things to see and do there.
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there is overwhelming evidence that the spiritual founder of the wts, c.t.
russell, was a prominent free mason in the pittsburgh community.
he went so far as to declare: "i am a free mason" in several of his lectures.
I hope everyone reads this: THE MASON LODGE NEXT TO WHERE RUSSELL IS BURIED WAS BOUGHT YEARS AFTER HE WAS BURIED THERE! I called them personally and anyone else can also. The current lodge had nothing to do with the old cemetary. It is just one of those strange coincidences that happen. The lodge told me they get a lot of comments about the pyramid, but they don't know anything about it.
I have written to the Grand Master of the state where my grandfather was a Mason to try and find out any info I can. So far I have not received a reply yet. I will post this if they ever send me anything. I would like to know the circumstances under which he received his watch with the Mason symbol on the back. My friend told me he had to be way up the ladder to receive it...would just like to know more.
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there is overwhelming evidence that the spiritual founder of the wts, c.t.
russell, was a prominent free mason in the pittsburgh community.
he went so far as to declare: "i am a free mason" in several of his lectures.
Cygnus,
I always believed the way you portray Russell, as a nicer person than Rutherford, and just deluded at the time. However, a few months back, there was someone who did a type of genealogy on Russell and found his divorce court documents. That really showed me what a con man he was...I can't remember the thread, maybe someone else does. They pointed out that he "adopted" a 19 yr old woman, named Rose, and she was seen sitting on his lap...if my memory serves me correctly. Sounds to me like he was just a better con artist than Rutherford, who didn't care if people thought of him as a pompous A#$! That thread is definately worth the read if you can locate it...
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a friend recently commented to me, that a sister in her congregation had two encounters in field service that caused her embarrassment.
first, the sister called on a man.
she was offering the awake magazine on disasters.
Yes JW's do help one another in a crisis even if they don't know the people. They will open their homes and give generously. The PROBLEM is with the donations given to the WWW. It was announced at several meetings to put WWW on the checks, NOT the Katrina Hurricane...that way they can spend the money as they see fit. They will help some of the victims with as LITTLE of that money as possible and the rest is banked for use elsewhere. They encourage the witnesses to get all the govenment assistance that they can first and will then help out in extreme cases. So here is the deal...the friends donate to what they think is a fund to assist victims, then they also give them food, clothing, housing, etc. Wow what a deal for the Watchtower...it's like they make a killing everytime there is a disaster.
There was a family near me that lost their house to a fire. They were not regular attenders at their local church. However, the church raised enough funds to build them a new house, buy them new clothes, furnish the house, and gave them a generous amount of money for incidentals. Have you ever known of the Society to give MONEY to individuals??? Usually, if someone finds themself without funds, they always ask for donations from the friends at their KH...I have never heard of ANYONE receiving a check from the Watchtower Society! Correct me if I am wrong!!!
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there is overwhelming evidence that the spiritual founder of the wts, c.t.
russell, was a prominent free mason in the pittsburgh community.
he went so far as to declare: "i am a free mason" in several of his lectures.
There are a lot of comments for and against the Masonry influence. What I would like to know is if anyone personally knows a Mason or Knights Templer, does anyone have a family member involved in these organizations, and if those commenting have inside information?
I have 2 friends that are members, but I can't get very much information from them. It would be nice to have an inside track, and then we could actually get membership lists. That's the only way I see to put this to rest.
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