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  My hand splints

  by Cygnus in

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  this is why sometimes i don't type (respond to posts) as much as i'd like.

  no pity-party, just intended so people can get a better idea.

  my fingers look comfortable but they barely move since the nerves that help with movement are severed..

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  Cygnus

  Ken, the time period of recovery is anywere from 6 months to 2 years, the nerves grow back about a milimeter a day.

  Es, my affliction that I'm dealing with has been diagnosed as bilateral radial palsy. Briefly: Since I'm on coumadin after having a prosthetic heart valve installed 3 years ago, I have blood testing done about 3 times a month. One such test was performed in late June, and the person who drew my blood tied the tourniquet to my left arm so tightly it severed the radial nerve near my tricep. My left hand basically went dead. I didn't know what was going on so the next day (a Saturday) I went to the ER of a local hospital. They drew blood out of my right arm, and then tourniquet they applied severed the radial nerve in my right arm, killing my right hand. Basically a one out of a trillion thing. The neurologist that I see say my case is definitely publishable.
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  You stinking BULLY!!!

  by hibiscusfire in

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  i'm sorry but i used to get bullied by this girl when i was going to primary school.. she was big and tall and loud mouth.

  today she is like an ox and i still remember her.. she sat next to me in a taxi...she didn't even recognise me because i changed so much.. hibiscusfire

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  Ehh.. I got bullied a few times in high school. 'Til I stood up to the bully, and he never bothered me again. As for today, people can try to bully me all they want (see slippy's board for an example, particluarly Bendrr's posts to me), but it doesn't bother me that much. Now if someone was bullying someone I love, family, friends, or caty, somehow I doin't think I'd be as passive about it.
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  I think im depressed AGAIN!

  by Es in

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  the last few months have been really tough for me there have been many problems with my fiances family and even with my fiance for that fact.

  although things are fine now, im not happy i cant seem to get excited bout life.

  im getting married in nov, going to be trying for baby no 2 going to fiji in feb....so you see i have lots to be excited bout but im just not.

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  Cygnus

  Es, I recently switched from Paxil to Lexapro. No bad side effects and it seems to work well. As opposed to Effexor and Cymbalta which were nightmares. Do you have a doc or another M.D. pro you can discuss this with?
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  Ever feel embarrassed when buying condoms?

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  i dont know if i could do it, it'd almost be like buying tampons.

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  Cygnus

  Why would it be embarassing? Clerks really don't care what you buy, as long as you don't pay them in all pennies.
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  A Comparison Of Translations

  by Honesty in

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  decide for yourself how accurate the new world translation is:.

  *** rbi8 exodus 6:2-3 ***.

  2 and god went on to speak to moses and to say to him: ai am jehovah.

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  Well Leo, far be it from me to disagree with you. I just happen to think the NWT isn;t as bad as many make it out to be, and at least they do try do defend their scholasticism. But to me, it really again boils down to arguing angels fitting on the head of a pin. Call me a cop-out if you want, I've been researching JW/NWT stuph for 8 years and not only has it become tiresome but it's too hard for me to type a compete exegesis and opinion.
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  I think im depressed AGAIN!

  by Es in

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  the last few months have been really tough for me there have been many problems with my fiances family and even with my fiance for that fact.

  although things are fine now, im not happy i cant seem to get excited bout life.

  im getting married in nov, going to be trying for baby no 2 going to fiji in feb....so you see i have lots to be excited bout but im just not.

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  Cygnus

  When I get depressed I put on 1974's Jethro Tull recording "War Child." Maybe not your taste but it definitely lifts my spirits.
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  Why did the WTBTS not sue Ray Franz?

  by Gill in

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  if ray franz had been lying in anything he said in both of his books, c of c and in search of christian freedom, surely the wtbts would have sued him.

  why did they take no legal action against him?.

  could it be that this legalistic corportion realised he had lied about nothing?

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  I think they figured his audience would be too small to worry about. Today with the internet, time have changed,
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  Is your heart bigger since you left?

  by Ingenuous in

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  i was amazed how, in a matter of days after leaving the org, my heart seemed bigger.

  i was free to love people - truly love them as they were and without condition.

  i was no longer required to sit in judgement of them because they didn't believe as i did.

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  Cygnus

  I'd like to think I have more empathy and compassion for people since I quit the Witnesses. Literally, when not too long later my physical heart's mitral valve blewv out, my heart expanded to app. 35% its normal size. So my answer is yes. ;)
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 8-21-05 WT Study (Faithful)

  by blondie in

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  what is "the faith"?.

  the faith?.

  5, 6. what standard do we have for testing whether we are in the faith, and .

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  : the close-knit body of anointed Christian Witnesses

  What a stupid thing to say. They are "close-knit" by name only. The men in charge never ask any of the anointed throughout the world to assist them in matters of policy and doctrine. What a dumb concept, and to keep repeating it is even more dumb.
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  Demonic exorcism by a JW elder

  by out of the box in

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  we moved into an apartment on the 2nd floor.

  we were jws at the time, and the family on the first floor under us was studying.. the girl downstairs started hearing noises during the night and finally hearing steps up to the side of her bed.

  she was so scared she hadn't slept in a while and was so tired.

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  Cygnus

  Neat stuph. My dad used to tell me stories of exorcisms. Mirrors that would not break even when hit with a 12 lb. sledge. Books that would not burn, or when they would burn faint screams could be heard, perfume bottles that kept re-appearing even after being disposed of or tossed in the river. None of this stuph ever happens to me. :(