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  Holy Crap! Prescription meds are EXPENSIVE!!!

  by Elsewhere in

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  my dr. had prescribed advair for my asthma.

  for a 90 day supply it will cost me $75.

  that's not too bad being that it will be $25 per month for me.

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  Yea...when I was suffering with acid reflux a few years ago, I had to pop one pill a day for a month and each of those pills costed about 3 dollars US.

  I have this chronic stomach condition which requires me to take meds. Well, I had been taking the caplets for years. We changed insurance companies and one day my pharmacist says that the insurance will not cover the pills anymore. I called the insurance...they said that they would only cover the capsules and not the caplets.....

  The caplets and capsules contain the same amount of medication....and according to the pharmacist are roughly the same price...

  In any case, the whole system is screwed up...but I am not sure how it can be fixed.

  Jeff S.
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  I recommend meditation!

  by metatron in

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  one of the surprizing - and humbling - aspects of life that keeps things interesting is the fact that simple stuff can be overlooked.

  in the rat race of life.

  such has been my experience with meditation.. i attended a class run by a guy who got trained in tibet.

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  Hi Gang:

  I enjoy spending time in silence in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in Catholic Chapels and Churches. This is known as Eucharistic Adoration.

  I usually pray to the Lord and thank Him for His goodness and generosity.

  And then I just sit there and practice being their with Him. At times, I experience an inner silence and peace that is hard to describe.

  In any case, I have noticed that by slowing down and spending time in quiet with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, that my stress level often goes down and I am better able to face the problems of life.

  I hope that made sense.

  Jeff Schwehm

  www.catholicxjw.com
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  I'm Off to the Hospital

  by Undecided in

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  i have to be there in 38 minutes.

  i'll get back to y'all when i'm able after my prostate operation.

  wish me luck!.

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  We will pray for you Ken.

  Jeff S.

  www.catholicxjw.com
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  Jehovah's Witness to Catholic Conversion Stories

  by jschwehm in

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  hi gang:.

  i realize that many here are not interested in organized religion.

  this is not meant to offend anyone.

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  Hi All:

  I thought some of you might be interested in discussing this further at the Catholic Ex-JW discussion board.

  Here is the link:

  http://catholicxjw.proboards55.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1124171957

  Jeff S.

  www.catholicxjw.com
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  ABC Interview with Bryan is now online...

  by Bryan in

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  all 11 minutes of it.. abc interview.

  also, i realize those of you using firefox cannot scroll the webpages.

  i know what the problem is, but am looking at other ways to fix it, because i like the way it works on internet explorer.. thanks,.

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  Hi Bryan:

  Great job on the interview. You were very good. I can certainly relate to the problem of not feeling things as you should. Being raised a JW, I was taught how to be inauthentic if that makes any sense.

  By the way, I was born in New Orleans and raised in the New Orleans area. I live in Wisconsin now. What brought you to New Orleans and did you spend any time with the JWs in the New Orleans area?

  My family attended the East Metairie Congregation, the Covington Congregation, and the Abita Springs Congregation. I have relatives that have attended the Jefferson Congregation, the Slidell Congregation and the Lacombe Congregation. Plus we have tons of friends all over southeast LA. (Well, I guess I should say former friends.)

  Jeff Schwehm

  www.catholicxjw.com
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  Jehovah's Witness to Catholic Conversion Stories

  by jschwehm in

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  hi gang:.

  i realize that many here are not interested in organized religion.

  this is not meant to offend anyone.

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  Hi Gang:

  I realize that many here are not interested in organized religion. This is not meant to offend anyone. I just thought that some of you might find the following article interesting. Here is the link:

  http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=29470

  Jeff Schwehm

  www.catholicxjw.com
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  Stem Cell Research article

  by DevonMcBride in

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  in today's wall street journal there was an excellent article about stem cell research.

  the united states used to be number 1 in science research.

  we are now number 2 and continually on the decline even more.

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  You may find the following website interesting:

  http://www.stemcellresearch.org/

  Jeff Schwehm
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  Life is tough

  by Cygnus in

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  ... but there's nothing better than the love and understanding of those who care about, love you, and demonstrate it.. like the wizard of oz told the tin man (and i paraphrase here), the measure of a man's worth is not how much he loves others, but rather how much others love him.. i feel very loved, and i appreciate all of you here on jwd as well.

  good debates and good fun makes my world go 'round.

  big hugs to all of you (except billygoat who has broken my heart

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  Hi Cyg:

  How goes things?

  Email me at [email protected]

  Jeff Schwehm
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  Sep 15th WT: Christians spend weekends enjoying recreation and not service

  by truthseeker in

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  in a recent post, sir82 wrote that a trainee missionary attending the school of gilead emailed the following..

  "it was brought out that christendom and the world smacks of .

  baalism today.

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  Brothers are scheduled to work 3 Saturdays out of 4, 2 when they reach 50; sisters get off lightly with working 2 (?) until they are 30 and 1 until they are 40 when they get all of them off (correct me, my memory is not as good as it could be). I was told it was to cut down on the recreation on the weekends. It seems that carloads of young brothers were driving as far as Chicago from NYC to attend "parties" and driving back. There were a couple of accidents putting Bethele workers out of commission for a while at the WTS expense. Can anyone confirm this?

  That is what it was like when I was at Bethel in the late 1980's and when I asked why that was the exact same reason they gave me. By the way, Bethelites know how to party!!!!

  Jeff Schwehm
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  Shameless Plug - Wife's acting debut

  by EscapedLifer1 in

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  i would like to warmly invite any of you nasty old apostates in the southeast us to a nice evening at the theatre to watch my wife play the role of "shelby" in the whole backstage's production of the stageplay "steel magnolias".

  it will be in guntersville, alabama.

  check out the website for performance dates, directions, info, etc.:.

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  Good for her! Tell her to break a leg!

  Jeff Schwehm

  www.catholicxjw.com