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  Bronchitis......Does anyone here

  by WildHorses in

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  know what i can take to stop the burning sensation i have in my chest?.

  i have had a cold for the past few days and woke up this morning feeling just awful.

  i went to the hospital and they said i have bronchitis.

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  Wounded Heart

  hey Lilacs,

  as a chronic bronchitis sufferer i certainly understand where you are coming from. all the suggestions youve received are very helpful. the only thing i can add is this....

  you MUST massage your cough muscle. 1st to find it. the total area is aprox 5" across the chest, from just under your neck, to just above your breasts. it is slightly to both the left and right sides of your neck. with either your knuckles or your fingertips of your right hand, gently massage the area back and forth for aprox 1-2 minutes. you will KNOW youve got the right spot cause it WILL hurt. its quite sore from all the coughing. massaging this area is very important and will help you with breathing as well as coughing.

  ive been a little vaguer than i normally would have as to its location since its been a while since ive had a cold (gratefully). and just as a disclaimer: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. ive just had a lot of experience.

  hope you are feeling better real soon,

  Kat
  Wounded Heart

  Love by giving to & accepting others unconditionally = true, pure love

  "When in doubt, do the loving thing." ~ 8yr old "Pirate"
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  AN INFAMOUS "GYN" VISIT

  by Trotafox in

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  2. relationships

  true story from a girl at work about her sister.

  honest to god.. her sister was in a frantic rush one day trying to get out of the office to get to her yearly gynecologist exam on time.

  she rushed home, didnt have time to take a shower so she just took a sink bath and sprayed on some fds spray (for all males out there, that is feminine deoderant spray).

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  Wounded Heart

  just think closer....the possiblilities are endless! theres glow in the dark, black light paint, glitter, etc! LOL your comment made me laugh! just what i needed! thanks!

  Kat
  Wounded Heart

  Love by giving to & accepting others unconditionally = true, pure love

  "When in doubt, do the loving thing." ~ 8yr old "Pirate"
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  Starting Over

  by larc in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  brothers and sisters,.

  i think about what it must feel like for a blind man from birth to be given the miracle of sight through a new treatment.

  what a wonderful experience that must be!.

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  Wounded Heart

  hey Andi.....

  just wanted to say that i love your tatoo and the idea "behind" it! the meaning, etc. thats excellent! im thinking of getting a tatoo. i like how yours has extra meaning. thanks for getting my ideas flowing!

  Kat
  Wounded Heart

  Love by giving to & accepting others unconditionally = true, pure love

  "When in doubt, do the loving thing." ~ 8yr old "Pirate"
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  I may have made a bad mistake

  by Eyebrow in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  an old friend of the family stopped by my house last night.

  i had not seen him for about two years.

  he was disfellowhispped about 3 or 4 years ago, but would drop in every now and ask me business related questions.

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  Wounded Heart

  hey Eyebrow....beautiful baby!!!

  i too would say to be cautious. 16yrs ago when my brother was 14, and NOT baptised, he was pulled into fishbowl cause of what a studying mom's daughter reported about him--seeing him at a party where there was drinking. they went to school together. she was the only one who reported him. we were the only witness kids in the high school at that time. so just 1 worldly person ratting out a jw. we got the bookstudy pulled from our house at the time. he has been bitter (for many reasons but mainly this reason) since then. its something that may never heal for him. another victim of the Borg. my sugestion would be to claim a weak moment if cornered. claim depression and/or anxiety. ive faded away with those two. course i have severe cases of both (among other things) LOL. i would probably throw in a good hard "trying to remember look/silence" and manage to come up blank as to ever having uttered "those apostate thoughts!". just my thoughts. i personally dont want to lose the jw family i have. my dad being the most important. all other jw family are just "see once a year, email occasionally" status. still, when we do visit, we visit with my dad and dont wish to make it difficult for him. anyway, sending good thoughts and wishes your way. i semi-envy you of your moving in that you will have freedom of living so freely. enjoy that! and i look forward to hearing about your 1st christmas tree next year when the 3 of you get to celebrate so freely. you are just gonna love it!!!

  MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

  Kat
  Wounded Heart

  Love by giving to & accepting others unconditionally = true, pure love

  "When in doubt, do the loving thing." ~ 8yr old "Pirate"
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  What is this about Marking?

  by Missie Eff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a good freind here with me this evening.

  (celtic, if you're around you know her - it's liane).

  there is something that has always puzzled both of us.

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  Wounded Heart

  hi missie eff,

  this definitely happens other places. when i was very young (im 34 now), i remember well, the elders saying from the platform so and so was "marked" and as someone mentioned, it was the equivalent to being DFd . when i was about 18-19, one day "A" and i were discussing "M" who was a newer friend of ours. "A" said "no, i dont want to invite her cause shes marked". i asked why "A" hadnt bothered to tell me (guess i missed that talk or daydreamed thru it). "A's" response was that "we arent supposed to talk about it". it seems that "M" was involved and going to marry a "worldly" (in every sense of the word) guy and thus had been marked. this was when it was up to each individual person to mark others as they saw fit. i never could figure out who was "in trouble", UNLESS i saw them headed into the "fishbowl" (library).

  ISP: i wonder if marking is different because the person is continuing with their plan of "wrongdoing". cause those that were marked (that i knew of) continued to do what they wanted to do (such as above mentioned "M" getting married to the "worldly" guy). were as being reproved is when you are repentant of something but they still have to "smack" ya in public. does this make sense to anyone but me? LOL.

  whatever the elders did publically (negatively) was purely wrong. WWJD? he certainly would not have treated ones who erred in the manner that elders/borg does these days.

  Kat
  Wounded Heart

  Love by giving to & accepting others unconditionally = true, pure love

  "When in doubt, do the loving thing." ~ 8yr old "Pirate"
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  2/3 of all JW's are women and what it implies

  by Mindchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a few weeks back, kinsman posted a link about a recent survey of religion in america which showed that 68% of all jehovah's witnesses were female, which is the highest ratio of women to men in any religion in the usa.. i believe the reason for this unbalance in adherents in favor of women comes down to two fundamental reasons.

  the first is shunning and the second is the appeal of the "family type atmosphere" that the witnesses pretend to offer.. we all know the power of shunning keeps a lot of people trapped inside the collective, and just due to the fact that women are enculturated more with having emotional bonds with others, makes it a bit tougher to leave family and friends behind.

  this doesn't mean that men don't suffer emotionally, but the general trend is more for men to suppress their feelings and damn the emotional torpedoes and go full speed ahead out of the bad dream.. this suggests to me, that if there is a major modification of the shunning policy, the largest exodus will be in the female ranks.

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  Wounded Heart

  i wonder if it has to do with the "package" they sell. when i was in it seemed alot of the new ones coming into our cong were either single moms or women with abuse history, for 2 examples. single moms might feel guilty to take away any "father" figure or displine type set up by leaving the borg. and people with history of abuse in there background often have trouble breaking free from abusive relationships such as the abusive relationship within the congregation/organization.

  just my experience. it certainly seemed that alot of our "new ones" coming into the organization were like those i mention above. i mean no offence to anyone.

  Kat
  Wounded Heart

  Love by giving to & accepting others unconditionally = true, pure love

  "When in doubt, do the loving thing." ~ 8yr old "Pirate"
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  lucid dreams

  by msil in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i dream about you, even though i am awake.

  i feel your love, theres just no mistake.... dwelling and dreaming bout all we discussed.

  and how our souls embraced in the arms of our trust.

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  Wounded Heart

  love this! great work msil! thank you for sharing of yourself n your work.
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  Jon passed away this morning

  by jonjonsimons in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my name is kevin and i am jon's partner.

  jon gave me his password a few weeks ago and asked me to post to the board if something happened to him.

  as some of you know jon had been undergoing cancer treatment since the end of july.

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  Wounded Heart

  (((((Kevin)))))

  im so sorry about jon. i enjoyed reading his posts and am sad i never got to meet him and chat with him. this saddens me so much. sitting here with tears streaming down my face, wishing i could have known jon more and let him no how much i enjoyed his thoughts and all that he shared. he will be greatly missed.

  i hope that you will visit here and post when you are able. there are so many here who love you and jon.

  please take care of yourself.

  love,

  Kat

  Wounded Heart

  Love by giving to & accepting others unconditionally = true, pure love

  "When in doubt, do the loving thing." ~ 8yr old "Pirate"
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  "Imagine" all the inappropriate songs...

  by Tatiana in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this is a complete list of "lyrically inappropriate" songs being banned from several us radio stations in the wake of the attacks.. "it's very dangerous," says nina crowley, director of massmic, a music free-speech organization.

  "i understand they're pulling certain violent songs.

  but you put out a list of songs like this, and the next thing you know someone's pulling the albums off the shelves in wal-mart.".

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  Wounded Heart

  April - thank you for printing the list. i just read it in todays local paper and was going to type it all in tonight for all to see...you sure did save me alot of trouble.

  about britney & justin singing on micheal js project--todays paper also had a statement from their managers that they are not participating in micheals project.

  i too have heard many of the songs on the list being played on the radio.

  good to see such healthy responses to this "banned song list"

  Kat

  Wounded Heart

  Love by giving to & accepting others unconditionally = true, pure love

  "When in doubt, do the loving thing." ~ 8yr old "Pirate"
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  I'm A Better Parent Than Any JW.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was sat watching tv tonight, her ladyship was dozing after a hard day, george the cat was purring and number 3 son had fallen asleep.. number 2 son was talking on the phone to his girlfriend, number 1 was out selling finance to prospective home-buyers.. know what?

  these sons of mine know that i am always on their side, no matter what they do.

  i can't think of anything that they could do to stop me loving them.

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  Wounded Heart

  had to check out satan sites 4 demonic humans who where cast out of the truth ha ha bitter souls the wts will never fall its backed by jehovah u can wish all u want like your father does but alas stupid ones u open your eyes and the truth sets in jehovahs people are the truth go join your pagan religions and watch uyour self choke on blood NYc is just another last day happening yous sorry lives are running shorter the worst US deaths ever the time is neigh stupid ones hope u hada nice life!

  actually, most here decided to leave on their own accord and are very happy with their decision...i know I am.

  Kat

  Wounded Heart

  Love by giving to & accepting others unconditionally = true, pure love

  8yr old "Pirate" has said it beautifully: "When in doubt, do the loving thing."