Posts by TheSilence

for those of you who don't know what it is.it's a form of the chicken pox virus.after you get chicken pox as a kid the virus goes dormant in your nerve endings.most people never have any problem again with this virus.some people like me get the shingles.the symptoms include pain in your nerves.a rash that looks like tiny blisters.aches and flu like symptoms.and many others.i am contagious to people who have never had the chicken pox before.especially small children and pregnant women.you can't get the shingles from me but you can get chicken pox from me.. i have this stabbing pain in my back which i thought was a pinched nerve.i also have a thing on my back in the spot where i thought i had the pinched nerve that i thought was a spider bite.the pain is radiating around my side to my right breast.my right breast has been burning for 3 days now,about the same amount of time as i've had this spider bite looking thing on my back.i chalked that up to time of the month.this "spider bite " looking thing is on my right side.i'm having aches and pains like i have the flu.i don't feel good.. i asked my boss's mom to look at this bite thing and see if that was what it was because i've never had a spider bite before but i know they can get infected really bad sometimes.i didn't put 3 and 3 together with the nerve pain and the burning breast and the spider bite thing.the other girl i work with was there and she said it looked to her like shingles.i freaked out because i've had them before but not since i was a kid i was 10 or 11.my boss has 3 little girls i thought might be able to get chicken pox from me through contact with him.

so i called a nurse answer line at the county hospital to see if that could happen.i told the nurse what was happening and what had been suggested to me might be shingles.she told me i needed to get my butt to the doctors in the next 24 hours for anti viral meds.that's the only way to clear this up quickly.otherwise i'll have this for months possibly.the nurse then proceeded to make an appointment for me tomorrow at the next available clinic in there system.she also made an appointment for me to get rated on a sliding scale to pay for this treatment.. stress brings them on so does weakened immune system from illness.i have both right now.i'm sick and i'm overly stressed at the moment.sigh..

TheSilence

I hope the medicine kicks in quick for you. ***

Jackie

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I have shingles I think.

by noni1974 in

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for those of you who don't know what it is.it's a form of the chicken pox virus.after you get chicken pox as a kid the virus goes dormant in your nerve endings.most people never have any problem again with this virus.some people like me get the shingles.the symptoms include pain in your nerves.a rash that looks like tiny blisters.aches and flu like symptoms.and many others.i am contagious to people who have never had the chicken pox before.especially small children and pregnant women.you can't get the shingles from me but you can get chicken pox from me.. i have this stabbing pain in my back which i thought was a pinched nerve.i also have a thing on my back in the spot where i thought i had the pinched nerve that i thought was a spider bite.the pain is radiating around my side to my right breast.my right breast has been burning for 3 days now,about the same amount of time as i've had this spider bite looking thing on my back.i chalked that up to time of the month.this "spider bite " looking thing is on my right side.i'm having aches and pains like i have the flu.i don't feel good.. i asked my boss's mom to look at this bite thing and see if that was what it was because i've never had a spider bite before but i know they can get infected really bad sometimes.i didn't put 3 and 3 together with the nerve pain and the burning breast and the spider bite thing.the other girl i work with was there and she said it looked to her like shingles.i freaked out because i've had them before but not since i was a kid i was 10 or 11.my boss has 3 little girls i thought might be able to get chicken pox from me through contact with him.

so i called a nurse answer line at the county hospital to see if that could happen.i told the nurse what was happening and what had been suggested to me might be shingles.she told me i needed to get my butt to the doctors in the next 24 hours for anti viral meds.that's the only way to clear this up quickly.otherwise i'll have this for months possibly.the nurse then proceeded to make an appointment for me tomorrow at the next available clinic in there system.she also made an appointment for me to get rated on a sliding scale to pay for this treatment.. stress brings them on so does weakened immune system from illness.i have both right now.i'm sick and i'm overly stressed at the moment.sigh..

TheSilence

I was just about to log off and saw this thread for the first time... please take care of yourself, noni. ***

Jackie

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A Post just for Priest73

by Abandoned in

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pretty funny dude, who.

reaches out to others and.

inspires those around him to.

TheSilence

Hi, Priest ;)

Jackie

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Open Relationships, and Society's Cultural Unwritten Boundaries

by frankiespeakin in

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i'm a anarchist basically with a ever widening opening mind.

and i believe in them i don't beleive that either sex should dominate over the other .

on the grounds that every one is master over thier own body, and so to demand loyalty in the use of anothers body seems wrong.

TheSilence

That image looks like Julie Andrews to me, which makes it very disturbing.

Sorry, off topic, but it was very disturbing ;)

Jackie

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Little fun game

by JH in

i was googling "multitasking test" and found this....but the instructions are in german, so i used bable fish translation to translate the first sentence, and it says to click and hold on the red square, and try to move it around without the other pieces touching it..... i didn't try to translate the rest, i'm to lazy.

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let's see how long you can go without any pieces touching the red square.. http://www.pamela.abraxxs.com/multitaskingtest.htm.

TheSilence

20.732

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Honestly, Did You "Care" So Much About The "Friends"?

by minimus in

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there are a lot of people who have complained of "no love" in their congregations.

i'm wondering if they gave of themselves, in reality, if they look back.

as an elder, i tried to "be there" when someone was in need but i must admit that i didn't always want to have to listen to a person's problems or a families' issues or some of the most ridiculous complaints, you could imagine.. were you really there for your brothers and sisters?

TheSilence

I was never in as an adult so never had too much I could do for people, but I would say I cared for them as much as any child cared for non-parental adults they saw 3 times a week.

My dad, on the other hand, cared for everyone. At least once a week he took someone to dinner. There were 3 teenagers who had become witnesses when their parents did not, my dad basically adopted them, picked them up for meetings, took the shopping for meeting clothes, drove them wherever they needed to go because they were doing the right things in their lives and needed encouragement. He has put roofs on for various people. He is very generous with his money, even when he doesn't have it.

Here is the down side. He did this to the detriment of his family. Those three kids he adopted were treated better than I was. I remember one time when I was 16 and one of them was 17. My dad had agreed to drive me to work because there was about 2 feet of snow on the ground. This other girl called and told him there was a cd she wanted to get at the mall and could he give her a ride. He forgot that he was supposed to drive me to work and I ended up having to walk through the snowstorm. People don't stop and offer rides anymore because it's just not a safe thing to encourage but the weather that day was so bad that several stopped and offered me a ride to wherever I was going. And it wasn't that I had to walk through the snow... it was that my dad, yet again, had put someone's *wants* before my *needs*. Even now as an adult he has no time to call me and tell me what's going on with his cancer, or if I call him and by some odd fluke of luck he actually returns it and I try to meet him for lunch... I can't tell you how many times I've sat in a restaurant and been stood up by my own father.

It's one thing as an adult.. but as a child to be so far down on the list of priorities in a parent's life is just wrong. He is a very generous and caring man and I love and admire him for that. I only wish he was as generous and loving with his own family. Because, you know, earlier this year when he had a major surgery that he wasn't even expected to live through and had half his neck and shoulder removed, for all and intents and purposes... it wasn't all those people he was good to who sat by his bed every hour they could be there just in case he wanted or needed something, it wasn't them that went out and bought the things he needed and brought them back. A *few* of them visited, but they weren't *there* for him. Even his current JW wife spent as little time as possible there and couldn't be bothered to pick up some pajamas that he wouldn't have to pull over his head.

Anyway, I've meandered on and on and gone quite off topic, sorry about that... but it's good for me to get that out every now and again so I appreciate your patience and indulgence... and, I don't know, this topic just kind of struck that thread with me and led me there.

Jackie

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How do people continue to buy into the Watchtower???

by integ in

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folks,.

with all the information out there, available for all to see; exposing the lies,hypocrisy, and outright ridiculousness (is that a word?..if not it should be) of this whole witness religion, how in the world are people still buying into this?.

is it because i don't have jehovah's spirit anymore?

TheSilence

There are some really intelligent persons, with very respectable jobs; persons who appear to be very smart about all kinds of subject matter. Some that do a lot of research etc. on bible history, world history etc., and there they are; every week at the meetings, going out in service, even giving what appear to be heartfelt comments on how great the "Faithful Slave" is and truly seem "into it"

This describes my dad pretty well. I would say he first got into it because the idea that it would piss off his parents, devout catholics, was appealing. It also appealed to what he wanted in life, to be the dictator of his family. I think he convinced himself it was true because he liked those parts of it, although I doubt he realizes himself that that is why he first believed.

Here we are almost 30 years later. My dad is highly intelligent and, as you said, does a lot of research on things. I think at this point it is ego and pride that does not allow him to step away. I don't think he would ever 'lower himself' enough to admit either to himself or his family that he had been wrong for 30 years. He has invested too much of his self identity in this religion to let it go.

My thoughts, anyway.

Jackie

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I'm really burnt about my family, someone talk me down!!!

by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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venting here.. we had christmas with my sister and her two daughters, just 1 of 3 of my sisters that is out of the evil cult!!

yay!

we had a blast, her girls are 9 & 12 and sweet and smart and funny.

TheSilence

I think about the joy we had being together for one special day, just one day to fuss over our loved ones and eat and laugh and enjoy music and eat some more and to count our years by Christmases and it makes me smile. . .and how jws choose to NOT be happy, to not have this joy, to not feel this love

You have reason for your anger, and it's okay in the short term. But in the long term it hurts only you, not them. Once you calm down, re-read what you wrote that I copied and know that you have more reason to feel sorry for them than anything. They are the ones who choose to miss out. I hope your choice is compassion and understanding over anger and frustration.

Focus on how blessed you are to have spent the holidays with those you love and to have shared this time with them.

Peace and joy,

Jackie