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Worst Christmas gifts
This topic is usually good for a few laughs, and hopefully won't give anyone gift ideas. On my list of worst gifts - a book of McDonalds gift certificates - from my own father - it was his only gift to me - I was in high school. Oh wait, he did give me a few Army patches from his old uniforms to sew onto my hippie jeans.…
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Ovarian cysts?
Any post-menopausal ladies have any experience with these? I had them for years when I was pre-menopausal, then nothing, and this past week I was diagnosed with some sort of adenal mass that I may need surgery for, the pain was exactly like when I had ovarian cysts before. Of course one doctor just said "ovarian cancer"…
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Exploding Head Syndrome anyone?
I have been dealing with this since entering menopause also, scared the crap out of me the first time it happened, and then someone on an equine related forum posted about it, whew, at least it is nothing life threatening.…
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Inspired by Band Geeks
I say this because my DD is a self-professed band geek, and she showed me this last night: http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=9e36900f-6862-4e60-80a3-bed313122203 Never let it be said that marching band is not exercise. These are some impressive before and after photos of young people after a summer of drum corp…
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Not sure how I feel about this - Fat People Get Less Dementia
Fat People Get Less Dementia: Very obese people (BMI greater than 40 kg/m2) are 29% less likely to get dementia than people in the normal weight range. The unexpected results are according to new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.…
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MFP Stats?
Does anyone know if MPF has general stats about how well this works? Something along the lines of "xxxx number of people have lost yyyyy pounds in the zzz years since MFP was created". Or some averages, "that the average MFP user loses x pounds per month/year". I see so many success stories, and I'm always curious about…
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Log This?
a monster 8,000-calorie breakfast? http://www.clickorlando.com/news/feeling-up-to-a-monster-8000calorie-breakfast/28387208 "Nobody has managed to finish the 8,000-calorie 'Hibernator Challenge' offered at the Bear Grills cafe in Congelton, England. With eight sausages, eight slices of bacon, four hash browns, four fried…
