Crazy MS Cures and Causes

Yesterday a very well intentioned person gave me an article to read about aspartame.
A very hysterical article claiming aspartame causes most illnesses,including MS. Now I'm not saying it couldn't be a cause and I did give up my Diet Cokes because of aspartame. Not because I thought it would lessen my MS or improve my health directly. I think the most sensible arguement against aspartame is that it causes an insulin response in the body. You taste sweet in your mouth. Even though it is fake sweet, your mind doesn't know the difference and assumes it to be real sugar. Your body starts pumping more insulin into your bloodstream, only there is no sugar to balance it. Result is you either eat more or crave sugar to maintain a balance. That leads to weight gain and even diabetes. So I suppose that not consuming aspartame keeps me healthier, which helps me cope with MS.

I just get annoyed at over simplistic,unproven, theories (and they are always internet articles) written by people who always seem to have an angle or warped sense of public duty( things ______ fill in the blank, they don't want you to know!!).

The internet is great,yet at the same time it is overloaded with all sorts of crack pots claiming to have knowledge about causes of disease and cures. The cures most often involve a special diet, which features unpalatable drinks (swamp water anyone?) hard to follow exercise plans ( marathons etc.) half baked philosophies (I love having MS !!!) and unconventional treatments ( magnetic bracelets) If they work, great, even if it is placebo, however if they don't , well that's because you didn't stick with it, or you didn't really believe. Good cop outs.

This morning I saw an ad for an herb steamer, which claims breathing the steamed herbal air can cure almost anything. Maybe it smells nice, and maybe that can create a sense of well being, but I think that's about it.It ain't gonna cure nothin. Better off to use the herbs in your cooking for some tasty food.That will make you feel good. Just don't eat too much.

Face Crimes

Today I had a person look at me with the meanest, hate filled, angry face.
If you are reading this Sir/Madam( that's our standard greeting on letters) I would like to tell you that : 1. You are wasting your own precious mental health because you prefer to be mean spirited, rather than promote goodwill 2. I'm not surprised when I'm told you encourage spying and back stabbing. 3. If your soul is as ugly as your face, you are in big trouble. 4. Are you aware of how much you are hated ? I guess you don't care. You should, for your own sake.

There, I did my little rant and I feel better.

Things are moving along at work. My prediction is things will be finalized by the end of March Can't say why I think that. Maybe once it's all over I will tell.

Crazy weather. It went from bitter cold in the morning, to rain this evening.

Read an interesting article in Foreign Policy magazine about failed nation states.The prediction is that Mexico will soon become like Somalia, due to the drug wars. My friend down in the South West tells me the major of Juarez,which is on the border close to El Paso,has sought asylum in the U.S. Imagine the major of your city gone and war raging on the streets. Hamilton is a boring place, but I don't have to worry about getting caught in the crossfire of a drug war.

Know It All

Been spending my time reading other blogs and posting know it all comments. Really should stay on my own soap box here. Not a bad day today The Peregrines have returned!
Saw them flying around my neighbourhood today.
I missed the annual union meeting tonight. I came home with the intention of getting changed,having dinner, and then off again. As usual my haunted house conspired against me. The dishwasher wouldn't drain and the water backed up in the two sinks. Had to go out and buy Liquid Plumber at the local convenience store,which means I paid a million dollars for it. By the time I cleaned the mess and waited to see if the dishwasher was draining properly,it was six o'clock and I was exhausted. Ah !let the healthy people go to the meeting.

Speaking of meetings I have another torture session on Friday I hate Friday meetings. If they go badly I stew about it all weekend and if they go well. What am I saying! They never go well these days.

Saw an article in the paper about the optimist gene. Guess I don't have that one

Nurse Practitioner Clinics

I promised I would post this photo of the Ukrainian Church . So here it is ! That's where I was when I got caught in the snow storm.What a day that was.


The Ontario government announced the opening of 25 nurse practitioner clinics .
This is due to the family doctor shortage, which is acute in remote areas. Nobody wants much to be a family doctor,nor do they want to practice in a small town.I guess it isn't cool to be one and you don't make the big bucks.
I don't know very much about these clinics .I got in touch with a nurse friend out in B.C. to ask what she thinks. I'll do a post once I find out. Anybody have experience with them ?

Bad weekend for me. I don't seem to be able to handle the cold at all anymore.Not the best place for me to be living then. Is it?

Another meeting this coming Friday, when management gets their last kick at the can
(me).Then I'm not sure what will happen.My rep keeps on telling me it will be a good outcome, so I will try to believe that. What else can I do ?

Quotable

"If she was working at Quiznos making subs, she would be out of a job now"

"Anybody can go to their doctor, whine, and get a note to get out of work"

After 4 medical reports: "How can we help if we don't know what her needs are?"

Fun Is ?

Peeing my pants in the middle of a snowstorm and having it freeze.

Zero Patience

Know a good way to open a make up compact when you can't figure out how it opens?
Smash it on the floor. Yeah that's what I did and it worked. OK, it is broken now and I did waste some of the make up. I think I'm so fed up with things not working, and excuses, and everything, that my patience is shot.

So it's smashing time, as the kids in the movie "Hope and Glory" use to say. This is old lady make up,or as my young co worker refers to us "mature women"(thanks for the compliment,now go away) Don't these companies realize that I can't see that great in the morning,I'm rushing, and I really don't have time to fiddle with a silly container.

Had some good news today at work but I can't tell yet. Soon

Barbie is fifty today. That really makes me feel mature.

Interesting news story in The Independent today. The former head of MI5 stated that governments are using the threat of terrorism to curb civil liberties. I know that we are overly concerned at my office with security. You can barely move without needing a key or an electronic pass to get around. We have keys for cabinets with keys. I have a dozen pass words in order to use all the systems and have to change them every couple of months. The computer keeps track of every password I have used in the past and won't allow me to use them again. We can't send external email or use the internet, only the approved intra net. It gets very tiresome.

Good line in the Kung Fu movie tonight "Sorry to tell you this, but you must die"