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SCOTUS has spoken: The U.S. Supreme Court just upheld the Affordable Care Act, saying that the individual mandate is constitutional as a tax. This is fantastic news for the nearly 50 million uninsured Americans.
Women in particular should pop the champagne and celebrate. Of those millions of uninsured, 19 million are women. Up to 10.3 million of the low-income among them will now be covered by Medicaid by 2014 when the law goes into full effect. Although the uninsured tend to use less medical care, and therefore spend less than the insured, altogether they spend about $2.64 billion out of pocket each year. (Not to mention that being uninsured leads to a greater risk of death.) They can rest assured that the Supreme Court won't get in the way of their insurance coverage, which should mean more accessible and affordable care.
Women are big financial winners in this decision in other ways. The first is the elimination of gender rating, or charging women more because they're women, pure and simple. The National Women's Law Center recently found that in states that haven't banned the practice, over 90% of the best selling plans charge women more than men, even though only 3% of them cover maternity services. In fact, even when maternity care is excluded, almost a third of plans charge women at least 30% more than men for the same coverage. One plan even charges 25-year-old women 85% more than men. All told, the practice costs women about $1 billion a year.
That will now become illegal in 2014, after the ACA is fully implemented. Insurers will no longer have free reign to charge women whatever they like for no discernable reason. That extra $1 billion in our pockets sounds pretty good.
Had the individual mandate been struck down, as many assumed would happen, women could have been the first victims. Premium rates would have almost surely risen – read Sarah Kliff's great account of what happened under an incredibly similar scenario in Washington State not too long ago for empirical evidence. There were many estimates of how much premiums would have risen without the mandate: The RAND Corporation predicted that they would rise by 9.3 percent ; the Urban Institute estimated a 10 percent rise; the CBO put it far higher, at 15-27 percent. Even with RAND's lower estimate, it anticipated the average premium to rise by $534. Given that women are targeted for gender rating, their costs would have very likely risen faster than others'. The Supreme Court's decision offers protection from this scenario.
On top of all this, much of women's preventative care, including contraception, Pap test, mammograms, and domestic violence screenings, will be covered without copay. An 18-year-old woman can expect to shell out $11,842 over her lifetime in copays for hormonal birth control and mandated doctor's visits, but now she can put that money in her pocket next to the money saved from gender rating and medical expenses.
Women also have a long history of being denied care because of preexisting conditions, including some dubious so-called "conditions." Think that pregnancy is a normal course of life? Insurance companies have been known to treat women who seek coverage when they're pregnant as if they have a preexisting condition. Even women who gave birth through previous Caesarean section – about a third of all births – are thought to have a "condition." Think the victims of sexual abuse and assault have enough to deal with as it is? Add to their burdens the denial of coverage because receiving treatment related to that abuse has been considered a preexisting condition. Now that the ACA is free to stand, that practice will no longer be tolerated, either.
Other gains women will make now that health care reform will stay on the books: Maternity care is a required coverage area. Meanwhile, nursing mothers will be given mandated breaks and a private place to express breast milk at places of employment that have 50 employees or more.
While it's clearly a moral imperative that we give as many Americans access to quality, affordable health care, it's also a financial issue for millions of women. With the Supreme Court's affirmation of the Affordable Care Act, they stand to see a big boost to their bottom lines. They can rest easier today knowing that their health care costs will be lower for years to come.
Read more:
Five Big Questions About Health Care After Obamacare
Roberts Upholds Obamacare, And The Court's Authority, Too
Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare: What It Means, What Happens Next
Hello Rob,
You wrote:"And what's next? I'd imagine lots of new "experiments" will be rolling out now that the government can force us to "buy" anything they want by calling it a tax"
The Federal, State, and even local governments have been providing health care for decades, even centuries. There were publicly funded hospitals since the 1700′s. Medicare and Medicaid have been around for two generations. Further, many states, including the home state of the Republican nominee for president, have had programs very similar to the PPACA for years.
The PPACA is just one more, albeit new, part of a long standing American tradition. So this is not some new "experiment".
You're statement is interesting… if we're already providing healthcare through Medicare for those who need it, then there's no need for Obamacare. I don't know about you, but I don't know anyone that has desperately needed medical attention and hasn't received it. Bottom line, this is an experiment, I don't care what you say. This has played out a number of times in other countries and it has failed over and over.
You missed the point, David. It's not what they did, it's how they justified it.
Hello Rob,
One of the alternatives to "Obamacare" was simply to extend Medicare to everyone. It would not have involved insurance exchanges and any requirement to purchase private insurance, it would be just an extension of what the Federal and State governments have been doing for decades. Many Democrats would have preferred this approach as "Single Payer" system.
However, Mr. Obama and many Democrats, were fearful of Republican opposition to a single payer plan. Foolishly it now seems, Mr. Obama offered a plan designed by the conservative Heritage Foundation and endorsed by the America's Health Insurance Plans, a lobbying group for the insurance industry in the vain hope of winning conservative support. The plan had even been adopted by Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, so it seemed like a plan that conservatives would support.
Mr. Obama failed to imagine the Republican Party would demonized and attack their very own market-based, conservative alternative to the single payer plan.
Hello Rob,
Sorry, I forgot to add, yes there are people who are dying in this country from the inability to obtain medical treatment. I would also note that Germany has had a single payer "Obamacare" system since Chancellor Bismark created it in the late 19th century. The UK has had one for 100 years. They work fine, everyone has access to health care.
I've been thinking more about this article. Why the big difference in percentage between the uninsured genders? I'm guessing here, but I suspect it is because a large number of families cannot afford to insure the whole family, so only the women are getting insurance and the men are going uninsured (presumably, because of the maternity factor as well as gender roles encouraging men to "be strong" and support their women). If this speculation is accurate, it seems the men have more reason to celebrate than the women. I'd like to know how the author explains this disparity if insurance companies are currently discriminating against women.
Hello Dave,
Yes, there is a problem with the numbers. Actually, nationwide, and on the state-level as well, the percentage of uninsured men only slightly but consistently higher than for women 54% to 46% [1] with Wisconsin showing the greatest difference with 60% to 40% and Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah, and Wyoming being 50% / 50% and everyone else in between. If there are indeed 50 Million uninsured Americans, than the number of women must be higher, 24 million perhaps.
[1] http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=137&cat=3&sub=40&yr=252&typ=2
A more powerful federal government means less freedom and wealth for its citizens.
This decision is a very big blow for ALL women and ALL men.
you say the uninsured spend $2.64 billion out of pocket each year, divided by 50 million uninsured people, that's only $51 dollars a person. i would be ok spending that instead of paying a larger amount in taxes


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Missouri National Guard officers released the following, preliminary schedule for the 2013 Inauguration, which will take place in Jefferson City on Monday, Jan. 14. All events are open to the public.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and First Lady Georganne Nixon begin the day's activities with a worship service at 8:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church. Seating at the service is limited.
After the prayer service, Gov. and Mrs. Nixon will participate in the traditional inaugural parade, which will begin at 10 a.m. near the Missouri River Regional Library and proceed to the State Capitol. The official swearing-in ceremony will begin at 11:15 a.m. on the south lawn of the Capitol.
In the afternoon, the Nixons will welcome Missourians on the first floor of the Governor's Mansion, before taking part in the first-ever Missouri Barbecue Showcase and Reception at the Capitol Plaza Hotel.
The festivities conclude with the Grand March and Inaugural Ball, which begin at 7 p.m. in the Capitol rotunda.
Summary and Locations of 2013 Missouri National Guard Inauguration Activities on Jan. 14:
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301 E. Capitol Ave.
10 a.m.
Inaugural Parade
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Swearing-In Ceremony
State Capitol, South Lawn
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Public Greeting
Governor's Mansion
100 Madison Ave.
1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Missouri Barbecue Showcase and Reception Capitol Plaza Hotel
415 West McCarty St.
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Grand March
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Lamar University's Dishman Art Museum will host "Modern Impulses and Surreal Dreams: Contemporary Printmakers from Across the Nation" from Dec. 18 to Feb. 23, 2013. The exhibition highlights the work of more than 25 nationally recognized printmakers.
"We are truly excited to bring the work of so many stellar artists to Lamar and the Southeast Texas community," said Megan Young, director of the Dishman and assistant professor of art. "The show will provide an excellent opportunity to see what is currently happening in the world of contemporary printmaking."
Artists in the exhibition include Neal Cox, James Elhers, Yuji Hiratsuka, Leslie Koptcho, Michael Kreuger and others. This exhibition is curated by Young and Xenia Fedorchenko, associate professor of art.
Light refreshments will be served at the reception from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17. Admission to the reception and the exhibition is free.
The Dishman Art Museum, located at 1030 E. Lavaca in Beaumont, follows the Lamar University schedule. Normal Dishman hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Free museum-dedicated parking is available in front of the Dishman during museum hours. Call 409-880-8959 for more information or visit lamar.edu/dishman.


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Artistic Touch: Painter's work reflects natural surroundings
Joan Lehmann Glover's paintings reflect the beauty of nature and her love of her natural surroundings.
The Ventura artist will exhibit her paintings at the Camarillo Art Center on Sunday and the following two weekends.
Her oil paintings include large close-ups of florals from colorful hibiscus to the intricate details of roses and orchids, as well as realistic paintings of wild animals in their natural settings.
"There is so much beauty in the natural world," Lehmann said. "I like to present it in a way that people can see perhaps more in my art than they would just looking at nature."
Her love of nature and art started early. She grew up the youngest of six children on a farm in Australia and she rode a horse to school and had farm animals as playmates. She enjoyed drawing horses and pretty girls.
"I didn't start painting until my late teens," she said.
Lehmann left home at 16, answering an ad from a department store in a nearby town.
"There is an advantage to growing up in a country area," she said. "There are opportunities with less competition." She learned copywriting, layout and fashion illustration, but after eight years, was ready for a change.
"I decided I was going to be a painter," she said.
After lessons in landscape painting from a Czechoslovakian artist, she started entering art shows and selling her paintings, mostly local landscapes.
It was a time when original local art was becoming popular in Australia.
"There were European and American paintings, but people wanted gum trees, eucalpytus trees, mountains," she said. "I was just in the right place at the right time."
In a seven-year period, she showed her work all over Australia and sold about 1,500 paintings, she said.
While visiting Tahiti, she met a police officer from Fresno, married him and moved to California in 1980. She worked as a fashion illustrator for Gottschalks department stores based in Fresno for the next 12 years, developing a skill and love for detail.
After a divorce, Lehmann moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and started working for cosmetic companies Estey International and IBG as a bench chemist making cosmetics and color matching mineral powder makeup.
"You had to have an eye for color," she said.
She started creating wildlife paintings after becoming entranced by the work of the European artist Carl Brenders.
"His work is the most exquisite I've ever seen," she said. "It is so finely detailed, I decided I wanted to do that, too."
She sold her wildlife paintings from 1994 to 1998 at galleries in Carmel and La Jolla and in 1995 won a popular choice award for a wildlife painting at the Simic New Renaissance Galleries in La Jolla. Lehmann started painting florals in 2000, but then serious eye and health issues caused her to stop painting for almost 10 years.
While living in Chatsworth from 1998 to 2000, she hiked every day in the Santa Susana Pass, where she believes she was exposed to enriched uranium 235. During that time, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was doing remediation work from a partial nuclear meltdown that occurred in 1959.
She first started having eye problems with light sensitivity and irritation. She started getting nodules and lesions on her face in 2001.
"I had three scraped and the test came back positive for basal cell carcinoma," she said.
"I have been battling major skin tumors and lesions, mostly on my face but also on my chest, shoulders and ribcage," she said. "The worst attack was my right eye, where the entire socket has been a mass of tumors."
The tumors grew back after surgery, but she recently has found some success with natural herbal products.
It was only about a year ago that Lehmann discovered she had been exposed to radiation after talking with a radiation expert formerly with the Lawrence Livermore Lab. Analysis of her hair revealed radiation in her system.
She had to wear a patch over her eye for about three years and has lost about 50 percent of her vision from her right eye.
"It sure has wreaked havoc on my life," she said. The only bright spot was meeting Mark Glover at a health seminar in 2005. They were married in 2007.
She decided in January she could see well enough to paint and brought out her brushes again."Now I only paint what I want to paint — things that have an emotional impact on me," she said.
"Flowers are one of nature's most beautiful expressions — the colors, the shapes, the detail is so beautiful," she said. "It's something I fell in love with and it's a lot easier than fur and feathers with my somewhat compromised sight now."
"I'm planning to go huge — 30 by 40, big single flowers," she said. "When you go big, it almost has a surreal feel about it."
She's currently working on a 20-by-20 painting of geraniums.
"I didn't realize geraniums had so much character and detail," she said. "You can show that to people. You can walk past a geranium, but when you see it so blown up, it's astonishing how much beauty and symmetry is there.
"I think the sabbatical gave me renewed enthusiasm for painting, and it's going in a new direction now with my big flowers."
A 1-4 p.m. reception for Lehmann's exhibit is planned Sunday at the Camarillo Art Center, 3150 E. Ponderosa Drive, Camarillo. Call 445-7061 for more information.
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Albemarle High School senior Summer Shepherd is this week's choice for Burger King Student Athlete of the Week.
Shepherd has been in the top five of the cross country team all three years at AHS and went to the state championship meet as a sophomore. This season she serves as a captain for the Patriots, and helped lead her team to a second place finish at the district meet last week despite fighting a serious illness.
Shepherd is one of the team's leaders this season and gets some very high praise from her coach.
"I have been a coach for over 25 years and (Summer) is by far the best overall team leader I have ever had the pleasure of coaching," says Albemarle Cross Country Head Coach Cathy Coffman.
Shepherd also leads the way in the classroom with a 3.66 unweighted GPA (4.3 weighted). She hopes to attend George Mason University next year and also hopes to pole vault there.


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I'm a huge ice hockey fan and was thrilled that my Los Angeles Kings brought home the Stanley Cup for the 1st time ever! (Photo below taken at the championship parade downtown - that's not my husband - LOL)
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I enjpy wathcing the rainbow warriors. The we a ther here is in the 80s and 90s.
Ihavea puppy named Lulu. She was a stray that a friend gave to me about 5 onths ago after my otherdog died.
She is aterrier mix,
We lost a daughter at 13 due to a hard to treat form of JME I still have a 16 yr old who is almost 17. We havebeen married for 18 years.
where does the time go?!
Love Candi
You have two beautiful girls!! I love that age.
My name is angie. I currently live in Vegas. I grew up in the Bay Area with the hippies, flower power, the Black Panthers, Angela Davis, Pattie Hearst, and earthquakes. I was too young to join in the pot parties at CAL and Golden Gate Park. I don't think I would joined anyway. Those days when kids played outside. Hopscotch, hide-and-seek, kick ball, jacks, etc. There weren't many weight issues then, were there? No cable tv!!!!
My first seizure was 3/27/75 when I was on spring break from the 8th grade.
I am a big football fan! Go RAIDERS!!! I also love baseball. Oakland A's and the San Fran Giants. Cal, Stanford, and USC. BOO on the Dodgers and UCLA.
The career side of me has been working with elementary school kids. I love them. They have been my inspiration since the 80s.
I had brain surgery in April '02. The grid placement was done the morning I turned 41. That was some birthday!!!
Since surgery, I have become a mentor to those who are considering it. My seizures have had a .999999 decrease!!!
I'm very happy that I had the lobecotomy.
The bad side of me is that I am a neat freak. Everything has a place. Alphabetical order, grouped by color, personal folders, etc. I can find that penny the bank says isn't mine or the one I didn't know was mine.
Vegas had 3 inches of rain in about 4 hrs on Tues. The valley was flooded!!
This Monday, 9/10, marked 53 weeks w/o seizures. I'm feeling great.
I have been enough of a pain in the butt lately that I really need no introduction,But I will anyway. I am BlazingTiger. Many of you know me as Jason. My favorite sport Football My Favorite team Is the Pittsburgh Steelers. Today was nice Windy somewhat. Temps in the mid to upper 70's during the day. At night Low 50's - upper 40's Sorry friends not into baseball or hockey. I live in Allentown, Pa.
I will not tell you that surgery will stop your seizures. All cases of ep/surgery are as individual as the person.
Yes, ep can be genetic. It can also be for illnesses or accidents of past time
I'm so sorry for that incomplete post. My phone rang and I meant to hit cancel, not post.
Continuing on, I don't feel the docs would mention surgery if they didn't feel a positive outcome was possible was more likely to help than what is being done now.
What are your concerns? You are not wrong to be freaking out about this. The uncertains of life are very scary.
Before the final decision for surgery is made, you are likely to have a battery of tests. These tests will determine where your functions(sight, hearing, memory, etc) are located. They will also show how surgery might improve or inhibit them. The docs will leave the final decision to you. Mine certainly did.
Take a deep breath. Gather questions for yourself, your docs, and us so that we can help explain/answer your concerns.
Do you recall if the DR called the bone malformation "chiari malformation?". I know That is a bone growth, that can cause seizures, but, not sure if it is Temp lobe involved. Try google or Yahoo Search for more Info. And if it is, yes, an operation will be needed. And the outcome is Usually successful. If I remember correctly, yes, the 'bone growth' can be genetic. And Yes, Ep can be genetic, also. But, keep in mind, seizures can be caused by Thousands of other Reasons.
Do you keep a Journal for you & your Girls? (Journal Info under Tips) May I ask how old the girls are & how long have you been noticing their 'odd' behavior? If I were you, I would have your neuro run tests on them, also! If they Do have EP the sooner they are treated, the better. But, I would recommend doing some 'homework' about Diets recommended for seizures, too.
Love Candi
What do you think about the Raiders this season? If they start winning, I might have to meet you in Vegas
Thanks for sharing your story - that seizure must have been terrifying. I'm so glad you had a good experience with surgery.
It's going to be triple digits in LA this weekend...uggg...send me an inch of that rain...
Again, ((hugs)) to you. Thank you for sharing your story here.
I would love to see a pic of Lulu - I bet she is a LOVE!
Whenever I see your profile name, I think fondly of my wedding. Married 12 years ago on 9/27 on Maui. I wanna go back!
Being "rushed" is the story of my life! My daughters said "why do you always say "hurry up!"? I need to work on my time management....
(((HUGS))) back at ya Candi!
You'll find some great, smart, supportive members here. I'm the WebMD moderator - I don't have epilepsy, my job is to bring you up-to-date news, provide resources and maybe spark some fun.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about our community and I'll try to help!
I've never been to PA but I do love that Billy Joel song!
You'll have to ignore my posts about hockey if the Kings get on a roll. If not, I'll be silent. And look out for Angie and I - Raider Nation!
I have had a compulsion for neatness and order since the single digit years of my life. If only I could my family that way.
If last week is what the Raiders are going to give me this season, then oh boy, I will be in for another embarrasing season. But I won't change my Halloween custom. White face/black stripes again. I need some of those shoulder pads you see in the "Black Hole" at the games.
People are saying that the new Raiders coach is too young for the
team. I'll give him a chance before I submit my ap for the job. How about being my asst?
That first seizure freaked out my mom. I simply wanted an explanation as to why and what is the next step. I was mad cause I wanted to go back to school. Finished 8th grade at home. Boring.
The seizure that freaked ME out is the one I wrote about in "what moved you to have brain surgery". I have had some crazy ones but that one is the only one that truly startled me.
The valley has dried up from that storm we had earlier this week and triple digits are here again. No rain in the near future, sorry.
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Ms. Lona Vroman – "Ms. Lona" .. joined our teaching team in September 2012. Lona is from Buffalo, SD and a graduate of South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education specializing in Birth to 8 years of age and a Kindergarten endorsement.
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An 8-month-old pit bull puppy was saved after a resident found him in a garbage bag in Upper Marlboro, according to the Prince George's County Animal Services Division.
Investigators believe the puppy, which rescuers have dubbed Hershey, was tossed from a car last Tuesday at the intersection of Westphalia and Ritchie Marlboro roads in Upper Marlboro, according to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
The dog was underweight, veterinarians said, and his feet were soaked with urine.
, based in Kensington, MD, will now care for the puppy until he is adopted.
The Humane Society is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.
"Tying a puppy up in a garbage bag and leaving him for dead is heartbreakingly cruel and is also a crime," said Ashley Mauceri, manager of cruelty investigations for HSUS. "We are hopeful that someone will recognize Hershey and come forward to help find the person or persons who committed this despicable act."
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Only one opportunity remains for voters in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District to see this year's U.S. House of Representatives candidates meet in a head-to-head debate before Election Day.
The event will take place on Tuesday, beginning at 7 p.m., inside the Pitt-Johnstown's Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center.
It will be the third time U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown, and Republican Keith Rothfus have debated, including meetings in Beaver and Westmoreland counties.
The Tribune-Democrat Editor Eric Knopsnyder, WJAC-TV primary anchorman Marty Radovanic and UPJ Student Government Association President Cliff Maloney will serve as moderators.
"The Tribune-Democrat is proud to be a part of the 12th Congressional District debate," said Knopsnyder. "As a newspaper, part of our responsibility is to keep the public informed of what is happening in our region. The winner of this race will have a huge impact on our area. I encourage undecided voters to attend the debate as well as those who think they have already made up their minds."
The one-hour debate is open to the public.
"I think it's great to get all of the constituents – all of the people who might be seeing ads about candidates – to see who they are and what they do," said Critz. "You know me, I'll talk about anything and everything to show people how hard I'll work for them."
Rothfus expressed similar feelings, saying, "Every chance I have to meet with voters is a job interview. ... I'm looking forward to a good exchange of positions on how to move the region and country forward."
The 12th district race is considered one of the most competitive in the nation. Roll Call, The New York Times and The Huffington Post have all listed it among the few toss-up elections remaining. Because both parties consider the seat to be within grasp, the race has drawn statewide and national attention from political figures and the press.
"I think Keith is a very, very fine candidate. ... Keith's doing a nice job on campaigning. I think he'll be successful. He'll be a big, big asset in Congress," said Tom Smith, the Republican candidate in this year's U.S. Senate race, during a visit to Cambria County on Tuesday.
Earlier this year, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Jim Burn spoke equally as positive about Critz during a visit to Johnstown.
"We have a great candidate in Mark Critz," he said.
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Associated Press
The Secretary of State's Office has moved five precincts in three counties hard-hit last week by superstorm Sandy.
Secretary of State Natalie Tennant says more changes could be made before Tuesday's election. Overall, there are more than 1,800 precincts statewide.
The changes are:
• In Lewis County, the precinct at Roanoke School will move to Lewis County High School, 205 Minuteman Drive, Weston.
• In Preston County, the precincts at the Aurora Memorial Building, the Eglon Community Building and the Farmers Wildlife Club Building will move to the Aurora Volunteer Fire Department, 25781 George Washington Highway, Aurora.
• In Tucker County, the Sycamore Grove Church precinct will move to St. George United Methodist Church, 45 Minears Mill Run Road, Parsons.


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Liza Donnelly, Contributor
The French humor magazine, Charlie Hebdo, published cartoons ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, an act that comes in the wake of violence fueled by the American made video depicting him in a negative light.
According to the New York Times, the editor of Charlie Hebdo said,
"We have the impression that it's officially allowed for Charlie Hebdo to attack the Catholic far-right but we cannot poke fun at fundamental Islamists," said editor Stephane Charbonnier."It shows the climate – everyone is driven by fear, and that is exactly what this small handful of extremists who do not represent anyone want – to make everyone afraid, to shut us all in a cave," he told Reuters.
When is it going to stop? Every day when I face the blank page to draw a cartoon, I have a choice. It is a freedom for which I feel infinitely fortunate, but also feel a burden to do the right thing. As a cartoonist, I believe our job as artists is not to provoke to violence, but to provoke to either laughter or to thought. We saw from the Danish Cartoon Controversy in 2005, when fifty people were killed over provocative cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, that this sort of behavior– creating provocative cartoons– does nothing except put people in danger. The way to achieve freedom of speech in places where it does not exist is not to poke and prod and tease others into anger and violence. There is absolutely no excuse for violence, however I believe those of us who have freedom of speech have a responsibility to act responsibly.
As said by you "I disagree with the author's viewpoint. He (or she) is making the common mistake of putting the blame for violence on the artist instead of on the people committing the violence". My dear i would ask that if the artist drew you naked , drew an arrow on your picture stating "raped". Would you love the artist or slap him. If you say that you would admire his creativity, then i would say that may God never make any so creative that he becomes senseless.
The author says that they have to act responsibly, but has put themselves in a box. What is Responsible then?
It stops when extremists of the Islamic faith stop resorting to terror, murder and riots as their expression of opinion.
They should try a funny cartoon instead.
Ms Donnelly,
I don't believe anyone could have stated what needed to be said any better.
It goes to show you that you can't really talk to people who are so narrow minded, no matter their nationality or origin. It's called respect for others.
Liza, I agree. What exactly is the point of pouring oil on a blazing fire? The French tend like their fries "bien frite" but it isn't worth it where religious sensibilities are concerned.
Kind of parallels their insistence that women in France not wear the hijab.


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Hundreds of area runners, walkers and children looking for fun will team up with local and state veterans to participate in the fourth-annual Memorial Day 5K Freedom Run on Monday.
Several people have already signed up for the annual race and more runners, walkers and/or volunteers are welcome, said local attorney Fran Teodosio, who organizes the event with a committee of dedicated volunteers.
The race, which will begin at 8 a.m., starts at the Stephen B. Church Memorial 486 Oxford Road, Oxford, and goes south on Route 67 to the Pleasant Valley Shopping Center and back to Town Hall. The course has been USATF certified. All net proceeds will go to our own members of the active and veteran military.
Specifically, money raised goes toward the in Oxford, which also volunteers for the event along with several other civic organizations and many community members. This year, the Freedom Run Committee has voted to donate the first $500 of net proceeds from the event to the Valley Community Foundation. The foundation will match this contribution and add a total of $1,000 to the fund, which it oversees to restore plaques that were stolen from the three veterans' memorials in Derby, Shelton and Ansonia, Teodosio said.
Walkers who wish to participate can join a two-mile fitness walk. The cost to participate in the run or walk is $25 per person. Veterans and active military personnel may participate for free. Wheelchairs and Baby Joggers are also welcome.
The first 500 registrants will receive a commemorative race T-shirt. Prizes will be awarded in various categories. Due to its overwhelming popularity, the Kids Rock Hopper Fun Run, led by the penguin race mascot, will once again be run. Children ages 5-to-12 will run from the Town Hall to and back for a total of a half-mile.
The Rock Hopper Fun Run registration fee is $10 and the children will receive T-shirts sponsored by Naugatuck Valley Savings & Loan.
To register: go to fasttracktiming.com and register online. For more info please go to the official race website: 5kfreedomrun.com or you may feel free to call the Oxford Parks and Recreation office at 203-888-2543, Ext 3041. Vets and Active Military personnel must call the Parks and Rec office to register.
After the race, people are encouraged to hang around for the always exciting, annual Oxford Memorial Day Parade.
"What a great way to spend the morning with your family as we honor those who gave so much for our freedom," said Deb Gatto, Oxford Parks and Rec director.
Naugatuck Valley Savings & Loan
Spectra Energy
Oxford Parks and Rec
Oxford Paint & Hardware
Oxford Liquor Shoppe
Welch, Teodosio, Stanek and Blake, LLC., attorneys at law
Nafis & Young Civil/Environmental Engineer & Surveying
Oxford Town Clerk Margaret A. West
121 Restaurant & Bar
Attorney Matt Reale
Attorney George Temple (who is also Oxford's first selectman)
Law Offices of Steven M. Reilly
Miller-Ward Funeral Home
New England Septic & Excavating
Oxford Oil Company
Oxford Pharmacy
Rose's Family Restaurant
Southbury School of Performing Arts
Universal Precast
Giordano's Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
J. Nicholas Anderson
Seymour Electric
Extreme Bucket List
Phoneix Propane
Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe
Robert Petinella Select Real Estate
Patch Media Corp.
H-10,O water company
Poland Spring Natural Spring Water
River Glen Health Care Center
Connecticut State Police
Rich Farm ice cream
* Several other local civic organizations such as the David S. Miles American Legion Post 146 and the Oxford Lions Club are also heavily involved in the event and have donated toward it.
** See T-shirts designs from the event attached to this article as PDFs.


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How do you improve upon a 2013 high school soccer season in which seven local teams reached their respective state tournaments, three local teams made up 75 percent of the Class 4A boys state semifinals representation and two of them faced off for the 4A championship?
Doing so would be a tough task, but the area will try to continue its soccer success as a new season kicks off Monday, the first day Georgia High School Association programs can compete in 2014.
In last year's Class 4A boys title game, Dalton ended a dominant season with a 5-0 victory over rival Southeast Whitfield to claim the second state championship in Catamounts soccer history. Southeast had advanced to the title game with a semifinals victory against Northwest Whitfield. Factor in Murray County's boys making the Class 2A state playoffs, Coahulla Creek and North Murray's boys making the Class 3A bracket and Northwest's girls also advancing to state and it's a year that set a new standard for area programs.
Here's a look at area teams as they begin their quests for more success:
Christian Heritage
Christian Heritage alum Zach Miller is the Lions' new head coach. The 2008 graduate has taken over from his own former coach, John Seehorn, after serving as an assistant to him last season.
While he is still getting used to being in charge, Miller has high hopes for this season.
"It has been a good transition and a little confusing sometimes as far as all of the ins and outs, but practices have gone real well," Miller said. "After spending eight years coached by coach Seehorn and then being able to see his job from the sidelines last year, that helped out a lot."
Especially early, the Lions — who return six starters — will need their defense to carry them, Miller said. Goalkeeper Will Jackson, defenders Christian Cady and Ben Crawford and midfielders Hutch Crawford, Cameron Hawkins and Jay Hawkins will be counted on, with junior left wing Nate Smith the only returning starter on the front line.
"We will not be a very strong offensive team because we are a little shorthanded," Miller said. "We will have to be in better shape and outrun everyone. We haven't had the entire team out yet because of basketball season, but I am fully confident in our team."
The Lady Lions have a new coach as well, with Caleb Mahoney moving over from the staff at Morris Innovative. A 2007 Christian Heritage graduate, Mahoney coached Christian Heritage's boys in 2012.
Christian Heritage's girls were 2-8 last year, but Mahoney likes what he has seen and can't wait to see more when basketball season ends and his roster expands.
"We are going to be a really athletic team and in very good shape," Mahoney said. "These girls can run forever, and I am not worried about running out of steam with this group. I feel good about it if we can stay injury-free, because we don't have a lot of depth."
Senior Carley Causby returns at stopper, and Sarah Massengale — the leading scorer on the basketball team — will mind the net and have defensive help from senior Mollie Crawford.
Striker Jordan Suddath suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury last year, but Mahoney expects her to be at full speed because she has played most of the basketball season. Freshman midfielder Mayely Velazquez and sophomore wing Rachel Gleaton will key the offense.
"We should have a strong defense from the start, but all of our offensive players are young," Mahoney said. "How they develop and handle the game will tell us early the kind of season we will have."
Christian Heritage's boys open their season against visiting Excel Christian on Feb. 18, with the girls opening Feb. 21 at Marietta's Walker School.


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Ceramics a la Carte likes to put a spin on ladies night. Cathy Walsh, owner of Ceramics a la Carte put out a Groupon and recieved a huge response.
Tonight the ladies shared wine, beer and complimentary appetizers from the Halfway Cafe Restaurant a few doors down in the Village Shoppes.
There are other planned nights including canvas painting and glass fusing.
While you're at Ceramics a la Carte, check out the tee shirt line and other accessories including a mouse pad, iphone covers, mugs and glasses which are decorated with art work from local artists.


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I agree with Sen. Phil Berger that strengthening student literacy and rewarding our most effective teachers are good objectives of our state educational system, but I differ in approach. The support provided to the classroom teacher by teacher assistants enables the teacher to better meet each childs needs as he or she learns to read. Giving teachers an incentive to further their own educations should be a source for strengthening the effectiveness of our teachers. I do not understand the logic of reducing teacher assistant positions or eliminating the incentive for teachers to further their education. We can only hope our teachers are dedicated enough that they all do not say take this job and shove it.
Nancy Devine, Cary


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Rebecca was born and raised in Upton, and graduated from Nipmuc Regional High School. She now lives in Millville with her husband, Mike, and their three children, ages 16, 11, and 8. When not working at her part-time job at Milford Regional Medical Center, you can be sure to find her spending time at home, whether it's in one of her many gardens, preparing for the next holiday or craft fair or just relaxing with the family. Rebecca is most comfortable and content when at home. She is always looking for fun, family-oriented activities, a new do-it-yourself project to do with her husband and new craft patterns and ideas. Many of her crafts are given as gifts; there is nothing more pleasing to her than to watch others enjoy something she made herself. She takes great pride in all that she does.
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There were plenty of smiles in the locker room today after Buffalo finally exorcised its New England demons. Here are several audio clips from the Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Coach Chan Gailey
Drayton Florence
Donald Jones
Fred Jackson
Chris Kelsay
A separate blog post will have Patriots audio.
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In addition to claiming its first District 4 Class AA title since 1999, Danville also put the most players onto the 2012 Heartland Athletic Conference All-Star team, as selected recently by the league's head coaches.
Danville, the HAC-I champs with a 6-0 HAC-I record, placed six players on the Division I offensive first team, along with three on the defensive first team.
Junior quarterback Weston Baylor headlines Danville's honorees. He was seventh in the HAC in passing this year with 79 completions for-1,107 yards. Baylor's favorite targets, senior tight end Bret Berg and junior wide receiver Zack Kozick, joined him on the first team.
The Ironmen's leading rusher — junior Sam Dressler — and senior lineman Mason Fausnaught and sophomore kicker Shayne Riley rounded out the team's first-team honorees on offense.
Danville's players to earn spots on the first team defensive unit were junior linebacker Eric Haney, senior defensive back Cale Rice and junior back Kozick.
Along with the players selected from Danville, Jim Keiser was named the HAC-I Coach of the Year after his fourth season at the helm of the Ironmen.
Selinsgrove, which finished behind Danville in the Division I standings, had senior lineman Harley Stahl named to the first team on both offense and defense. Also named to the defensive first team for the Seals were senior linebacker Mike Walter and junior linebacker Conner Leisenfeld, plus Tyler Krebs at both defensive back and punter.
Other notable first-team selections were Mifflinburg junior Nazar Mironenko on both offensive and defensive lines, plus Milton senior Ryan Solomon on offensive line and linebacker and junior defensive back Jayson English, and Shikellamy junior running back Dwayne Pepper and senior defensive back Scott Snyder.
In Division II, Lewisburg and Mount Carmel both had four players selected to the first team.
For the Green Dragons, senior Brandon Smith was a first-teamer at both running back and linebacker, while senior Kyle Santorine was selected at offensive line and Max Reed at kicker.
The Red Tornadoes' first-team selections included senior O-lineman Mike Scicchitano, wide receiver Rob Varano, D-lineman Eric Joraskie and junior defensive back Mike Gilger.
Division champ Central Columbia placed seven combined players on the first team, as well as having Jason Hippenstiel being named the Coach of the Year.
After rolling to the HAC-III title and the District 4 Class A championship, Southern Columbia was well-represented on the 2012 All-Star team.
On offense, the Tigers' selections were senior lineman Ryan Cherwinski, junior running back Adam Feudale, senior tight end Jake Becker and kicker Dylan Swank.
Southern's defensive picks went to Becker and sophomore lineman Trent Donlan, senior linebacker Tony Chiavaroli and senior defensive backs Bryce Parry and Joe Kleman.
Two teams that finished close behind Southern in the standings — Bloomsburg and South Williamsport — had a total of eight and four players named to the first team, respectively.
Among the Panthers' first-team honorees were junior quarterback Ricky Klingerman, plus wide receivers John and Colby Klingerman. John Klingerman was also a first-team defensive back for Bloomsburg.
The Mounties' Chris Eiswerth was the Division III's Coach of the Year.
Shamokin News Wire
HAC champions dominate all-star teams
In addition to claiming its first District 4 Class AA title since 1999, Danville also put the most players onto the 2012 Heartland Athletic Conference All-Star team, as selected recently by the league's head coaches.
- Shamokin News Wire
Heartland Division I
Team W L PF PA Danville (10-3)* 5 1 352 184 Mifflinburg (5-6) 4 2 226 253 Selinsgrove (6-6) 4 2 261 261 Shikellamy (5-6) 4 2 244 221 Milton (5-6) 2 4 344 332 Jersey Shore (6-7) 2 4 260 313 Shamokin (0-10) 0 6 81 367
*-denotes division champion
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The Coal Bucket stay with Mount Carmel
Those doubters who believe that the "Coal Bucket" game becoming a meaningless matchup and has lost much of its luster did not see Friday night's 2013 version of the annual backyard rivalry.
- Mount Carmel 21, Shamokin 0
Coal Bucket up for grabs
Even if they were not aware of it coming in, all football coaches taking over the program at Shamokin are certainly made aware of that one game on the schedule that they need to find a way to win
Braves seniors step up against Indians
SUNBURY — While Shikellamy was celebrating Senior Night against Shamokin on Friday, two seniors in particular stood out for the Braves.
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Improving Shamokin Indians face the Shikellamy Braves
SUNBURY — When winless Shamokin gave unbeaten Southern Columbia, the state's No. 1-ranked Class A team (by Pennsylvania Football News) a tussle for the first quarter last week, it not only got the attention of the Tigers, who went on to win the game 56-0. Other coaches took notice as well, including Shikellamy's Todd Tilford.
Southern overcomes slow start in big victory
It was a wake-up call that sent a mild tremor throughout the Southern Columbia sideline and it came from the most unlikely source to date, but it got the visitor's attention.
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Volunteering options include providing friendly visits, caregiver relief sitting, helping with administrative and special office projects, helping with nursing home events and activities, running errands, working with a family bereavement program and more.
Volunteers may contribute as many hours as they wish on a flexible schedule that meets their needs.
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Fighting the FM dragon today, Big time. I seem to have a continuous flare up for almost two years.
anyway...I was in pt for awhile and they would do ultrasound on my arms for the carpal. One thing they noticed were bumps or nodules under my skin. They're all over the place. I noticed them awhile ago, but figured everyone had them.
Sometimes the bumps hurt, especially near tender points. I looked up what they might be, but it still seemed vague.
Does anyone else have these? If so do you know anything about them?
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or are your muscles smooth?
- yes, I have bumps under my skin.
- no, I don't have bumps under my skin.
- I don't understand the question.
- yes, I have bumps but they don't hurt.
- yes, I have bumps but they do hurt.
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I think you should look into the trigger point diagnosis and you might fit the specs.
I have trigger point syndrome (though it is a disease) I have been diagnosed and under care for >15years now.
My tender zones are these knots of dysfunctional muscle fiber. I receive trigger point injections every two weeks for all this time. I missed once. Treatment is not for the faint in heart but it works so well.
Google the whole thing and see how it goes.
I use a book called FM and Chronic Myofascial Pain as a resource for the trigger points as well as the Doctors medical book. But the book written by Dr Devin Starlanyl gives you really great home treatments for issues.
I get them even on my jaw line at times....in my cheek, forearms are tough as they radiate to the hands and the hands give me trouble.
It is something when the body "breaks down" in some way. We are resilient though, and I am better this year than ever. Still have set backs and I have a huge toolbox to fix a flare or bad day. It takes time, patience and determination to get the most out of the situation we find ourselves in.
Good luck.
P.S: 2013 was a big year as they just now found that scanning can find and delineate these points in the muscles. "validated us" They are working on this part under the FM umbrella.
Hugs to you. Look to the right for the Memebrs Toolbox and pick up some tricks we have shared to help.
Nancy B
How big are your bumps? My myofascial trigger points are the size of a mosquito bite or a little smaller. Mine are usually at the attachment points of a muscle, although others have them in the fat "belly" of the muscle. If you press on a trigger point, it will hurt THERE, but it will also hurt in a wider area either adjacent to the TP or in some other part of the body where the pain is "referred." Many TP's are in the 24 "tender point" areas that they used to go by to diagnose FM.
Beg, borrow, or steal a trigger point manual. Try your library first. Dr. Starlanyl's books explain so much. I think her most recent is the best of all, because of all the recent breakthroughs in FM research that she has incorporated into this edition.
Oops. My abandoned cat Fritz just jumped onto the keyboard! No one has brought up the healing power of pets her--at least I don't think so. Just holding or stroking that little furry body brings such peace. Studies show that pets lower blood pressure. I think they can ward off fibro flares, too. At least sometimes.
I always describe my sites as bee stings..Hmm I would love a mosquito bite...Lol.
I just have a question, I have been taight that the attachment zones that hurt are really tendonitis issues fromt he belly trigger point causing the muscle tension against the tendon and it inflames.
(tetany cam be a BIT_H)
If for some reason I didn't get my shots on time I can (especially the shoulder) get a big problen with the tendon holding the trapezius to the shoulder. That was when I learned it.
She is always able to tell when I have delayed arrival. I don't have this too often, but that was what my neurologist taught me. Dr D injected cartisone the few times when I was in trouble. The neuro I have now doesn't ever differentiate them. but I know the cause and effect from the great doc I had first.
So just saying.....I read too in the new book she doesn't go with injecting the belly of the muscle now. Wherever my doc hits me if it really hurts I know I am going to get function afterwards.
Tough treatment. 30-60 injections depending on my status. The neck scalenes and trap insertions to the skull are the ones I need the most help with.
Her palpations hurt more than the shots. Like she activates them before kiling them. The ones around the scapulaes often refer to the neck or ear. It is weird.
But I have the diagnosis and a plan......hoping a fix is in the future. .
Just wanted to share what I have in my teaching.
I too miss my best ever doc. He moved on to work for a drug company for a lot more money. His affiliation had been with Roswell Park Memorial Cancer Institute along with SUNY Buffalo's medical school.
Sometimes I have to be quite assertive to get my TP injections in the exact spot that they do the most good. One of the pain clinic's nurse practicioners argues that it doesn't matter where in a muscle the medication goes just as long as it is somewhere in that muscle. Maybe for some people, but not for me.
Did you ever try using a tennis ball or other pressure on a TP after your injections? I know that's supposed to help release them, but all it does is make my TP's hurt a lot more--and for a long time.
To me, it makes sense that a TP should be at a muscle's end where the fibrous tissue is so dense rather than in the belly where the fibers are mainly the covering for fat bundles of muscle. (I think of them as being like the casing on sausage.) At the insertion (or origin), the fibers are so concentrated and so is any substance that has built up within the fibers.
But then, how, where, when, and why this great big question of what fibro is seems to differ from who (FMer) to who. Lots and lots of questions.
Here's to answers!
I have my husband examine me and find the trigger points , except the scalene and other neck muscles (don't want him choking me)......anyway, he markes them with a pen and then she uses that as a mark to, from the side of the ink...to get the site.
Her palpation is like my old trigger point massage therapist (I would be sick afterwards)...so bad for me, it did little and just made those that were latent --active.
I find that DH can also make me sick the night before shots from the assessment. But I am ready for a good session when I go in.
Some are standard sites and her first injection is the trap on the shoulder, she grabs it and in goes the needle often giving me a twitch and release. With the neck as she goes around the muscles drop and I can then feel the finer muscles to be done. In the end I do ROM turns and if something is holding me back I point it out and we get that too.
Often loopy from the amt of lidocaine injected near large vessels, but it settles quickly. If I didn't work in the same building i would sit in her office waiting room before driving.
So grateful to have the therapy and it works for me. I am now 3 weeks behind injections and entering week 4 (I go on wed). It is not easy now to settle myself down and muscle will go into spasm on their own above the tetany. The fatigue of the neck is apparent by days end. They are beat from the tension that is constant.
I asked of repeating the BOTOX again as I am in a different place now, but she is looking like she fears a third exposure.
Just trying to get better than where I am. But I am in a much better place after all this time. To think I was leaving....and had a plan, as this was so overwhelming and the pain so high and to where I am now. How can you know? So many struggle and go no where....I am blessed in many ways that all I have done has brought me to a better place. I wish i had the magic for everyone. I have not forgotten how it was.........It changed about 4 years ago. And the adding of the savella helped alot to.
OK, just wanted to share.
Nancy B
where I live I have to wait a month at least for spots. And they are very linear thinkers. I didn't give up..but with my sons' going through a hard time right now.....blah blah blah...I just need a hope for a course of action. Thanks for listening..and input.
Now I also do have disc issues--so dunno but I don't think those cause lumps in tissue.
I see neuro for epilepsy is it normal for a neuro to treat this? If I asked her would she help me or do i need a referral? I see her tuesday.
my bumps and lumps range in size from a small bb to about the size of a pencil eraser.
Yes I get injections in MOST of mine. The session used to be longer but it is 30 minutes now and I get from 30-60 injections. I don't inject my legs or lower body I use massage for them. If it is resistant to heat and massage I will ask her to inject it.
Using TrP injections as a therapy is uncomfortable but it is faster than using TrP massage for the fix. I am sore the next day and in a better/ best place the next. I have used this therapy for >10 years and I go every 2 weeks. I work full time and am in the best place yet this year.
I am grateful to have a neurologist that allows me the appointment every two weeks, nothing has changed to my body with these as they are a fine needle (24G) long though to reach the muscle correct in different areas of the body.
There was a conference presented in Canada and they had me as part of the conference because my improvement was useful and no side effects. I did receive BOTOX twice for the theory that it destroys the endplate of the muscle which is what tells it to contract, and the new regrowth was to be healthier. Didn't work for me. .
The book "FM and Chronic Myofascial Pain" by Dr Devin Starlanyl gives a great explanation to using this as a help for TrP's. She also states the people with FM often have TrP's but people with CMP and TrP's don't necessarily have FM (that's me) I walk the road of symptoms everyone has here except fog......and CFS. I use and have learned tools here to help myself.
This has been the most difficult thing I have ever had to deal with. Hope it is all I have to deal with in the future. I share it all with you, because I was so alone when this all started and before I found this site.
The thing with trigger points is they return. Some do go away, I don't have as many now but I need to go every 2 weeks or my harder symptoms return.
I am 4 weeks post injections now and I am in numb hands, headache and feeling 90 territory. After meds and a shower I can get younger and more mobile but I can feel the tension in the muscles and the motion ability is changed. I still stretch, but you cannot stretch out a muscle with a trigger point in it (as the book says) and this is what I treid to tell all those PT people.
I was always worse after their sessions.
The other important thing with this terapy is that the practioner is skilled at injecting. For me if the hit is not in the congested zone and it hurts...there is not going to be a release for me. I have had this, where she missed and I carried the issue for 2 more weeks. This is how I started having my husband find them and mark them.
TrP's are often symmetrical (well they say that and it is true for me) DH does one side and then looks to the other.....on palpation wa-la there is the cousin sitting there. Some are active and I know they are there and some are latent (quiet til touched). Darnest medical problem this.....
I was told never to stop this therapy (as I wanted a few times due to the discomfort it was)(early on) She said I will seize up and just be a mess. So I continue to what I was told.
I hope this helped with any more questions. This is what i do to fight this mess we are in. Soma, tramadol and savella are with me as well. Mg, Vit B complex, calcium and CoQ10 join in too.
That's me, Nancy B
I'm sure I have at least that number of these spots too, and nobody is here to to mark my neck/shoulder area. But I wonder would acupuncture be useful?
I watched a video of trigger injections and I'm not sure I could endure it. I felt nauseous watching it. Still wouldn't it be amazing to have the neck loosen up? and the legs not feel like you've been to the gym too long.
This illness we have is so obviously NOT 'just depression' I just get angry sometimes when I know how people are treated with this. Ah well.. I feel odd too, that I spend as much $ on it as I do--although insurance pays it--still I don't earn what I spend. It makes me feel sort of like a waste of space sometimes if I think of it.
I don't tolerate drugs well either--so it seems like the future may be really bad, I guess we shouldn't think that way. At 55 though I think about my mom and my aunt spending the last of their lives in a room or a wheel chair--and I know fibro had to be the bigger chunk of their problems. Perhaps I should suck it up and make myself look for more options even if they are looking like some major pain/expense.
Well anyhow gotta hand it to you--you sure are a tough cookie.
When I went to a different MD in their team she asked me to hold on to the stretcher before injecting me. I asked "why" she said "well people jump".....well not me. A good hit means I am off and running.
Accupuncture may do it for you. I was already in the beginning of this therapy and the accupuncturist said it was more what i needed. Maybe you don't need to do the whole session at once. Do a little at a time. If I don't do all the connected muscles (and it seems they are all connected) they start pulling against eachother and I am not right. So I try for a full session each time.
Still wonder with my knowledge and all, how this really works for me? I have read so much and still wonder the physiology down at the muscle fiber level. It kills me to be stuck in this.
Good luck. Hoping that your doctor is myofascial trained. Ours learned it from the MD who came from Boston who was my first MD. Glad she came.
Mention to the neurologist Dr Travelle and Simmons work with MPS. They will know exactly what you are looking for.
Good luck, Nancy B
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This has been an interesting couple of weeks for Republicans, especially around here. To any of us who didn't know who or what ALEC (American Legislative Exchange council) was, we do now. This small band of legislation crafters has been working tirelessly for years and years, carefully penning "Pro-Business" legislation to be submitted by sympathetic local lawmakers in every state. Kind of a ground-up approach for business-minded conservatives and a really clever one too. If the Federal government won't play ball, go to the states.
Once backed by over 300 of the biggest US companies, the self-styled "Free market policy group" is feeling the wind of exposure on its "nibbly-bits." When it came out that the "Stand your ground" laws (AKA - shoot first, arrange bodies later) was one of their finest products, there was a noticeable thinning in the ranks of supporters. It's ok, you can read that as stampede to the hide behind the curtains. Frankly, I'm still wondering how "Stand your ground" laws are pro-free market?
Maybe I can ask our very own assemblyman and Morris Plains resident Jay Webber who is the New Jersey state co-chair for ALEC. Assemblyman Webber has introduced several bills in his tenure that bear a significant resemblance to ALEC-crafted bills presented in other states. It's really just a few words here and there, perhaps including a relevant passage or two. However, it's important to note that legislation is often crafted by interested parties, lobbying groups, or is the product of successful efforts in other states and this practice is not illegal. Although, I wonder if that feels a little like being asked to take a huge and luxurious ship out of the harbor, only to find out you've been named co-captain of the Titanic.
That's been happening a lot for the past few years, in the same way that Republicans are always the ones to deliver the ALEC-crafted bills to the legislatures, they are also the ones who end up taking the bullet. We never seem to figure out that when the "smart money" holds up the football and says "Go long....", they wont be there when we get back. I feel rather bad for Mr. Webber and I hope he has his "nibbly bits" well covered.
He's in good company though, another local resident, our Governor (once a lobbyist himself) could be under some scrutiny for his own ALEC-like phrasing. However, right now he's busy brushing off accusations from Senator "attack dog" Lautenberg. It seems Frank wanted to check the numbers quoted by the Honorable Mr. Christie when the ARC tunnel project got cancelled. Those sticklers at the GAO felt that "70% of the cost" was not enough like the actual 14% to get an "A" in accountability. Well, you know, that's all just "math" and if you don't get it exactly right, you still get points for neatness. Besides we'll have plenty of time to work it out during our daily commute. It'll help pass the time while we're standing all the way home from Penn Station for the next 10 years.
Much the same thing is happening with our "Conservative" media knight-in-shining-armor, Fox news. Now that Mitt "Mr. Flexible" Romney is the man, the other candidates and everything they stood for have mostly given up waiting for the pass out in the high weeds and darkening twilight. Except Newt (no surprise there), who's desperately hanging on to his Secret service detail and Herman who offered to give Michelle a ride home. It's over guys, and Michelle, keep your eyes on his hands!
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Once upon a time, there was a shrewd scientist named Alan Smith..Hw has a dream; he had a vision.He had no family.He had disassociated from his friends. He had no foe either. He was on His own in d middle of a very small and uninhabited Island but yet, he had a dream; he had a vision.
He worked tirelessly day and night like a bird building her nest. He suffered. He suffered but yet His dream and his vision kept him going..
After many years of labour, he was able to make the Island d paradise he had in his mind. He had drawn a master plan of how He wanted the Island to be. Beatiful trees , rechanneled waterfalls, tamed wild animals strolling around freely.... That was his dream_to make the Island a paradise and had achieved it. He was happy but not satisfied.He still had a goal not yet achieved. He still had a vision..
He did not rest but started immediately on his vision. Again, he worked and suffered but he persevered.. "T'll soon be over", he always said to himself.
After many years of tireless labour, he was able 2 transform his vision to reality..He create an organism that looked like him..The creation had in him almost all d organs that can b found in man, but they were artificial and would not last long. Alan Smit
h was to replace his oxygen tube every 24 hours but he did not care. His vision was standing before him, solid.. Though it could think, its thoughts were only limited to the code which were installed in its 'brain'. Nevertheless, Alan was satisfied. His goal was finally achieved.He called his creation Finn Smith for automatically
, it became his son..
Finn Smith controlled his 'father's' Island and whenever Alan looked at him, he felt that he had no more worries. Unfortunately, he had for Finn grew more intelligent as each day passed. Finn's coded installments were almost infinite.
One sad day, Finn wandered away from the Island in search of independence and freedom. Alan searched for him but could not find him and became grieved not just because he had lost Finn but because he knew that Finn will wander into a world entirely different to him and would have to survive by developing new negative survival habits that would be indeed, very dangerous. Afterall, he was almost as intelligent as an average human being..
This did happen and infact, Finn turned from a lovely, intelligent creature, to a wild and uncontrollable tormented beast..Finn was doomed forever..
This story can be related to the creation story in d Bible. God's first goal was to create a paradise devoid of imperfection . He did create this paradise and all that was in it but that was nt his vision. He was lonely, without anyone like him. He wandered around in the universe without a friend or foe. He had no begin and no ending. No mother or father. He was alone. He was Elohim_God d self existing one.(Gen 1). He could only be God if He was worshiped and so, He created d Angels among who was Lucifer or Satan..
Yet, God was satisfied. After creating the heavens and earth and animals and plants and angels, He still lacked somthing and was fellowship; companionship. This made Him to create man in His own image. The first man_Adam, was an amature god..He had fellowship with God, and was Gods only companion. He was the Lord of the earth and God was proud of him. Like my fictitious Alan, God looked at Adam and saw perfection in its fullness. Indeed, He had a son..
Meanwhile, Lucifer who was the closest angel to God rebelled against God and was thrown down from heaven. He came down on earth with d sole purpose of turning God's greatest creation against God.
God gave Adam a help mate whom we all know as Eve. She was a weaker creation as she was created from Adam. Lucifer knew he could not get to Adam directly and so he has to deceive Eve the weaker vessel and through her, He was able to get to Adam..(Gen 2).
Eve did not just eat an Apple. She was involved in the one act between two people that was carried out naked.Sex!!.. Adam and Eve did not know that they were naked or even wht nakedness meant prior to the time they were deceived because they had nothing to cover.But after they were deceived into having sex, d realised they had to cover something..
The only other creature that was in a way, like God, apart from Adam was Lucifer. He was infact God's right hand man in heaven before he rebelled and was thrown down. He wanted to be, like God , a god; to be worshiped and to rule the earth. The only way of doing that was by making man fall. He knew that if he succeeded in making man to fall he would no longer be under man but will be his lord. Yet, the choice was Adam's to make and he knew that Adam would never compromise.. He poccessed the other creature that was like man_the serpent..
Gensis 3_"now the serpent was more subtle(wise, cunning) than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made". The serpent was subtle. It was wise and almost as wise as man. It had a brain almost as active as that of a man. It could even talk for it said to the woman in the first verse of Genesis 3 _" Has God indeed said 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?" Ofcourse, it was not the serpent speaking but Lucifer which was in it. We must note also that the serpent was a friend to Adam & Eve and ordinarily would not have the guts to try to make them go against God's will. Yet, Lucifer exploited its friendship and closeness to Adam and Eve and though it, was able to deceive Eve into committing adultery with the serpent.. When Adam came home, Eve also introduced the act of sex to him and this made them know that they were naked..
Meanwhile, after having sex with both the serpent(who was being controlled by Lucifer) and Adam, she conceived. She had two seeds in her. One was Cain d seed of Lucifer and Abel the seed of Adam.
When God came down to fellowship with His children like He always did, He found out that they were hiding from Him.They had failed Him. They had sinned against Him. He gave man the power of choice; to choose between good and evil and they had choosen evil. He cursed the pregnant Eve with painful childbirth and cursed Adam with hardship. Most importantly, He erased the link between the beasts of the field and man.(Gen 3:9-24).This is why it will never be possible for Scientists to prove that man is connected to a Monkey or an Ape. The connection was lost when the serpent was made to start crawling on its belly.. It was completely changed. Finally, they were removed from the land of perfection_Eden.
Eve gave birth to good and evil-Cain(seed of Lucifer) and Abel (seed of Adam). Cain was an embodiment of everything Lucifer was.He was evil and therefore God hated Him and could not accept his sacrifice. God loved Abel and accepted his sacrifice.. We all know what happened. Cain killed Abel out of jealousy.
Adam had another seed with Eve and His name was Seth..Adams seed were the sons of God since Adam was a son of God..
As both the seed of Seth(the sons of God) and the seed of Cain(the sons of men began to multiply, the men from the linage of Seth married the women from Cain's tribe because they were really beautiful.. Now the earth was contaminated..
God still had a plan. Men could not be controlled as a group but as individuals. God wanted individuals who would choose to serve Him from their heart. The first of such individuals was Enoch, them Noah and Abraham.. Men could not be controlled in group. Even the children of Israel proved that by constantly sinning against God. Also, choosing the good over the evil, God over Lucifer was not something to be inherited.
You might ask: "Why didn't God destroy Lucifer, Adam, Eve..etc, when they turned against Him?" The answer is that God is Ominipotent. He knows the end from the beginning. The fact is that they were only unconsciously playing there parts in God's great drama.. If man did not fall, God wouldn't have had the cause to heal because Adam could not fall sick.. He wouldn't have been a forgiving God because Adam would have never sinned.
He wouldn't have had any cause to provide because everything Adam needed was already provided for prior to his creation.. All these were God's Attributes and we would have never known of them if not for the fall of man which the devil himself played a part in.
Down through the ages, God showed His attributes to different people at different times but they were mainly shown to the children of Israel
God did not want to be a biased God
He wanted to show His most important attribute _love.. So that whoever choose to serve Him will serve Him out of love n not out of fear of punishment. That is the difference between fellowship and religion. Fellowship was pivoted by love_ the love of God and of one another, Religion makes one to serve God with fear of punishment and of Hell fire.. Hell fire exists but not for the purpose of forcing one to choose to serve God. This is what Religion tries to do.
So Jesus died and rose on the third day to prove that
He is God, the only entity that had the power of life and death..
A few years after Jesus' death Christians had fellowship with one another and with God and God vindicated them with signs and wonders.. Nevertheless, the religious bodies killed most of the disciples and followers of Jesus..
Since then religion has always fought against fellowship; fallacy against truth; Lucifer against God.. These war has continue to rage till religion has taken over Christianity, over fellowship; Hatred over love. But somewhere in this world fellowship still exists but in the mind of individuals who have choosen God over darkness.. U can be part of these people by repenting and giving your life to Christ.. These may sound popular to you but repentance this time around will mean real repentance.. My Email address is email@example.com .
Meanwhile, Science will always fight against God just just as religion will always do.. There theory will always be a direct opposite of what God says.. Just repent totally and you will be in the care of the greatest scientist ever_ God..


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