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Masonic Influence in the EU
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Top Left: António Reis Grandmaster of Grand Orient Lusitano (Portugal), top right: Yvette Nicolas Great Teacher of Women's Grand Lodge of France, bottom left: José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission, bottom right: Jean-Michel Quillardet, Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France.
The French Federation of Le Droit Humain represented by its president, Michel Payen, met on April 8, 2008 with the president of the European Commission, José-Manuel Barroso, [...] This meeting constitutes a major event regarding the place of Freemasonry in the construction of Europe; this place was underscored not only by the interest and attentiveness that President Barroso showed to the delegation and the time he accorded them, but also by the commitments he made to the values espoused by liberal and adogmatic Freemasonry, its positions and its opinions on subjects of concern. It was the first time that Freemasonry, as such, was able to express itself to such a high level European institution.
The delegation received assurances from President Barroso of his attachment to the spirit of "laïcité" and to the principle of separation of religion from the State. The delegation stressed the importance of the Enlightenment in the history of Europe, a dimension to be taken into account at least equally with its religious roots, and certainly more closely tied to the roots of antiquity.
Finally, a principle of communication between the liberal and adogmatic Masonic Orders and the services of the European Commission, to be used whenever needed, was decided upon. Thus the French Federation of Le Droit Humain will propose, in the near future, a recommendation concerning the principle of emancipation that ought to form the basis of all European education systems, in direct relation to a recognition of the contribution of the Enlightenment to the common culture of the peoples that compose Europe, and in accordance with the principles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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I found it interesting that the above article excluded the information about what organizations had put together the meeting namely
Women's Grand Lodge of France
the Grand Orient of Portugal
(Grande Oriente Lusitano) and
the Grand Orient of France
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The French Federation of Human Rights represented by its President, Mr Michel Payen, was received on April 8, 2008 by the President of the European Commission, Mr Jose-Manuel Barroso, in a delegation composed of the Women's Grand Lodge of France, the Grand Orient of Portugal and Grand Orient of France who had taken the initiative of this rendezvous in agreement with other obédiences adogmatiques at the meeting of the Grand Masters and Presidents of January 2008.
This meeting is a major event about the role of Masonry in construction
of Europe, this place has been highlighted not only by the interest and listening real as President Barroso has shown the delegation and the time he spent but also by the commitments made in terms of attention to the values defended by Freemasonry liberal and adogmatique, its position and his opinion on major issues that concern them. That is the first time that Freemasonry has been able to speak es quality at such a high-level forums European.
The delegation was assured of the commitment of President Barroso to freedom of conscience, the spirit of secularism and the principle of separation of religion from the state. The delegation pointed out the importance of the Enlightenment in Europe's history, size to be
has at least as far as the religious roots and certainly more in line with its roots antiques.
Finally, the principle was incorporated in a communication of orders and Obediences liberal and Masonic adogmatiques with the Commission as necessary. Also, the French Federation of Human Rights will Does in the near future a proposal recommendation on the principle of emancipation which should underlie all education systems in Europe, directly related to the recognition of the contribution of Enlightenment
in the common culture of the people who compose it and in accordance with the principles of the Charter Fundamental Rights.
Accordingly, the Freemasons of the French Federation of Human Rights are invited to discuss widely on issues concerning Europe and to raise their opinions for a original expression, strong and nourished can we characterize in the European debate.
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The Grand Orient de France
Receiving GODF by the President of the European Commission
Author: The Grand Orient de France
For the first time since the creation of the European Union, the Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France Jean-Michel QUILLARDET, accompanied by a delegation representing all Obediences Masonic Europe, was received on April 8, 2008 by Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission.
The Grand Master and his delegation reaffirmed their commitment to freedom of conscience and concern about the return of religious fundamentalism and in Europe. President Barroso has, meanwhile, stressed the importance of the process of separation of church and state.
The historical roots of Europe were also raised by President Barroso has recognized the decisive contribution of the Enlightenment and the necessity of secularism.
The delegation gave him a note. It was decided to continue this constructive dialogue through regular exchanges between the Commission and the European Obediences Masonic liberal and adogmatiques.
The Grand Master also called the European Union to a firm position regarding the unacceptable suffering for Human Rights in China.
The delegation was composed of:
G.O.D.F. -- Represented by his Grand Master, Jean-Michel Quillardet
G.L.F.F. -- Represented by the Great Teacher, Yvette Nicolas
French Federation of Human Rights - Represented by its President, Michel Payen
Grand Orient Lusitano (Portugal) - Represented by his Grand Master, Antonio Reis
Obediences on behalf of the European liberal and Masonic adogmatiques.
Press contact:
Grand Orient de France
Philippe Sabadell
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Elicia 'Jupiter' Mendoza the eighth 'Pirate Master' contestant cut adrift
Elicia "Jupiter" Mendoza angered both the Picton Castle's crew and captain when she openly mentioned a mutiny, causing the 30-year-old bartender from Los Angeles, CA to become the eighth buccaneer wannabe cut adrift from Pirate Master during last night's broadcast of the CBS reality competition series.
Joe Don 'J.D.' Norton the seventh contestant cut adrift on 'Pirate Master'
Joe Don "J.D." Norton went from serving as the Picton Castle's first captain to posing as the biggest physical threat against the ship's current regime, causing the 36-year-old smoke jumper from Ft. Wainwright, AK to become the seventh buccaneer wannabe cut adrift from Pirate Master during last night's broadcast of the CBS reality competition series.
Jocelyn 'Joy' McElveen the sixth contestant cut adrift on 'Pirate Master'
Jocelyn "Joy" McElveen was a liability to whichever crew she was a member of during Expedition challenges, and with finding booty the main goal, the 21-year-old receptionist from West Columbia, SC could no longer be carried and became the sixth buccaneer wannabe cut adrift from Pirate Master during last night's broadcast of the CBS reality competition series.
Sean Twomey fifth buccaneer wannabe cut adrift on 'Pirate Master'
Sean Twomey reneged on a deal he was paid handsomely for, causing the 27-year-old bartender from Venice, CA to go from serving as the Picton Castle's cook to becoming the fifth buccaneer wannabe cut adrift from Pirate Master during Thursday night's broadcast of the CBS reality competition series.
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Cheryl Kosewicz paid the price for serving as an officer under a former Picton Castle captain that wasn't well-liked by the crew, as the 35-year-old district attorney from Sparks, NV became the fourth buccaneer wannabe cut adrift from Pirate Master during last night's broadcast of the CBS reality competition series.
Alexis Shubin third buccaneer wannabe cut adrift on 'Pirate Master'
The lack of hustle Alexis Shubin displayed during last night's Pirate Master Expedition competition cost her crew a shot at the booty, and as a result, the 26-year-old fashion publicist from Laguna Beach, CA became the third buccaneer wannabe cut adrift from the CBS reality competition series.
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Christian Okoye second buccaneer cut adrift on CBS' 'Pirate Master'
Christian Okoye earned the nickname of "Nigerian Nightmare" while competing as a running back in the NFL however he couldn't quite get his sea legs underneath him as one of the buccaneer wannabes competing on CBS' new Pirate Master reality competition series, causing the 45-year-old from Rancho Cucamonga, CA to become the second swashbuckler cut adrift during last night's episode.
CBS' 'Pirate Master' cuts buccaneer wannabe John Lakness adrift
The 16 buccaneer wannabes competing on CBS' new Pirate Master reality competition series set sail on the Picton Castle in search of Captain Henry Steel's treasure during last night's season premiere. But despite powering his crew through the first Expedition as well as making a last ditch attempt to get his fellow pirates to join him and mutiny against the ship's Captain during Pirate Master's first Pirate Court, John Lakness, a 25-year-old scientist/Chippendale Dancer from Carlisle, MA, was the first swashbuckler cut adrift.
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Scout.com's Wes Mitchell shares the bond that California left fielder Austin Booker and his father Rod Booker share.
Austin Booker doesn't need to look far to see the stamp his father left on the California baseball program.
The Cal senior left fielder only needs to glance towards left field of Cal's Evans Diamond to see the giant image of his dad, former Golden Bears standout Rod Booker, behind the outfield fence.
"Everyone says it looks like I have a twin out there on the wall," Austin says of his teammates.
The elder Booker experienced the magic of Omaha and the College World Series in 1980 when the senior All-American shortstop led the Bears to a third-place finish at Rosenblatt Stadium.
This year, now a senior himself, Austin gets to enjoy the life-long memory of college baseball's biggest stage along with his father.
The Cal program, just months after nearly being cut due to budgetary reasons, made its sixth CWS appearance Sunday against No. 1 overall seed Virginia.
The similarities between Austin and Rod don't stop there.
"Mostly everything," Austin says of the cues he takes from his dad on the field. "Everything that I've learned has been through his teachings and his experiences playing in the pros that he's passed on to me."
Despite growing up in Fairfax, Va., over 2,800 miles from Berkeley, Calif., there was only one place Austin wanted to play when he began sending his junior highlight tape to potential college destinations.
"It was definitely always where I wanted to be," Austin says. "Following in my dad's footsteps was always my dream."
Austin says he used to watch an old highlight tape of his father playing for the Philadelphia Phillies "10 times a day." Now, 21 years after his father starred in Omaha, Austin is following in his father's footsteps again and it's his dad that will be watching him.
"It's such a wonderful thing to be able to come back to Omaha and see my son there," Rod says.
It's not the first time they've been there together. Last summer, Rod and Austin were making the cross-country drive back to school from Virginia and decided to make a detour to stop in Omaha.
"We were looking over at the stadium and we said wouldn't it be something if we came back here next summer?" Rod says. "And sure enough, here we are. It's come full circle now."
He says the thing he remembers most about his trip as a player was the journey his team took to get there.
Like these Bears, his team had to fight through adversity through the loser's bracket. Trailing 8-5 entering the bottom of the ninth in the deciding game of their super regional, Austin's Bears scored four runs to extend their season and get to Omaha.
Sunday, on Father's Day, Rod sat in the stands at brand-new TD Ameritrade Park and watched as his son's team faced No. 1 overall seed Virginia. The Bears fought hard, as they have all postseason, through six scoreless innings but eventually lost 4-1.
Tuesday they'll face Texas A&M in an elimination game. These Bears have shown they won't make it easy on the Aggies. But even if it is the end of this historic run, the journey will have been worth it for Rod and Austin.
"To see what these guys have done on the field is just so very remarkable," Rod said. "They don't have to do another thing and I'll remember this team for the rest of my life."
With the memories made, Austin isn't likely to have to look towards that giant photo in left field as a reminder.
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Union head Tony Clark says the players' association has no issues going forward with suspended New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
Rodriguez sued Major League Baseball and the players' association in January in an effort to overturn a season-long suspension, then dropped the lawsuit this month. Rodriguez initially was suspended for 211 games in August by baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, and the union filed a grievance to overturn the discipline. Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz shortened the penalty after a hearing the three-time AL MVP claimed was flawed.
"The page has been turned," Clark said Monday after holding the union's annual spring training meeting with Yankees' players.
Rodriguez was among 14 players suspended last summer following MLB's investigation of a Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned substances. He was the only player to contest his penalty.
"I'm comfortable with the process that is in place," Clark said. "A player has an opportunity to go through the process as one of the players did. Others decided not to go through the process."
Rodriguez will be 39 when eligible to return next year and has three seasons and $61 million left in his record $275 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees.
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Good for you for completing your weight loss journey now! That's a great perspective. Thanks for sharing your story here with us. Looking forward to following your progress!
My story of why I've gotten to this place is common one, I have had two kids, back in my twenties, I've gained and lost weight over my 48, soon to be 49, years. I had gastric bypass ten years ago and lost weight well. Kept it off for a time too. Around 2007 I began gaining it back. I have again just relost what I have gained back, and now that I've arrived at losing that weight again, I want to finish the process.
For you who are having weight loss surgery, I cannot stress strong enough how important finishing the process is. I really believe that had I finished the process and had the tummy tuck, breast lift, arm lift and thigh lift done back when I lost weight from my surgery, it may have been some encouragement not to have a gain back. I had lost weight, was wearing a size six and even a size four in some things. But I had this awful baggy skin on me and it was a 24/7 reminder that I was heavy before. It looked worse than when I was actually heavier, even though I felt better physically, I still hid under long capris and three quarter length sleeved shirts and had to wear big bulky bras that would lift what was not able to lift on it's own anymore. I am so sorry I did not have this procedure done back then, oh the difference it may have made in the gain back rate.
I feel like I'm getting a second chance at correcting that mistake now and could not be happier about it!
Yesterday my packet arrived in the mail from...
My surgery is 2 weeks from tomorrow. I am getting excited. All of my ducks are in a row now, my family doctor has sent in the surgery clearance letter to my PS and also my pre op blood work. I had three bills to look after prior to surgery, my anesthesiologist, the outpatient surgical center, and my Plastic surgeon. I've contacted them all and sent out the various checks so that is done. I think now it's just a matter of making sure everything around my little farm is looked after so there is no major lifting for weeks after the surgery. Even though my work is in an office and I have no lifting there, I live alone with some dogs and cats and a horse, so I have lots to get looked after in the next couple weeks to make sure that everything at home will be ok. My daughter will be coming to stay with me for the first few days. We will play it by ear as to how long that will be but she has taken off a week from work to come stay with me and help. I think the hardest thing will be getting out to the barn to feed the horse and the cats, so am very thankful for the help.
I spend time trying to find reviews specifically on the laser bra breast lift procedure I'm having done but have a tough time finding pictures and reviews by patients on the laser bra. Lots of posts from doctors and their take on the laser bra, but I would love to hear from a laser bra patient who has experienced it.
Is batwing excision common during a breast lift? I am sure glad those are getting taken off with my procedure and maybe that is common. It was an added cost within my procedure so it must be something that is not always done?
I also spend time looking for the before an after pictures and posts on the fleur de lis tummy tuck. So would also love to read about folks who have experienced that procedure as well.
Lots of questions still going on inside my head and I am enjoying this part of the discovery and learning process instead of letting it make me nervous now. I think for me, I just had to get all of my ducks in a row so that I could relax a bit about it and begin absorbing information as I take this journey I am blessed enough to be taking.
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I have my surgery on Friday June 8th. I will then...
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One week from tomorrow!! Getting excited but am so...
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One week from today! Yay!! I am already finding...
I am already finding myself looking at clothes in the store that I could not wear before and I've picked up a couple things that I just could not resist. Things that allow for me to wear a pretty and feline small strap or spaghetti strap. I've never gotten to do that, since I've always had to wear those huge armor type bras. :)
I am concerned about what to wear for my surgery next week. Do you think Yoga pants and a button up top and my crocs would be ok? Should I take a button up night gown for the hotel stay that night or is there a better choice? I wonder if I'm even going to want to change my clothes at all until I get home to my town the following day. I know sleeping in a hotel room is going to be even more painful than sleeping in my recliner, but the surgeon needs me to come back to see him the next morning to give me the ok to go back to my town which is a two hour drive. I better take a little bucket in case I get queasy on the ride home too.
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Well a week from today I will be looking down at...
I fear the unknown, we all do; but this site has been helpful in minimizing that fear of the unknown and that, in turn, is minimizing my anxiety. That's hugely important stuff as you are getting ready for such a big step in self improvement. I will have another hurdle to jump through later this year and that is my thigh and arm lifts. Then on the other side of those, I will find some new freedoms I've not had for a very long time.
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I know what you mean about this is getting to be so real. I think the big reality check hit me when I brought my little overnight bag out of storage and have it sitting in my house so that I can get packed up. I am going to have to stay over in a hotel that first night so the surgeon can have me come in and check me out the next morning and let me know if I can travel back home. I live 2 hours away and my daughter is going to be with me and bring me home and stay with me for a few days, thankfully!! Don't know what I would have done without her.
I borrowed a walker from a co-worker who had one in storage too, so when she brought that in to the office for me yesterday, that also felt very real!
I will definitely have to check out those 10 dollar house dresses at Walmart too. Are they in the PJ section of the store or in the regular clothing section of the store?
I have been nesting too, so the house should be ready for recuperation time for me. Just think, by the time the weekend arrives, we will be on the other side of this. What a wild ride it has been! Good luck to you this week!
ONE MORE DAY!! I began taking my antibiotics today...
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Coughed for the first time, ok now that hurt! LOL...
MY PS said that he removed five pounds of loose skin in the surgery yesterday! Wow! That's a lot of skin. I feel a bit groggy and drugged up this afternoon, and if I don't move, I don't hurt, so needless to say, I'm not going to move much. I was able to get up and around as far as the bathroom and changing my clothes when I got home today, but have to admit it is getting a bit more sore this afternoon. Maybe it was the jostling around in the car on that 2 hour drive back home I'm thinking.... Lots of draining going on, my daughter has had to drain it once since the doctor did it this morning.
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Day 3 post op. I took a shower today and feel a...
This has had its rough times, but all in all, it's not as bad as it was when I had my hysterectomy thankfully!!
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So jealous that you had your breasts done!
Day 4 Post Op: I'm feeling better each day. I am...
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Well I think I had my roughest day today so far. I...
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I feel better today, thankfully. Yesterday was...
I took my second shower today and have come up with a system that works for me. I pin the four drains I have, to a lanyard I let hang around my neck. That's working out well. I feel better when I'm showered and hair is dried and clean again. I slept really well last night and have been enjoying the company of my daughter who has been taking wonderful care of me. I will be sad to see her go tomorrow. I will also be seeing my PS tomorrow and hope to come home from that visit with at least two fewer drains than I have right now, if not more!
I worry about my binder and that it will creep up in my sleep and murder my nipples. LOL I know that sounds funny, but seriously, I know you cannot lay on your tummy while your breasts are healing because of the risk of nipples dying so if that big bad binder slips up in the night and cuts off circulation there for hours while I'm sleeping, couldn't the same thing happen? Hate that thing, I think it's trying to do my nipples in! I shall keep a watchful eye on the sinister being...
All in all, so far, day 5 post Op is going ok. Hope that is the case for the rest of the day!
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I am glad your kids will be looking after you. We get a little peak into our future this way. I got to find out my daughter is going to take really good care of me when I'm elderly. :) I could not believe how much I could not do. I literally cannot even pick up a piece of lint from the floor and it's driving me crazy. :) Oh well, I will have a lot of lint picking days later when I'm better. For now, it's recliner city most of the time. I sure did chuckle over your frog in a pot comment. That is a cute picture in my mind!
Day 6 Post Op Follow up visit: My PS pulled two of...
I had a two hour drive to the PS and two hours home, so it was a very tiring day today; four hours on the road. I also had a quick Walmart stop to make, and used the motor scooter thingie that Walmart has, for the first time ever. Yipers it helped out loads! I only ran over the person who took me there, I did not run over any strangers, so that was good.... :)
Tired tonight though, so am going to sleep well.
Peace my fellow tuckers and lifters!
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Post Op Day 7: Oh the difference losing two of the...
Today I plan to back my vicoden down by half; taking one instead of two at dosage times. My pain level is manageable for me but I am still taking pain meds. Will check back in later today! Happy Friday everyone!
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Post Op Day 8: Bad night last night. Today is a...
My breast incision scars are fading so miraculously that I can't even believe what they went through a week ago. I am truly amazed at how fast those gals are healing. I have not posted pictures of them because I'm just shy that way. I have to tell you though, they were some sagging sad gals before this surgery. I can't believe how it felt having them up where they are supposed to be! In comparison to how they felt living at belly button level, they feel like i'm wearing them for ear muffs! When my PS asked me when was the last time they were up there where they were supposed to be, I told him "when I was eleven". Seriously, as soon as they began developing, they began running away from home. So by the time I was 48 and through two births, and many weight loss and weight gain scenarios, they were hanging out with belly button and vajayjay. I had to break up the gang and get those gals back up here where we can talk to each other more. I recall the first time seeing them in the mirror after surgery. They looked like they were looking at me. LIttle sewed in eyes, like a rag doll, sort of a bit cross eyed since they were still freshly sewed in... They don't seem to miss belly button since belly button left too. Now there is a new belly button in town. The thing about new belly button and new tata eyes, never the three shall meet. We are lifted AND separated. So with my new frankenbelly, frankenboobs, and old crone hunch walk, I am walking ever near the day of total healing. (Cue the music "Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong")
Oh, guess what worked really well for me today in the shower instead of a Jagermeister lanyard to hold my drain hand grenades as I showered? My necklace! So maybe one good strong chain to wear during healing time is just the ticket to pin my drain bottles to as I shower. Seemed to work for today anyways and I am learning this thing is a one day at a time thing...
Peaceful healing!
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Today is Post Op Day 9. It is still morning so I'm...
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Day 10 Post Op: I had a great day yesterday!...
I wonder when the draining thing is going to be more thin in its appearance. It seems to be very dark red and thick still, well actually the thicker stuff is on the right side and the the left side appears a bit less thick but still very red.
I am supposed to be returning to work one week from today and I've got a lot of progress to make before I am ready for that but that is the day I must return so I have to make this work somehow.
I have thoughts that getting out of the house for a ride, or even a movie matinee would be good for me if I could manage it. I wonder what my PS would think of me doing that. Is that doing to much? When are we supposed to begin to try to stand up straight? I recall doing that after my hysterectomy and it helped with my progress, but they don't want you standing up after this one, so I'm confused as to how that part of the progress occurs.
I never have been one to sit in front of a TV so I don't have it on a lot, but this past weekend I did. Ugh, I am still only making small trips from the recliner. To the bathroom. To the kitchen. I walked out to the deck yesterday. That's about it. I want to try to make it to the pasture and see my horse who I miss terribly. My poor herbs all died, because I forgot to ask someone to water them.
What is the proper amount of exercise and when can I start doing it? I think this is something I need to ask my PS. I'm lucky in that my PS's nurse answers my emails so quickly if I have questions. I will toss these questions her way this morning to see what I should be doing in that regard.
I am still so bound and determined to be off prescription pain meds, and I continue to strive to do that even though it has caused me to have a couple of really rough days. I took tylenol today between a prescription pain med dose, to see if I'm able to pull that off. The sooner I can be off of the pain meds, the sooner I can drive and get my independence back. FREEDOM! :)
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Day 11 Post Op: I pushed myself to do some walking...
I am hoping to get totally on Tylenol and no vicodin this morning and get it out of my system so I can attempt driving today sometime. I intend to drive into town (20 minutes from home, so not too far) and sit in a nice air conditioned matinee and see a movie. I still have to walk hunched over and am not to try to straighten up until I see my PS on another follow up appt in two days. So I will walk slow and hunched but it's a matinee so hoping not to see anyone I know. :)
I have a lot of progress to make to get back to work next Monday, but I WILL get there. I can really see a difference in the past 24 hours in my being able to do be up and around more. That's good to know. :) The pain is always worse at night when the swelling sets in. I ordered Bromelain on Amazon; just not up for walking around GNC right now, so I ordered one on Amazon that had great reviews. I hope to take that and see a difference in the swelling and pain in the evenings.
Yesterday I was not able to check in here because of storms taking out the electric around 3:30 in the afternoon. It did not come back on until six thirty this morning!! Got to heal by lamplight like a pioneer last night. :)
Well, time to get my shower and attempt that drive to watch the movie. (I cleared it with my PS office that I can drive if not on pain meds and that a movie matinee would be fine since I'm just sitting through the movie anyways)
Happy Healing to you all!!
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I made it! I made the drive on my own. I saw the...
Wow, you don't know how little five pounds is until you are not supposed to lift five pounds. Thankfully I did not need to reach up on the store shelves for anything.
So yesterday it was a struggle to walk just to the edge of my yard and back, and today I drove to another town on my own and saw a movie and shopped. I will know tonight if that was such a good idea or not. My bromeliad came today UPS and I took my first dose. Excited to see how this works with swelling.
I did find that I've picked up a couple of ideas about this walking bent over thing that we do the first weeks, while in public. If you walk in the store, lean on the cart. If you need to walk without a cart, act like you are checking your cell phone text messages, explaining why you are walking slowly and sort of hunched over looking at the phone.
If walking in the back yard and you don't want the nosey neighbors to think you have had surgery, clasp both hands on your back as you walk bent and appear to search the grass for a missing earring. It's pretty natural since you are walking that way anyways, just the clasping of the hands behind the back sure makes it look like you are searching for something on the ground slowly.
Ok, those are my words of wisdom for the day!
Happy Healing!
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Day 12 Post Op: Well yesterday's trip to the...
But that night time swelling is awful! Man oh man... Ouch, eh? The later in the night it gets, the worse the swelling is!
Then...the most miraculous thing happens in the morning! The swelling is gone. In my imaginative mind I have to have reason for this that will be so far outside of the realm of reality and science that it would belong in a children's book. Maybe it's the 'never talked about' cousin to the tooth fairy, the undercover of all fairies, so much so that nobody even talks mythological of this fairy; The Swell Sucker Fairy. I imagine that the Swell Sucker Fairy, SSF for short, comes while we are asleep. We finally pop that pain med and lay there with an ice pack on us like some beached sea lion squinting and tapping at our ice bag on our tummies... tapping and moving the ice bag does not make it colder I have learned......groaning and barking until.... wonderful sleep comes and then.... in comes the Swell Sucker Fairy. I envision this fairy to be beautifully dressed, hair coifed just so, no lines on her clear botox enhanced complexion. Red lips of course that smile compassionately. Flat tummy, perky top side, Brazilian lifted backside, thigh and arm lifted perfection and no turkey neck. No, this fairy is a fifty something walking piece of perfection. She can even wearing those Jay Lo shoes that nobody else can function in. She has perfectly manicured hands that hide little straws under her painted nails. One touch of her finger to our swollen body part, and voila, swelling all sucked out. Then off she dashes to the next gals' house....
Why yes I am 48 years old and why no, I do not intend to grow up... why do you ask? Gotta love whimsy... ;)
Hey guess what happened to Ta and Ta when I stopped the round the clock vicodin regimen? They woke up! Not that they were not sensitive, even overly so, before I stopped taking the pain meds. But on the first day I stopped pain meds during the day, they popped their eyes open and raised their little heads and looked around bit. Well, they really just looked straight ahead and not 'around', but around sounded more fairytale in description. They had more of that dazed and confused looking straight ahead like deer in the headlights thing going on. For the first time, the nippies popped up, and I do not think it's because they are done cooking now, like a turkey pop-up timer. No, I think it's because they have been in a drug induced coma for 11 days. They were all like "What the heck happened to us?? And what the heck are we doing wayyyyyyy up here? WHERE IS BELLY BUTTON!???" and here I thought they were just being aloof all this time about losing belly button. Heck no, they were just swacked out on Vicodin just like my digestive track was. By the way, the first day colon wakes up and starts the train moving again, WOW.... that's all I got to say on that subject...very productive trip to the powder room.... I haven't had the nerve to unwrap my binder where new belly button resides, while Ta and Ta are awake right now. I will sneak that in during shower time today but I know when they get some water in their faces on just tylenol, and they see there is a new belly button in town that looks like the Jimmy Dean Sun guy with stitches all around it like sun rays, they may be aghast. By the way, I like that Jimmy Dean Sun guy, he seems so uplifting and kind... who needs a Tom Cruise, give me the Jimmy Dean Sun guy...he is my type of dude. Always trying to cheer all the clouds and planets up.
But I digress.... So the first day off of the pain meds gained me some pretty great incentives:
1. I got to drive my car which equals having a bit more of my independence back
2. My nippies popped up and said hello letting me know in my heart of hearts, they did not die in this surgery, because we all worry they will, and we all hope they will survive the journey.
3. My sleepy colon woke up and HELLLLLOOOOOOOOO.... I feel like my tummy is flatter now.....from the inside!
So now I push forward towards going back to work on Monday and hopefully back to my life on this side of the "event"....
I am still not draining clear drains, and I'm not sure what that will mean when I get to see my PS tomorrow but I have a sneaking suspicion it means I will not be coming home with either of them out and going to work with these two drains in me is going to really suck, but.... again, I keep telling myself. It will all be worth it, it will all be worth it...
It really is though. It's already worth it.
Happy Healing!
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I have had two children, and have had weight loss...
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Day 13 Post Op: I will be driving into see my PS...
So as far as I'm feeling today; very well actually! I sat out at the edge of my weedy garden on the swing under the trees this morning and just let the morning breeze embrace every inch of me as I sipped my morning coffee. There was a clear headedness I felt that is wonderful. I feel a bit stronger and clearer each day. Mornings are of course the best part of the day since the swell sucker fairy took all of my swelling gloriously away over night as she does each night. ;) The smell of the corn field smells a bit sweeter today. My woods look a little more inviting and green this morning. My horse seemed a bit brighter white, as he tossed his head and whinnied a "hey where have you been? I've missed you!" I think that all of this super happy clear feeling is coming from the fact I'm only taking one vicodin in a day and that is at bedtime when the swelling has gotten the best of me.
I am still moving slowly, but I am noticing that under this binder, there is a nice feeling of flat. I can't wait to see what it will look like in two months. I can't wait to see what it will feel like after I lose my drains and graduate from binder to spanx. I think it is going to be an amazing trip from here on out. I know there will continue to be downs along with the ups, but this morning's high on happiness feeling that I normally had pre surgery, is sure something I have missed the past couple weeks.
Well, I have some things to get done before making my trip to Columbus for my post op visit so better get myself in gear.
Happy Healing everyone!
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Post Op day 13: Visit to my PS for the 2 week...
I wore my power red lipstick today, for some reason I always feel more powerful and in control of things with my red lipstick on. So I refused to wear my neutral colored lipstick today because today I was going to be large and in charge, and am getting my life back.....Red lipstick helps. So with my red lipstick on, I gathered my skirts up and off I tore, with the speed of a herd of turtles. Ok this walking slow thing is really getting on my left nerve. Stopped in for some fish and chips at the british pub at polaris in Columbus and caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror there as I was walking with my baggy "hide the blood grenade bottles" shirt and skirt on. Thank goodness for flowing peasant skirts. With my slow walking hunched shoulders, I looked like Eyore. One depressed sad donkey; but dang it, I had on my red lipstick so there was a spark of some kind of dynamite in Eyore...
I should balance a book on my head and practice walking back and forth with my back straight to get this hunched thing over with. Mind you, in order to keep from slipping that book off of my head, I probably need to do that pelvis-forward-tilt-bent-knee walk. I can't help but think of Jack Tripper from Three's Company when he would mimic a dirty old man, except he did an exaggerated heavy breathing thing with that. This is the stance I've been using to tilt my head back to rinse shampoo from my hair during shower time, that Jack Tripper dirty old man stance... it seems to work..
So after my Doc appt, I was off to JC Penney for a compression garment now that I've graduated from the dreaded binder. I found one that should fit the bill but when I got it home, I cannot get it past those two drains on the outer upper thigh area. This means I will need to return it tomorrow to a local JC Penney and see if one size up will work or see if I can find another sort of compression garment that maybe zips up or something. Man I hope they let me return it, I have all the tags on it and never got it on even. Anyways, I'm one step closer to being able to be binder free and that makes me happy happy happy.
So tomorrow morning, I'm off to see Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. I wonder if I should hatch a scheme to work these blood bottles and blood drains into a weird vampire outfit and see a midnight showing of it tonight instead?...... Would be worth the memory I think....
I have a hunch......
(period, I was just saying I have a hunch.........still)
Happy healing!
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Day 14 post op: I feel better and better each...
I feel better and better each day now. Yesterday I drove that two hour trip to see the surgeon and drove back. Plus I had dinner out and a small bit of shopping. So all in all, that was four hours of driving, and a couple hours of shopping and dinner, so that was a pretty productive day. My swelling was not worse last night than it was the night before, if anything it was better last night. I started taking Bromelain two days ago and I'm a believer. It may not take the swelling totally away at night, but it sure does decrease it! Yay Bromelain! I did get sleepier a bit earlier last night than normal, but that is ok, I don't mind going to bed an hour earlier at all on big days out like yesterday. I have been out to do something for three days in a row, and today will make four as
today I'm planning on an outing as well to the movies and a bit of shopping to see if I can return the compression garment I bought yesterday. The bad part returning it is that it will be a perfect fit for me after the drains come out. Maybe I should rethink returning it and just wear the binder until the drains come out. Decisions, decisions. I bought the one by Maidenform that the nurse at my PS office told me about yesterday. I found it at JC Penney and it was 37.00. I hate to buy the size up for just wearing it a week around these drains. I need to reconsider the exchange I think.
I had some revelations yesterday while making this long drive to my PS visit, in regards to this whole process I've gone through. I cannot believe it was two weeks ago today that I went in for such a life transforming procedure. I am trying to figure out when and where this all began for me. I try to remember that moment of "hey, I need to get this done" and yet for the life of me, I cannot recall that moment at all. Mind you, I had 2 kids over twenty years ago, and ten years ago I had gastric bypass surgery and after losing weight, I just never finished the process and had the excess skin taken off nor had any muscle repairs done. It was all out of pocket and not covered by the insurance so I just gave up on that idea plus I'd heard it was mega painful to do. So over the years I really never gave thought to it but was extremely unhappy with my appearance of the loose skin and sagging breasts and tummy. I booked my vacation this spring for these two weeks in June and wasn't sure where I was going to go for vacation at that time, but thought I'd get my time on the books and then build a vacation around it.
I think it was probably a month and a half ago I started looking at Smart Lipo, on a whim, because I'd heard about it on the Today Show or something. I think that then lead to seeing all of these tight tummies and lifted breasts and tightened thighs and arms on the websites that also talked about Smart Lipo. I do not recall ever having that "Aha moment" about going through with something like this though. It was as if I was on auto pilot or something, or someone else was the wheel while I was in twilight sleep. I can't truly describe it. The idea that I was visiting a plastic surgeon for a two week follow up appointment yesterday from a breast lift and tummy tuck seemed surreal to me. While I did my homework well when searching plastic surgeons and I considered that very meticulously, the decision to do it at all is still foggy in my head. While on auto-pilot, not only did I choose a great plastic surgeon, but made decisions about procedures and arranged financing and had it done and am going through recovery. How? When? Wow!
So I liken this experience to what it must feel like when you get drunk and wake up with a tattoo. How the heck? When did I decide I needed a tattoo in the middle of my tequila shots?.....
I am not bi-polar, nor have I ever had any experience like this. Even with my gastric bypass surgery, I was very much in control of that entire event. The fight with insurance companies, the ground work, etc.
But this experience was as if someone else put me into twilight sleep and lead me through something that was desperately needed and yet I feared so much; fear of both the cost and the pain. I feared it so much that for a decade I put it out of my mind; or at least out of my conscious mind. Because when I looked in the mirror, I always just looked from the shoulders up for the most part, so subconsciously I was ignoring a pretty big issue that was battling within me about my appearance.
My rationale on the cost is; we search for a perfect car that is a reflection of us. An extension of us. I'm not even really into cars, but I do know what I want to be seen driving, not that it needs to be fancy, but it needs to be functional for my lifestyle, small SUV, and it needs to be pretty and I picked a particular color and I like cup holders and nice radio, etc. These are all things that I was willing to make payments on and go into debt for. My car sits either in the drive way or the parking lot at work for 95 percent of my day. I also recently did some renovation on the farmhouse I live in. Again, I wanted it to look a certain way to reflect who I am, my personality, my likes and dislikes, it's a reflection of me.
And yet..... when I looked at the vehicle/house that I am in twenty-four/seven, which is my body, that was a reflection that I so badly disliked that I ignored its existence for the most part. I would not even look at it in the mirror and I had become so accustomed to that process that I did not even know I was doing that. I am in this skin 100 % of my time here on this side of the grave, and yet I feared the cost of having it repaired. I feared going in debt for it, and yet I would gladly pay even more than that for a car that I am in at the most, five percent of my day. I am no mathematician but that does not seem like good math to me. The reality of it is, in my heart of hearts, in my deepest thoughts, I did not feel I was worth it. I had to have felt that way, even though I sure did not think that I thought that way about myself, but the truth is staring me in the face, I must not have felt that I was worth this. Thank God (literally), that Someone who knows me better than I do, knows I am worth it.
I am a person of Christian Faith and a believer in The Secret and I see where those two mesh together. Sometimes I think there are blessings we are afraid to reach for but we can envision what and where we need to be. He knows how and where we need to be to make those things happen. Maybe I was too afraid to even dream to reach for that blessing, and so the blessing reached for me instead...
Why do we, as women, generally have a guilt complex about doing something that is good for us? Is it part of our DNA? How many guys bat an eye over buying a grown up boy toy like a muscle car or a boat, and they can do so without guilt and without feeling like they are not worth it? We do for our husbands, we do for our children, we do for our parents and our friends, but when do we do for ourselves something on this level, we pause, and feel guilt. We have to begin to know that we are worth this. This is big stuff. This is an important issue for me to look at within myself. I had guilt about this surgery up until the day of the surgery. Once the deed was done, the guilt has passed, and a new internal revelation is setting up shop inside of me and that is that I'm worth it. I am worth this. I may be on round two of marriages (they just don't seem to work for me :) ) and I'm on my own now, but it's ok. This is one hundred percent for me. Not to impress anyone but myself. This is so when I look in the mirror in the morning, I can look below my chin and feel comfortable in my own skin. Dang it, this was for me, and I'm worth it. (it took me a life time to believe this is true)
I will work under a new internal environment from here on out: envision it, believe it, be it.
Happy Healing!
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Day 15 Post Op: Yesterday was a small outing but...
I am off to a festival today and leaving early since early in the day is the best of my day. I will be a slow moving body at that festival but it's one I go to every year and I try never to miss it since it only comes once a year here. So this will be the largest outing of my week. Will see how this goes being that this morning I'm not feeling as grand as I have been feeling the past two mornings.
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Day 16 post op: Well today is the last day of...
Still having pain and it increases in the evening. Still doing Tylenol ever four hours up until bedtime at which time I take a vicoden. Even though I've been given the green light to walk straighter, it hurts to do so. This is a very long and slow process it seems to me. I think I will feel like a new woman when these drains come out. I sure hope that happens on Thursday. :)
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Today am doing some light stuff around the house...
So tomorrow after work I should be able to come home, get some great healthy supper stuff out of the fridge and put my feet up the rest of the day until time to do it again on Tuesday. I think this makes me feel better already, just putting the house to rights.
I am excited about getting back to work tomorrow and even though I know I will have more white knuckle pure push-through-it times ahead of me this week, I also know it's a step closer to having the worst behind me. :)
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Well it's Post Op Day 17 and today will be my...
I am a bit concerned about my walking and my standing in front of those at the office who do not know what I had done so am planning to get there early before anyone can actually see me walking into my office. I will just be seated at my desk when others arrive and hope nobody asks too much what I did on vacation although I can certainly say I rested up at home and saw some movies and went to a festival and it would not be a lie. :) I had a "stay-cation" of sorts... ;)
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Hopefully each day will get better though.
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CA Dungeness Crab sport season to open
10/30/12 -- The highly anticipated annual Dungeness crab sport fishery opens statewide this Saturday, Nov. 3. Every year at this time, recreational crab fishing enthusiasts set out in pursuit of these tasty crustaceans. Some set hoop nets and crab traps from boats and piers while others fish crab loop traps on the end of a fishing rod. Still others will dive in to take the crabs by hand.
"Crab populations appear to be strong coming off another record-setting year in the commercial fishery," said Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Senior Environmental Scientist Pete Kalvass, who oversees the Invertebrate Management Project. "However, crab in northern California above Cape Mendocino may be somewhat underweight for the first few weeks of the season due to a late molt."
The most popular methods for catching the tasty crustacean are with crab pots (or traps), loop traps and hoop nets. There is no limit to the number of pots or nets that can be fished recreationally, except when fishing from a public fishing pier where only two fishing appliances may be used. Recreational crabbers may keep up to 10 Dungeness crabs per day, or six crabs if fishing from a party boat south of Mendocino County. No one may possess more than one daily bag limit, and no Dungeness crab may be taken from San Francisco or San Pablo bays, which are important crab nursery areas.
DFG reminds sport crabbers that traps and nets for Dungeness crab may not be set before 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 3. For those fishing with hoop nets, remember that regulations require raising the nets to the surface to inspect the contents at least every two hours. Any undersized crabs or other species that are accidentally caught can be more quickly released. This regulation ensures that fishermen closely monitor their gear and do not allow any equipment to be abandoned in state waters. Trap fishermen should also closely monitor their traps because lost trap gear can continue to fish and become a self-baiting crab killer.
The recreational size limit for Dungeness crab is five and three-quarter inches measured across the shell, directly in front of and excluding the lateral spines. Crab taken from party boats south of Mendocino County must measure at least six inches across. For a measurement diagram, see the DFG website.
Dungeness crabs generally prefer cooler northern and central California waters and are uncommon south of Point Conception. They are usually found on sandy or sand-mud bottoms at depths of less than 300 feet, although they can be found in almost any sea floor habitat, and have been documented down to 750 feet.
For more information regarding recreational Dungeness crab fishing regulations and other crab species, please visit the DFG Marine Region website.
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First Light
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Ant1-Her0: Ordinary Joe
The fully-posable Corporate Yesman!
Collage-like on purpose.
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Photo of original, I don't have an 11x17 scanner.A philosopher in a time where philosophy is no longer practical or appreciated.
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A pair of VIP passes, one night's accommodation and the chance to meet TT Legends racers John McGuiness, Keith Amor and Steve Plater at the Le Mans 24hr next month are up for grabs in a new free-to-enter competition from Honda. The prize also includes a behind the scenes pit tour and access to the event's concert. The Le Mans ...
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Classic and historic bikes ranging from TT racers to 'Steve McQueen machines' will come under the scrutiny of the rich and famous next week when they form part of the UK's premier Concours d'Elegance competition – Salon Prive. With ticket prices starting at £175 and a guest list regularly including the likes of Rod Stewart, Chris Evans and Jodie Kidd, ...
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TV supremos North One TV will be exclusively filming the entire TT and you can watch it every night on ITV 4 from June 4. The biggest ever TV effort has been put into the TT this year and the team behind the show will be bringing you the entire TT each night at 9pm on ITV 4. The team ...
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Here is your chance to own a piece of road racing history – the tyre from John McGuiness' 130mph TT record braking Honda CBR1000 Fireblade. The tyre is up for sale on a popular auction site along with a few other items all in aid to raise money for the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity. Along with the tyre there is ...
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The 80's are back according to latest clothing trends, and it appears that's true for bikes at the TT too. This year the Isle of Man TT has a very different feel, but most of that is not down to the Centenary banners all over the course and the paddock, but because of the wide variety of different styles of ...
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Scottish police are out in force this weekend to catch riders on their way to the North West 200 Irish road races.Strathclyde police have set up a road check on the A77 at Girvan, on the route to the Stranraer ferry terminal, specifically to catch those of us heading for the ferry to Northern Ireland.As many as eight police bikes ...
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Three years since I have joined and am I any more frugal? Not really.
I was looking at my two blog posts where I can see what I have in my traincase, and its a lot of the same things I had back then! I purged a lot, but I still have some of the same stuff (in a new-ish traincase) and I think it may be time to let go of it and just keep some of my more recent purchases that I actually use.
Just to be transparently honest, I think that my spending is related to much
Ok, so I do not want to be at work today, I feel like I have tons of stuff to get accomplished at home and this place is just cramping my lifestyle. Albeit it does pay the bills but still
Over the weekend I got my coupon binder in hand, finished cutting all the coupons and now Im sorting all of them by category and I have 3 pages of my binder complete. I know need to bring some lil black binder clips into play, to attach the newspaper flyers and I will be ready for take off.
Wow, where does time go
As I look back on my prior blogs, it seems like I havent been here in like months, then it skips to a year prior
so to get everyone up to speed, I originally started out working for 2 attorneys, due to the alignment I was then assigned 2 more attorneys and now I have been assigned a 5th attorney due to my efficiency
WTH??? Yes, my thoughts exactly, anyways I thought I would let you know what Ive been up to. I think I now am addicted to couponing. I have
Testing Olivia to see if she will make a good pet, and so far, here are the results:
1) Food - not food aggressive at all with humans; doesn't growl at pups when they stick their noses in her dish; I can take food away from her, including right out of her mouth, with no complaints from her.
2) Other dogs - seems very curious about my dogs, but since she is not yet vaccinated, we haven't been able to really test this one out. She wants to go in their room with them, when
As promised, pictures of all the pups! And a couple of the proud momma, sporting her knew knitted sweater.
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