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Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Prognosis

Before answering the question "what is the prognosis of squamous cell lung cancer?" it is important to talk about what the numbers describing survival rate really mean. First of all, everyone is different. Statistics tell us what the "average" course or survival is, but they don't tell us anything about specific individuals. Many factors can affect the prognosis of squamous cell lung cancer.

It is also helpful to keep in mind that statistics are based on information that is several years old. As new treatments become available, these numbers may not accurately reflect what your prognosis is today. For example, the 5-year survival rate for a lung cancer reported in 2017 is based on people who were diagnosed in 2012 and earlier. At the same time, there were more new treatments approved for the treatment of lung cancer between 2011 and 2016, than in the 40 year period prior to 2011. What this means is that the current reported survival rates fail to take into account how someone will be expected to do on any of these new treatments.

There is a lot of hope for those diagnosed with lung cancer today, but unfortunately, the statistics you will read may not be helpful in understanding this hope.

Factors That Can Affect Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Prognosis

Some of the factors that can affect life expectancy with squamous cell carcinoma include:

The stage of your cancer – Early-stage squamous cell carcinoma (for example, stage 1 or stage 2) has a better prognosis than later stage cancers (such as stage 3 or stage 4). Yet, keep in mind that many of the newer cancer treatments discussed above are for those who have advanced stages of lung cancer.

Your age – Young adults with lung cancer tend to live longer than older people with lung cancer. While statistically, older people do not do as well as younger people with the disease, it is a myth that lung cancer cannot be treated in older adults. In fact, studies have found that older adults with lung cancer often tolerate the same treatments recommended for younger people with the disease.

Your sex – The life expectancy for women with lung cancer is higher at each stage of the disease.

Your general health at the time of diagnosis – Being healthy overall at the time of diagnosis is associated with a longer life expectancy, and a greater ability to withstand treatments that may extend survival.

How you respond to treatment – Side effects of treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapies, immunotherapy, and radiation therapy vary among different people and may limit your ability to tolerate treatment.

Other health conditions you may have – Other health conditions, such as emphysema or heart disease may lower lung cancer life expectancy. These other conditions can also intefere with some of the possible treatments for lung cancer. For example, those with severe COPD may not be able to tolerate losing a lobe of their lungs from lung cancer surgery.

Complications of lung cancer – Complications of lung cancer such as blood clots and pleural effusions, can lower lung cancer life expectancy. It's noteworthy that some of these complications, such as depression, are very treatable, and in order to improve life expectancy it's important to focus not only on treating the lung cancer, but the medical conditions which commonly occur alongside lung cancer.

Have a support system - Studies tell us that those who have a strong social support system tend to have better outcomes than those who do not. For this reason, looking into lung cancer support groups and support communities may affect your prognosis. Yet, the benefits of these communities may go beyon support alone. There are now many people who have learned of new treatments and clinical trials available not from their community oncologist, but from learning about these treatments as part of an active lung cancer community.

Being your own advocate - We are learning that being your own advocate in your cancer care may not only improve your quality of life but make a difference in outcomes as well.

Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Prognosis - Statistics

In addition to variations between different people, the prognosis can change with time as better treatments become available as noted earlier, and those better treatments are quickly becoming available.

Squamous cell carcinoma can spread to different organs like bones, adrenal glands, the liver, small intestine, or brain, and the prognosis for the advanced stage of this type of lung cancer is not as good. That said, there are long-term survivors of even stage 4 squamous cell lung cancer, and newer treatments, such as targeted therapy drugs and immunotherapy, are beginning to allow at least some people to live with lung cancer as a chronic disease.

Most of the statistics available look at all types of non-small cell lung cancer grouped together. Of these, the prognosis for squamous cell carcinoma is somewhat lower than that for adenocarcinoma but more optimistic than for large cell lung cancer.

The average 5-year survival rates for non-small cell lung cancer are:

Stage 1 – 49 percent for stage 1A and 45 percent for stage 1B

Stage 2 – 30 percent for stage 2A and 30 percent for stage 2B

Stage 3 – 14 percent for stage 3A and 5 percent for stage 3B

Stage 4 (Metastatic) – roughly 1 percent, although studies are suggesting this is increasing

According to the stage, some of the patients with non-metastatic squamous cell cancer can be cured. In general, metastatic squamous cell cancer is not curable but it is treatable. Chemotherapy, for example, may improve survival and also help with the symptoms of lung cancer. Several treatments are currently being evaluated in clinical trials, and offer hope that squamous cell carcinoma of the lungs prognosis will improve in the future. The National Cancer Institute recommends that everyone with lung cancer should consider the possibility of clinical trials. Thankfully, several of the lung cancer organizations have worked together to create a free lung cancer clinical trial matching service that anyone with lung cancer is welcome to use.

Estimating Your Prognosis

When looking at prognosis it's important to note that all squamous cell lung cancers are not the same. In fact, if there were 300 people with squamous cell lung carcinoma in a room, they would have 300 unique cancers. Your particular cancer may have molecular characteristics which either increase or decrease your prognosis that your oncologist will discuss with you. In addition, research is looking for other ways of estimating the prognosis of an individual squamous cell carcinoma based on findings such as circulating tumor cells found on a liquid biopsy and more.

If you've recently been diagnosed, you're probably frightened, and a little overwhelmed. We've learned that educating yourself about your cancer, and advocating for yourself as part of your health care team, can play a big role in your quality of life.

Check out this information on squamous cell lung cancer, including some of the new treatments that are being used.

Sometimes it's hard to know where to begin. Learn about the first steps to take when you are diagnosed with lung cancer—steps that can help empower you in your journey.

In addition, check out these tips on what people can do themselves to improve lung cancer survival.

Sources:

American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2016. https://www.cancer.org/research/cancerfactsstatistics/cancerfactsfigures2016/

Luo, X., Zang, X., Yang, L. et al. Comprehensive Computational Pathological Image Analysis Predicts Lung Cancer Prognosis. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2016 Nov 4. (Epub ahead of print).

Qi, Y., and W. Wang. Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Patients. Cancer Biomarkers. 2016 Dec 2. (Epub ahead of print).


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Al Ahly earn first points in Arab Club Championship with 2-0 win over Al-Wahda
Al Ahly defeated Emirati side Al-Wahda 2-0 in their second game in...
Champions Al Ahly drew with Ittihad of Alexandria 1-1 at Borg El-Arab Staduim to move 8 points clear of second-placed Zamalek.
Al Ahly XI: Ahmed Adel; Mohamed Hany, Ahmed Hegazy, Saad Samir, Sabry Rahil; Momen Zakaria, Amr El-Sulaya, Hossam Ghaly, Ahmed El-Sheikh; Emad Meteb, John Antwi
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Ghanaian striker John Antwi was close to add Al Ahly's second goal but his header went wide.
Al Ahly were decreased to 10 men when Saad Samir received his second yellow card after he handballed the ball in the 67th minute.
Ittihad of Alexandria controlled the game afterwards but couldn't score the equaliser until the 79th minute when Ahmed El-Alfy scored from a superb half-volley after a great pass from Obama.
Walid Soliman tried to score the winning goal in the last minute of the game but his free kick hit the wall to end the game 1-1.
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A new analyst report released this week sheds a tad more light on Apple's long-rumored iWatch, a device expected to be announced sometime this fall. According to Brian Blair of Rosenblatt Securities, Apple's newfangled wearable device won't house a form factor similar to the Galaxy Fit from Samsung. On the contrary, Blair's sources in the supply chain indicate that the device will feature a round face like any other watch you'd find out on the market.
Blair says the iWatch will go into production around July/August. There will be "models" of the iWatch. (Probably one for women, one for men.)
It sound like Apple is growing confident in the success of the iWatch. Blair says Apple's orders for the iWatch are higher than previously expected. He forecasts Apple makes 18-21 million iWatches for the second half of the year, up from his previous estimate of 15-20 million.
Some previous analyst reports have also hinted at the iWatch coming in various models. Most notably, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo articulated that the iWatch will likely come in 1.3 and 1.5 inch form factors.
Durability wise, it's believed that the iWatch will feature a sapphire face (making it nearly impervious to scratching) along with a liquid metal construction. Kuo also relayed that battery life on the device will last for at least one day.
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Broadway is booming these days, with new ventures -- everything from a new home for Argyll to the just-opened Thai Monkey Club -- cropping up every week. And now the owners of Interstate Bar & Grill have revealed that they'll be opening the Crimson Canary in the former home of Mona's.
"It's our version of Italian-American," says partner Joey Newman. "We're drawing from the Mafioso era of great Italian food, but done more at a superlative, hip level. This is not your usual red-sauce kind of place. It's kind of like what we do here at Interstate applied to this type of food."
And that's an offer that Henry isn't about to refuse:
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Currently taking part in a 3 person group show at the Koppel Project , a gallery in a bank vault at 93 Baker St in London. The 3 artists are:
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Spacey Bruce Lacey RIP
Sad to hear that Bruce Lacey has passed onto yet another adventure – he really was an inspiration in his naughty ways and unwillingness to conform or compromise. The first obit I have come across is here. I kind of prefer this piece about him from a few years ago by Dale Shaw, which is here.
This is a great 15 minute film by Ken Russell, made for Monitor on the BBC in the 60s. It is so much fun, even if Bruce was still complaining about it when we were making our film about him, the Bruce Lacey Experience.
Bruce chatting after a screening of the film at the BFI. I think you get a pretty good idea of his spirited nature there.
Caution : Surrealist at work
Just a note to say I have been working with a professional film restoration team to work on some footage by Marcel Duchamp, discovered in a garage in Herne Bay (! i know! not the most likely of places!).
It is most extraordinary.
An initial screening of the footage will take place at the London Short Film Festival in January at an event featuring 'the best in contemporary and classic cat cinema'.
The New Wave of Middle Aged
A very good fun evening last night chatting with a filmmaker I genuinely admire, Peter Strickland, about New York No Wave, underground cinema, music, the Scala – looking backwards and looking forwards!
I wore yet another ridiculous outfit – I cant help myself, there is a fantastic Vintage hire company, the Contemporary wardobe collection, that the Horse Hospital runs, right above the exhibition/viewing space! They provided the jacket for Aiden Gillen in 'Ekki Mukk', for instance, but reach as far back as costumes for 'Quadrophenia', and clothing David Bowie.
My outfit was a bit less classy…
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and afterwards me and Peter also chatted with Ben Rivers – another filmmaker I greatly love and admire – so it was pretty much a lovely evening! I was trying to persuade them we should form a film movement – 'the new wave of middle aged' or similar.
Peter screened an old short of his called 'Bubblegum', which starred Holly Woodlawn and Nick Zedd.
Here is a photo of Peter back then, with Zedd. And yes that is real hair. Well, Peters…
And we raised a bunch of cash for the Horse Hospital! rah!
One Thing can make All Things seem Worthwhile
The single LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS is a bit marmite, people either seem to get it or be totally bewildered, and almost offended, by it… But it cheered me up no end to get a lovely message from Shirley Collins, my favourite ex-singer, and which made it all seem worthwhile:
Roll up! Roll up!
Two upcoming screenings I have organised. The first, on July 17th at the Horse Hospital, is a joint event with Peter Strickland, whose recent works include Berberian Sound Studio.
We are going to show a couple of very old films of ours (Peter's 'Bubblegum' and my 'No Age New York') and discus the influence of the US underground on our work. Which should be fun!
Screening from original VHS format!
More on the event here.
And the day after, on July 18th, I am curating a very special evening of subjective nature films… 'It's a Bugs Life… and then you Die'.
A program which covers a scientist who was simply too ahead of his time – Dr Nils Hellstrom – films about sound recordist Chris Watson, mad bug films, scary bug films, charming bug films – it's nature but it sure ain't National Geographic.
Just some films which cover nature with an unusual point of view – definitely not 'blue chip'. More info on the night here.
All money from both events will be going to the Horse Hospital to help their fight against eviction.
This Filthy Earth
I noticed a few great stories about man's relationship to nature recently.
First there is this little snail on the left, called Vertigo Angustior, in a battle with this slimey creature on the right:
The little critters are doing a good job fighting the forces of mammon, read about Trump's struggle with the snails by clicking here.
Then there's this here yew tree. Scientists think it's the oldest living thing in the United Kingdom, at 5000 years and still going. Much as I dislike the Daily Mail, there's more on this story here.
And, lastly, a short article by George Monbiot which is worth reading. He can be quite annoying, but his suggestion that environmentalism should be more of a positive movement rather than a negative, oppositional one, struck a chord with me (and my aims with things like 'Lions and Tigers and Bears'). Anyway, worth a look, IMHO – read the piece by clicking here.
That's it from Nicky's Naturewatch for now!
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Some Wildman Pics – from 'Lions and Tigers and Bears'
One of my recent alter egos has been the Wildman. Here are some photos I made with the very talented Toby Amies (whose feature film 'The Man Whose Mind Exploded' has been exploding into cinemas recently – seek it out!) one night on Hampstead Heath. It was extremely dark and the photos were very long exposures indeed.


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A judge has been asked to settle a squabble between the world's largest chip maker Intel and graphics computing specialty firm NVIDIA.
The northern Californian companies have been arguing for a year about whether a deal they inked in 2004 allows NVIDIA to produce chipsets that work with Intel microprocessors that have integrated-memory controller features.
Intel filed a complaint this week in Chancery Court in the state of Delaware, asking a judge to decide which side is right.
"We got to the point where we said 'this is enough," said Intel spokesman Chuck Malloy.
"We aren't seeking an injunction or asking for damages. It has just been a very longstanding dispute and we couldn't resolve it, so we will let the court decide."
NVIDIA president Jen-Hsun Huang fired back on Wednesday, saying his firm is within the boundaries of its licensing deal with Intel.
He charges that Intel's true goal is to stymie graphics processing unit (GPU) technology that is becoming a competitive threat to computer processing units (CPUs).
"At the heart of this issue is that the CPU has run its course and the soul of the PC is shifting quickly to the GPU," Huang said.
"This is clearly an attempt to stifle innovation to protect a decaying CPU business."
NVIDIA, founded in 1993, became renowned for GPUs that drive sophisticated computer game and video hardware.
Its graphics chips have been evolving to augment and even supplant central processing units (CPUs) at the heart of most computers.
While CPUs typically handle tasks in a linear style, zipping from start to finish in series, GPUs work on tasks simultaneously in order to do things such as get color pixels together on screens to present moving images.
Sets of NVIDIA chips built for speed, power, and superior graphics replaced Intel models in upgraded MacBook laptop computers recently rolled out by Apple. MacBook computing tasks are still done by Intel CPUs.
Acer, Alienware, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, NEC, and Toshiba are among the computer makers that combine NVIDIA and Intel technologies in hardware.
Intel counters that NVIDIA is telling customers of plans to make chipsets that violate the 4-year-old licensing agreement and that it wants to avoid potential troubles before products are rolled out.
"Rather than wait for something to get in the marketplace and cause customers heartburn and problems, let's get it settled now," Malloy said.
"We hope to get this resolved in a fairly quick fashion."
Intel said that while it is not seeking any damages in court, if it wins it will ask that NVIDIA be ordered to pay its legal costs.
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Hello guys my name is Aznkidd and christmas is almost here so i was thinking about skin ideas for the event.
Frosted Zyra
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Snowday Miss Fortune
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Snowday Syndra
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Snowstorm Diana
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NEW AND IMPROVED Mistletoe Leblanc
- Ok this is a skin i want to rework because as a lb player i want more lb's skins to be redone mostly this one because she has no new partical effects on any of her skins and i think this one would be a great start.
- Q - a snowball (derp.)
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- W - it explodes with snow/frost at the end of the dash
- R W - same as the normal dash with different colors
- E - a chain of christmas lights
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Fixing temper tantrums
One of the most hotly debated additions to the manual is "Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder," which critics worry will see more kids receive a diagnosis – and possibly medication – for what may really be just awful temper tantrums. The actual criteria is somewhat more stringent: The diagnosis is meant to cover children and teens who have lengthy and sever "temper outbursts" three or more times a week.
DMDD, as it will be called, has "probationary" status, recognizing that there isn't a lot of research to support the disorder (its inclusion will help researchers investigate it). It was included because of concerns that troubled children were being mislabelled with bipolar disorder – a highly questionable diagnosis in children that has seen a steep rise in the last decade. In addition to being saddled with a lifelong condition, this often led to the prescription of antipsychotic and mood-stabilizing drugs, which haven't been tested on kids. The DMDD diagnosis is meant to give physicians a new label for these complicated patients, one without the baggage and stigma of the adult disorder. Moss rejects the notion that the diagnosis will become a catch-all for kids with normal tantrums. "A child like that would soon be screened out, and mom and dad are going to be sent to parenting class."
But Frances says that there is no guarantee that the new diagnosis itself wouldn't be treated with medication, especially when child psychologists are in short supply – and when many patients are first seen by family doctors, with little training in the field. "These aren't academic questions," says Frances. "It's not something you throw out there and see how it works. These are people's lives."
Breaking out binge eating
Much of the in-fighting around the DSM involved determining the criteria for a diagnosis. The manual has always given psychiatrists some wiggle room when they see patients whose symptoms are severe but not packaged neatly into a clear diagnosis. In the eating-disorder category, binge eaters are often placed in that more open-ended "not-otherwise-specified" category.
But that doesn't help researchers and it may complicate treatment. Dr. Giorgia Tasca, director of Ottawa's Centre for Eating Disorders Research, estimates binge-eating makes up at least 20 per cent of his non-specified cases – a statistic believed to be much higher in community-based programs. The disorder, in which people eat to excess but don't purge afterward, "is very different from Thanksgiving dinner, where you are eating way too much, but it's a social, pleasurable event," says Tasca. "People typically do it in secret. And they will say, 'I couldn't stop myself. I couldn't help it.'"
The DSM has controversially lowered the criteria – instead of two times a week for six months, patients can be diagnosed if they binge eat once a week for three months. (The treatment is typically psychotherapy, but anti-depressants may be prescribed.) Tasca expressed concerns about lowering the bar for the disorder. "I don't know if there is enough research to support it." But the impact of the change – particularly, how many people will be diagnosed – won't be known for many years.
Refining adult ADHD
The DSM, like the Bible, is open to interpretation, which is what makes its wording so important. "If a diagnosis doesn't make sense," says Moss, "physicians will vote with their feet. They won't use it." But that's overly optimistic, critics argue, pointing to the decision to give Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) it's own stand-alone diagnosis.
Dr. Lily Hechtman, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at McGill University and an expert in ADHD, says the previous description was based on field trials with children. The new manual has added criteria such as quitting jobs repeatedly, ending long-term relationships abruptly, running red lights. Of the 5 to 10 per cent of children diagnosed with ADHD, Hechtman says, it's now estimated at least half of them have trouble managing the symptoms in adulthood. In her view, the revised DSM more accurately reflects the knowledge of the last decades, and if followed strictly, the diagnosis shouldn't expand prevalence of the disorder among adults.
But critics are concerned that it will become too easy for adults to get medication for everyday distraction and stress. Frances points out that in all three revisions he oversaw in the 2000 edition of the DSM-IV (one of which included pulling Asperger's out from under the autism umbrella) the rates of diagnosis increased many times more than they had predicted, and that is especially true when there's a drug available. "However well-intended the suggestion, it's the translation to actual clinical practice that is treacherous," Frances says. "What's written in the manual doesn't determine how it will be used, particularly with drug companies on the sidelines with huge marketing budgets."Report Typo/Error
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I'm so fed up of making everyone else happy(37 Posts)
I don't know if I want advice, I don't know what I want but I need to let this all out.
I am so fed up of bending over backwards to make everyone else happy and ignoring myself.
My husband left me on NYE because he fell in love with someone else but I only ever tried to make him happy and I don't understand what I did wrong.
I used to bend over backwards to help my sister out. She barely talks to me any more because I don't have a car any more and I live too far away to be useful to her.
I do loads for my mum, I make her dinner all the time because her husband works nights so I have her over so she isn't alone. I bought her tickets for the football twice. I'm constantly trying to help her out or spend time with her and now it's time for me to want to do something and she's having second thoughts about doing it. If she is with her husband (which she is today as she is off work) then I'm put to the back of the pile. Last night, her husband and I got into an argument about something stupid and I got really upset. She was quite unconcerned and thought that I was upset about the argument when it was much more about the way he talks to me and makes me feel unwelcome in my childhood home.
I'm so fed up of putting everyone else first and always being ignored - be it by them or by myself. I don't know what to do. I can't do what I want because I don't want to hurt anybody else. I'm so fed up with it all now.
They way I look at it is, they're not bothered about hurting you, so why put so much effort into pleasing them. They do not appreciate you or your efforts, so make friends and spend time with people who do.
I have spent most of my life pleasing others, and continued to try and please my step mother even after my Dad's death, then I realised my beautiful children might grow up thinking that they were second class like I did and I refused to allow that to happen. I have gone NC with her now, which has upset some people, but I have done it to please myself and protect my family.
Look after yourself, find people who value you. Makes life much better.
Sorry that you've had to learn the hard way that if you spend your life pleasing others all you earn is their contempt. Bend over backwards and all you get is a bad back. Asserting yourself - which is what you have to do now from now on - means risking others being displeased. (Not 'hurt'... that's overstating it and making it personal). Put yourself first, you'll like yourself more and you'll earn more respect. If others don't like it, they'll just have to get used to it.
It doesn't sound like they care enough to actually be hurt if you just pleased yourself. Just surprised, as they aren't used to the idea.
Honestly, you have spent years trying to please everyone else and it has got you nowhere. Do things to please yourself from now on, and put your own wishes above those of others.
If other people have actual needs then a decent person tries to help. But that doesn't mean their every wish is more important than yours.
It's sad but people who do bend over backwards all the time for others really don't earn anyone's respect. The more you do, the more you get taken for granted... the more it becomes expected rather than exceptional.
Why don't you feel that your own needs are important and should come first sometimes? That's something that is inside you, it's your issue, and the only person that can change that is you.
- sorry you've had a rough time. Its hard to hear maybe, but people only respect you as much as you respect yourself, try saying 'no' a bit more and doing what you want and need to do. You don't exist to make other people lives happier or easier. Your needs are just as important as anyone else's, if not more so. Occasionally they can be put aside if absolutely necessary, but do that all the time and people will come to expect it and they won't appreciate it because you don't appear to value your own time and effort - so why should they?
The sad thing is no matter how much you give some people are never satisfied. Worse, they take it for granted and persuade themselves,
"X does nice things for others because it makes her happy! It's a form of selfishness!"
In addition if you give all the time there's a possibility people eventually think it's their due. You're finding this with DM. When you mentioned helping her loads I assumed she's a widow or divorced, on her own... Reading further, no! She's married. And when she isn't needing a hand you are at the back of the queue for attention.
Okay now you know where you stand.
As of today pour the energy you expend on family members like DM or formerly DSis into your own situation. No more people pleasing, think of #1.
I have been through CBT and each time was told I was a "people pleaser". I have abandonment issues since my dad died at 14 so I try my hardest to avoid being alone and I do all these things for people so I'm not on my own, so they have a reason to stick around. But they never do, because even my stupid husband left.
It came really apparent yesterday when I was at my mums and had this argument with her husband. It was his birthday so I bought him a present I knew he would love, my mum tells me all the time that I'm his (and her) favourite because I try so hard and I'm thoughtful and generous but when my sister and BIL were there yesterday, they spoke to them much more friendly and spoke of their kids more kindly too. My nephew is a whingy baby (like my son) and they got "he's not been an ounce of trouble" and my son got "he's not wired up properly him". My son was tired so I was going to put him in the travel cot upstairs but my mums husband said not to bother because he would be okay. And then that's the remark he got. I don't know if it's because my sister rarely comes over (she would rather spend time with her MIL) and they feel the need to be nice to her even though they know what she's like. She's a bloody nuisance, she is constantly asking for favours (even from them) and never gives back in return. She is so fickle and has a new idea every couple of weeks, that she always needs help with. They agree with me that she's a PITA but when she asks me for favours in front of them they never stick up for me and tell her that she walks all over me. I think my mum once told her that she walks all over me and my sister said "no I don't" and that was the end of it.
I've told my mum that she always puts me to the back when her husband is around but I get "no I don't" again and that's it. Today I wanted to go to the football parade (Manchester city won the league yesterday). My mum said she was going to come with me because it would have been really difficult to take the kids on my own (we did it in 2012 with just my eldest and it was fine but I had my husband there to help me). She's now decided she doesn't fancy it. Which is fair enough but she could have said this yesterday when I had time to find someone else to come with me or find someone to watch the children so I could go alone. I just feel like after everything I do, she could do this one thing for me, where I'd probably end up buying her dinner too, but no. So I can't go. I know it's selfish but I was so looking forward to it. She knew I was and she's raised my hopes up and smacked them down in about five minutes. Literally, she was asking about the train times one minute and then said no the next.
Its not selfish to want to do something and its normal to feel angry that she's let you down. Take a lesson from it, don't expect anything from her in future and don't rely on her. But that goes both ways. Next time she needs you for something, just tell her you can't do it. No need to explain why or apologise. Just try it and try it again and again. And next time you need help from someone, ask a reliable friend.
Unless your family are toxic keep in touch but you just need to remind yourself it's not your job to win love or time or attention by dancing to their tune.
Try not to rehash disappointments or hurtful comments, instead figure out if there is a logical explanation or any element of truth in them and acknowledge that. Or reject those and move on. Best not to dwell on things you can't change eg DM being soft on DSis/DN.
I'm glad you have gone through CBT it was what I was going to suggest next.
You sound like a caring generous soul don't change because some people closest to you let you down occasionally. (By people I don't include ex who treated you very shabbily and if you're the poster I think you are, your PILs who seem happy to do the childcare when ex has the DCs over for contact but otherwise were quick to drop you and fondly overlook his disgusting behaviour with OW. They did act badly and aren't worth tears).
Ah you fear abandonment. I'm sorry about your dad - the same thing happened to me. I've ended up on my own all the same no matter how hard I tried... and actually it isn't too bad. You have a ds to love and who loves you unconditionally which is good.
Only help someone if you have the energy and willingness to do so else you can't do your best. Make sure when you are feeling down or poorly that you take time out for yourself. Learn to say no when you are not willing to help and learn to handle the ensuing confrontation. When you say no, just say no. As Sleepwhenidle says you don't need to explain yourself and it only gives the person a way of arguing you into doing something.
You might find your family respect you more after they've got over their tantrums but then again if they don't, it frees you up to find other people who will appreciate your helpful and caring nature. My dad wouldn't have wanted me to be used all the time, I hope yours wouldn't have either.
Also, standing up for yourself and being grumpy when necessary comes more naturally to me as I get older so if you don't see immediate improvements don't despair as it will come eventually.
I've just told my mum how I feel. She's basically said she's being cruel to be kind, trying to get me to stand on my own two feet and to "get over it".
Oh. Then any help you give her, unstinting but unreciprocated is what, therapy?
Strange excuse. Does your sister not need to stand on her own two feet also?
I feel distance is the answer here....
I am a people pleaser too but have started to become more "selfish" of late. Have just ordered this book as it came highly recommended by a counsellor friend.
'Cruel to be kind' is a great excuse for just plain cruel and uncaring!
OTOH I think you could decide to 'learn' from this 'lesson' she's apparently trying to give you.
Stop bending over to help her - she doesn't appreciate you and (sorry to be brutal) isn't going to love you more for it.
You have the choice of pleasing everyone else - and not getting the unconditional love they should be giving you anyway. Or of pleasing yourself and not getting any less than they give you now. They might even give you more attention if they realise they can't simply expect you to always be there like a doormat.
Either way, you don't lose by just doing what suits yourself, except for when there is a genuine need that you feel you ought in all conscience help them with. Aside from that, do things that you want, in the way that you want. If that doesn't suit them, tough shit.
At the nub of all this is your belief that "If you need me, you won't ever leave me". Being a people pleaser is actually a way of gaining control.
Wild guess here but when your DF died, I suspect you and possibly DSis to a lesser extent filled a void for DM. She remarried but no matter how much support you give, you always feel guilt or shame or guilt about how much help you provide.
I try my hardest to avoid being alone and I do all these things for people so I'm not on my own, so they have a reason to stick around. But they never do, because even my stupid husband left.
I don't know how you and your H got together but being a people pleaser can act like a homing device and in his case perhaps you attracted the wrong sort of person who manipulated you.
This is probably going to sound really harsh but I sense that you genuinely would like some honest feedback and I am trying to be helpful, not unpleasant.
You sound a bit needy and dependent "You have to like me and do what I want because I'm so nice to you...."
And the nicer you are the more you expect people to like you back and praise you and tell you what a wonderful person you are.
I have a relative like you and tbh, it's wearing. The sense of obligation is tiresome.
You don't have to be nice all the time. You don't have to do good things for other people all the time. Sometimes you can be cranky and impatient and selfish - then you'll be just like the rest of us imperfect human beings.
People like each for a huge number of reasons - not just because they do 'nice' things.
Donkey - no, when my dad died she went and found an old boyfriend only 6 months later. She left me every weekend to go and see him. Then when I got attached to him, she went and found an even older boyfriend and dumped this other one like yesterday's news, so he left too.
My H and I met online on a chat room when I was 13 and he was 14 so before I had these abandonment issues. I was always paranoid he would leave me because everybody else did. He always promised me he wasn't leaving, even just before I caught him in my bed with OW, he said he wasn't thinking of moving out or divorce. He was adamant there was no one else and he still loved me. Then when I caught him, he suddenly decided he didn't love me and there was someone else.
And I suppose I am doing these things so people like me. I hate being alone since I feel I have been since I was 14. I just want to feel important to somebody. Even my husband made me feel second best and now he's gone, I don't even feel second best. I feel like I'm at the bottom of the pile. I'm not important to anybody. I want to feel like I am.
You have to feel important to yourself before anyone else.
No-one else will think you important if you don't feel it about you.
Imagine someone going around saying "I'm rubbish, I'm useless, no-one likes me, I'm hopeless." Our natural tendency is to believe them.
Now imagine someone saying "I'm actually quite a fun person. I'm really kind and caring and I love feeling that I'm of use. I'm a great friend and I love company, and talking to people."
Which of the 2 would you rather be?
Just to add - husband always put other women ahead of my feelings. He would be talking or texting other women and would spend time with them, for example, when I had PND after my second child, he told me he went to mcdonalds when he was actually talking to another woman in our car. He got home around 12.15am when he finished work at 10.30pm. He broke up with me years ago (when I was about 16) because he met another girl he liked. Got back with me after a few days. Did this a few times in our relationship. Hence why I've never felt "first" for him.
You know you are number one for your DCs, they count. You matter.
But I honestly think you should look into more counselling so you don't inadvertently project these feelings onto your DCs.
How am I meant to value myself as important when, for the last 10 years, I've had people implying that I'm not?
I really get what you're saying but I don't value myself at all. I don't think I am important. In fact, I think I'm the cause of everyone's problems. My mum once told me she was ready to drive off the viaduct because of me. My husband has told me it was all my fault that he left. I'm not important! I don't know why I try and make people think I am.
If this isn't too indelicate a way of phrasing this, you are going about this ass-backwards.
Stop worrying about how others regard you!
Like everyone else on the planet, you are doing the best you can! And if people comment or give their opinion, you don't have to accept they're right. You don't even have to listen.
I don't know how to make myself feel important! How am I meant to feel important without looking at how other people regard me?!
I've got nothing! I hashed up my degree because I was pregnant with my eldest and had to give it up. I gave up any chance of a career to raise the kids whilst my husband worked and now he's left me and I've got nothing. I've got nothing to show, nothing to make me feel important!
I have my two children who my husband has recently told me I'm using the kids as a weapon and I'm a shit mum. I'm not using them as a weapon by the way, my kids see their dad regularly with nothing bad said to them about him or anything (although I did call OW to them but haven't since I realised it was a stupid thing to do).
So I am a shit daughter, a shit sister, a shit wife, a shit mum. I contribute nothing to society because I'm a SAHM and stuck on benefits because I can't get a job and can't afford childcare. I've been looking and looking for work since my DD was born and haven't found anything. I've applied for loads and never got an interview because even an employer doesn't want me!
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"It's a great list – a really accurate measure of quality, coast-to-coast, over a year in dining time," editor Jacob Richler said in an article accompanying the list.
The top five picks by the judges are Toqué! in Montreal, Buca Yorkville in Toronto, Hawksworth Restaurant in Vancouver, Joe Beef in Montreal, Le Vin Papillon in Montreal and newcomer to the scene, Dandylion in Toronto.
The only restaurant in the Maritimes to crack the top 50 is Edna in Halifax, N.S., which placed 49th. Other eateries in the region are Field Guide in Halifax (52); Fleur de Sel in Lunenburg, N.S. (65) and Port City Royal in Saint John, N.B. (74).
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Alright, everyone. I just saw an old sports clipping of a former football star in our home state of Minnesota. Much to my surprise, he was wearing.....
SpiceChain! Is Spiceworks entering the bling market? And if so, how do we get some of this?
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Nov 18, 2011 at 9:22 UTC
It`s not orange :-(
Nov 18, 2011 at 9:25 UTC
Cool concept, but don't think my geek factor meshes too well with the bling. It would probably remind people of Kip.
Nov 18, 2011 at 9:28 UTC
SpiceBling! I'll admit, I'd never thought of that before! We here at HQ are working on some new swag for next year, so it's definitely something to consider. I wonder if anyone would want to wear it? Does anyone envision this being a staple of their Casual Friday wardrobe?
Nov 18, 2011 at 9:35 UTC
I dunno I think he looks pretty cool.
Nov 18, 2011 at 10:20 UTC
sell them this
Nov 18, 2011 at 11:49 UTC
or this.
Nov 23, 2011 at 7:41 UTC
^ Makes me think of riding a velociraptor, though
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ine juniors and seniors from City High School were sprawled around a basement family room in this university town when the conversation turned to the truths about high-school dating.
"We had only been seeing each other for a couple weeks," said an 18-year-old senior girl. "We were driving around, talking about getting ice cream, and I said, 'So, do you want to do it?' and he got bright red and said, 'I guess, if you want to do it.' He had been talking about sex, but all I wanted was ice cream. I know that it sounds like something from an after-school special, but it really happened. That's why I don't understand guys."
"It's girls I don't understand," a junior boy, 16, said. "But they're at a disadvantage. If they mess around, they get bad-mouthed."
Credit: David Conklin for The New York Times Students from City High School in Iowa City
Two boys, one 17 and the other 16, simultaneously agreed: "Yeah, guys are labeled as pimps; girls are labeled as 'hos.'Ā"
For most Iowa City high-school students, one-on-one dating, with a movie and dinner, isn't common. More likely, groups like this gather when someone's parents are away, and couples form and split with plenty of witnesses.
"Getting the wrong idea" comes up frequently in the conversation. "I had been exclusively seeing a guy for a few weeks, but I didn't know if he was exclusively seeing me," said Kim Klouda, 17 and a junior. "I didn't know if we were, quote, 'together,' or just 'seeing each other.' One night I asked, 'What's our status?' He didn't understand what I was talking about, but we finally decided that if we were unsure, we probably weren't a couple.
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One long relationship has gone on between Grant Hilton and Jill Humston, 18-year-old seniors. At first, the couple were also unsure of where they stood with each other.
"Jill asked me what to tell people when they asked what was going on between us," Grant said. "I told her to just tell them that we were dating."
Last fall, Grant decided to ask Jill to the homecoming. "My friends called her over, and I said, 'Hey, Jill, would you like to. .Ā.Ā. ' And before I finished asking, she said: 'With you? Yeah.'Ā"
Even parents would recognize a manifestation of these tentative, occasionally frustrating and often confusing relationships -- that is, the couple.
This article was reported Nick Bergus, Kevin Boyd, Phil Kennedy, Alison Nair and Jill Schnoebelen, editors of The Little Hawk at City High School.


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Ans. CAS or conditional access system, is a digital mode of transmitting TV channels through a set-top box (STB). The transmission signals are encrypted and viewers need to buy a set-top box to receive and decrypt the signal. The STB is required to watch only pay channels. The idea of CAS was mooted in 2001, due to a furore over charge hikes by channels and subsequently by cable operators. Poor reception of certain channels; arbitrary pricing and increase in prices; bundling of channels; poor service delivery by Cable Television Operators (CTOs); monopolies in each area; lack of regulatory framework and redress avenues were some of the issues that were to be addressed by implementation of CAS
Ans. DAS is a cable TV service in which TV channels are sent through cable TV network in digital and encrypted form. Only authorised users can receive channels using a Set-Top-Box(STB) and TV set. The authorization is given by the service provider.This system is able to carry large number of TV channels, radio services and othervalue added services. In this system the consumers can choose channels/ services of their choice and pay only for the same.
Ans. The Multi-System Operator (MSO) and its linked local cable operators (LCOs) are the service providers in DAS (hereinafter referred as cable operators).
Ans. Although both are digital addressable systems, in DTH service, TV channels are directly received by consumer from satellite using small dish antennas located at customer premise. However, in DAS TV signals reach consumer through the cable network. The DAS is capable of carrying interactive value added service, triple play services (Video + Audio +Data), broadband etc. through the same cable TV network.
Ans. The DAS offers following benefits to the consumer.
Ans. For getting the services in DAS an additional piece of equipment called Set-Top Box (STB) is required along with TV set. This set top box will facilitate the consumer to access the encrypted digital television signal carried over DAS.
Ans. It shall be mandatory for cable operators to transmit or retransmit the channels of Doordarshan required to be transmitted compulsorily under section 8 of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995),as amended from time to time, to each subscriber on its network. Currently, the channels viz. DD-1, DD-News, DD- Regional (concerned region), DD-Rajya Sabha DD-Sports, DD-Urdu, Gyandarshan and Lok-Sabha are required to be transmitted compulsorily to each subscriber on its network.
Ans. DTH and DAS are two independent different platforms. The consumer have option to avail both the services at his option.
Ans. "Set top box" (STB) is a device, which is connected to a television set at the consumer premises and which allows a consumer to view encrypted channels of his choice. The basic function of the set top box is to decrypt the channels and to convert the digital signals into analog mode for viewing on television sets. A smart card or viewing card is a part of set top box which allow only those channels to beviewed which are subscribed by the consumer and authorised by the service provider.
Ans. The TV channels carried in DAS cannot be received without STB. The STB can be stand-alone unit or TV sets can have STB functions integrated into it.
Ans. The cable operator should prescribe the terms and conditions for return of STB, at the time of subscription of the service, acquired under outright purchase, rental and hire-purchase schemes at the time of subscription. The following are the rules regarding return of STB:-
Ans. In case a consumer has more than one television set in his home, he needs to get separate set top box for each television set.
Ans. A-la-carte offering of TV channels means offering the channel individually on standalone basis.Bouquet of channels means an assortment of distinct channels, offered together as a group or as a bundle.
Ans. The monthly charge depends upon the package/ bouquet/ channels/services chosen by the consumer. The consumers of DAS can choose package, bouquet,one or more pay channel, only FTA channels, only pay channels, pay channels and FTA channels offered by the cable operator.If the consumer opts for one or more FTA channels without Pay channels, the operator can prescribe a minimum monthly subscription, not exceeding Rs. 100/-per connection per month ( excluding taxes). Further, if the consumer opts for one 6 or more pay channels, with or without FTA channels- the operator can prescribe a minimum monthly subscription, not exceeding Rs. 150/- per connection per month (excluding Taxes).
Ans. In DAS, cable operator has to compulsorily offer a package of 100 free-to-air (FTA) channels, called Basic Service Tier(BST) at a MRP of Rs. 100/-(exclusive of taxes) per month per connection. The consumer can also choose any combination of free to air channels up to 100 channels, in lieu of the basic service tier offered by the multi-system operator at a MRP of Rs. 100/-(exclusive of taxes). While Cable operator has to offer the Basic Service Tier, it is not obligatory for consumer to subscribe to the BST.
Ans. In DAS, the BST must consists at least 5 channels of each genre namely news and current affairs, infotainment, sports, kids, music, lifestyle, movies and general entertainment in Hindi, English and regional language of the region. In case sufficient number of free to air channels of a particular genre is not available, the multi-system operator shall include in the basic service tier the channels of other genres. Doordarshan channels, namely DD-Bharati, DDMalyalam, DD-Podhigai, DD-Odiya, DD-Bangla, DD-Saptagiri, DD-Chandana, DD-Sahyadri, DD-Girnar, DD-Kashir, DD-NE , DD-Punjabi shall also form part of BST.
Ans. The a-la-carte channel rates and bouquet rates are to be decided by the MSO.
Ans. Free-to Air (FTA) channel means a channel for which no subscription fee is to be paid by the MSO to the broadcaster for its re-transmission on cable. However the operator may prescribe subscription charges for such channels to be paid by the consumers for reception of such channels.
Ans. Pay channel means a channel for which subscription fee is to be paid to the broadcaster by the MSO operator and due authorization needs to be taken from the broadcaster for its re-transmission on cable.
Ans. No. BST consists of only FTA channels.
Ans. Every cable operator should establish a complaint centre where the service related complaints and service requests can be placed by the consumer. The consumer care number must be toll free and the cable operator should provide a docket no. for each complaint. Besides Cable operator must have web based complaint monitoring system where the consumers can place their request and monitor the status of their complaint. In case consumer is not satisfied with the redressal of his complaints through complaint Centre, he can approach the nodal officer of the operator. There must be one or more nodal officers in every state in which the cable operator is providing the service.
Ans. The consumer complaints to be responded within 8 hours The time limit for redressing the complaints by the call center and nodal officers have been given in the Quality of service Regulations for DAS. The extract of these regulations with regard to time limits for complaint redressal are as under:
The time limit for redressal are
Ans. The consumer can ask for the details of the schemes offered by the cable operator and ask the cable operator for terms and conditions of subscription and STB.
Ans. No, Cable operator cannot discontinue exhibition of any channel without giving prior notice of fifteen days to its subscribers and such notice shall be published in the local news paper and displayed through scrolls on TV screen.
Ans. The cable operator cannot change the composition of subscription package, subscribed by the consumer, during first six month of subscription or during the entire period if subscription amount has been paid in advance. However, if the channels are not available in the platform of the cable operator then, the cable operator shall reduce the subscription charges payable by the consumer by an amount equivalent to the a-la-carte rate of such channel from the date of discontinuance of the channel. The cable operator may offer an alternative channel of the genre and language of the channel discontinued and, if the offer is accepted by the subscriber, the cable operator may not reduce
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