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trouble getting over past – something’s bothering me that i don’t understand?

March 28, 2011 By 1 Comment

well i kind of had a rough childhood. i was very sick (life and death for the first like 6 years of my life) and i basically died as a kid. i was always in pain and didn’t sleep through the night until i was 7 and a half. as i got older i grew healthier, but am still in pain (like i have 50% lung compacity and it gets hard for me to breathe when i’m running, i have bad bones and they get stiff alot, i have a hearing loss etc).

as a kid, i was bullied quite a lot because i was so short and skinny for my age and i did everything late (such as talking, walking, learning to read and write etc) people in school always used to put me down and such. it was in highschool that i got truely bullied. i used to sit on the curb and eat my lunch by myself and never got together with anybody outside of school for i had no real friends. i was basically neglected in school and was afraid of becoming close with anybody. when i did become close with my best friend, he passed away at the age of 15 and that was when i was miserable (10th grade). i miss him so much still and whenever i get close to someone at school, i tend to pull away. my dreams bug the hell out of me and it’s hard for me to express my feelings.

in 11th grade it got so bad that i was even cyberbullied so bad that they had to call the cops and i switched schools (they threatened my life and my pet’s lives). at my new school, i wasn’t challenged and the kids kind of had um, issues. like they had servere learning disabilities and behavioral problems, but they were nice. i made a lot of friends my last year of highschool and i still talk to them. i even got my first boyfriend in june :) .

it’s just i still have horrible nightmares and i realize i’m still having trouble getting over that. i don’t know quite what my nightmares are trying to tell me (i know they’re trying to tell me to get over the past – i’m just not sure which past it wants me to get over and what’s bothering me serverly) i did go to therapy in highschool, but now i don’t. it’s just my dreams have been really bothering me and i think too much about things. also i still am sort of afraid to get close to anyone in school. i’m starting college next year for I just graduated from highschool in may, but i’m just afraid that it will be like highschool. i have met a few people who are nice, but the people in middle school seemed like they were my friends then they all went against me so i never know.

just the littlest things bother me, like when my boyfriend doesn’t talk to me for a week or so (because his internet is down and he’s away). i have a few best friends that mean like the world to me, but they don’t go to the same school as me and what not.

So my question is, is there any way to figure out what’s really bugging me deep down? also any tips on how to get over my bad past and start fresh for college?

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Is it possible for me to lose 20 pounds in 3 months? please read…?

March 28, 2011 By 7 Comments

Okay…so I’m a 16 yr. old girl weighing 140 pounds, 163cm (about 5 feet and 4 and a half inches) and I’m planning on losing 20 pounds before my two sisters come home from abroad. I’ve been thin when I was a kid and started to slowly gain these annoying 20 pounds when I was 13 yrs old. PLs don’t say that this weight is perfectly fine for my height cause it really isn’t coz I’m asian, and we have smaller frames than americans and europeans. Plus I want to live a healthy life that’s why I want to be back to my usual weight. I am currently playing DDR (Dance dance revolution) for like 2-3 hours a day. I drink 2 Liters of water and eat properly. I eat 2-3 fruits a day and eat only fish and lean meat. Sometimes I eat some sweet stuff so that I won’t crave and binge-eat. Do you think this will help me lose weight? If you could suggest more weight loss tips pls tell me so!! tnx for reading btw!
OMG!! I’m so sorry I posted my question here on the Newborn & Baby section!!! stupid me!! hehe it’s impossible for me to have a baby at this age coz I’m not really into boys stupid stupid me!! x.x

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I am taking a biology class and my teach gave this to us to take home. any help would be appreciated!?

March 27, 2011 By 1 Comment

1. How do you make Adenosine from the fish and beans you ate at Polio Tropical?
a. can’t, nothing came out of it except feaces/ or feces
b. no new proteins were or will be made
c. more enzymes were formed to compensate for the fecal loss
d. a 5-C sugar will be bonded to adenine if Gibb’s EN is available
e. transferase peptidase will take over adenosine tri phosphate, and adds Gibb’s free EN to it.
ab. pentose sugar will bond to EN (G) before ATP forms AMP or AP

2. How do you make an enzyme
a. no way, can’ do that
b. give a tip to the bar tender, he will just hook it up for you in a blender, Ta – daaaah!, no
questions asked
c. just take a beer, you already have it in there
d. boil proteins, and add Water, then filter, what’s left = enzyme
e. ase + protein = enzyme
ab. Protein – psa = enzyme

3. Glucose is needed for energy metabolism, what enzyme is needed to form this glucose if you ate table sugar?
a. nothing
b. glucose
c. sucrase
d. maltase
e. lactase

4. If death is the end of life, how do you know that some thing is living?
a. if they do not metabolize why
b. life has no definition, tough!
c. any living thing must definitely locomote to be called “living thing”
d. do you ask me? You know the answer, I am not the teacher
e. if that thing obeys cell theory

5. Apart from IBS/insulin binding sites, what’s needed for sugar to leave your stomach directly and goes straight into your cells so that your blood sugar may reach an equilibrium level?
a. insulin
b. can’t do that
c. power house
d. ribosomes
e. chlorophyll
ab. nothing is needed, only simple diffusion, that’s all

6. You need insulin for sugar to get into your cells for EN metabolism, where does insulin come from?
a. IBS
b. islets cells
c. pancreas
d. liver
e. chlorophyll
ab. some times it just shows up like that and then “puff” it goes away; like in “now you see it,
now you don’t”; Amazing?

7. What will happen if too much sugar is withdrawn from your blood into your cell?
a. hypoglycemia sets in
b. hyperglycemia starts
c. hypertension starts
d. hypocholesterolemia will happens
e. hypotension starts

8. Under what condition can # 7 take place if other things are OK?
a. if the person eats too much carbohydrates (carbs)
b. under an unmarried single parent with 3 kids condition
c. defective IBS condition that traps the insulin on the membrane
d. if too little insulin is produced
e. if pancreas fails to produce insulin from its cells

9. What are your genes made of?
a. codons/codes
b. RNA
c. d. chromosomes
e. nothing but cells
ac. Made up of money man Madoff

10. If prokaryotic cells are not nucleated, but have one thing in common with your cells, then that thing must be:
a. large vacuoles
b. golgies
c. nucleoplasm
d. ribosomes
e. endoplasmic reticulum

11. If your house plant by the window grows towards the light, how did it do that?
a. locomotion
b. translation
c. it was chasing the fly that flew in through the window
d. No, it was not a fly but a bee that came to its flower
e. rotation

12. In energy metabolism, which of the given is anabolic in action?
a. ATP ——–? ADP + P + EN + IR
b. C6 H12 O6 ———? 6CO2 + H2O + EN
c. Carbs ——?disaccharides ………………….> mono saccharides
d. ADP + Pi + EN ———-?ATP
e. proteins ——? mono saccharides

13. Inside you right now, metabolisms are taking place leaving behind trails of actions. Which of these trails of metabolites are used in your blood tests to identify how healthy or otherwise , you are?
a. sugars
b. all of the given
c. proteins
d. cholesterol
e. enzymes
ab. none of the given

14. What other name can you use to correctly stand for energy metabolism in living things?
a. reproduction
b. respiration
c. EN of life
d. perspiration
e. replication
ac. none is correct

15. If food proteins – hamburgers – are not monomers, then they should be …………?
a. glucose
b. monosaccharides
c. poly-structures
d. simple food molecules, like others
e. pure lipids

16. What happens as your glucose gets into your cell’s cytoplasm?
a. it is greeted with a big bang
b. will be prepared and sent to mitochondria
c. if needed, it is sent to blood serum, to go back to the stomach – ‘back to the sender”
d. if not needed, then it just disappears because there are too many of them
e. glucose does not get into the cytoplasm at all, it is hyperglycemia

17. Name all the sex organs that are in the world as of today.
a. testes
b. anthers
c. uterus
d. ovaries
e. penis
ac. vagina
acd. anthlers
acb. breasts
ace. labia
bce. Oh my! I forgot sperms

18. 17. Name all the sex cells that are discovered in the world as of today.
a. testes
b. anthers
c. uterus
d. ovaries
e. penis
ac. vagina
acd. anthlers
acb. breasts
ace. labia
bce. Oh my! I forgot sperms

19.. If a male corn sex cell from Boca is blown to a female corn flower in Delray, wh

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Different breakfast for your child?

March 26, 2011 By 5 Comments

What do you serve your child for breakfast, before he / she is leaving for school or kindergarden etc. I remember how dull my childhood breakfast meals were: cereals with milk, or cheese and ham sandwitches. I don’t want to repeat this pattern with my daughter, who is still a baby now.

I was thinking about the following breakfast ideas:

- blend milk, yogurt, a banana, few frozen berries, sugar-free cereal biscuits and a bit of acacia honey; so the kid will have a good calcium, vitamin, fibre and starch intake and it will tase great, can be eaten quickly w/out much fuss

- do a fresh pear and apple puree in the blender, and serve that with crunchy sugar-free cereals; also offer a glass of milk-chocolate sweetened w acacia honey

- porridge with milk, cinnamon and bananas

Any suggestions of breakfast meals that would be healthy and fun for a child would be really appreciated!

Also, any tips about determining one’s child not to be fussy and pretentious, despite the various fun meals (as in, they should naturally eat plain vanilla food once in a while).

Thanks
Just discovered this site through the link you gave me, thanks!

http://www.cookfood.net/menu/kidsmeals/?ref=google_kids1&gclid=CLHM2YbGj5kCFZSD3godsyh8Zg

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Anxiety/Panic Attack Question?

March 26, 2011 By 2 Comments

Hey, all. I am a 17 year old kid, and I am very healthy i went to get a physical last week, and my blood pressure was 107 with 60 for heart rate. 3 Days ago, i experianced my first panic attack. I got so scared that i was shaking and thinking that i cant breathe and really i started shaking so hard. Now 3 days later, it’s still on my mind and everytime i think of it it upsets me so bad.. but when it’s off my mind i am normal with friends, then when it comes up for some reason i go very depressed. That night, i drank a whole “sunkist” before bed after work and i ate some sweet stuff.. and also i was fighting over the internet with my best friend she was upseting me. And i was like okay no more, so i just went to bed, and a thought came to my mind, what if the world lost oxygen, and do i belong on earth, and do i have to breathe all my life.. and all that, then i get that huge panic attack saying omg i stopped breathing, which realy i haven’t and i am breathing so perfectly. now it’s on my head, but everytime it’s on my head i dont get a panic attack i get anxious little bit and it passes.. the heart beat increases.. sorry for this long question, but can anyone give me some tips.. i dont want a doctor or anything i just want it to go away?

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How to gain weight fast?

March 25, 2011 By 7 Comments

I’ve been skinny for my entire life, but lately it’s just become too irritating.
I’m 21 years old, 5’5″ tall and barely weigh 105 pounds. When I was a kid, it didn’t really matter as much, but now, being this skinny is just plain embarrassing.
Basically, I look borderline anorexic, which I’m absolutely not.
I have a healthy appetite and sometimes I eat even more than people with average or above average weight.
Both of my parents are rather slender, themselves. My mom used to be about as skinny as I am, until she had me, and ever since then she’s been maintaining a practically ideal weight.
Since having a kid is obviously not an option for me at the moment, does anyone know how to pack on 10-15 pounds?
Building muscle isn’t really helpful, because I do yoga, fitness and swimming, so my muscles are already toned and I got that issue pretty much covered.
Any tips on specific kinds of food to gain weight fast?
I’ve tried binging on junk food for a couple of months-didn’t get any results, sadly.

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College/High school relationship…do you think this will work? (long description)?

March 24, 2011 By 4 Comments

So my boyfriend and I are two years apart. We went to the same high school and I met him when I was a freshman and he was a junior. I wasn’t expecting it to be anything huge, but it’s grown into something really serious. I can honestly say we’re both head over heels for each other and I love him more than I could ever imagine loving another human being :) He and I are best friends and we were each others firsts. We’re both used to seeing each other every day and hanging out for hours. In school, I would meet him between classes and we had lunch together certain days. He would drive me home and spend time with me after school in the fall almost every day. We were completely focused on each other and we spent most of our time together. I do have other friends, but none of them really understand me like John does. Also, I am AWFUL with change. I do not like it and I’m not adapt to it.

Anyway, we’ve been dating since then and he graduated this year and is going to college about 30-45 minutes away. However, he does not have a car because he’s in the city and a car would be sort of pointless when he can walk pretty much everywhere he needs to. But I do not have a car yet and although I will soon, I will also be entering my junior year in high school. I have a pretty hefty set of classes this year and I also play soccer basically year-round. We will have little time to see each other and although our love is strong, I am having an incredibly rough time with this. I’ve barely eaten anything the last couple of days and everything around me reminds me of him. I want school to start but I feel like it’s not going to be good. I’ll have no one to meet in the hallways and nothing to look forward to at the end of the day. I don’t drink or do drugs so I’m not really in the “popular” crowd I guess you could say. I’m not one of the outcast kids either, I’m just in between I guess. Obviously, I’m sort of pessimistic and I just don’t have a great attitude towards some things when I get stuff set in my head, if that makes sense.

Anyway, he moved in a couple days ago and I can’t seem to function without him. I know that I’m dependent and it’s not a healthy dependency I just feel like we’ll never see each other and that we’re ruined because of our age difference and that’s just not fair. He’ll probably have a car next year so I think it will be better then and I’ll graduate next year as well :) :) I just need to know if you guys have any tips or think this will work.

HELP.
@Traumerin:

Hm, “grow up”, good advice. Thanks. Because just because my situation doesn’t seem important or stressful to you, means it’s not important, right? How about I’ll be less attached to my boyfriend when you become a little less self-centered.

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Losing Weight While Nursing!?

March 23, 2011 By 4 Comments

Can anyone give me any tips on losing weight while nursing…I have a 3 year old and a 3 month old…I have lost some weight but I am soo hungry this time…I have soo many cravings more then when I was pregnant! Atleast when I was pregnant I could eat alot and blame the baby now who can I blame! I dont miss being pregant no I dont miss walking thru a door with my tummy first and then my head appearing but jeez it is driving me crazy! I am still wearing some of my maternity clothes which is sad and these horrible night gowns that I promised my self I would never wear…Whenever I wear them I get an awful dream I am driving wearing that nightgown and with my kids and get pulled over by a cop for a ticket.& there is a huge crowd of people pointing and laughing at me…..Sorry just venting….I am pumping milk too this time so maybe,…..Please share any stories of hope…I know in a healthy way!!! Thanks!

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Orphaned Baby Robins! Please help/ read!?

March 23, 2011 By 4 Comments

Hi, out in our very front tree, near the walkway which is totally concrete was a robin’s nest and my cat got up there and scared her away and took one of her babies(we are assuming) and we got it when it was still alive and had no holes in him(yet). So we put him back up in the nest and today we go out and find all three chicks laying on the ground..one was dead and the other two were cut up a bit. so we buried the dead one and took the other two in and they are living in a big shoebox. i found like 50 small worms and cut some up into half CM pieces so the chicks could eat them. im assuming they are a week or so old. i found this really good pair of kids plastic toy pliers(needle nose) and i have been using those as a makeshift beak with the worm on the end. i say “PEEPERS” and they both get up and chirp and open their mouth for food, it’s really cute, but they both have some pretty bad cuts and their eyes arent even open yet so i feed them every hour and they sleep alot. we brought their nest out of the tree and put that in the box so it’s like they are sleeping in the tree. how do i be like a good mother to them, i really don’t want them to die. i want to keep myself healthy too, the one rolled over and got a bit of blood on me(i washed it off) so will i be fine? i had a hangnail off the side of my finger that it got on. So basically what im asking is:

-how do i keep their cuts clean and non-infected?
-i keep washing my hands, is there any way i can get sick from them?
-what should i feed them as they get older?
-can i leave them for eight hours without food?(while i sleep)

ANY tips would be verryy helpful! and any stories too.
lol sorry its so long!

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vegan diet for hyperthyroidism?

March 21, 2011 By 3 Comments

This may sound crazy, but I’m considering going vegan even though I absolutely hate the idea of it. I heart steak and cream sauces and eggs and all of those things. However, I love my kids more.

A little backstory. My thyroid has been hyperactive for years. I’ve never had to take medication for it, it’s never been severe. Unfortunately, it’s gotten worse- and I’m 12 weeks pregnant. It’s also possibly begun to affect my heart- I’m experiencing palpitations and rapid, strong heartbeats. This may be related to a vitamin D deficiency I’m experiencing, but irregardless, my endocrinologist wants me to go on both Taprazole and Propranolol.

These are class D and C drugs, respectively. The class C Propranolol, a beta blocker, has been linked to heart and lung problems in babies. Taprazole, which is class D, has been linked to deformities such as pieces of skin missing from the baby’s scalp, and possibly as severe as the brain failing to develop in areas. Either could possibly lead to me losing my baby. My baby comes first- I’ll refuse the medication as long as it won’t kill me. Of course, I don’t want to end up with heart damage, and hyperthyroidism is dangerous in itself in pregnancy.

I’ve read that a vegan diet may (or may not) be beneficial for hyperthyroid patients. I haven’t read anything that would indicate a problem with beef or poultry- it seems that mainly dairy, eggs, and seafood are the biggest problems. However, I have heard that soy may help decrease my levels. Of course, I’ve also heard the opposite- quite a bit of debate out there.

I’m willing to do anything to take care of my baby. She’s my priority. But how do you go vegan when you’re not really that interested in it? Especially when you’ve got to cook for a family that loves their meat, dairy, and eggs? My twin is vegan, and she seriously only eats tofu or tempeh in a stir-fry, unless it’s a salad or a microwavable meal (like Amy’s, etc.) I am pregnant. This will not work for a pregnant woman (honestly, I don’t know how it works for her, but she really can’t cook).

I hate soy milk. Same for soy cheese and yogurt (only soy things I’ve tried). I do love tofu and tempeh, although I haven’t had them in many different ways. So what in the heck am I supposed to eat?

On top of that, weight loss is not a good thing in pregnancy, period. I’m overweight, and I’m very concerned that such a change in diet, combined with my thyroid being hyperactive, may spur weight loss. What can I do to avoid this?

Don’t get me wrong, if going by this diet is really life-altering, I’ll stay with it even after having the baby. I just know myself- if I obligate myself, I’ll fight it more.

I’m honestly rather desperate- I wasn’t supposed to be able to have children, and this will be my second (and final, considering the health issues in play). Needless to say, I can’t do anything else but make her my priority. Obviously, I want to still be around to take care of my children, but if it would ever come down to a choice, it’s my child, period. I don’t care if they’re 12 weeks old or I’m just 12 weeks pregnant- unless there’s no way to save them, I will choose them, so that option is not on the table.

Does anyone have any advice, tips, anything? Has anyone else had any success with a vegan diet helping hyperthyroidism? How can I have a healthy pregnancy on a vegan diet? Should I consider any other options first or in conjunction? Any help is appreciated.

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