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Um, sure thing?? A bit confused as to why you'd ask, but judging from the other notes it's nothing personal. Good luck with everything!
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It's removed, though it sucks that I never had a chance to enjoy your diary before you had to go.
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I will do as you asked. I wish you the best in your life, and hope your family prospers. I also wish you peace. I'll miss you here. God bless you! <3
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sorry you felt a need to leave.
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OK. I will take you at your word on that. Still, even so, it isn't good for me have any connections to Andy. He sees my name somewhere and it inspires him beyond his ability to control himself to contact me again.
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Great to see you in such good spirits, and so thrilled about the baby. I feel better today myself.
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You seem to have a pretty accurate take on doctors. I think that God uses them, as He uses anyone else who comes into our lives. He even uses people who don't seem to love us. So of course He would use doctors, who are for the most part only doing their jobs. In my case, I've noticed that both my doctor and the urologist seem to make generalizations based on very limited information. I guess it's all they have to go on, but if it persists to a certain point, one can conceivably feel dehumanized. I think you're doing really well with all this!
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Sorry - didn't complete a thought. I meant to say: the Word says, "In your anger, do not sin." It doesn't say not to be angry. It's what we do with our anger that counts.
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I personally did not think that the first entry was harsh or angry. Of course, we couldn't see what you were doing at the time, if you were screaming or throwing things (I doubt you were, but the point is, we don't know) - but the words themselves just came across as "righteous indignation." And there's nothing wrong with that. The Word says: "In your anger, do not sin." By the way, I've been on synthroid for almost four months now, and the docs are still saying my thyroid levels are off the charts. The other funny thing is, I experience none of the symptoms of hypothryoid. So I don't know what's up with all of that.
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It is great to hear from you, Neko. Thanks for your well wishes and your prayers. I'll let everyone know if it turns out to be the "Big C" - but I have reason to be optimistic.
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I hope you don't mind my noting you twice now. I just had to express my gratitude for your most recent post. I'm glad you've come to worry less - and thank the Lord. What you wrote reminds me of Mark 7:15 - another great Word. There is nothing entering into us that can "defile" us. It's the stuff that is formed in our hearts, and that comes out of us (in words, actions, etc.) that defiles us. It's good to see you relax more about this. God bless you, sister.
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Thanks for the encouraging note! Feeling pretty good right now, although a tad sore from this morning's therapy. It's working! The numbness in my leg is going away. Praise the Lord!
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It might sound simplistic, but reading Matthew 6:25-35 before each night before bedtime can do your soul a world of good. If I worried about all the possible effects of radiation in all its varieties, I would be even crazier than most people think I am already. Take heart and trust in the Lord. Remember you are His child and not a child of this world. He will take care of you and all your house, and your baby will be a blessing to you and to your family.
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Oddly enough, before doctors knew about "all these things" we tended to come just fine most of the time. Weird, huh? Methinks you should not worry quite so much, Neko... :-) Remember Who's in control. <3
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lol. It's a word now!
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Oh, congratulations!!
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Praying for you. I didn't see Friday's post until Saturday morning. Lord, please protect Neko and her baby.
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Congratulations, Neko! I didn't know. And thanks for your email - sorry it took so long to respond. I'm doing better now than I was then. In any case, our BRIO concert will be tomorrow, and after that I won't have to keep making these long public transit trips across the Bay. That should help, and I also have a good sponsor. Take care and God bless you.
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I was never warned about flouride in toothpastes when I was pregnant. What are the risks? I've been trying to search it online, but I can't find anything but slight mentions without information. I'm curious.
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Good to know I'm not alone. Congrats on the baby!!
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EEEEEE!!!! *huge hugs* Look at me, screaming like a girl! I'm so happy for you!
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Wow! Congratulations! :-D
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Will miss you. I'll be reading whenever you do get time...I pray you get some answers.
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That's great that your interview went so well, and that in this entry you seem to be in a very positive frame of mind in general. I hope you enjoyed your motorcycle ride and the fireworks.
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I hope you get the job. I'll be praying for you.
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aw, thanks! and i hope things straighten themselves out for you.
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I agree with you 1000% on the healthcare issue. The answer for our healthcare cluster is NOT more insurance. The cost of healthcare needs to be forced down. Insurance has helped drive it up (at least that's my opinion, for what it's worth). We shouldn't need insurance.
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If you like Labyrinth, you might also enjoy Mirrormask. Have you seen that? Made by the same studios, story by Neil Gaiman. I love Mirrormask.
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Thanks for the hugs! Everything's fine. And your party sounded great. The inflatable walker idea made me laugh. That was really funny.
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Hey I just wanted to thank you for all the notes. Sorry I haven't responded. Just taking things day by day...
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Hm. Well, I guess I'll just be a felon, because I will NOT be vaccinated for swine flu. More people die from strep every year than will ever die from this manufactured epidemic.
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i hope you feel better soon!
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Hmm...sudden changes like that...could be allergies? I don't know where you live and what the pollen is like, but that sure sounds like allergies to me.
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Hi! I'm excited about these Labyrinth mangas. Years ago, there was website about a movie called Return to Labyrinth. The movie didn't exist, so I guess it was - I don't know - someone just making a site of how they would like another movie. But it was a big letdown that it wasn't real. But I will settle with books and keep an open mind. Anything for Jareth.
;^)
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Extra hands for the win! Hope you feel better soon! <3
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Hooray for cats!!
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thank you. as much as i hate to see you lock your diary...well, if one is the kind of person who is inclined to always turn the other cheek, it's not wise to remain in a situation where the blows will just keep coming. i'm glad to keep reading.
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i'd like to keep reading, if that's okay?
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congratulations!!
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Congratulations!! <3
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There are times when Neko needs to not be so nice. I think your response to H was absolutely appropriate! Hang in there, girl. And it's great that you and your husband agree on this, at least. Praying for you right now!
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*hugs*
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You should visit Japan, I think. I also should visit Italy (I'm half-Italian.) I lived there for three years, but that was forty years ago. My brother went back last year, and it was amazing all the memories, he reports.
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God be with you!
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take good care of yourself, sunshine - hope to see you here again when you are feeling better.
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Ugh.. I hate it when the 'puter eats my diaryland entry! It's soooo frustrating!
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We're all praying for you, even some Christian folks who don't even know you, like my therapist, and Father Rick, and the guy who heads up the Bible Study at the Community Church in the Village. God is good, and He will take care of you.
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I'm praying for you, Neko. I only got the messages this morning. God be with you!
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Thanks so much for the note. I have been thinking about you, and I am trying not to worry about your health issues. I knew you were reading, and I wasn't really thinking about you specifically - in fact, there's no one whom I could really expect to say anything in particular, but I did wonder if maybe I was getting too personal or too confusing for some of my readers. You are in my thoughts and prayers, and I love you a lot.
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You've definitely been on my heart and in my thought life, and I wanted to email last night, but have not yet. About the protein drinks, I did make a commitment to have one every morning, and it really is making a difference. I still fell asleep between three and four this afternoon, though - but being Sunday, that's not such a bad thing. And I definitely felt more relaxed throughout the day. Also, I stopped the sugar products entirely. It was very unlike me to eat sweets, and I did not feel good with it at all. I feel better for having stopped. By the way, I knew what Arigato meant because it is in the musical "Anything Goes." (I don't speak Japanese, though.)
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Meant to mention the other day - I can so totally identify with going to get a haircut and them butchering it somehow. I try everything, it never looks right, and I have to wait weeks to go back to a different barber and get it done right. There was this one style a while back that it seemed every barber was doing by default, that I hated, and the more I told them explicitly *not* to make my hair look that way, the more they nodded complacently and did it anyway. I felt like every barber in town was on automatic. Really killed me.
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Sounds like you've got a lot going on. Also, didn't know J. was a musician. Anyway, I got your email and of course I would like your new email address. Don't worry about not being able to help me, though - I believe I am going to be getting my life back on track, now that I have finally left the neighborhood. I ought to have done that months ago, but certain people kept convincing me to stay, on the basis of "stability," and for other reasons. Even though I am homeless now, I am much better off here than I was there. And I feel that the worst of my mood swings has passed, and am thankful.
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Actually, I agree with you - I don't think the entry was at all insane. *My* recent entries (some of them) have been insane, but that's because I had a manic episode, or so they say, anyway. But anyway, it says in (I think 2 Timothy somewhere) that in the last days perilous times will come, and people will become lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. I think that's what's happening, however insidiously, and so people become more and more offended when their pleasure principles seem to be violated by morality. However, I am very confused about the whole thing right now, and just trying to keep it together (or get it together) personally, right now.
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hey, i'll miss you.
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But you do build other people up. I've been very encouraged by lots of things you have said. Also I know what it is like to have been an outcast. I've always been one too, and I am one now. It's just that when Jesus also seems to cast me out - that's what's hard.
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Hey Neko, I got your comment, and thanks for that. Originally I replied on my page that you needn't fear hurting my feelings, but I want to say now that I think it's great that you said just what you said, and you don't have to add anything if you don't want to. Today I have repented and the Lord has blessed me again, so I am going to try and hold fast to what I have, lest any man steal my crown. It can happen - otherwise God wouldn't have said so. So we all do need to stay sharp. By the way, I like your entries, and I am glad you are passionate about what you are about. I think that bananas are a good source of potassium, and I know that they help when I am running in the warmer weather. Hopefully, though, I will not have to deal with hot weather much longer. Anyway, thanks for reading, and for your prayers and concern.
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Thanks for the nice note. I realized when I awoke this morning that yesterday was the best day for me so far, spiritually and in terms of pleasing the LORD, since this trial began. I do have the sensation that things are getting better every day. Glad your jog was so good. That diet sounds good too. If I can move in the direction of whole grains and legumes, it will be good. You know, I forgot to get the fish oil they prescribed. I might have to call the doctor again. I actually was a Math Major my first year of college, because I had gotten the Math award at my high school and the highest score on the M.A.A. one year. I was accepted into Honors Calculus, where I got an A-, got an A+ in Logic, an A+ in "Topics in Geometry (an elective), but I flunked Statistics, bailed out of Vector Analysis, and never could get the Linear Algebra down either. I think I basically burned out on Math. Oh yeah, I got an A in Number Theory. But not to discourage you - I was a very poor student.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Praying for travel mercies. :-)
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Aww, i'm sorry you feel upset about your class. I know it's difficult when you feel you don't have any help. I wish I knew what to say...
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Wow, I'm only 17 days older than you! Oh, and what is PTK?
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That sounded like a wonderful trip. I think I need a road trip soon...oh, and happy birthday! <3
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That sounded like a wonderful trip. I think I need a road trip soon...oh, and happy birthday! <3
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NEW YORK? How exciting! Happy Birthday Eve to you. (I found you by accident) ~BoXx
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Sorry to hear that, hope you feel better soon.
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Yay I want a hug too!! :)
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I will be praying. And I also despise online homework. Yes, it does help the environment, and it gives the teachers less "paper" work. But I'm not used to learning in that way!!
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I'm so sorry things are not going well. I did not enjoy the Statistic class I had to take, and I might have to take another one as a prerequisite for a class. But as the night is ending, the morning will come. Keep holding on...
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If it makes you feel any better, I failed Statistics in college, and I was a Math major at the time. I don't think it's a particularly easy subject even if your thyroid is all right.
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No worries, Neko, about not leaving me notes. But feel welcome. I probably don't need as much space as you think. I just get behind on reading people and answering them sometimes.
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Hey - found you through Minstrelite... I love your layout! Supercool how when you hover over a link it flashes and stuff... and yet I see that you don't have a link to some site where you snatched the code, so I assume you found it for yourself. Kudos. =)
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I have the same problem with my degree. I want to help people, and I have so many interests. Today I changed my major to sociology. Lets see what happens...
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Nice entry (August 7th) -- His blessings are truly new every morning. Also, Enya's great.
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your entries aren't bothering me either. I think it's a good to start a diet and exercise. Sometimes medication is needed, but sometimes all you need to do is eat better. God created fruits and vegetables with enough mutrients to satisfy our bodies. I'l be praying for you and your body...
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Hey Neko. I haven't been bothered by your entries, but I want to say that one of my best friends was diagnosed with hypothyroid some years ago. They gave him some medication that took care of everything. (I hope I'm not mixed up -- there's hyperthyroid too. Anyway, it was the opposite of what the first George Bush had.) I'll pray for you.
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hey, I have a few gaia accounts too, if you want to add me. Now to figure out which one to add you with! hehe, I'll leave you a comment to let you know it's me! :)
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Thanks for your prayers -- sort of having an off day today.
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Right on. Yes, please add me.
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Thanks for your note, and your prayers. I am going to add you, so I can see every time you update. I have a long list of favorites but can't possibly read them all at all times. I just like DiaryLand! Also, I can relate to "giving in" when a youngster decides to zap the entire neighborhood with booming bass from his/her vehicle. I am always at first offended, thinking thoughts like: "Don't they realize that not everyone shares their musical taste?" -- but after a few minutes or so I remember what a Christian counselor told me one time: "And upon this Rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it." So I try to remember that situations such as you describe with the loud music are the "gates of hell," really, and they will not prevail against us. They are only the gates, and we are not entering within, so we can thank and praise God for that! God bless you, and thanks for reading me.
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