Have a great day. M
Month: April 2019
Wisdom Wednesday – What Are You Trying to Find?
All of us are trying to find something. Trying to find meaning, love, contentment. Because we feel like something is missing. That’s why we keep ourselves so busy, why we kill ourselves with work, why we can’t be still.
This drive is what allows us to accomplish things. So it’s not all bad. The problem is that when we do accomplish things, we often don’t feel that much better. We look back at the road we just traveled, we look down at the mountain we just scaled, and we think to ourselves: This is it? We never seem to fill the void.
This void is similar to my current path. With the tears, the pain, the emotion, the questions and the anxiety I struggle with daily – I often wonder, when it’s all over, when this tour is done, will I appreciate the value in assisting others or will I…
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VATIC Foundation’s Support for Trauma and PTSD
This organization is doing amazing work by helping people transition from a traumatic event. They offer support for those who suffer trauma-related symptoms and PTSD. Please visit their website, https://vaticfoundation.com for more information. M
OUR MISSION AT THE VATIC FOUNDATION
After a traumatic experience, you will go through a period of transition. The Vatic Foundation backs people during the transitional phase who are wanting to start a new career or finish post-secondary education.
The heart of the VATIC Foundation is to offer a lending hand to any individual recovering from a trauma-related event/PTSD. Our foundation awards educational grants to individuals looking for a new start.
Our Aim:
Ensure new career paths are met,
Encourage participation in our community;
Contribute a positive means for coping;
Provide awareness;
Protect people from further psychological harm;
Return individuals to familiar routines;
Make sure you’re not alone after a traumatic event.
What does this mean for the VATIC Foundation? It’s a cut-and-dried response; Our goal is to remain outspoken about mental health, trauma, PTSD, Complex-PTSD, while delivering the groundwork, strength, courage, or even the confidence we depend upon during a period of desolation.
6 Top Tips To Alleviate Anxiety — Guest Blogger Fibroflair.com
Anxiety is perfectly healthy emotion that we encounter in our lives. You know the time you were taking your exams or dare I say it…driving test (it was anxiety that helped me to take the examiner to someone else’s car…but that’s a whole different story).
6 Top Tips To Alleviate Anxiety — Fibroflair.com
Frizzy Hair Remedies
Willow & Sage by Stampington
At Home Remedies
While regular conditioning is helpful to tame frizzy hair, there are more remedies that smooth the outer layer of hair while reparing it for healthy growing. Applying any of the following treatments can improve shine and make hair more managable.
Honey Coconut Hot Oil Treatment
You will need
1 TB. coconut oil
2 TB. honey
Small Dish
2 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops rosemary essential oil
Combine the coconut oil and honey in small dish. Add lavender essestial oil and rosemary oil. To use, massage the mixture into your hair and scalp. Wrap with a warm towel and let sit for 20 minutes before washing as ususal.
Almond Banana Hair Mask
You will need
1 banana
Small bowl
Fork
1 tsp. sweet almond oil
To make
Slice one medium banana in half, place in a small bowl and mash the banana with a fork. Add sweet almond oil and blend together. To use, massage the mask into hair, starting with the ends and working your way up. Twist hair into a bun and let sit for 30 minutes. Remove hair from bun and wash as usual.
Parathyroid/Health Overview
If calcium levels are low the body goes to your bones to look for calcium, this can lead to Osteoporosis. Anytime your calcium levels are high it shows the Parathyroid is working overtime trying to level your calcium, high calcium is a serious condition.
All four of my Parathyroid Glands are not functioning properly and I have the beginning stages of Osteoporosis in my right hip. I have tumors on all four glands, two are small and the two lowers glands have tumors approx. 3-4 inches long. The surgeon will remove and possibly all four once the surgeon takes a look.
The surgery itself is only 15-30 minutes with total recovery time approx. three weeks. I am waiting on my surgeon for the surgery date, I expect the surgery to happen in next two weeks. Please, read description and graphic below.
I’ll keep you posted on how the surgery goes and any other information I learn.
M
You have four Parathyroid Glands on the backside of the Thyroid, they are very small but play a very important role in your health, they keep calcium levels in the body and if calcium level become low the Parathriod Gland produces more hormone to compensate for the low calcium levels.
Illustration of the 4 parathyroid glands located on the back side of the thyroid. We all have 4 parathyroid glands.Parathyroid glands control the amount of calcium in our blood. Everyone has four parathyroid glands, usually located right around the thyroid gland at the base of the neck. About 1 in 100 people (1 in 50 women over 50) will develop a parathyroid gland tumor during their lifetime, causing a disease called “hyperparathyroidism”. Hyperparathyroidism is a destructive disease that causes high blood calcium, which can lead to serious health
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Peace Over Violence Denim Day
| Greetings 1in6 Partners, This Wednesday, April 24th, millions around the world will join together in observance of Denim Day, the longest-running sexual violence prevention and education campaign. We at 1in6 are reaching out to invite and encourage your military base or organization to participate. For the last 20 years, Peace Over Violence’s Denim Day campaign has inspired and mobilized individuals, beginning with an accessible call to action: wearing jeans with a purpose. Denim Day recalls an Italian Supreme Court case that sparked international outrage when a judge overturned a lower court’s conviction of a rapist because the victim wore jeans. The judges ruled that because the victim was wearing tight jeans, she must have helped her attacker remove them, thus implying consent. In its 20th year, the campaign message remains consistent: There is no excuse and never an invitation to rape. Denim Day calls on all individuals, institutions and elected officials to challenge destructive attitudes and myths that surround sexual violence. Denim Day has garnered support from military bases across the country throughout its history, identifying the campaign as a tool that assists in bringing sexual violence education and resources to survivors in the armed forces. Events that have taken place include simply wearing jeans with a purpose, 5k runs, moments of silence, open mic nights and screenings of films like The Invisible War. Denim Day 2019 Registered Military Bases to date: ● Army National Guard Professional Education Center ● 1st Calvary Division ● US Army Corps of Engineers ● US Coast Guard Academy Corps of Cadets ● Army Reserve Medical Command ● US Navy – Mine Warfare Training Center ● Louisiana National Guard ● USS Somerset (LPD-25) ● 4th Brigade, United States Army Cadet Command ● Keller Army Community Hospital ● USS George Washington (CVN 73) ● Field Artillery Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment We know that sexual violence thrives in silence. Denim Day may be an opportunity for you to talk about sexual violence in the military, and show survivors that there is no excuse and never an invitation for any form of sexual harassment. By bringing this campaign to your base, you are letting other soldiers know that they are not alone, and that they can all step up and prevent this from happening any more. To learn more about how you can participate, visit www.denimdayinfo.org. |
| In Partnership, Matthew Ennis President & CEO 1in6 Patti Giggans Executive Director Peace Over Violence |
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Monday Music
I’m having a rough day and not able to complete my post today. I love music, it can change the mood completely. I’m looking for that today. I love Gwen Stefani.
Hope you enjoy and have a great day/afternoon/night. M
How Many Pills A Day?
44 pills a day
Most of the medications I take are for Mental Illness and Chronic Illnesses. I am blessed we have good insurance which covers most of the cost. There are two prescriptions that cost over $500 after coverage.
I don’t like to take pills and can only take one at a time which can take 10 minutes to get them all down. My granny was able to throw them in her hand and take them all at one time, I wish.
Drug Makers spend billions of dollars to get a drug to market, I understand business and know they have to recoup their cost, it’s not charity. I’m thankful drug makers are continuing to advance mental health medications. My life is truly better with medication. If you have difficulty paying for your medication contact the manufacturer directly to see if they have a savings program. My Lyrica is only $4 a month with the coupon my doctor gave me.
M
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