Posts by Samuel Morgan40

Don't let yourself get too worked up—just try to stay calm, and everything should turn out fine. 🙂 Like I mentioned before, please don't let that "period-like" symptom down there worry you too much. I experienced the exact same thing myself! It’s usually just a sign that things are proceeding safely.
In any case, I am truly happy for you, though I suppose I'll wait until your next checkup at the clinic before I officially offer my congratulations. Just so we can be 100% certain. 🙂

What did the doctor tell you during the exam?
My symptoms were pretty much a mirror image of mine—basically identical, even down to that specific pressure in my lower abdomen.
edit: Don't stress too much about the blood work; you aren't going to die from it. Just try to stay calm. 🙂

Jamie Wilson50 said:Dear ladies, please, I am begging for some advice, some help... and I pray to God to just calm my nerves... I have had two miscarriages already... after almost five years of seeing nothing but negative tests, suddenly there are two lines on the test, but this whole situation is incredibly confusing and terrifying—and I want, no, I *need* to stay positive. My period arrived a little early, maybe a day or two, though I honestly can't be sure since my cycles fluctuate between 24 and 27 days... they are hard to pin down. This period was extremely light; I could perhaps call it a period for three days, but the other three were just slight spotting... and it wasn't until today (the sixth day) that I realized something strange was happening to me. My abdomen hurts as if I'm about to start my period (but wait, didn't it just pass?!), my breasts feel sore (or maybe I'm just imagining things), and my lower back was aching about two weeks ago—I felt this real heaviness in my lumbar region... basically, everything pointed toward pregnancy. And now the test, and this spotting... I’m going straight to the doctor tomorrow morning for a blood test to confirm, but I wonder if ANYONE has gone through something similar? I don't even want to look anything up online... the possibilities are endless: it could be an earlier miscarriage, it could be an ectopic pregnancy... or it could be my third little miracle... I am just so scared.
Just to mention, the first two miscarriages were due to a septum issue, which I only found out about after five years (I had surgery to remove it recently)... and until then, based on what a top-tier OB-GYN told me, I was convinced I had a bicornuate uterus and that's why the miscarriages happened... I lost two babies at nine weeks... I just pray to God that this time everything is okay... please, ladies, any kind word would mean the world.

Hello!
I had a very similar experience. Just when I thought my cycle was acting up again (thanks to PCOS) and that my period had arrived slightly early—surprise. First, there was that strange, early menstruation. It lasted only two or three days, very light and pale. Along with it, I had symptoms almost identical to my usual pre-period phase (lower back/abdominal pain, tender breasts—everything nearly the same, just slightly milder; one afternoon I had a sharp cramp for about half an hour and then it passed). In reality, it was implantation bleeding, and I (of course) had absolutely no clue because I was expecting my actual period a bit later.
I was left scratching my head when it stopped after less than three days, given that my periods are usually heavier, involve clots, and last six or seven days.
The idea that I was actually pregnant didn't even cross my mind. I only started suspecting something when the smell of alcohol began to nauseate me and I was hit by this overwhelming exhaustion. I went straight to my OB-GYN who confirmed the happy news; I was already six weeks along by then.

So—please, try to settle your nerves; avoiding stress is absolutely vital right now. You made a smart move deciding not to read anything online, because you really don't need that extra anxiety (honestly, that saved me during my own pregnancy journey). Get your checkup to be certain, and just try to stay positive! 👍
I truly, sincerely wish you a healthy baby! 🙂
Please, let us know how it goes!

I have to admit, I can’t say I’m entirely surprised by their reaction. Back when we were in Seattle, we had our own specialized departments and specific procedures for those kinds of treatments—but nobody made nearly as much of a fuss about getting official referrals or confirmations. If you ask me, the best move here is to just show up in person and go door-to-door—ask them point-blank why one thing qualifies and another doesn't. Maybe even take it straight to the Director of the University Hospital. You shouldn't have to suffer a financial loss just because they're playing some "we'd rather not make a scene" game. Times are tough enough as it is, and that kind of money isn't pocket change. Since you mentioned you've already been a victim of medical malpractice, it feels wrong that instead of meeting you halfway, they're essentially leading you on. Stand your ground and fight for what's rightfully yours.

From what I understand, you’ll need some kind of written referral or recommendation from a specialist within your own city or local agency. Essentially, one of the authorized specialists has to draft a "referral" for another specialist—say, someone over in Washington, D.C.—or they just specify the facility and department in that city.

After that, your local organization issues you travel authorization, which you carry along with that referral to wherever you're headed. As you go through your exams and appointments, they stamp everything day by day, and then you get it all processed at once at the end.
Once a certain amount of time has passed or everything is wrapped up, you take it all to Medicare. You should expect your reimbursement in the following month, or within two months at the latest, depending on when you actually file the claim.

I suppose it shouldn't be an issue that part of this happened last year, since the rehabilitation process is still ongoing.
In our case, we had to specifically book an appointment with a specialist in Seattle for our son, and then have them write a referral for the Mayo Clinic in Washington, D.C.—which, I must say, involved quite a bit of back-and-forth negotiation—but everything else was relatively straightforward. We were getting our travel authorization regularly for most of the trips anyway.
Please feel free to correct me if I've misremembered any part of the procedure, but that’s roughly how it went for us.
Good luck.

Well, damn. Looks like we just lost another absolute titan of rock and roll.

R. I. P. the man

I know I’m stepping off-topic here—and believe me, I hate being that guy—but I am genuinely curious about why those proposals from the penultimate page were rejected. We all submitted our suggestions just once; sure, maybe we were a day or two late, but there were legitimate reasons for the delay, I suppose. I’m asking for the same reason > did earlier—on the previous list of rules, things seemed to be constantly shifting and bending to accommodate certain users, yet now, suddenly, the goalposts have moved.

Carol Johnson83 said:Someone please, guide me!! 😁 I am genuinely curious about all of this 👏👏👏

If you insist 🙂, back home we usually have three main threads for this sort of thing:
Satanic lyrics in songs.

Satanism in music—backmasking or hidden messages within tracks.

Led Zeppelin & Satan.

And then there is the whole saga regarding Hotel California, if I recall correctly, that was a hot topic over in the Religion section, or somewhere else on the forum. 🤔

goldenscout14 said:Let’s not go too deep into the reptile theory—just in case they’ve already infiltrated the forum and are monitoring who writes what about them.

Oh, I suspect they are already using subliminal messaging right here in this thread. We are all probably going to fall under the influence of those hidden reptilian creatures soon enough. 🧐

goldenscout14 said:Kris Kristofferson is actually a reptilian alien from the Draco constellation.

🤣 Damn, I guess David Icke exposed him before we even caught on.

If you look at his lyrics in reverse, you could probably write an entire novel—honestly, I think there might be a whole theory about that somewhere. Everyone is obsessed with it; all these supposed hidden messages they supposedly received from higher consciousness through channeling. 😬

These are them. 😁

It seems we’ve collectively decided to move on from Harry Connick Jr. and that rather peculiar English-language album of his—the one where he attempted that specific blend of styles. I suppose it's all been quite forgotten lately. 390.


Oh, please—give me a break. I honestly can't even begin to deal with this kind of sentiment right now.Baby Shark)
02. Ocean Eyes
03. He wouldn't fall for you if he tried...Seagull)
04. 390 (390)
05. If You Take My Love Away Right Now
Tired of Love — 06.Tired of Love)
07. Sometimes It Seems
08. I’m Not Givin’ Up
09. Lying in the Sun
10. Scent of the sea (My Home)
11. Come Closer
One nation, indivisible.

👍
I was just about to mention that we’ve somehow managed to forget all about Gopac and Josipa Lisac performing with Matt Collins.

Back in the '86/'87 era, Wild Strawberries released their "Wild Strawberries" album—eight old tracks plus two new ones—and even did a handful of shows over in the United Kingdom. That was during that legendary stretch when Zele actually turned down a spot in Whitesnake because he wanted to stick with the strawberries. what a mistaka to maka🤣
Sheyl Gibo


Now, Gibo was recording in English. I suppose that’s pretty widely known by now—though it didn't exactly make waves globally, if you know what I mean.

Faraway Coast has that one famous war track: Why.

Belan also dabbled in English recordings: wine of Night, Rock and Roll Party (Rock galama—I can't seem to track down the English version, Sunny day (which is... well, it's pretty bad, 🤣), though luckily it wasn't aimed at the mainstream market). However, he did manage to craft a stellar English version of the song Uspomene (i Remember, though it seems to have vanished from YT entirely).

It’s sort of mid-tier desperation, honestly, and you can still catch that specific regional accent bleeding through. 😛

I'm not entirely certain about Din Dvornik back during his Africa days. I just know the song used to get airplay on foreign MTV. As for ET, things are a bit hazy in my memory. 🤔

If I had to pick, I think Atomac always felt the most convincing. 😁

In recent years, it feels like every other little band around here records everything—absolutely everything—in English, often leaving the native lyrics out entirely.

vividorca5 said:No din Dvornik?? smh

Well, there is, I suppose—kind of like the Great Wall of China—I want you to know that this poll is strictly limited to bands. Also, it seems nobody besides me actually bothered to vote for the Great Wall of China. 😁

darkmarlin16 said:I mean, there were plenty of other things that really should have made the cut—what we're looking at right now just doesn't quite hold up because there are so many other great options missing from this list.

Where were you when the storm was actually hitting? At this stage, we're only talking about the bands themselves, so I suppose it’s a bit late for any tears.

The whole process for suggestions and voting probably should have been structured differently, but it is what it is—regardless, I think we should give credit where it's due and thank the OP for starting the thread.

Hey Mrlje. ☕

Let’s get serious for a second. Most people here have shared their absolute favorite tracks. As for me, I posted a few things that just happened to pop into my head at the time—some people actually beat me to the punch by posting songs I was already eyeing (like "Which Life Do I Need to Be Born Into")—but honestly, I don't consider a large portion of those picks to be the best musical achievements from the old American era. Some aren't even close to a top 100 ranking. I suppose I just got swept up in the moment, and if I’m being honest, the reason I picked those specific bands lies in planned opposition to those same old, tired groups that always show up—and will always show up (let's face it, a handful of names will constantly cycle through until they dominate the top tier)—so, yeah, I figured these deserved a spot too. In truth, narrowing it down to exactly five songs is incredibly difficult; it’s a constant struggle of "this has always been a solid track, but how do I condense everything into five or six items?" followed by "well, nobody else mentioned these, so I'll throw them in." And of course, we end up with a massive pile of great bands and an even larger mountain of incredible songs from stellar albums that didn't make the cut.

But hey, it is what it is; I just think the voting method should probably be handled differently.

Lisa Young83 said:Isabel (sister of Danijela Mlad)

Isabel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Danijela

Her younger sister definitely has more natural talent—her voice is quite a bit more engaging, actually—but the older one understands that you can't exactly make a living off rock music in this scene; it’s more about dancing on tables. 😁 I have to give credit to Isabel, though; she's been through a lot, poor thing, and she's turned out to be a very strong person.

Anyway, let's throw some names out there—
Bullfight,
Rubber Face (as that young girl was known here back in the day),
Manipulator (no, I mean the one with the thumbtacks, not the Oliver from the early 80s, but Malovan) 😁... well, I suppose I used to give lectures on all of them here once upon a time. 🤣

It’s almost a cliché at this point—anyone who leaves a (Rock) group tends to take a sharp turn toward pop music, which means most of their former vocalists ended up performing at various major US festivals. Some were quite successful with the transition, though if you ask me, Vesna Ivić had the best material, including a rather intriguing—and perhaps overlooked today—collaboration with the group Roulette: What if she is here.

For those interested in digging a bit deeper 🧐 (or if you're wondering who provides that famous vocal on the track Tutti Frutti):
We also shouldn't forget that she served—for a very long time, actually—as a backing vocalist on numerous albums by our biggest American stars; her charismatic backing vocals really shine on tracks like: Easy Things.

Lisa Young83 said:Good grief, Samuel Morgan40—seriously? Given that you’re right here, active and breathing on the PDF, do I really have to be the one to drag this thread open? 🙄

🤣
I’m late—admittedly quite late—but I was under the firm impression that this thread already existed. In fact, I think I might have even posted about it somewhere else... back there, if I recall correctly. 🤔

Enivej, thanks for kicking off this thread regarding such a powerful—and frankly, deeply underrated—band. 🙂It seems to be slipping into obscurity somewhat undeservedly—well, excluding those standard three or four tracks that everyone still knows.

Eleven and Fifteen—along with that whole Cement Corp era—really represent the alpha and omega of their discography. I suppose, though, that the North American Bullfight featuring Vera holds a special place in my heart too. Those first two records stand out primarily because of that incredibly fresh sound they captured (especially alongside Bullet), combined with the brilliant work of Damir Malovan—who, as many of you know, is now with the Brava Band—and, of course, Zora’s powerhouse vocals. Back then, it felt like a genuine rarity in the American scene to see such a commanding female presence leading a rock band like that.

Eventually, the quality began to slip—with a few notable exceptions, of course. Even though Mickey always had a knack for selecting truly brilliant and charismatic female vocalists, I suppose none of them could quite capture that specific rock edge that Zora brought to the table.

I think there’s some compilation floating around—I believe it’s called *Six Women* by Marino Limić—somewhere in my collection. It’s decent enough background noise if you just need something playing in the ear, but if you ask me, only the first two albums—and maybe that third one featuring Vera—are actually worth sitting down for. They were truly at their peak during the Isabel era; she was arguably the most consistent member of the group, staying with them longer than anyone else, but—well, they eventually lost that edge and sort of watered down their sound.

I honestly can't wrap my head around what’s going on with Mickey lately—does he even intend to keep doing this, or is he just coasting? It's a real shame. And it’s equally disappointing that Zora decided to walk away from the music scene to follow her husband; I mean, sure, he might be a top-tier composer for certain projects or whatever, but back in the day, it was all about the Rock.

Amy Brooks17 said:Choosing is exhausting—especially if I end up repeating some song in my dream, ugh...
and now I’m off to see who put bullet on their list just so I can nail them—and Shane too, ugh.
aha, so she'd nail the thread starter too, I see.

I included bullet; after all, they really are the Brodarić brothers. 😁 So don't come for me. I love Queen too. Remember. 🕺

edit:
By the way, we’ve sort of stretched the definition of "what counts as USA music?" here. We had a debate about this a while ago—if I recall, it was back in the thread about USA music—and we mostly agreed that it refers to that legendary scene leading up to '91. Both perspectives are technically valid (though I suspect the pre-war era feels more "correct," at least in how it's presented in the media and compilations), but I suppose it's important to clarify what the author means in the intro just to avoid any confusion.

For me, Tonka and Gordana are sitting right at the top—after them, I’d say Rosa takes the next spot, and then everything else is pretty much up in the air depending on the day.

On another note, kudos to whoever started this thread. Things have been a bit slow lately, I suppose, but these discussions always seem to spark some really great conversations and a good sense of community. 👍
Goodnight to everyone, however many of you there are. 🙂