Posts by Casey Cook10

I guess the big thing here is just that you’ve finally started living on your own. It sounds like you're just dealing with some separation anxiety, which is totally normal—like, if you were sharing a room with your sister until you moved into your own apartment, it would probably hit you pretty hard too.
It'll pass once you get used to the new routine, I'm sure...

I’m not really sure who wrote that bit about Potassium up there, but I guess they aren't wrong... though you probably shouldn't be grabbing it without a prescription from your doctor since it can get pretty dangerous if you take too much at once. Maybe just try eating some tomatoes first to see if that helps, since they're actually pretty loaded with potassium.

hobbit said:Take it easy.

What? I don't think it's even an insult, really. I'm just laughing at the lyrics, and honestly, I guess I'm just sharing my take on the whole fake hip-hop vibe I see everywhere lately. It’s equally funny whether they're Black or white, I suppose.
I mean, it's probably for the best that the guy's more into the Blues.

copperviper71 said:My mother-in-law is staying for good
all my kids are totally on drugs
I’d sell whatever I could, but nobody's buying
don't you just love being Black?

Ooooh, I've got dem low down ghetto Blues.....
(copyright by copperviper71)

🙏 🙏 🙏 😂 😂
I guess I'm just losing my color along with them.
Maybe it's a good thing they don't try to act hip-hop, because then they'd be walking around with their pants inside out, their sneakers on the wrong feet, and their mom's socks on their heads.😁

hobbit said:There's a bit of a catch, though, since Zeljko Joksimovic is actually pretty well-known here in America with his track "Spindle body" and a few of his other songs...

😕 I guess I must be listening to all the wrong music 🙄 🙄

kokica7 said:I go look at your picture and it just makes me smile, so you should go ahead and do the same.😁 👍

I mean, I guess even an idiot would laugh if you just flashed them the middle finger.
Here's a little something for you, 👎

Anyway, I'd suggest not being all predictable by sending back some middle finger emoji, because I didn't post that just because you're a woman, I guess.

Carol Roberts77 said:I'm not really sure where this belongs on the board, but I think I might be going through some pretty heavy depression, and honestly, I'm just kind of lost on how to even tell for sure.

Hey guys, maybe the mods can move this over to the health section if it's in the wrong spot.

So, what kind of prostate enlargement are we talking about here?
He’ll probably end up having some kind of minimally invasive procedure through the urethra. Given everything he's dealing with—especially since those heart issues you mentioned seem to be tied into his initial symptoms—
I guess that might be the smartest route since it helps him dodge general anesthesia entirely, since they usually just stick to regional numbing for stuff like that.
I'm really pulling for him and hoping everything goes smoothly. Just make sure you get him moving as soon as he's back home from the hospital; you definitely don't want him just staying glued to the bed too long.

I feel like we really ought to ban smoking in all public spaces and buildings altogether, you know? Like, if you want to light up, just head outside and do your thing out front. I bet a lot of people would suddenly find themselves quitting if they had to trudge around in ten-below weather just to grab a smoke, I guess. The real issue here is probably just how things actually get enforced, though. We should probably bring in some super strict penalties and actually make sure people are paying them, too. It’s kind of like how in the States, you can't smoke inside bars anymore... you just gotta step outside if you want one. And honestly, you shouldn't even be allowed to walk into a bar where they serve alcohol if you're under 21. Because if the cops actually decide to do a raid and catch someone, the owners would be absolutely screwed, I suppose.

No123 said:I guess if you were aiming that at me, I might have to disappoint you, because my hearing is actually totally fine and I don't even wear a hearing aid, though I was definitely out there in the thick of it during the whole war.😁

Glad to hear it, honey.😁
And honestly, the fact that the government basically forced you and other veterans to cry foul just to prove disability—whether it’s legitimate or not, and I'm not judging anyone who's just trying to scrape by since it's their only way to get some income—is a whole different story. I'm not talking about those people who just crashed their vehicles hundreds of miles from the front lines and managed to snag HRVI status on top of their government checks, but that's probably a conversation for another thread. Instead of helping folks get back into their jobs—which, let's face it, most of those positions don't even exist anymore anyway—they made them jump through all these hoops.

swiftscout8 said:lust4lif3: Like I said in some other post on some other random subforum—anonymity just gives you the freedom to talk total nonsense without having any clue what you’re actually saying. And then, to top it all off, you have the nerve to spit in your opponent's face with a line like "First read up on it, then come back." All of this in a post that doesn't contain a single actual argument. Once someone uses a phrase like that in a post like this, I'm just done with the debate. The truth is, you really don't know who you're arguing with or how much they actually know about the subject. For all you know, you might be talking to a psychiatrist who's way too busy dealing with real issues to waste time on someone spewing garbage, only to have them insulted for not knowing enough at the end. (Of course, I'm no psychiatrist or psychologist, but I've known people who studied that stuff, so I've heard plenty about it).

If you ask me, maybe you're the one who should probably do a little reading before coming here to whine about what's been "read"!

Geez! 🙂

Man, if you were actually that "psychiatrist who's way too busy to deal with someone spewing nonsense," you wouldn't be acting so cluelessly. I guess that just shows your whole attitude toward psychiatrists and mental health issues—you're probably just scared they'll label you "crazy" if you ever go see one. That's why you, along with so many others who are terrified of that stigma (which is still pretty huge in our small-minded society), would rather seek help from a psychologist instead.
There's actually this huge overlap where psychiatry and psychology meet, and both can provide psychotherapy (provided they're properly trained and have gone through it themselves). This area is totally different from what people call "biological psychiatry," which focuses on using meds to fix "chemical imbalances in the brain." Psychotherapy deals with things commonly known as "neuroses"—meaning there isn't necessarily a pathological psychiatric basis like an organic disorder, though it can be super uncomfortable and really mess with your daily life. There's even a thread about anxiety somewhere, so maybe check that out. So, you can't really claim it's just "everyday life problems" to discuss with a psychologist. According to Freud, the roots are usually found in the personality structure itself (assuming we rule out organic causes like hyperthyroidism), and those need to be treated with psychoanalysis. That kind of work can take years, which is probably why it's easier to find a psychologist who will just "mask" the symptoms in two weeks so everyone stays happy. See ya next time.

So, yeah, maybe less gatekeeping and a bit more staying informed.

John Doe said:Dealing with all the PTSD paperwork and those military pension board fees, which can hit you for like $3,500.

Then there's getting documentation proving you have hearing loss from blast exposure during service, plus needing a hearing aid—that's another $300.

Getting those neurology reports to show something's off for the VA board costs about $150.

Or maybe just getting a discharge paper after staying at a psych ward for a month without actually being admitted, which is roughly $175.

And then there's the stuff showing you've been in mental health treatment since the Gulf War for PTSD, even if you haven't stepped foot in a clinic—that’s easily $850.

I mean, basically, if an auditor ever shows up at your door, are you just gonna take out your hearing aid and hand it straight to the Secretary of Defense?

Man, I haven't read this much nonsense in one place for a long, long time.
Basically, every single doctor who has a donor under their care follows the rule about notifying the next of kin first, and honestly, regardless of any permissive law that might allow otherwise, nobody is ever harvested without that consent.
As for those claims about "taking a heart from a living person," I’m just not even going to go there, and neither am I going to address the talk about "suboptimal treatment" being used to trigger someone's death just to get an organ.
Regarding this whole "organized mafia" theory: the teams handling the harvesting and the transplantations aren't involved in the actual medical care of a potential donor, nor are they part of the process to determine brain death. Both teams only find out once everything is fully prepared. So, I guess the idea of some conspiracy involving surgeons, anesthesiologists (who usually act as the team coordinators), and ER doctors—who aren't "saving" donors but rather rushing them straight to the OR for harvesting—is a bit of a stretch.

That case at the Mayo Clinic had even more "gems," if you can believe it; I think the mother was accusing everyone, claiming her son was harvested because of his religion, or because Statehood Day was coming up, or that some opening ceremony was supposed to celebrate a successful transplant.

So, to wrap this up: you really should feel a bit ashamed for making such sweeping judgments and accusations about things you clearly don't understand, especially regarding a job that isn't easy or pleasant by any means. I just hope that if this level of suspicion stays common among people, none of you ends up needing an organ that those "mafia guys in white coats" might deny you.

i mean, honestly, the language of love is pretty much just cunnilingus, if you ask me😁