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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Mid week doings

Whoooeeee, blogger sure is slow this morn'n. Didn't think I would ever get this far to make a post. Even had to sign in again....an' that took over 10 minutes. "What's up Margaret"???

Yesterday I was hurt'n, an' hurt'n ain't so funny. I ain't got over it yet. Ya see, ever time I get leg cramps, my calf muscles get all sore....hurt like hell. Feel like somebody walk up behind me an' kick me in the calf with steel toe shoes on. That what it feel like this morn'n anyhows. And I got to make a trip here in a bit.

Yesterday I was gonna go to Aransas Pass and pick up my meds at Walmart. Well they still in Aransas Pass this morn'n. I been slap out of my drugs for 3 days now. Well, not all of 'em.....just some. I take a blood pressure medication what I suppose just thins my blood so I don't get clogged up somewheres. Then I take Plavix what is another blood thinner. Don't know what it does, but when I don't take it, I know it. Then I have to take a aspirin every day, what is another blood thinner. Holy crap, no freak'n wonder I bleed like a stuff hog every time I get a tiny scratch. Dang, thin blood sucks.
As far as I'm concerned, the med that controls my tachycardia attacks, Coreg, is the most important to me. If ya ever sit there with your heart pump'n 160 beats a minute, ya know what I'm talk'n bout. Skeers hell out me. 

I get a kick out of these "wonder drug" commercials ya see on TV. Spend 1 minute tell'n ya how beneficial their drug is and then turn around and for the next two minutes tell ya bout a hunnert reasons why not to take it (side effects). How the hell can ya benefit from a drug what is gonna kill ya? I seen one the other day what said it could cause cancer in some users. What the hell???

Dad gum news from Washington an' all the scandals what are go'n on is a bit disturb'n if'n ya ask me. But then when ya roll back time to the late 1800's,  ya got the same thing go'n on back then. But I do get a kick out of how Obama is handel'n the situation....keep'n his lips tight an' don't say nuttin. That's food for thought.

More political news. I been watch'n the news on the tornado what hit Moore, Ok. What a sad affair that is. It takes some dedicated people to live in "tornado ally" like that. Some of 'em say they gonna rebuild. If'n it was me, I would be truck'n it to a safer place where there ain't no tornados. But, here's what I'm rant'n bout...Red Cross. Some of ya may not agree, but I remember Red Cross in 9/11, Katrina, New Jersey, Haiti.....the list goes on. Where the hell did all my money go? They don't even know. It's gone.....poooof, just like that. It didn't go to the people that you donated it for. Google 'Red Cross scandals'.

Ok, I'm done with todays political news. Got to get all slick up an' head for town. Slim chance I may even hook up with the OFM Barney for a late lunch. 

12 comments:

  1. I don't think I would ever donate to the Red Cross. I'd prefer a smaller organization that has always been right there. Red Cross has too big of an organization and that takes a lot of money before it even gets near the people it's supposed to help.

    You must be bruised all to hell & back taking Plavix and aspirin! I took aspirin for years but am now on just Plavix. Every time I even brush past something it cuts me. Both products sure mess with your stomach though.

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    1. I donated for to the Red Cross for 9/11 victims. Then I find out later that they set aside 254 million dollars out of 550 million for "future" Red Cross projects. Actual victims an' families got a whole 20 million....or something like that. Grrrrrr to the Red Cross....thieving bastards.

      You can bet one of your bippies (????) that I bruise easy. Doctor always ask me..."are ya still tak'n your aspirin". I suppose that mean he wants me to.

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  2. Slicked up for BARNEY??? Now, something wrong with that picture...lol.

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    1. Ya didn't think I was gonna go see Barney in my pajamas did ya?

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  3. I see you are getting bothered with this Anonymous, too. I deleted some from my blogs' comments. Drug companies and politicians, yep they seem to be sailing in the same boat.

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    1. Oh I don't really mind the spam. At least I know my computer is connected to his computer.

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  4. Billy Bob, Have you discussed with your doctor about the leg cramps? They can be prevented. Yep, Red Cross has its dirty secrets. Salvation Army is another scammer. I have local personal stories of both the cheats. When I give, it goes directly into the hand of the one that needs help.

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    1. Amen to that Sissy, if you can just make a trip to who needs it...As for us in NJ and I live right at the De/NJ line(in country part) FEMA just ok 1.8 billon and as you can guess most went to the casinos and most homes are still in need of being torn down or rebuild....

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  5. BB - It's part of my job description that I be on the United Way committee, but I let TPTB know that I oppose and will not donate to them. If I choose to give money to Salvation Army (always the first to go anywhere), the BoyScouts, or Meals on Wheels, I'll do it directly, not through an affiliate. And NEVER the Red Cross.I remember my great-uncle saying that the donut dollies were SELLING donuts as the sailors came off the ships in WWII. And I have seen the monies given to area flood victims who were in turn expected to repay those "loans". Not from my pocket to theirs ~

    Hope today is better for you - leg cramps are never fun....

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  6. You want to know where your Red Cross and United Way contributions are going:
    Marsha J. Evans, President and CEO of the American Red Cross... salary is $651,957 plus expenses.
    Brian Gallagher, President of the United Way receives a $375,000 base salary, plus numerous expense benefits.

    The Salvation Army may be another scammer as Sissy claims but the Commissioner isn't getting it in salary.
    The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only $13,000 per year (plus housing).

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    1. I hope Marsha is getting bonuses because she probably has trouble getting by on $652,000 per year.

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  7. My mother takes Plavix but her doctor told her she should not take aspirin...what gives?

    I totally agree with you about those "wonder drug commercials"...they may fix one thing but they could give you something you didn't even have and then you end up worst than you started.

    That is one reason I quit taking Crestor a drug used to treat high cholesterol...it may lower your cholesterol but it makes you forgetful, what I believe is the origin of my C.R.S.

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