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The History of Vibrators and the Elusive Female Orgasm

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In the History of Gynecology, a Surprising Chapter By NATALIE ANGIER Electricity has given so much comfort to womankind, such surcease to her life of drudgery. It gave her the vacuum cleaner, the pop-up toaster and the automatic ice dispenser. And perhaps above all, [...]

Perspective….

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William – this is an excellent article and explains very well the alternative or "holistic" view of what health is all about. Also the emphasis on how nutrition helps rebuild/regenerate new cells is especially notable. I know this is not a study and doesn’t cite specific data on any research, but [...]

Joint pain from 6-mp

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I have been on a week and feel like I have done a round with a heavy weight boxer. I ache all over like flu but my back is the worst – feels like it is breaking! Thanks goodness for your positive posts Christine – to make me look ahead to feeling better [...]

Long Post, Sorry

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I was venting to my sister this morning, and I told her how my pain tolerance has increased greatly, and that if I gave her all my pain at once on really horrible days (I’m at a 9.5 today, needless to say I didn’t take my tests this morning, will post on [...]

Colonoscopy today was too good

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Paul – I’m very glad for you that your colon is now in such good condition. Now if only you could feel better! I’m so sorry you were turned down for the trial though; I was really hoping you would be able to participate. I was getting depomedrol injections from my rheumatologist [...]

OTP,,,, I do not know maybe not

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> Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent > salve for burns.
The BEST thing for burns is ice wrapped in cloth. NEVER put any product directly on a burn. That only increases the time before ER treatment because it has to be cleaned off before a doctor [...]

Nina

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Ah — that makes sense. Thanks. Duckie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > It was about where you said you didn’t think your dad had the rib pain. > Sorry about that and that didn’t make sense as it was suppose to read if > [...]

SEVERE LEG and hip pain over 2 yrs! ( Anyone have PMR ??)

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Kim, I don’t know how old you are, but I believe PMR is thought to be something that people over the age of 50 get. If you are younger than that, it may be the docs ruled it out because of your age. I did read something just recently though….I think [...]

Message from my friend Cheryl, whom some of you know

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This is from Cheryl who went to the Portland Gimp Lunch with us, and will be joining us here soon. Some of you know her, and she asked me to post this update for her so that those who know her can read it. For those who do NOT know [...]

Still alive

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Barely though, still pretty zonked on pain meds. However, after all that’s gone on over the last 2 yrs my PCP called me in for a thorough physical. He decided, despite symptoms of another illness, I have all the tender points for Fibro and dictated quite a letter to my Rheumy while [...]

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