I suffer from severe hot flashes that have been going on now for s/m

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thank God the end result was worth it. My Uncle lost two wives, both to lung cancer and both heavy smokers. When my aunt died many years ago my uncle, who was a moderate to heavy smoker told my dad after listening to her at night in the bathroom retching for hours with the treatment for the lung cancer, that did it. He told my dad he would never pick another cigarette up, and to this day he has not. My aunt was always so fun loving and my cousins, her three sons, used to have more fun bringing their friends home and playing cards and laughing with my aunt and uncle than going out! My aunt always laughed at that. She was so proud!

Some time later my uncle married the second wife. We buried her three years ago this Thanksgiving. Thanks for your post. Wonderful for you!

What do you take to control the hot flashes? The flashes are getting worse and coming on more often. With the hot weather now I'm going into heat overdrive. Any suggestions? No, I haven't talked to my PMD about hormone replacement therapy but am just about ready to.

for how they've treated their dog!!!! And let me tell you, it's not just rednecks or trashy people. My ex-in-laws, a very wealthy couple who were known throughout their church and community as giving and loving people would go out of town and leave their dog chained up in the backyard for weeks at a time. They'd just leave a whole bag of dog food for the poor animal and lots of water. They wouldn't even ask anyone to come over and check on the poor thing! We lived in another state at the time and I continually threatened to call animal control on them but my now ex-husband would beg me not to get his dad in trouble and would always call one of their neighbors to check up on the dog.

After one of their trips, the dog disappeared never to be seen again. She was a beautiful white shepherd. They had the audacity to call me and my ex up and cry on the phone about how awful it was and expected me to sympathize with them! I just simply said, that dog probably got herself loose and ran for her life. I hope she's found a new home with better owners!

Then they went and got another german shepherd and didn't take care of her. We moved in next door to them (never be your in-laws' neighbor, it's just like on Everybody Loves Raymond!) and I ended up taking care of this poor dog because once again they were never home. Then the dog was sick and in pain and could hardly move around and I told them repeatedly she needed to go to the vet. Did they ever take her? NO! I had to scrape together the money and take that poor dog to the vet to find out she was anemic and had bone cancer. It was suggested that because she was in so much pain she should be euthanized. My ex-husband didn't think we should make that decision cause she wasn't ours. So when we told my in-laws, they broke down crying and said they didn't believe in euthanization and could bare to part with their beloved Ruthie! WHAT!!?!?!?

So they let the dog suffer until I called the humane society on them. So you see there are just people in this world that don't deserve to have the unconditional love a pet. Those people deserve to be chained up in their backyards for a few days with warm, nasty, days old water and dog food. See how they like it!!!

I'm glad your situation was resolved, but I would keep an eye on your neighbors though.

Anyway, I'm an animal lover too and I just can't stand to see an animal suffer. I would have cried right along with you.

gum recession and bone loss? I did not go to the dentist for some years, but kept up a very good routine at home. I have no cavities and my teeth are very clean. I use an anti-plaque, antibacterial rinse daily. I floss regularly, but just recently switched to floss instead of dental tape. I am now using the tape again, as advised by the dentist I saw Wednesday. He said in areas where I have wider spaces, if need be to use actual yarn. The dentist said my care was actually too good. He said that I am literally brushing way too hard, and that regular cleanings at the dentist are essential because bacteria between the teeth and gum line actually clings to the plaque,giving it a place to hang on and grow. My father also had this problem with bone loss, and the dentist and hygienest said this is hereditary. My dad had upper and lower dentures when he was still a young man. After a thorough exam by both professionals they feel that if I come in every 4 months regularly (which I am going to do religiously), continue a good home routine being much more gentle with brushing, etc., that I can possibly keep my teeth for several years, possibly 10. Some areas are worse, and my lower teeth in the front are the most affected.

The dentist said to buy very soft tooth brushes and hold them between my two fingers and very gently brush in a circular motion to avoid more gum recession. They told me these brushes are made by Colgate and are very, very hard to find because when people find them they buy several at a time. If anyone has seen them please let me know. I looked again yesterday and only found soft, medium and hard.

I stopped going to my dentist when my insurance was cancelled when management changed.

Sorry for rambling. Hope all this made sense. I hope I have helped someone today. Please look for those soft brushes.

You all have such a wealth of information that I just know someone will have a suggestion for me! I have had severe dysmenorrhea my entire life. I am talking pain so severe that it feels like an elephant is standing on my back and lower abdomen at the same time for 4 days a month. I am now beginning to have pain outside my cycle that is nearly as bad. Various doctors have suggested birth control pills, which I cannot take due to the severe nausea from the progesterone, to help the severity of my cycles. I am currently on a progesterone cream with, you guessed it, the same nausea I get from the birth control pills. What else can I try? This nausea is 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and makes me feel awful. I just want some relief from the pain of my periods without nausea as a trade off. Thank you so much for any help you can provide! :-)

Like many, we are really suffering. My husband's employer filed Chapter 11. He kept his job, but his salary has been cut in half.

I have been out of work and looking for months, though I do get a few hundred dollars every month. All that goes toward our household expenses.

We are so far behind in our rent that the landlord's kindness is all that stands between us and eviction, but it's coming.

I know the only solution is more income. My husband WAS persuaded that he would have to find a second job, then I had two interviews. He felt optimistic that I would get on or the other, but I didn't.

Now he says he shouldn't have to get a second job if I don't have one. I understand how unfair that must feel, but his job hasn't paid our rent for nine weeks. Fair seems kind of beside the point.

In previous relationships I've gone through hard financial times, and the men really rose to the occasion. I don't know what to do. My husband plays video games several hours a day while we are going under.

We could have eviction filed on us within two weeks and I'm scared to death. I haven't even been able to get a minimum wages job. I feel that he's just going to ride it down and live in his car.

What should I do? What should I say to him?

I found this Super E Natural vitamin E ointment for $5.00 at my local drug store and it went away almost immediately. Hope you find something that helps!

http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?id=prod2377297&CATID=100592&skuid=sku2376775&V=G&ec=frgl_504684

I came across this blog today on Craigslist: http://www.thechaistory.blogspot.com/

And if you have a dog, it's a must-see. It details what happened to a dog that was severely injured by a dog toy called a "Pimple Ball" made by Four Paws, Inc. The dog ended up losing his tongue, and the pain he had to endure was excruciating.

The dog's owner relates that the Four Paws Co. hasn't owned up to the fact that its toy is dangerous, and he's calling for a international boycott of Four Paws, Inc. After watching his video links of his poor dog's suffering, even though I have cats, I plan to be sure I don't purchase ANYTHING from this company, andhopefully you won't either.

I have been coughing and kind of achy, yesterday hurt all over, no fever, but in the middle of the night last night, woke up with horrible pain, to the point of making me cry all the way from my shoulder to the joints in my hands. Both shoulder joints are sore, but the right arm hurts all the way down. I have taken Advil, used muscle rub and am working with my arm propped on a pillow. Anyone ever had this happen? Wondering if it is just muscle pain from being sick or if I got something out of whack in my cervical spine from all the coughing!! This stinks!!!