All categories - 13 July 2006

If you practice Islam as a religion, what would you tell people is your belief in regard to what is going on the world today? What do you say to the sectarian violence in Iraq? And the majority of the Middle East?

2006-07-13 16:25:54 · 9 answers · asked by spunky_blonde_nurse 2 in Religion & Spirituality

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what wood burns best hardwood or soft wood?

i have a fire pit in my back yard and was wondering what burns the longest and the hotest thanks to all who answer

2006-07-13 16:25:50 · 13 answers · asked by boozemanca 3 in Other - Home & Garden

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Female problems, odd symptoms, PLZ help?

This is actually the last thing I want to do, but as embarrassing as it is, I’m going nuts. I’ll try to keep this as short as I can.
Back in April I came down with symptoms (burning during urination, after urination, frequent urge to urinate even when urine wasn’t present) of a UTI just prior to my appointment for my Pap, however by the time the actual appointment arrived, four days later, my symptoms had subsided. But I wanted the doctor to check it out anyways, just to be on the safe side. The day before this appointment my BF had one with the same doctor and while he was there he reminded her that I was coming in the next day and told her some of my situation (symptoms, lack of medical insurance etc). When I went to my appointment she had no interest in testing for the UTI because she formed the opinion that it was Chlamydia, which I’m guessing she formed after speaking with my BF. I informed her that it couldn’t be that and told her that I had a history of UTIs as a child. But she did the routine Pap and Chlamydia tests anyways.
The tests ended up coming back, it wasn’t Chlamydia and my Pap was normal. She didn’t follow-up on this and at the time it seemed as if it had went away on its own. A month later, in May the symptoms returned, but not as bad as the first time. Also, this month’s period didn’t come. Instead I had a cinnamon like looking debris in my urine, but nothing that looked like blood. I made another doctors appointment with her and went back, this time my grandmother accompanied me, which was a good thing because she had to literally ask the doctor to give me a Urinalysis. She got my sample, pointed out that there was blood and pus in it, gave me a three day treatment of antibiotics and sent me home. The following week she called to inform me that my tests had come back normal, other than showing signs of dehydration. I was caught off guard first because I wasn’t informed at the time that she was going to be sending it off (Urinalysis in office is $9 and culture was $250).
A month later, in the first week of June I was having the same feelings of discomfort. I was in the drug store when I spotted a home UTI Detecting Kit (which made me want to scream because I had already received the bills from what I had done thus far, and this test was only $10), which I took home and tried. Surprise, when it showed that I still had a UTI. It just so happened that my BF had an appointment with her the next day, so I called the office to let them know that I would be accompanying him so that I may speak to the doctor about these problems (lack of care, but eagerness to charge). The next day we went in, and it was nothing but a pain. She was rude, told me that I was untreated because I failed to contact her sooner and offered to do a free Urinalysis. I told her she wasn’t getting anything else out of me that she could charge me for because at this point she’s made nothing but money off me and two months later I’m still sitting around with a UTI. After she started yelling at me in front of my BF, I simply walked out to avoid being arrested because I knew I would knock her on her ***. My BF later said that after I walked out she apologized to HIM and offered to refund one of the office calls she charges me for (a whole whopping $38). About a week later I get a letter from this doctor via certified mail that was pretty much nothing than an attempt to cover her own ***. It said that I denied the free test offered, and that she was soooo concerned. Then she proceeded to tell me that my UTI symptoms could be symptoms of several deadly things she listed. To say the least I applied for state medical assistance so that I could find a new doctor.

Now it’s July and something is wrong. This past Saturday was a normal day, I was feeling great and hadn’t had problems with the UTI symptoms since my last doctors visit. Saturday evening however, is a different story altogether. I began having severe abdominal pains, cramping and just a general discomfort. My hips were aching as well as my back. I had decided at that point that if it got any worse, I was going to have BF take me into the ER. But it leveled off, didn’t get any better, but didn’t get any worse. I managed to sleep through the night, but had to wake up once to urinate, which I have never done in the past. The next morning when I woke up I was still feeling an ache through my hips, sides, pelvic bone and lower back. This continued through out the day and I think I urinated some 20+ times. Occasionally passing small pieces of what appeared to be white tissue. The tissue is only there every now and then. Sometimes I’ll get it all day, sometimes once a day. It seems to be worse when I have a bowel movement for some reason, but it’s in my urine. By Sunday it was mostly just a constant ache, constant running to the bathroom to urinate and squirming around. At that point I started getting the feeling of nausea and light headedness and my hips were starting to swell some. By Monday I couldn’t take the aches anymore, I couldn’t move without being uncomfortable and the swelling through my hips and abdomen had me really concerned. Unfortunately I had state medical coverage and dealing with those people is like trying to pull teeth from a hungry alligator. I was yelled at, hung up on, pawned off and ignored. After my BF spent literally all day Monday on the phone trying to find out where I could be taken, they said I could go into the Urgent Care Center. So 8:30 Monday night I went in, the doctor gave me a once over, I told him about the past couple of months and all my symptoms frequent urination, abdominal pain and swelling, nausea, diarrhea, fever and a constant ache in my sides, hips and back. He asked for a Urinalysis, which came back with blood in it again, but this time he made mention that it appeared as if I was dehydrated. He told me to obtain a KUB Ultrasound as soon as possible, wrote me a prescription for an antibiotic and sent me home. Tuesday my BF and I spent pretty much all day on the phone with my coverage’s help line, the department of human services and every other office, hospital and clinic in the county but didn’t get anywhere. I HATE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE THAT’S OF NO ASSISTANCE! Wednesday went pretty much the same, but BF finally found someone that would see me that same day. I went in and seen the new doctor who did a much better job and made sure to look at everything, rather than just the urinary things. She took a Urinalysis in office, which showed the same thing as the one from Monday. While collecting the sample I passed another piece of white tissue, but it didn’t go in the cup, so she had to visually look at it where it was. She sent me to get an Ultrasound of my Pelvic and Abdomen. Which I got lucky, because I hadn’t had an appetite, I hadn’t eaten since the night before and I needed to fast for the ultrasound so they said if I could get down 40 ounces of water they would sneak me in. However I won’t get any results from the blood work until Friday, and Monday for the Ultrasounds. I was supposed to have got the ones from my Urinary Culture from Urgent Care today, but when I called she said that she couldn’t read them, that she would talk to the doctor about it. When asked why, she said that it appeared that it was a contaminated sample. When I commented on that being weird, she said it was because I touched the cup, which I found very offensive seeing that I’m not completely stupid. However, she gave me nothing but a run around when I asked the accuracy of the results the doctor gave me for the Urinalysis being that it was from the same sample. She said she had to talk to the doctor to see what he wanted to do, that she would fax the results to my new doctor and call me right back. But of course she didn’t call me back at all.

I’m really scared as to what could be wrong with me. My left hip stays swollen to the point that I can’t see my hip bone sticking out like I do on the other side (I’m 5’2 and 90lbs), I’ve got a bad ache still across my abdomen, around my hips into my back and sometimes it feels like it goes up into my shoulders. I’m still getting pieces of the white tissue looking substance here and there as well, and since the episode of the cinnamon like looking debris in my urine last month, I’m a week late on my period (and no, I’m not pregnant).

Anybody know what could be wrong that might have gone though something similar? Please help, I could use all the advice I can get at this point.

2006-07-13 16:25:44 · 16 answers · asked by stepmomster22 3 in Women's Health

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How can someone say that you are not enough of a certain ethnicity?

My friends say that I should act more Latina!(They are Latina by the way) They say that because they say I have "good hair"(i think thats BS), SPeak mostly english(though I am proud to say I also speak spanish and well), am light skin(since when is skin suppose to tell you how Latin you are?!), and because I was brought up embracing AMerican and spanish culture. I am 20 now and consider these people good friends of mine but I am like okay, shouldn't you be glad that I am different and that I embrace many cultures. I would like to say that I am not hurt by what they say because I consider myself a strong individual but its getting to the point that I am feeling real bad about myself and just want them to understand me. How can I make them understand that I consider myself Latina but I was just brought up with customs that are not only Latin?

2006-07-13 16:25:43 · 13 answers · asked by Lin 2 in Friends

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Can anyone give me some tips on improving my vocie?

2006-07-13 16:25:42 · 8 answers · asked by dolfan0505 1 in Music

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is it illegal for a minor to date some one who is 18?

if they havent done "anything"?

2006-07-13 16:25:35 · 16 answers · asked by Kathryn H 1 in Law & Ethics

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good recipe for boneless pork chops?

2006-07-13 16:25:33 · 10 answers · asked by greenwald 3 in Cooking & Recipes

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if u were to free fall from the edge of space down 2 the ground how long would freefall last?

i wanna no

2006-07-13 16:25:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

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Atheists..help me with this insane logic plz..........?

I guess Im 2 young to accept this but I still read things pple post like " jews dont believe in Jesus ! who are you trying to fool " ? and I say, " what is wrong with the human race "? Jesus was jewish, the apostles were jewish, the jewish people belived in Him, the 1st century there were 1 million recorded jewish believers in Jesus...my God in heaven ! Where do people get that supernaturally mean and confused ? Do you think out of all the millions of jewish pple in the earth today...NOT ONE OF THEM BELIEVES IN JESUS ? I am a russian jewess...I believe in Him..He appeared 2 me...thats 1 at least.....cheeeesssccc... How do people come up with these ideas ? How do people get so filled with hatred ? So biased ? So mean ? There IS A GOD... and there IS A DEVIL ! Its obvious just from peoples logic...or the lack of it...BTW hug me gnite plz...I love you little atheists...nite nite

2006-07-13 16:25:06 · 18 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

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Does anyone have mini washer machine?if yes, please let me know the brand and how do you like it. thanks?

2006-07-13 16:24:54 · 1 answers · asked by RWH 2 in Other - Electronics

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apples or bannanas?

2006-07-13 16:24:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Food & Drink

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can someone please tell me how to keep fruit fresh for longer periods of time.?

I'm always buying fresh fruit and it seems to go bad so quickly

2006-07-13 16:24:38 · 5 answers · asked by greenwald 3 in Other - Food & Drink

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NIghtmares and Dreamscape?

Does anyone know when the next airing of Nightmares and Dreamscapes will be?

2006-07-13 16:24:38 · 1 answers · asked by ╣♥╠ 6 in Television

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question for girls !!!!?

most men like ( or mayve adore :P ) women's vagina so the question is do you like men's penis ?

2006-07-13 16:24:20 · 15 answers · asked by ramroom 1 in Other - Family & Relationships

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How do you meet ppl when you've just moved to a new town?

I just moved to Greenwood, IN. I dont know anyone, and I'm shy when it comes to meeting new ppl. I dont have a job yet, and I dont start school til August (and its a computer campus, hard to meet ppl)

I've thought about going to bars and sitting around, but does that work? I've looked for little coffee shops to go to and just sit around and read, but havent found any.

Any other ideas?
Anybody here from Greenwood?

2006-07-13 16:24:19 · 8 answers · asked by MRose 4 in Singles & Dating

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When will I find the right person?

I have been alone for almost 4 years and at times I look for someone to date or just have fun with.But I have no luck at neither one.I guess people think I am to old cuz I am 48.But the old saying is ur as old as u feel.And I dont feel old.

2006-07-13 16:24:13 · 7 answers · asked by jamie d 1 in Other - Family & Relationships

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Why is Darth Vader white but he sounds like a black man, sounds a bit like Pa lion from lion king too?

2006-07-13 16:24:09 · 21 answers · asked by Michael M 2 in Movies

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Those who are saying Italy did not beat any big teams..can you answer this ?

I have been reading a lot of comments posted by people who know pitifully less about the history of the game...they say Italy didnt deserve the title as they didnt beat Brazil or Argentina..well then Brazil didnt deserve it in 1994 or 2002..neither France in 1998

Lets see...teams Brazil beat in 2002 - China, Costa Rica, Turkey, Belgium, England, Germany..if we consider England as a big team..which they are not ..then that makes 2 strong teams..3 of the others didnt even make it to 2006.

France in 1998 - South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Denmark,Paraguay ,Italy, Croatia , Brazil again 2 big teams.
Brazil in 1994- Russia,Camaroon ,Sweden,USA, Holland, Italy again 2 big teams.
West Germany in 1990- UAE, Colombia,Yogoslavia,Holland, Czechoslovakia, England, Argentina..3 big teams...

Italy too has beaten 3 big teams Czech Republic..Germany, France so stop talking nonsense about being lucky...they equalled France's record of conceding least goals..and also were the 2nd highest scorer...

2006-07-13 16:24:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in FIFA World Cup (TM)

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Church.....?

I was wondering if anyone would happen to have scripture that would support or not, the belief of attending one church, and becoming a member of one church. I have been in church for awhile and love the Lord dearly. But, I am not sure that I agree with the way so much is put into having to belong to one "church building", doesn't that almost take away from the Body of Christ as a whole? And, begin to put the focus on man instead of God....I think that is way there is so much division in the church today b/c instead of being faithful to the work of God, we are being faithful to the work of men. Allowing the focus to be the number in the pews, instead of the number in Heaven....So, if you know of any scriptures that tell us we have to be a member of one church, and be faithful to that one church please send it to me....Thanks Starr

2006-07-13 16:24:08 · 17 answers · asked by 2blessed2bstressed 1 in Religion & Spirituality

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why is it that parents who have kids together get divorced they usually end up hating each other???

2006-07-13 16:24:07 · 5 answers · asked by JEN-JEN 1 in Other - Family & Relationships