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[teddybear27]

I don't think I've ever known true friendship from anyone but Devlin, Jen, Jennifer, and Liz

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[driver_stl]

I think i've figured out how to comment to this. whenever you get down, think of this: in 8 months, you'll kiss (or spit on) the east coast goodbye forever (except for visits to the parents), and you'll move into a large, comfortable appartment on the ground floor of a small, luxurious complex in the middle of nowhere (according to east-coasters, midwest to us), and I'll let our two golden retrievers run around the backyard and play with each other when mommy's doing the news, working with a bunch of kind-hearted mid-west youths, and one old guy. We'll live happily helping each other through the hard times, and loving the good ones together. With so much to look forward to, all that's going on now is just a small inconvenience on the way to greatness. Remember, as Kermit the Frog says, "It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice," and you're the only one in your program who is exceptionally both. You're going to go incredibly far, and i'm very proud of you. never let the others get you down, you're just letting

[valeditz]

Sorry to hear about your frustrating time, Lauren. I wish I could have gotten to know you better while you were in Joto -- maybe we would have kept in touch more. I often feel the same way about the friend area. Take APO for instance. I've been involved in it since freshman year, but I don't think I've made the kind of friends I wanted to when I joined.

As for your headaches, I know Amy Sladen got them a lot sophomore year and tried a whole bunch of things. Your situation sounds similar to hers. I'm not sure if she still gets them, though.

[teddybear27]

I felt the same way about APO. It was great at the beginning, but after a year, I got so frustrated that I just wasn't getting close to anyone. That's why I lost interest.

And we should keep in touch more. You can call me any time. My cell number is on thefacebook.

How's Derrick?

[valeditz]

He's okay, but unsure about what he's going to be doing once he graduates in a couple of weeks. He'll probably live at home for awhile as he looks for jobs.

[fragglerocker11]

like i said before, i know completely what you mean. I sometimes sit up at night and think about what things would be like if i ended up going to UK. But look at it this way...moving back to the east coast made you realize just how important the midwest is. I never got that opportunity.

keep your chin up. because the laws of physics state that for every reaction there is an equal but opposite reaction. Something amazing will come your way!

[driver_stl]

hey now, you'll get to see the midwest in 8 months when you help us move! =P

[teddybear27]

Sure you haven't had that opportunity yet, but you may. What about grad school? You could always go to UK (or somewhere else in a different part of the world) for grad school.

Thanks for the optimistic words.

What do you want to do for the week in December and the week in January that I'm home?

ahhh.. nuts

[ynnad]

Having a native east-cost mentality of supremecy and snobbery and so forth - I would suggest taking a lesson from the walnut, another native of the area. They have a hard and not pleasent tasting exterior, but inside there is goodness. I think this summarizes most people on this side of the country. So walnuts go well together in a bag... but will pummell objects like fruit.

the Key is persistence, if you want to get a girl or crack a nut... you have to be persistant.

OK simpson's quotes aside, I think once you develop a hardend exterior people will warm up to you as odd as that sounds. So, you have to laugh at yourself and get a bit grumpy, or else you'll cry your eyes out.

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[ynnad]

oh yeah, speaking of nuts...
headaches, having been on beta-blockers, very high dose ibuprofen 1000mg, calcium channel blockers, and other shit I forget - Have you worked with your doctor on food triggers? Alot of headaches are actually initiated by food triggers that can be tricky because they can take several hours to become active through the process of metabolism. What are your symptoms? Tunnel vision, dizziness, vomiting, weakness, spontaneous loss of balance, trouble reading even when you don't have a headache?
Though I'm not a doctor, there are many different paths that could be causing your headaches and stress isn't very helpful.
But you should look into the food triggers, taking those out of your diet and keeping a food diary.
Ok - i'm all outta advice

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[teddybear27]

I've been keeping a food diary because I'm on a strict diet, and the doctors have seen it and don't have any ideas for triggers. They think it's tension but I don't have the typical symptoms of any one type of headache...which is what worries them. My headaches are always in the front at the top of my forehead. Migraines are usually to one side and tension headaches are in the back. And I get the nausea because of the pain, but I don't have any of the light or sound sentitivity that you get with migraines. It's just so frustrating. They checked my blood this summer for any problems with bloodsugar and came up with nothing. I have a feeling I'll have to go through many more apointments before they figure it out.

Thanks for the walnut advice. I'll try to be less fruity.

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[ynnad]

Headache types being located in certain parts of the head, in my opinion, the doctor can argue me, is just an old wive's tale. yes, there is correlation, but it is not absolute - and correlation does not imply causation, and everyone is different