Thread: Random Questions

Very good Many thanks!

Thanks MoS, food for thought!

Although I did not assert as fact the theory of evolution. Gimme a break.

Ughhhhhhhh... WHY do I go through spells of "smelling" mold? It becomes so powerful that it actually affects my taste, but no one else can smell it.
It gets so bad, in fact, that sometimes it gives me a headache and makes me jittery and going to sleep is the only thing that "cures" it.
I call it having "mold in my nose".
1) Could I really have mold in my nose?
2) Is it actually a precursor to the headache?
Whatever it is I HATE it!!! I've had it for about three hours now (usually it goes away after a few minutes).
The last time I had an attack this bad was in January...

Also... why does postnasal drip give me heartburn lol?

Here's an excerpt from my Dream Journal:
"I can't believe I forgot this!
One reason I slept so horribly last night was because I had an abundance of stomach acid. I don't have these attacks often, but when I do they're nasty and fierce. I wake up belching, but the belch is foamy- kind of like what you see when you pour coke over icecream. My instinct is to swallow, but when I do it makes me belch again. I can get stuck in a loop for a very long time and it feels like I'm choking and I can't breathe. When I wake up enough to think more clearly, I just spit into a trashbag I keep next to the couch and it passes."

Has anyone else ever experienced this?

Why does a very bad stomach ache make me break out in a horrible sweat? It's the only pain I've ever noticed doing that. It could be 20 degrees outside, but if my stomach is hurting a lot, I will be drenched in sweat. I've always been curious why...

Can anyone read this?

Неоднократно доводилось читать подобные посты на англоязычных блогах, но это не значит что ваш пост мне не понравился

What language is it? Is it SPAM?
It's a comment on my Blog, but I have no idea what it says lol

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

Can anyone read this?

Неоднократно доводилось читать подобные посты на англоязычных блогах, но это не значит что ваш пост мне не понравился

What language is it? Is it SPAM?
It's a comment on my Blog, but I have no idea what it says lol

It's Russian, apparently.

Babelfish says :

Repeatedly it had the occasion to read similar posts on English-language [blogakh], but this does not mean that your post to me it was not pleased

Impressive.
I'm guessing he was noting the similarities between your previous posts and the one he commented on, and he did not mind said similarity.

lol- Thanks. It was a post of my notes from a religious convention.

Another question.....
How often should I handle the baby bunny I rescued from my cat a couple hours ago. She had to stay in my over-sized fanny pack for about 30 minutes while I went to Walmart to buy supplies for her. I filled the tank with bedding, covered her with an edible "log", gave her food and water and she's not moved. Whenever I turn the light on toward her, she plays possium and closes her eyes (or maybe the light just annoys her lol). As soon as I turn it off, she opens them and stares.
I should have bought her some Cream Soda (rabbits cannot refuse it) just to get her drinking and out of shock. She's not injured but she does have a cataract on one of her eyes...

I bought a small container of Strawberries last Saturday and I enjoyed the smell of them so much that I didn't eat them in time and they're now moldy.
Is there a way to turn the moldy things into oil or something to enjoy the fragrance a while longer?

How much should a frugal family of five spend on groceries each month (including household cleaning supplies)?

*Edit*

Am I crazy or does this not look right?
I FINALLY found a site that could help. It's State run to tell you if you qualify for Food Stamps etc.
I inputted that my monthly income is $900.. I spend $60. a month on gas and other than that I have NO bills.
The webpage responded by telling me I could receive up to $646. in "food stamps" (now being called something different).

West Virginia is known for having some of the most obese people States 'round. Could a person even eat $1,340. in food a month (spending it wisely that is).

Why the heck wont my bruises go away and 2 wounds are taking so long to heal?
I've had one of the bruises for nearly 2 MONTHS. It's extremely brown. The two cuts I have are from my dogs claws and they've been with me for nearly a month. A "tattoo" I gave myself 2 days ago is already healed but a couple scratches from my dog linger? I clean them all the same way: rubbing alcohol, soap and water, repeat often...

Don't use rubbing alcohol, it just kills cells, both dead and living. Only use antibacterial soap and water.

I no longer feel badly about my long-lived bruises. I talked to my sister today when I had my visit with my kids. She accidentally dropped part of a bunk bed on the top of her foot. It didn't break the skin, she didn't bleed, but she's had the bruise for over a year!

I need to partially repeat one of my earlier questions: WHY do I wake up feeling like I'm choking to death? It starts as an innocent belch in my sleep. But the belch produces a "carbonated foam". As soon as I swallow it I have to belch again. It can go on for minutes.
In my earlier post, I thought it was stomach acid... but it doesn't taste nor burn like such. It just feels like someone shook up a soda in my stomach and then opened it.
I've not been drinking much soda.
Has ANYONE experienced this? What the heck is it? What causes it? How can I get it to stop (other than sleeping on a pillow which seems utterly impossible for me to do)?

**Edit**
We were posting at the same time MoS Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't know that!

Ewwww... I've had the jitters so I decided to take my sugar. I stuck my ring finger and when I gently squeezed it to encourage a drop to form, the blood shot out like a geyser and left an impressive bruise.
What the heck? That has NEVER happened before lol.
So, being me, I can't help but wonder why My lancet is getting dull. Could that be the reason?
(My sugar is fine at 127)

Well, frankly, Zhaylin, your health sounds absolutely terrible. From the bruising and the way you bled profusely, I'd say your blood is thinner than it should be right now, which causes it not to clot as it should, and makes you bruise easily and said bruises will last ages. It will also make you bleed more than normal if you cut yourself. Could be a blood pressure problem; if you take any sort of mdicine for blood pressure it can thin your blood. Or it could be a blood disorder such as von Willebrand.

Your sister may have broken her foot, and very likely at least sprained it. My mother fell out of our front door and broke/sprained both of her feet and chipped her jaw a few years ago, but never had it seen about, when she really should have.

As for the belching thing, I have no idea. Could it be acid reflux?

Thanks MoS!
I've thought about acid reflux with my stomach but that doesn't make sense to me because stomach acid is foul and burns your throat. I DO have acid reflux occasionally that I take Acid Reducers for. And I've woken up in the past (rarely) with heartburn and the burn of stomach acid in my throat.
This isn't like it. It's like foam or carbonation and doesn't burn and has no noticable taste.
I posted on Yahoo Answers and someone suggested my stomach isn't properly sealing and said there's more forms of acid reflux so I'm clueless. I'm just monitoring it. If it remains a once a month or even more rare occurrance, I wont worry about it. If it starts happening more frequently and I can't find a connection to my diet or meds, I'll see a doc.

My bruise finally went away but more are popping up all the time. My "tattoos" heal perfectly fine, so I'm beginning to think it's because I'm so careful to sterilize everything while my dogs claws are filthy. ??? Perhaps the initial cut (dirty or clean) helps determine how quickly it heals.

Wow, I hope your mother has completely recovered! That sounds painful.

I do have Ehlers Danlos Disease Type 3 (Vascular Type possible) which manifests itself sometimes as easy bleeding. But from what I've read, it seems symptoms are pretty constant throughout life and I've never been a bleeder or poor healer.
My blood pressure is good and I've even successfully quit smoking (WOOT!).
And thanks to your advice, I quit cleaning my dog cuts with alcohol and they quickly healed.

Thank you.

My heart is acting all strange again. I'm sure it's because I missed my meds/took lesser amount for several days and it's just getting back in my system. But it's still cool.
I used to have this problem all the time when I was a kid. I always described it as my heart beating along normally, then suddenly pausing and going in reverse, then forward, then in reverse again Even though it doesn't make sense, that's still what it feels like to me and it's a symptom of anxiety.

It struck earlier and I tried to catpure the feeling by placing my fingers to my neck. It repeated for almost a couple minutes. But to my fingers it feels like my pulse actually stops.
I know it's nothing to be worried about (like I said, I've had it all my life and doctors even made me wear a heart monitor one time and they wrote the problem off as caffeine. Current doctors say it's anxiety related). But what the heck IS it that makes it happen?

The bear about my anxiety is that it strikes even when I'm relaxed and stress-free. So I wasn't hyperventalating or anything.

**Edit**
I found the answer to my own curiosity
I looked up arrhythmia and it seems I'm ... *ahem*... still young at heart
What I experienced was most likely sinus arrhythmia.
Wikipedia defines it as: "sinus arrhythmia refers to a normal phenomenon of mild acceleration and slowing of the heart rate that occurs with breathing in and out. It is usually quite pronounced in children, and steadily decreases with age. This can also be present during meditation breathing exercises that involve deep inhaling and breath holding patterns."

After I noticed the feeling, I tried to maintain what I was doing at the time it happened (I kept my posture and breathing the same) and I noticed the flutters happening as I inhaled or exhaled (can't recall which it was now).
Very cool lol

Now I need to find out causes for a "normally" fast heartbeat. My resting pulse... well, let me do this right *grabs blood pressure cuff*
Okay... I've been slouching and relaxing on the couch for 30 minutes. My blood pressure is 130/86... no biggy. But my pulse is 109! wth? I'm not overweight (but I am starting to get flabby) and I'm not underweight. I AM inactive, but my pulse has been unusually high all my life and I didn't begin my stationary lifestyle until about 10 years ago
Walking leisurely through Walmart will shoot my pulse up to 110-130 (my blood pressure remains the same).
Why has my pulse always been so fast? When I was a kid through my 20's I was very active and it was just as fast then as it is now (but back then I had low blood pressure).

Where do fledgling Robins sleep? I found a baby at the base of one of our enormous pines and felt compelled to "rescue" it, as the tree is in the area my cat frequents.
He's a chipper little guy. I bought some fishing worms and have given him 1 1/2 (sliced up).
I've done a lot of research the last couple hours and I'm going to have my hands full. He needs to be fed, as much as he can eat, every half hour from sunrise to sunset.

He's older than other Robins my kids and I have tried to care for over the years, so there may be hope for him.

Anyhow, I was reading that Robins tend to leave the nest 14-16 days after hatching. At that time, the male will show the fledgling how to survive and both parents will occassionally feed it. But the fledgling can't fly well. I read that it will roost with the male at night, but where since it can't fly?

Is it truly a symptom of insanity to walk around your UNOCCUPIED house completely naked all day?
It's not like I go outside to feed the dog in the nude... or go around nude when I go out in public or have people over.
What's wrong with being anked lol

(My hubby says doing such is a symptom of clinical insanity and he gives me a hard time for not wearing any clothes. To me, it's practical. When it's 85 degrees in the tin can that's the RV, remaining naked keeps me cool and dirties less clothes )

Grrr... must I TRULY get a new Social Security Card? I've been married since 2001 and I've been using my old one. I have no idea how to go about obtaining all the legal documents to prove my ID and remarriage.
This is a pain in my butt....

Is that anything like a yoga position lol. I sit like that ALL the freagin time and my ankles are starting to suffer. As I type this I realize I also rest my elbow on my knee as I type which adds more pressure to my knee... or I'll lean all the way forward and rest either on my elbows or flat (I've even fallen asleep in the flat position lol, but my legs fall asleep and wake me.
It's very comfortable, but my ankles are aching more and more. Could I cause long term damage if I can't learn to sit another way?

I guess I just need to move to the Farm and start using a computer desk like a normal person lol.

Oh yeah, I found my marriage certificate for my first marriage and I also found my adoption papers (my step-dad adopted me)... now all I need to do is go to town and buy another certificate of marriage for this marriage and a couple cities over to buy my birth certificate, then I'll be good to go *WOOT!*

**Edit**
Ugh... I seriously need to start exercising again lol, I have thunder thighs

Why don't West Virginian Rollie Pollies roll up into a tight ball like the ones in Pensacola, Fl do?

**Edit**
ROFL... Me and my curiosity lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6AiZaGBal0&NR=1
It's just disturbing

These act like lazy WV rollie pollies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6AiZaGBal0&NR=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill_bug Shows how rollie pollies are supposed to roll up.

Woot, woot... I answered my own question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidium_vulgare

But now I feel silly for having spent so much time talking to myself

Why do I get white freckles from being out in the sun? (They fade during winter)

Ugh... I had a thoroughly exhausting day. I left for the Farm at 7AM. I got some basic cleaning done and put together 5 clothing racks, moved a couch and then I decided to do the impossible: move the pool table. It took 8 men to men it when hubby first bought it. It took me almost 2 hours (with several breaks) to move it a few feet by myself. I nearly dislocated my knee in the process at the end because I was tired and not paying attention and while pushing it, my knee jammed the ball return hard.
I push extremely heavy things by lodging myself (sitting down) between the item and the wall or other furniture, and bracing my back against the wall etc, I push the item to be moved with my legs.
It was exhausting lol.

Anyhow... question: I worked up quite a sweat and at one point in particular I had to lay down and rest. I was wet from sweat from exertion, but!- when I actually stopped and was doing nothing at all but laying in front of the AC, I became DRENCHED in sweat. WTH? Why did I sweat MORE after I stopped

It's funny to me, but my breasts are most sore. I guess I haven't properly exercised my upper body for way too long

Okay... another question: Why is it whenever I first start out to move something too heavy, it's impossible for me to move it BUT the longer I exert myself the easier it becomes? Is it a simple matter of stretching out? I couldn't push even one corner of the pool table at first, but toward the end when I was about ready to pass out lol I moved the pool table half way around. It was still hard but not impossible.