The presentation is one perspective that helps us understand the complex aspects of pain. I cannot think of another symptom complex that can involve such complex neurological, endocrine, nutritional, and musculoskeletal, variables. Complex inputs require multifactorial solutions. I would try to find a competent clinician that practices Integrative Medicine. Email me if you want more detailed
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As a practicing physician, seeking to understand the complexities of pain and pain syndromes, this physician, Daniel J. Clauw M.D., helped me along the way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgCfkA9RLrM
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About 3/4 the time through our 8 week MTC stay, after one of the afternoon, hourly, ten minute breaks, we returned to the classroom with Portuguese discussions oozing out of our ears. One of the missionaries was locked out (yes, the doors were locked between breaks) of the classroom because he was late. We began the next class with a scripture review and soon heard three distinct knocks on the
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worriedandmad, I am very sorry to hear about your son. I have significant experience diagnosing/treating traumatic brain injuries as a clinician and father of daughter with a TBI. I asked Rfm admin to share my email with you. Contact me if you are interested.
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Retractions and reinterpretations: http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/52250-jonathan-cahn-the-shemitah-that-was-the-shaking-to-come Spending more time with family: Julie Rowe http://julieroweprepare.com/updates/
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I thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Michael Coe's archeological discussion (the absence of) Book of Mormon finds. His direct discussion of Central American archeological digs, down to animal bone fragments near a cooking fire, put the apologists tapar represents horse to shame. His corrections are so gentle, I didn't feel stupid for believing in pre-Columbian horses. http://mormonstories.org/michael-
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I had a dream the night before, I was in the testing center at BYU, taking the final for Abnormal Psychology, I looked down, my little factory was naked, and running at 120% production.
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I feel the distress. I'm wondeing if I'll be in a similar position in the same time frame. My plan is to encourage 4 years of college, (not chruch based), I'll help with that. Hopefully she'll learn critical thinking skills. Her TBM mom and step dad will have to fund the mission.
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What an imbacile. He should read Corinthians with a good Christian commentary and Greek lexicon if he really wants to understand the text (true or not). Not only do the Mormons take the Bible out of context, but those sections that contradict their own made up theology, 'were not translated correctly'. Can you imagine 70+ scholars, using a stone in hat, translating the Torah and Prophets into
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Eloped, second marriage, after a temple marriage to a Borderline Personality Disorder spouse (for some teen years). TBM parents love her because they see how she loves me. Best 7 years of my adult life.
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Salt of the Earth. More liberal then most, Berkeley raised. However, their minds, hearts and souls are devoted to the 'gospel'. That's strange, owing to the fact that only two out of 4 grandparents were Mormon; one was Catholic and the other Jewish. Agency and free thinking were encouraged in the home. Dinosaur questions were common at the dinner table.
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May I add, we choose fuc-ed up families and fuc-ed up early MORmON marriages because we covenanted with those disfucttional spirits that we would (help them) "progress" through mortality. I wonder why they were not "given" the protection of pigmented skin (in MORmON pop theology) if they were so dysfunctional (no pun or rascism are implied here). The pre-existance theology is
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I'm not a Geneticist and had all the genetics training most physicians have in medical school, however I attended medical school in an area that encompassed South East Appalachia as a referal area. The student's, residents, and I hope not the Attending physicains were not so brazen to mock what was discretely called funny looking kid (FLK) day. We studied all the issues of inbreeding. Keep to
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Sorry, Thought I knew how to spell "eponym" without checking. As a good, former TBM, the boddle "bottle" of wine didn't help (caution, poor grammar and typos in the first post as well).
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Wow, I was actually blocked from using a specific potential candidate's name (prevented me from entering the past post). Could the Mormon church's recent announcement be preparation for a paving the way for a certian mormon presidental candidate in 2016?. I have a new game. Let's think (as the candidate pool develops), of the many eponions we can use for each and every candidate.
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I don't like facebook for many reasons and hate to quote Neal Maxwell, however, he once reverenced virual voyeurism in a '90's General Conference talk. So many TBM are using facebook to share personal beliefs and maybe advance the Mormon Chruch agenda. I haven't been to chruch for years, so I cannot comment on the latest campaign to use it or Twitter (twistamony sharing). The church is using fa
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Grandpa worked with church security during the Lee/Kimball presidencies. There wasn't much in the way of Illuminutty reports. His favorite stories to share had a common theme of how "the GAs are just like us" e.g. finding a lost Kimball in the tunnels. Some of his GA friends from his home state would make their way down to his basement office where they would sit and talk while eating
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A kid from my old ward nearly died in Cambodia in 2006-7. He developed/caught a disease that caused near total liver failure. Local docs wanted to take out his gallbladder. He was returned home, admitted to one of the city's academic teaching hospitals with a Tropical Medicine subspeciality within the Infectious Disease department. After a month of hospitalization, he partially recovered. Hi
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Cousin by marriage worked in IS department on Riverside Rd. and confirms much of what is noted above. The most humorous thing, however, was how some COB employees would take drives around the block or through an adjoining neighborhood before stopping at the State Liquor Store.
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I visited a number of Christian churches after leaving. The older denominational types had a separate "traditional" and "contemporary" service. The evangelical types were very similar. This spoof I found a few years after attending accurately depicts the formula in my opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RJBd8zE48A and for those of us that don't have musical a
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No Mo daughter visited from college. Ex Mo wife's husband agreed to transport my younger Mo children to Mid West city 13 days before Christmas (started seeking commitment for visitation in October). Bought more expensive <14 day advance airline ticket for Mo grandparents that wanted to see grandchildren 'as Christmas present this year'. Notified 20 minutes before 10:00 am arrival time that pe
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Sorry for the confusion Skeptical. Rick Watson, American Falls, ID.
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Sao Paulo Sul, '85-87.
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Many sects of Christianity have also drifted into some, if not all, defining aspects of a cult.
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From a fellow physician: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeOvCDsh5g&feature=youtu.be
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Does anyone have family that works for chruch security or have personal experience with church security? A few experiences: Many stories from a family member (cannot name due to identification issues) Cooking burgers in the basement on a plug in stove top coil (absent the beer), for many new GAs that needed a "breath of air." after BYU football games with the royality in th
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I was in a similar position after a mission and the beginning of my Junior year. I chose to return to BYU rather then transfer because the transfer would set me back more then a semester. BYU religion classes and some of their required basic education classes in the 80's like "American Heritage" would not transfer for credit to the U of U. Fortunately, there were a few good professor
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Quantum physics may explain some "spiritual experiences" Who can comprehend anything past the 5th dimension? Education is important, however, my MD/PhD mentor used to say, 'the smarter we are, the dummer we are'. I didn't 'get it' a decade ago. Now I am dumb. After all the experiments, after all the HPLC, and dead rat brains, we're so f__kin dumb. Ancient culture and cultures with
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I went through about a month before entering the MTC, mid 80's. I must have been a slow day because I was interviewed by the temple president (a courtesy I suppose), given the shield and left alone on a cold marble bench in a cool dressing room, I formed an erection with a blank mind (go figure); probably a result of not masturbating for some time to "be worthy". The freaky moment cam
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