exhausting weekend I’m tellin’ yeah

exhausting weekend I’m tellin’ yeah. Jong session didn’t end until this morning about 6:30 am. whew! then we played till 8:30pm when i got up at 5pm went to eat then the game was on again. Yes addiction is a bitch. LOL.

Been hangin’ around these pplz who love to gamble. I for one aint there for the money but there to simply have fun. But have a room full of Pinays, who some got something to prove, there was bound to have some trouble. Sure enough it was one lady who ticked me off, grrr… but im over it now. sorta. hehehe. just dont like it when someone tells me how to play, everyone got their own techniques and she just wanna be nosy. Don’t you know my ears turned flaming red. Tess was trying to calm me but even then she knew i was pissed, well things got kinda out of hand, and well you know, well some of you know how my anger easily turns into rage. well my poor closet got the best of me, and it now gots a hole…. pictar as follows….

I never thought this day would come

Friday, I never thought this day would come. This week has been a long ass week. Fo’ sho’. Im so ready for the weekend. Going to houston, gonna play some ‘jong there, a bit on the cautious side, these players are all pro and from what I heard the bets/winnings are hella expensive hell if I lose 2 games they would have all my money, nuh uh. So we’ll see.

cha treading in drama waters again. thats why I had to delete the entries on the blah box. Like whoa…

Well so here I am at work, with my green shirt, doing nothing. *knocks on wood* I rather be doing this than alot of somethings. ughhh well have a great weekend folks, tried to make this entry as long as possible, and in all my efforts it simply conveyed itself as gibberish. lol. kekekeke

hey you! well its been a minute since I’ve gone to htown, im considering it this weekend. Not sure yet though. My Mom wanna go down there to visit my Aunt, so might end up going. Let’s see what else? well as always playing ‘jong you win some you lose some and other times you never win. LOL. but not I!! hahaha.

Read up on how to play poker, seems confusing. Maybe I gotta get a visual and watch someone play. Other than that, I really don’t have much to say. Just have a good day!

anyway on a different subkect

Ehh its friday!!! woot woot! anyway its odd someone called me lastnight anonymous 2 times. whoever it is, if u wanna talk unblock da’ digits homie and don’t let the phone ring only once. Obviously you got something on your mind and need to talk about. So let me know who you are…..

anyway on a different subkect… gonna chill now soo slow at work today, so far. Hopefully my ass will get to LWOP

Ehh here at work again. When I should be elsewhere. Lately, the demeanor of our team at work seems to be a lil’ less optimistic. Well how can you have a positive outlook when all the calls keep pouring in, and your boss wanna cancel lunch on you. Who wouldn’t be grumpy? Sheesh we run a helpdesk for gawddds sakes, people will call back. I just dont understand why we have to be pressured just to meet service levels!Ridiculous!! As I said this is a helpdesk, they will always call back. I guess for some people they gotta look good while others take a slave labor. and to that I say, “Whatever the fuck!” just need to win the lotto damn it, and finish school. Then I’ll be out this bitch. That’s fo’ sho.

LOL 2-3 rant entries in a row?!? wow I guess im startin’ to see a pattern here. just frustrated. well on a different note, I feel lazy right now, could’ve called in but didn’t. Finish by breakfast, now drinking tea. Seems like a perpetual plane of endless frustration up and down roller coaster emotions and its tail laziness. Its head and forefront, ever so changing to cater to these amoeba of feelings. wtf? I think I’m losing it now…..

So its monday.

So its monday. friggin’ icky monday. yuck! Came to work and it was dreadful. Thats a mild way to put it. desks completely changed. Personal belongings in complete disarray. Ba-jee-buz when the hell am I gonna get out of here? *sighs* well. so I’m here. Not feelin’ well, damn allergies. Nose itchy and all that yucky stuff.

not gonna be a good day for me today..ewww…. maybe ill just run out of here. fuckin’ monday shit!!……… *end of transmission*

here I am sunday night and i’m already counting down, again, the hours in which torture will take hold of me. ughhh. took a look at the grant closings list, and its looks like this month is gonna uuber busy. sucks.

well this weekend, as every weekend, went by with lightning speed. Faster than you can say, “look! a skyline gtr” you can only see what appeared to be tailights. Well this weekend, was a fart in the wind, long enough to linger to notice its presents, but the next second or minute.. all gone. I think the weekend off should start friday and end on monday night. that way we can work only tues- through thurs. I think we can do alot in 3 days dont u think? lol yuh right!One could only wish.

’nuff rant about work, its unavoidable anyway. well I might as well catch some zzz’s big day 2morrow gonna cut it back to short again. pics will be up as soon as i get the time to take a pic of myself after the “modification” or lets just say “revert”.. sorta. for lack of a better description. nitex2

FDA approves anti-nausea patch for chemo patients

Cancer patients will soon able to use a medication patch to
ease the debilitating nausea that often accompanies chemotherapy.

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it has approved
the first anti-nausea patch for chemotherapy patients, intended to provide
relief for up to five days.

The patch, called Sancuso, is worn on the arm and delivers a
widely used anti-nausea medicine, known as granisetron,
through the skin. It is expected to be available by the end of the year.

“It will be another way that we can address nausea and
vomiting, coming from a route that we haven’t had before,” said nurse
practitioner Barbara Rogers, who specializes in cancer treatment. “The patch is
nice option.”

Rogers, who works at Fox
Chase Cancer
Center in Philadelphia, is also a consultant to
ProStrakan, the Scottish company that developed the patch.

About a million people undergo chemotherapy ever year and as
many as 70 percent develop nausea.

If the problem occurs at the hospital, it can be dealt with
immediately. But many patients suffer from nausea after being sent home.
Anti-nausea pills are available, but some cancer patients have difficulty
swallowing.

“The main benefit will be for people who have difficulty
taking oral medications,” Rogers
said.

But other patients could also benefit, she added, since a
single patch is designed to maintain a steady level of the anti-nausea medicine
in the body for several days.

These days, medical professionals treating cancer patients
are trying to eliminate nausea as a side effect of chemotherapy, believing that
will help the patients maintain physical strength and emotional energy.

Food For The Brain

According to luminosity.com, the following “tummy fillers” can also do your brain a lot a of good.

Fish: The original brain food” contains lots of omega – 3 fatty acids and fish oils, like salmon and cod. Omega-3s are beneficial in a number of ways, including promoting neuronal growth, improved cholesterol, and fortification of myelin sheaths, which facilitate communication between neurons.

Vegetables: This is great antioxidants, which may reduce the risk of developing cognitive impairment by diminishing oxidant stress. Spinach, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and cauliflower are among the top candidates.

Fruits: Like vegetables, fruits are rich in antioxidants. However, fruits taste better. Some of your healthiest options are blueberries, papayas, blackberries, cranberries, strawberries, plums, avocados, oranges, red, grapes, red bell peppers, cherries, kiwis.

Water: Be sure to get enough to keep your body and brain hydrated. Dehydration can cause a headache now, and can lead to long-term neuronal damage sustained from elevated stress hormones.

Chocolate: Last (and arguably least beneficial) are cocoa beans, which contain the flavanol epicatechin and antioxidants. Dark chocolate is best, and avoid candy bars with lots of added sugars. Also, recent research suggest that chocolate can improve memory.

A complete and balanced diet is probably the soundest advice, but some specific types of food are especially good for the brain health. The aforementioned are a few of the best.

Obesity WORSENS Asthma

New research shows that obese people who have asthma are nearly five times more likely to be hospitalized for the problem and to have lower quality of life and worse control of the disease than those with asthma who are normal weight.

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School evaluated 1,113 adults with asthma, all members of Kaiser, in Oregon, Washington or Colorado, according to HealthDay News.

They asked the patients about their weight, height, smoking habits, other illness, asthma treatment and their quality life control and any hospitalizations related to the condition. They also computed their body-mass index (BMI).

The team reported its findings in the September issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, found other differences associated with obesity.

Obese patients with asthma were 2.8 times more likely to have day-to-day problems with quality of life associated with their disease. They were 2.7 times more likely to have poor asthma control, too.

Prevent diabetes, obesity

“Eating whole grains in place of bakery products, rice and pasta lowers high cholesterol, lowers high blood pressure, reduces body weight…and lowers insulin level,” says an article from the Farmingham Study published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The study points that our elevated insulin levels constrict arteries to cause chest pains or even heart attacks. High levels of insulin also stimulate the hypothalamus is the brain to make you hungry, and stimulate the liver to manufacture fat and make you fat. And the opposite is true: everything that lowers insulin levels helps you lose weight, lowers high blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, and prevents heart attacks, diabetes and strokes.

Eating rice or foods made with flour leads to a rapid rise in blood sugar level, which is not healthy, and is one of the reasons why there is an epidemic of type 2 diabetes, especially in Asia. Whole grains, and other more complex carbohydrates, according to current knowledge “are like capsules that release their contents very slowly. It takes about an hour to cook whole grains because of this tight capsule, and your body still has a difficult time breaking the capsule, so they are very slow to digest. Whole grains help prevent diabetes and obesity because they keep insulin levels lower.

The Fat Gene

Most of us, including physicians, used to think (till recently) that people who were overweight or fat “were eating too much.” To a significant extent, that may well be true. But the recent discovery of “Fat Gene,” tells us that not all fat people are eating their way to obesity. Some people are simply “destined” to be overweight.

Researchers stated that “overweight people are predisposed to gaining weight in much the same way that kids born to brunette parents are likely to have gasp!, brown hair.”

All the studies have confirmed that many individuals genetically programmed to have weight problems have a chromosomal abnormality, which “deprives them of normal amounts of dopamine, the feel-good drug released by the brain in response to stress.’

The World Health Organization estimates that 1.6 billion adults worldwide are overweight and at least 400 million adults are obese. And this problem is associated with diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, and even cancer.

As always, this kind of discovery often leads to a prompt search for a remedy, if not a cure. And scientific “diagnosis” like this one is a welcome find, one that will open a lot of door for research that will someday arm us with “weapons” to battle and prevent diabetes and other metabolic diseases.

Miracle Fruit

There is a berry is native to Africa that is called “Miracle Fruit,” or miraculous berry. The nature of this amazing berry is truly fascinating and almost unthinkable. The berry itself is not sweet but it contains a special molecule called “Miraculin,” which, when eaten, “binds’ to your taste buds, and makes any food chewed thereafter, also sweet, even if they are not, like limes or lemons.

The sweet effect lasts up to 2 hours. And this has a most beneficial medical implication. This could be a real advantage to a dieter, who could save calories on drinks like lemonade, or by simply eating the fruit first and then sipping unsweetened lemon water. Food scientist are now scrambling to study “Miraculin” and hope to make a natural sweetener that can be added to food instead of sugar, much like present day artificial sweeteners.

Hormones Curb Cravings

New research suggest that “appetite-regulatin g hormones and peptides may be involved in the neurobiology of alcohol craving, and has confirmed that appetite regulating peptides leptin and ghrelin do indeed influence alcohol craving, especially among certain subtypes of alcoholics.” Craving is a significant factor to the development and maintenance of alcoholism.

These new findings are essential in finding a drug that could prevent addiction among those who are more prone to it. Many shun even social drinking, especially among Asians; for fear that frequent parties might lead to a craving for alcohol. And for those who now crave for alcoholic drinks, this discovery could spell a big difference towards the prevention of alcoholism in the future.

More extensive studies are underway to confirm these findings, and later, to develop a prophylactic medication for this very common addiction.

Bone-Density Boosting Osteo Drug

A new type of osteoporosis drug being developed by Merck & Co. increased bone density over two years in postmenopausal women with mild osteoporosis, the company reported tuesday.

The drug, known chemically as Odanacatib, increased bone density in a midstage trial by about 5.5 percent in the lower spine, while a comparison group of women getting dummy pills on average had bone density decreased about 0.2 percent from its level at the start of the study.

Over the same two years, bone density in women getting the drug increased 3-4 percent at the hip and upper thigh bone, while those on dummy pills saw decreases of nearly 1 percent at both sites.

Art Santora, head of clinical research for musculoskeletal conditions at Merck, said existing treaments generally increase bone mass in the first year of treatment, then just maintain it, but Odanacatib continued to increase bone mass in the second year.

The results were for the 50-milligram dose of Odanacatib. Three lower doses also were tested, but women getting the lowest dose saw bone density decrease. About 400 women, aged 64 on average, got one of the four drug doses or dummy pill weekly for two years in the study, plus calcium and vitamin d supplements.

Merck now is focusing on the 50-milligram dose and has begun an international, final-stage study of it that is to include about 17,000 women.

The new data were reported tuesday at the American Society for bone and mineral research conference in montreal.

FDA Defends Plastic Linked With Health Risks

With scientist at odds about the risks of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, the government on Tuesday gave consumers some tips on how to reduce their exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) even as it said the substance is safe.

A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee met as a major study linked Bisphenol A to possible risks of heart disease and diabetes. The scientific debate could drag on for years.

“Right now, our tentative conclusion is that it’s safe, so we’re not recommending any changes in habits,” said Laura Tarantino, head of the FDA’s office of food additive safety. But she acknowledged, “There are a number of things people can do to lower their exposure.”

For example, consumers can avoid plastic containers imprinted with recycling number “7,” as many of those contain BPA or, Tarantino said, they can avoid warming food in such containers, as heat helps to release the chemical.

More than 90 percent of Americans have traces of BPA in their bodies, but the FDA says the levels of exposure are too low to pose a health risk, even at very low levels.

And Tuesday, a study released by the Journal of the American Medical Association suggested a new concern about BPA. Using a health survey 1,500 adults, the study found that those exposed to higher amounts of BPA were more likely to report having heart disease and diabetes. Because of the possible public health implications, the results “deserve scientific follow-ups,” its author said.

The study is preliminary, far from proof that the chemical caused the health problems. Two Dartmouth college analysts of medical research said it raises questions but provides no answers about whether the ubiquitous chemical is harmful.

FDA officials said they are not dismissing such findings. “We recognize the need to resolve the concerning questions that have been raised,” said tarantino, acknowledging that more research is needed.