On Apr 10, 5:35=A0am, Michael B <baugh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder...
>
> This is how it develops:
>
> I decide to water my garden.
>
> As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at
> my car and decide my car needs wa****ng.
>
> As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is
> mail on the ****ch table that I brought up from the
> mailbox earlier.
>
> I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
>
> I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk
> mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice
> that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back
> on the table and take out the garbage first.
>
> But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox,
> when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay
> the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see
> that there is only 1 check left. My extra checks are in my
> desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk
> where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.
>
> I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push
> the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
> I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should
> put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward
> the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter
> catches my eye--they need to be watered.
>
> I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my
> reading gl***** that I've been searching for all morning.
> I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm
> going to water the flowers.
>
> I set the gl***** back down on the counter, fill a container
> with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote Someone left
> =A0it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to
> watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won't
> remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put
> it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the
> flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit
> of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on
> the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I
> head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning
> to do. At the end of the day:
>
> ----the car isn't washed,
> ----the bills aren't paid,
> ----there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
> ----the flowers don't have enough water,
> ----there is still o nly 1 check in my check book,
> ----I can't find the remote,
> ----I can't find my gl*****,
> ----and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
>
> Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
> I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long,
> and I'm really tired.
>
> I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some
> help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
>
> On Apr 9, 10:08 pm, ironjustice <teamtan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Lousse JC, Defr=E8re S, Van Langendonckt A, Gras J, Gonz=E1lez-Ramos
R,
> > Colette S, Donnez J
> > Iron storage is significantly increased in peritoneal macrophages of
> > endometriosis patients and correlates with iron overload in peritoneal
> > fluid. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
> > Fertil Steril 2008 Apr 5.
>
> > OBJECTIVE: To further investigate peritoneal iron disruption in
> > endometriosis by studying iron storage in peritoneal macrophages of
> > patients with endometriosis compared with controls.
> > DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.
> > SETTING: Academic gynecology research unit in a university hospital.
> > PATIENT(S): Fifty patients undergoing laparoscopy. INTERVENTION(S):
> > Collection of peritoneal fluid samples (N =3D 50) from patients with
(n
> > =3D 27) and without (n =3D 23) endometriosis undergoing laparoscopy.
> > MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Quantification of peritoneal macrophage
> > ferritin by immunocytochemical staining and immunodensitometry and
> > measurement of peritoneal iron, transferrin, ferritin, and prohepcidin
> > concentrations.
> > RESULT(S): The optical density of peritoneal macrophage ferritin
> > staining was statistically significantly higher in endometriosis
> > patients than in controls. Higher iron concentrations, transferrin
> > saturations, and ferritin concentrations were also detected in case of
> > endometriosis. A statistically significant positive correlation was
> > found between the optical density of macrophage ferritin staining and
> > peritoneal iron concentrations in endometriosis and control patients.
> > CONCLUSION(S): Iron storage is statistically significantly increased
> > in peritoneal macrophages of patients with endometriosis and
> > correlates with iron overload in peritoneal fluid. The potential
> > implications of iron ac***ulation in peritoneal macrophages in case of
> > endometriosis are discussed.
>
> > Fertility and sterility [Fertil Steril]
> >
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> > Immunotherapy Weekly
>
> > October 23, 2002
>
> > ENDOMETRIOSIS: Disorder associated with wide range of diseases
>
> > U.S. researchers re****t in the journal Human Reproduction that women
> > with
> > endometriosis are significantly more likely than other women to suffer
> > from
> > a number of additional distressing or disabling conditions.
>
> > These include a variety of autoimmune diseases, allergies, asthma,
> > hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.
>
> > Their findings are from the first population-based study in the world
> > to
> > investigate whether a range of other disorders are more prevalent in
> > women
> > with endometriosis, which affects an estimated 8-10% of women of
> > reproductive age.
>
> > The results - which confirmed there was typically a 10-year delay
> > between
> > onset of symptoms and a diagnosis of endometriosis - have prompted
> > the
> > researchers to urge doctors, especially those taking care of
> > adolescents, to
> > consider a diagnosis of endometriosis in girls and women complaining
> > of
> > pelvic pain and to watch out for other potentially serious conditions
> > in
> > these patients. The research team from the National Institute of
> > Child
> > Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Maryland, the School of
> > Public
> > Health and Health Services at George Wa****ngton University in
> > Wa****ngton,
> > DC, and the Endometriosis Association in Milwaukee, carried out and
> > analyzed
> > a survey of 3680 members of the Endometriosis Association, 90% of whom
> > were
> > of reproductive age. All the women had surgically diagnosed
> > endometriosis.
>
> > They found that among these women:
>
> > *20% had more than one other disease.
>
> > *Up to 31% of those with coexisting diseases had also been diagnosed
> > with
> > either fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome and some of these
> > additionally had other autoimmune or endocrine disease.
>
> > *Chronic fatigue syndrome was more than a hundred times more common
> > than in
> > the female U.S. population generally.
>
> > *Hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid gland) was seven times more
> > common.
>
> > *Fibromyalgia was twice as common.
>
> > *The autoimmune inflammatory diseases - systemic lupus erythematosus,
> > Sjogren syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis, and also multiple
> > sclerosis,
> > occurred more frequently.
>
> > *Rates of allergic and atopic conditions such as asthma and eczema
> > were
> > higher - e.g., 61% of the endometriosis sufferers had allergies
> > compared
> > with 18% of the U.S. general population, and 12% had asthma compared
> > with
> > 5%. If a woman had endometriosis plus an endocrine disease the figure
> > rose
> > to 72% and it was 88% if she had endometriosis plus fibromyalgia or
> > chronic
> > fatigue syndrome.
>
> > *Two-thirds of the survey subjects re****ted that relatives also had
> > either
> > diagnosed or suspected endometriosis, confirming research that
> > suggested
> > there was a familial tendency.
>
> > "As well as finding an increased prevalence of this wide range of
> > diseases
> > and conditions among women with endometriosis, we found that they
> > re****ted
> > significant pain and disability and, very worryingly, that there was
> > typically a 10-year delay between the onset of pelvic pain and
> > diagnosis,"
> > said lead investigator Ninet Sinaii, from the National Institute of
> > Child
> > Health and Human Development.
>
> > Coinvestigator Dr. Pamela Stratton pointed out that, "Since women
> > appear to
> > develop symptoms shortly after the onset of their periods and are not
> > diagnosed for years, we don't know whether endometriosis actually
> > occurs at
> > menarche as others have re****ted or whether it develops over time.
> > It's also
> > unclear whether early treatment could prevent chronic pelvic pain
> > from
> > taking hold. It is vital, therefore, that attempts should be made to
> > diagnose and treat endometriosis in adolescents."
>
> > Sinaii said there were a number of limitations to the study, which
> > could
> > potentially introduce bias, including the relatively young age of the
> > respondents, the fact that they were predominantly white, well-
> > educated and
> > members of a sup****t group (therefore possibly atypical), problems
> > with
> > misinterpreting questions, recognizing disease names, and so on.
>
> > Therefore, the researchers carried out a sensitivity analysis. This
> > confirmed that even if the disease prevalence was underestimated in
> > the
> > general population and overestimated in the study sample, the rates
> > re****ted
> > in women with endometriosis were still significantly higher.
>
> > "These differences appear real," said Sinaii.
>
> > She said the study was the first to provide data on the
> > characteristics and
> > coexisting states of women with pain from endometriosis.
>
> > "Women with endometriosis frequently suffer from autoimmune
> > inflammatory
> > diseases, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome,
> > allergies
> > and asthma. It is evident that women with pelvic pain are not
> > diagnosed as
> > having endometriosis for many years, suggesting that physicians,
> > especially
> > those taking care of adolescents, should consider the diagnosis (High
> > rates
> > of autoimmune and endocrine disorders, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue
> > syndrome and atopic diseases among women with endometriosis: a survey
> > analysis. Hum Reprod, 2002;17(10):2715-2724).
>
> > "These findings also suggest a strong association between
> > endometriosis
>
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Michael....
This posting of yours is grrrrrreeeeeat!
Just loved it! :-)
I guess you posted this to the endometriosis thread because of the
AAADD!
Yer just too funny, for moi! :-)
Take care and be well out there! Debra
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