Comments on: All in the mind http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: E.N. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-47424 E.N. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:17:52 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-47424 oh, funny. y'know, someone once told me that after you travel a lot, you get used to jetlag. i told him he could pay for the trips, and sure, i'd try it out. @ celia: an older friend said the same thing to me once. i tried not to say anything. mission unsuccessful. @ faith: i had an aquaintance, not really a friend, didn't know her too well, who had a partial hysterectomy. she said she slapped the first doctor she saw. don't know whether to believe her completely, but it seems perfectly justified. i'd like to say something to all the rest of you (i love your comments.) but i can't, seeing as that would take up about an hour and a half of my time. loved reading your comments. or did i say that already? cheers, elli oh, funny. y’know, someone once told me that after you travel a lot, you get used to jetlag. i told him he could pay for the trips, and sure, i’d try it out.

@ celia: an older friend said the same thing to me once. i tried not to say anything. mission unsuccessful.

@ faith: i had an aquaintance, not really a friend, didn’t know her too well, who had a partial hysterectomy. she said she slapped the first doctor she saw. don’t know whether to believe her completely, but it seems perfectly justified.

i’d like to say something to all the rest of you (i love your comments.) but i can’t, seeing as that would take up about an hour and a half of my time. loved reading your comments. or did i say that already?

cheers, elli

]]> By: Haley Rae http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-47363 Haley Rae Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:19:06 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-47363 I guess when everything's said like that, it's true - absolutely everything is in the head. But it's hard to remember that when you feel like someone is throwing hammers at your abdomen continuously for a week. I guess when everything’s said like that, it’s true – absolutely everything is in the head. But it’s hard to remember that when you feel like someone is throwing hammers at your abdomen continuously for a week.

]]> By: excel http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-47356 excel Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:42:44 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-47356 ugh. how. i. hate. that. somebody once told me i wouldn't have alleig ractions to pollen i i refused too. while it was a interesting idea, i almost puncehed them. coulnd they see dripping, tearing-up, allergic-puffy-eyes me couldn't have any control? how baka. like i said, hate. that. ugh. how. i. hate. that. somebody once told me i wouldn’t have alleig ractions to pollen i i refused too. while it was a interesting idea, i almost puncehed them. coulnd they see dripping, tearing-up, allergic-puffy-eyes me couldn’t have any control? how baka. like i said, hate. that.

]]> By: Priscilla http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-47210 Priscilla Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:52:37 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-47210 Very interesting post and I appreciated reading it. I am with ya on that one! Very interesting post and I appreciated reading it. I am with ya on that one!

]]> By: rosendove http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-47121 rosendove Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:15:34 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-47121 hey, new here, but read the comments and wanted to post. Half of me thinks that the doctors are humans too and thus are responsible for as much human error as the rest of us. While the other half thinks that sometimes they get a little too full of themselves and stop thinking, maybe this person could be that 1%, or whatever and are far too eager to think whatever you have isn't anything serious. But you know your body more than anyone else and if you honestly expect it to be something more, persist. Sometimes that's all you can do. orangedragonfly, my cousin had a baby a few weeks ago. They gave her a drug through the IV that numbed her waist down. Numbed as in can't feel anything at all. No side effects to the baby. It's an epidural without the creepy and painful needle into your spinal cord. Just into your IV. But if you want to go the natural way, I can understand why. By the way, my birthday's June 11, random, but I thought it was kinda cool. hey, new here, but read the comments and wanted to post.

Half of me thinks that the doctors are humans too and thus are responsible for as much human error as the rest of us. While the other half thinks that sometimes they get a little too full of themselves and stop thinking, maybe this person could be that 1%, or whatever and are far too eager to think whatever you have isn’t anything serious.

But you know your body more than anyone else and if you honestly expect it to be something more, persist. Sometimes that’s all you can do.

orangedragonfly, my cousin had a baby a few weeks ago. They gave her a drug through the IV that numbed her waist down. Numbed as in can’t feel anything at all. No side effects to the baby. It’s an epidural without the creepy and painful needle into your spinal cord. Just into your IV. But if you want to go the natural way, I can understand why. By the way, my birthday’s June 11, random, but I thought it was kinda cool.

]]> By: orangedragonfly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-46831 orangedragonfly Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:02:57 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-46831 faith: i completely second justine!!! i had ten or so doctors tell me i didn't have migraines, that i just had sinus trouble or that i was exaggerating the pain because i was "just a kid". (they started when i was 10) funny thing....a about two years ago my doctor put me on a preventative migraine medicine and lo and behold my migraines completely stopped. from 3-4 debilitating migraines a week to no pain! only took complaining for 16 years... anyway, not as drastic as your problems, and without the awful result, but is it any wonder that so many people have negative feeling about doctors??! (sorry for the ramble...) faith: i completely second justine!!! i had ten or so doctors tell me i didn’t have migraines, that i just had sinus trouble or that i was exaggerating the pain because i was “just a kid”. (they started when i was 10) funny thing….a about two years ago my doctor put me on a preventative migraine medicine and lo and behold my migraines completely stopped. from 3-4 debilitating migraines a week to no pain! only took complaining for 16 years…

anyway, not as drastic as your problems, and without the awful result, but is it any wonder that so many people have negative feeling about doctors??!

(sorry for the ramble…)

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-46785 Justine Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:15:07 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-46785 Faith: Evil bastards! Orangedragonfly: Hope the labour's quick and not too outrageously painful! Keep us posted! Faith: Evil bastards!

Orangedragonfly: Hope the labour’s quick and not too outrageously painful! Keep us posted!

]]> By: Sasha http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-46644 Sasha Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:51:16 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-46644 Doctors (all male doctors) told me that my terrible pain and suffering was all in my head until I was diagnosed with endometriosis by a lovely, intelligent, kind and in all ways wonderful WOMAN doctor. I laughed at those idiots. HA! HA! It of course was very painful to laugh but I did and I am now on the road to glorious recovery. So get checked ladies, it's very important and can be very rewarding when experiencing problems that small minded men could never understand. =) Doctors (all male doctors) told me that my terrible pain and suffering was all in my head until I was diagnosed with endometriosis by a lovely, intelligent, kind and in all ways wonderful WOMAN doctor. I laughed at those idiots. HA! HA! It of course was very painful to laugh but I did and I am now on the road to glorious recovery. So get checked ladies, it’s very important and can be very rewarding when experiencing problems that small minded men could never understand. =)

]]> By: Dess http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-46138 Dess Thu, 31 May 2007 19:24:02 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-46138 i do need to gain some skills in the zen arts. (or so i'm told. tehehehe) i hope all goes well with your baby orangedragonfly! i do need to gain some skills in the zen arts. (or so i’m told. tehehehe) i hope all goes well with your baby orangedragonfly!

]]> By: Faith http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-46015 Faith Thu, 31 May 2007 12:29:23 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-46015 I wish I could go back and punch the crap out of every doctor who told me my menstrual pain was all in my head. Because after all that, it turned out I had the worst endometriosis imaginable. I had to have a full hysterectomy. No kids, either. The sad thing is if that those doctors who, when I was 18, 20, 22, told me it was all in my head had actually taken the time to find out what was going on, my fertility could have been preserved. I wish I could go back and punch the crap out of every doctor who told me my menstrual pain was all in my head. Because after all that, it turned out I had the worst endometriosis imaginable. I had to have a full hysterectomy. No kids, either. The sad thing is if that those doctors who, when I was 18, 20, 22, told me it was all in my head had actually taken the time to find out what was going on, my fertility could have been preserved.

]]> By: orangedragonfly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45986 orangedragonfly Thu, 31 May 2007 10:24:57 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45986 marrije: yeah, i'm in germany, but i'm seeing american doctors. i go to landstuhl army medical center...you know, the big hospital in germany where all those injured in iraq go? and yeah, my baby's almost here. i'm due june 12, i can hardly believe it!! penni: i'm expecting the pain. people keep telling me that it might be easier for me after 12+ weeks of contractions, but i'm not counting on it. anyway, i know it will hurt, but i just keep thinking about holding my little boy. the rest i'll deal with as it comes... marrije: yeah, i’m in germany, but i’m seeing american doctors. i go to landstuhl army medical center…you know, the big hospital in germany where all those injured in iraq go? and yeah, my baby’s almost here. i’m due june 12, i can hardly believe it!!

penni: i’m expecting the pain. people keep telling me that it might be easier for me after 12+ weeks of contractions, but i’m not counting on it. anyway, i know it will hurt, but i just keep thinking about holding my little boy. the rest i’ll deal with as it comes…

]]> By: Penni http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45961 Penni Thu, 31 May 2007 08:04:08 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45961 onedragonfly: It hurts like f@#$, but you get this amazing little human being at the end of it.Plus your husband will think you are the most amazing person in the world for, like, years. Much better deal than jetlag. onedragonfly: It hurts like f@#$, but you get this amazing little human being at the end of it.Plus your husband will think you are the most amazing person in the world for, like, years. Much better deal than jetlag.

]]> By: marrije http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45955 marrije Thu, 31 May 2007 07:42:56 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45955 orangedragonfly: you're baby is here almost already? yay! i think german doctors and nurses on the whole aren't so much of the mind over matter church, you'll probably be alright in that department. (you <i>are</i> still in germany, no?) orangedragonfly: you’re baby is here almost already? yay! i think german doctors and nurses on the whole aren’t so much of the mind over matter church, you’ll probably be alright in that department. (you are still in germany, no?)

]]> By: orangedragonfly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45950 orangedragonfly Thu, 31 May 2007 07:19:40 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45950 i dated a guy in college who told me that i wouldn't have migraines if i told myself my head didn't hurt. he also told me i wouldn't have allergies if i didn't let the pollen/allergen bother me. needless to say, i married someone else. anyway, i'm going to have a baby sometime in the next two weeks. and if someone has the never to tell me it won't hurt if i don't believe it hurts, i may end up in prison for murder. (my husband is much too smart to try this, but if any of the nurses/techs/doctors try it...well, a pregnant woman can't be held responsible, can she? ;) ) i dated a guy in college who told me that i wouldn’t have migraines if i told myself my head didn’t hurt. he also told me i wouldn’t have allergies if i didn’t let the pollen/allergen bother me.

needless to say, i married someone else.

anyway, i’m going to have a baby sometime in the next two weeks. and if someone has the never to tell me it won’t hurt if i don’t believe it hurts, i may end up in prison for murder. (my husband is much too smart to try this, but if any of the nurses/techs/doctors try it…well, a pregnant woman can’t be held responsible, can she? ;) )

]]> By: Elodie http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45832 Elodie Thu, 31 May 2007 02:17:26 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45832 Jetlag IS all in the mind--at least, deregulation in the signals your brain sends out causes it. Doesn't mean your mind doesn't have impacts on the rest of your body, though! People are silly. Technically, cramps aren't so much. The hormones aren't all caused to be released by the brain. (And I sure wish it really was all in the mind. I literally get partially paralyzed, cannot-move-even-if-I-try, from pain... >=( grr) Jetlag IS all in the mind–at least, deregulation in the signals your brain sends out causes it. Doesn’t mean your mind doesn’t have impacts on the rest of your body, though! People are silly.
Technically, cramps aren’t so much. The hormones aren’t all caused to be released by the brain.
(And I sure wish it really was all in the mind. I literally get partially paralyzed, cannot-move-even-if-I-try, from pain… >=( grr)

]]> By: lili http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45828 lili Thu, 31 May 2007 01:46:07 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45828 it may be alright in sydney, but it's 15 degrees and windy and rainy and grey in melbourne today. one of those 'i want to stay in bed all day' days. it may be alright in sydney, but it’s 15 degrees and windy and rainy and grey in melbourne today. one of those ‘i want to stay in bed all day’ days.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45812 Justine Thu, 31 May 2007 00:03:59 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45812 Mary & Dess: Clearly you both need to work on your zen master arts! :-) Ally: There were zombies. Just very small very slow moving ones. Nah, we're not home. We just left home. We're in NYC. Margo: Oh hush. I just checked the temp back home and it's gorgeous. Wish I was there! Gabrielle: Right now it's fourteen. Depends on the time of the year and how the daylight savings line up. Mary & Dess: Clearly you both need to work on your zen master arts! :-)

Ally: There were zombies. Just very small very slow moving ones.

Nah, we’re not home. We just left home. We’re in NYC.

Margo: Oh hush. I just checked the temp back home and it’s gorgeous. Wish I was there!

Gabrielle: Right now it’s fourteen. Depends on the time of the year and how the daylight savings line up.

]]> By: Gabrielle http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45809 Gabrielle Wed, 30 May 2007 23:56:33 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45809 Justine--is it really fourteen hours? Huh. I really thought it was thirteen. Anyway, the point is, it's a lot! :D Justine–is it really fourteen hours? Huh. I really thought it was thirteen. Anyway, the point is, it’s a lot! :D

]]> By: margo http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45803 margo Wed, 30 May 2007 23:07:06 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45803 "or to offer me crappy remedies that I've already bloody tried and don't bloody work (and, no, I don't care whether they work for you or your Great Aunt Tilda)" Ooh, cranky-pants. They're just trying to help, justien. Seriously, hope you feel better soon. how can you not? You're in America! When you could be freezing your arse off in Sydney! “or to offer me crappy remedies that I’ve already bloody tried and don’t bloody work (and, no, I don’t care whether they work for you or your Great Aunt Tilda)”

Ooh, cranky-pants. They’re just trying to help, justien. Seriously, hope you feel better soon. how can you not? You’re in America! When you could be freezing your arse off in Sydney!

]]> By: Ally http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45799 Ally Wed, 30 May 2007 22:41:01 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45799 YAY! your home! or according to scott you are. lol the cemetary looked awesome! it would be cooler if there were zombies in it lol YAY! your home! or according to scott you are. lol the cemetary looked awesome! it would be cooler if there were zombies in it lol

]]> By: Dess http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45752 Dess Wed, 30 May 2007 20:18:50 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45752 *be oops i kinda missed the e there. and thatnk you for my capital letters justine. it seems more threatening/ firmly suggesting that way. :) *be oops i kinda missed the e there. and thatnk you for my capital letters justine. it seems more threatening/ firmly suggesting that way. :)

]]> By: Dess http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45751 Dess Wed, 30 May 2007 20:17:47 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45751 mind over matter! i hate that. i was taking a scuba diving course a few years ago and im deathly afraid of getting water in my nose because if i do, i go into coughing fits which would not b good seeing as i was under about 50 FEET OF WATER. they're like its all in your head honey, mind over matter. its ok you wont get water in your nose. yeah right. and when i did, i was not happy with them at all. serves them right. mind over matter! i hate that. i was taking a scuba diving course a few years ago and im deathly afraid of getting water in my nose because if i do, i go into coughing fits which would not b good seeing as i was under about 50 FEET OF WATER. they’re like its all in your head honey, mind over matter. its ok you wont get water in your nose. yeah right. and when i did, i was not happy with them at all. serves them right.

]]> By: Mary S. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45749 Mary S. Wed, 30 May 2007 20:09:00 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45749 My favorite thing to be told is "mind over matter". Yes, that's a good one. So you say you've got terrible balance and you're scared to climb up on the wobbly, six-foot step ladder? Well, then, just put mind over matter, and do it anyway!! Nothing to be afraid of, you'll be fine!! See this plastic leg cast? I wore it for six weeks!!! It itched!! I was not fine!!!!! Works for all kinds of things, too. Like getting stuck in high places because you put mind over matter to get yourself up there and then matter came back before you could get yourself down again. *grumbles* ~Mary My favorite thing to be told is “mind over matter”. Yes, that’s a good one.

So you say you’ve got terrible balance and you’re scared to climb up on the wobbly, six-foot step ladder? Well, then, just put mind over matter, and do it anyway!! Nothing to be afraid of, you’ll be fine!!

See this plastic leg cast? I wore it for six weeks!!! It itched!! I was not fine!!!!!

Works for all kinds of things, too. Like getting stuck in high places because you put mind over matter to get yourself up there and then matter came back before you could get yourself down again.

*grumbles*

~Mary

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45742 Justine Wed, 30 May 2007 19:29:11 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45742 Garbriell: Right now, it's fourteen hours ahead. They're already in Thursday while we're stuck here in smelly Wednesday. I want to go home! Garbriell: Right now, it’s fourteen hours ahead. They’re already in Thursday while we’re stuck here in smelly Wednesday. I want to go home!

]]> By: Gabrielle http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/05/30/all-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-45739 Gabrielle Wed, 30 May 2007 19:22:08 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=646#comment-45739 When I went to Australia from Montreal, I was completely exhausted at 5PM, and ended up sound asleep at 7PM. Ha! Dudes, Australia is like <i>thirteen hours</i> later than Eastern time. "Oh sure, jetlag doesn't exist: look, I just had a two-hour flight and I'm perfectly fine!" When I went to Australia from Montreal, I was completely exhausted at 5PM, and ended up sound asleep at 7PM. Ha! Dudes, Australia is like thirteen hours later than Eastern time. “Oh sure, jetlag doesn’t exist: look, I just had a two-hour flight and I’m perfectly fine!”

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