Another note to my Congress Critter

I actually kind of like him, but even Ed Royce needs his feet put to the fire...

The actual note:

Just a quick note so you can use your next few session days usefully representing me...

Immigration: NOTHING COMPREHENSIVE (like the Senate bill)

Syria: We have no dog in this fight.  POTUS made his red-lined bed, let him lie in it.

ObamaCare: Defund it.  Not just discretionary funding, ALL OF IT.

Wrap it up quick and get out of there...

Thanks-

jc

PS: Give my best to Patty Shay!

Just as I like it - short and sweet.

Not that he will ever read it...

jc

I always thought that the antibiotics had something to do with it...

http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/08/29/quitting-smoking-can-lead-to-weight-gain-but-changes-in-intestinal-bacteria-not-increased-appetite-likely-to-blame/

After taking antibiotics for, what seemed forever, I have gained 50 pounds since my pre-cancer days.

Flora and thyroid... a nasty combo.

Gotta go get some ice cream now-

jc

Weight gain in ex-smokers likely caused by changes in intestinal bacteria, not increased appetite

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David Rockne Corrigan | 13/08/29 | Last Updated: 13/08/29 5:03 PM ET
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Grant Black/Calgary HeraldSwiss researchers have found that changes to intestinal bacteria, not increases in calorie intake, are to blame for weight gains in people who quit smoking.

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A question for all of the on-again, off-again smokers out there: Have you noticed that you gain weight every time you quit smoking?

If the answer is yes, as it is for many — 80% of people who quit smoking put on an average of 15 pounds — you may be surprised to learn that it has little to do with your calorie intake.

Researchers in Switzerland have found that weight gains after quitting smoking are due to changes in the composition of intestinal flora, and not due to increased calorie intake.

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They found that weight increases occur even if the calorie intake levels remain the same or even decrease compared to levels before ditching the cigarettes.

Researchers attributed the weight gains to changes in the bacterial diversity of the intestine.

For the study, a group of 20 people were asked to give stool samples. The group included five smokers, five non-smokers, and 10 people who quit smoking one week into the study.

Weight increases occur even if the calorie intake levels remain the same or even decrease compared to levels before ditching the cigarettes

While bacterial diversity underwent little change in the smokers and non-smokers, there were lots of shifts in the intestines of those who quit smoking.

Test subjects who quit smoking gained an average of 4.8 pounds over the course of the nine-week study, even though their eating a drinking habits remained the same (for the most part — towards the end of the study, these participants drank more alcohol than they did before they quit smoking).

Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesBelgian scientists have discovered a link between intestinal flora and complications related to obesity.

Another recent study concerning the diversity of intestinal flora has shown that there is also a link between that diversity and a susceptibility to medical conditions and complications related to obesity.

The research shows that people with fewer bacterial species in their intestines are more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

“This is an amazing result with possibly enormous implications for the treatment and even prevention of the greatest public health issue of our time. But we are not there yet, now we need studies in which we can monitor people for a longer period,” said Jeroen Raes of the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology in Belgium.

Obesity is a medical concern that has grown to become an epidemic in many parts of the world. It is expected that obesity will affect more than 700 million people by 2015.

All OK!

Well, those lesions that showed up on the full body x-ray ended up being... something else.

What?  I dunno - and neither does Dr. Lee.

But what is known is that the bone density scan, full body x-ray, blood tests, and bone marrow biopsy all concluded that there is no cancer present, presently.

I have to admit, I was more than a bit worried that it was back.

Still, the odds are that something will pop up, at some point.

Here is to later, as opposed to sooner...

I need a nap.

jc

Just busy

still alive - test results this week, so details to follow.

In the meantime...

Yea, it wouldn't have happened if the GOP (or anyone else) was in charge

Gee - you think they want a race riot?

RACIAL HATEMONGERING ON THE TAXPAYER’S DIME: Newly Released Documents Detail the Department of Justice’s Role in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests. “Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents proving that the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in February 2012.”

So not only did we have a public statement by the President that might have tainted the jury pool, but now we find the Department of Justice was involved in, basically, organizing a lynch mob?

Related: Disorder: Judge Recesses Zimmerman Trial, Excludes Damning Evidence. “Trayvon Martin’s phone had hundreds of messages discussing criminal behavior, including trafficking black-market firearms.” So maybe the folks at DOJ felt they had something in common with him . . . .

UPDATE: “The Zimmerman trial says a lot about race in America — just not what the mainstream media want the story to be.”

Look at the residents of this ‘gated community’ who lived just in that one spot. It is more diverse than a Democrat photo-op. This neighborhood had young and old, Asians and blacks and whites and Hispanics all living next to each other in peace, but needing gates and a neighborhood watch to protect themselves from outsiders.

Without the race-baiters — now almost exclusively to be found in the Democratic Party and its media wing — Americans get along pretty well. And it’s certainly a more diverse crowd than at Obama Campaign HQ.

Guess the links are not working... here they are:

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/07/10/newly-released-documents-detail-the-department-of-justices-role-in-organizing-trayvon-martin-protests/

Quick update

Tuesday: Biopsy - went well.  They used a drill this time, and that was weird, feeling the bone rattle.  Was it painful? YES.  How does it feel?  Hard to describe, but kind of throbbing, burning spread over a wider area than before.  Results in a few weeks.

Wednesday: Cleaning house for 4th of July.  Grandma came over and we visited for a while - pretty good for 90.

Thursday: Independance Day!  Usual party, great time.  Fire pit was well received, as were the S'Mores we made.

Friday: Water? What water?  The main water line for the block blew out and we were without water for about 8 hours.  No showers (much needed), no clean up of the kitchen (I use a lot of water there) and no laundry.  Really a down day.  By the time it got up and running, we had no inertia to do a darn thing.

Bone Marrow Biopsy -

Getting it tomorrow AM.

Yea, looking forward to it.

not

jc