What a surprise! The United States handed sovereignty back to Iraq today. It was supposed to be on June 30, but I can see that this was a smart maneuver. It took the press and the terrorists by surprise I am sure. When I heard it on the news this morning, I felt like I?d missed two days of my life. Was it really June 30th already? And then I read on the internet that no, it?s just that it happened earlier than we all thought. I wonder if it has anything to do with trying to stop the violence and vicious beheadings? I don?t think it will help.
I am feeling really blue for the second day in a row. I may have discovered that one of my daily vitamins/minerals might very well be contributing to it. Perhaps it?s even caused some of my weight gain. TB found an online site that has a feature telling you if the medicines/vitamins you take daily interact with each other.
I was really surprised when I tried it and found so many interactions. I?m glad he found the site, though, because maybe I will feel better making some of these changes. I?d been taking a magnesium supplement. Apparently it interferes with the amount of calcium in my blood if I eat or drink a dairy product. Some of the reactions (and symptoms I?ve been having) is feeling very tired, feeling dizzy, lightheaded, big weight gain, increased urination, and depression. Ah. Well, I am either going to stop taking magnesium or I?ll take it late at night.
Ibuprofen also interacts with cardizem and could cause fatigue, nausea, and increase in blood pressure. Great. I am taking cardizem to bring my blood pressure down.
TB has noticed big bruises on my legs. It seemed to me that I was always prone to that but it might be my mom I was thinking of. Anyway, I see now that ibuprofen interacts with the paxil. I might need to change one or the other because I bruise so easily and it takes a long time for my blood to clot if I get a cut.
Sometimes my hands and fingers tremble. Most of the time it doesn?t bother me but every once in a while it interferes with what I?m doing, like holding a pen or a fork. Antidepressants can cause that to happen. It?s also caused by Parkinson?s, but we won?t go there. I am a great big hypochondriac.
If you were asked to design a float for the New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade, what would make your float unique?
All of the people on my float would sign and sing fluently in American Sign Language. It would be great if the people (or some of them anyway) could sing and sign at the same time. The design on the float would be the international sign for I love you, made up of peace lilies and mini roses. I don?t know if such a float has ever been designed before but if it has, it?s not been used so often people got bored with it.