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I am 23 years old and female. I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and am therefore at a higher risk for Diabetes. And, in fact, PCOS symptoms are often very similar to Diabetes symptoms. I know all of that. But recently I've lost about 50 lbs, and counting. I've been eating healthier and exercising more. Nothing really special. But now that I've been losing weight, I seem to be showing more symptoms of, what could be, the onset of Diabetes. (for example, if I cut my leg shaving, it takes FOREVER to heal, I've been breaking out in yeast rashes at the slightest bit of sweating. And I've been getting dizzy spells in the evenings. Joint pain in my hands and elbows.) Could it be possible to suddenly, after losing all of this weight and switching to a healthier diet, develop Diabetes?

I have NO family history. My grandmother was told she was going to develop it, unless she lost weight and started eating better, so she did. But that's the closest I have to having any family history at all. My mother was HUGE and did not take care of herself at all for a long long time and never developed Diabetes. And I feel like if anyone were going to, it would've been her. She eventually did get weight loss surgery and is now healthy as a horse.

I've also been tested for Diabetes about 4 or 5 times throughout and since high school. And yes, I have been tested since I was diagnosed with PCOS. But every time I turn around some new doctor is being all, "Well, you know that's a symptom of Diabetes." And it's gotten me all freaked out.

Advice? Experience? Help a lady out, gang.

So I'm in this debate with this guy, and he's making these claims about Toyota (he thinks they should be removed from the country along with all their products.) I'm really only arguing that, that idea is a bit extreme. But it's been going on for literally 2 days now and it's escalated to say the least. He seems to be pulling these accusations out of his rear end because I'm googling like crazy and not finding anything about them. He refuses to give me any sort of citation... it's really just getting frustrating.

His latest claim is that Toyota ECM's are all the same in every single Toyota in existence. And since the ECM's are (allegedly) the source of all the problems with unintended acceleration every single make and model of Toyota vehicle is a "ticking time bomb" as he put it.

Is there any weight to that statement at all? All I've been able to find is less than reputable sources who say there's a "Bad batch" of ECM's still out in the market right now. Any and all links or other sources would be appreciated!

Thank You!

When you're using the expression "as if on cue/queue" which "cue/queue" is it? I used it the other day and spelled it "cue" without even thinking about it. But then I saw it "queue" today and it made me think. lol.

Ok, so I don't have insurance and I'm kind of really broke. But earlier this year I wasn't in that situation, I got sick and my doctor thought it was strep and started me on antibiotics. I took it for 2 days before my culture came back negative. I stopped taking the antibiotics. However, I get strep all the time, so I held on to them.

I had strep again just a couple weeks ago. since I couldn't afford a doctor, I took my antibiotics (which were not expired or anything) However, I was 2 days short of a full cycle (or whatever word works there, "course" maybe?) of antibiotics. I was FINE for about 3 days after I stopped taking them and now I've got the white spots on my tonsils and all the other signs and symptoms of strep again.

Is this something I could ride out? or will it only lead to more problems? Any information would be helpful. thanks!

this sounds so gross, and i feel gross... so please no one poke any fun, ok? I'm sexually active but am in a long term monogamous relationship. And trust me, there's been no dicking around. So I really seriously doubt after 2 and a half years a new something would turn up. However, my entire vulva, especially my clitoris, itches so bad. I haven't switched soaps or detergents or pads or anything. My vagina itself feels fine. I also just ended my period the beginning of LAST week and then 3 days ago started again, and heavier than normal too. I have had swine flu and strep throat and have been laid up for a full 3 weeks now... idk how that would factor in. But i figure too much information is better than not enough.

I don't have a history of yeast infections or really anything else down there. I have poly-cystic ovaries syndrome but, from what i gather, that should have nothing to do with this.

help?

I'm itchy and gross and cramping out of control.

I need some male insight, I realize this isn't the appropriate place... but, i figure it's more male populated than a lot of other areas. : )

so, let me give you the background story and maybe you guys can help me figure out what is going through his head? any advice/answers given are appreciated!! (i know it's so long, but i really did try to keep it short and to the point, and I'm so desperate, please bear with me!!!)

I met this guy last year and we hit it off really well. But I was dating someone else, eventually I left the guy I was with, not really because of the other guy but there was definitely an attraction there. He made it pretty well known he wasn't into me that way though, so i honestly thought nothing would happen in that respect.

Then one night I was his designated driver and he basically confessed being really really into me. We stayed out all night, making out and laughing and talking. a little while after that we became an item. But he got really weird and wouldn't see me. I finally called him out on it and he admitted he'd actually never had a girlfriend before and didn't know how everything was supposed to unfold.

We got passed that for a while, then midway through the summer he told me he was planning to break up with me before school started (he goes away for college, but it's only a two hour drive!) because he didn't want to deal with the long distance. Angry and hurt, I dumped him on the spot

He was pretty ok with it. We stayed friends. Things were awkward. Then we went to this party and stayed the night in the same bed together. in the morning we woke up and laughed about the shenanigans from the night before and before i knew it we were tangled up in the sheets together. And that somehow made all the awkward go away. (wtf?) After that we fooled around like 4 more times over the course of a month or so. Then nothing for a few weeks. And then I was comforting a guy friend (who'd just been dumped) at a party, and greg... the guy, got all upset that I was hugging on him.

When he finally calmed down some all he did was scoop me up in his arms and carry me away to the bedroom, after some pretty intense making out he begged me to leave with him and I did. we ended up going back to my place and fooling around for hours and hours.

Then, as he was leaving he made a big deal out of saying "this is the last time. I hope you know that." But later that week we were having a movie night and it happened AGAIN. And in the middle of everything he asked me out to dinner for the last night he'd be home before leaving for school. But then, he blew me off. Instead he called me at like 9:30 and asked me to come over. I get there and all we did was watch TV till we were supposed to be leaving for his going away party.

Then he pulled me over in his lap and started things up again. We even ended up having sex... we've never had sex. I mean, I'd been with 2 other guys. And he was a virgin. So even when we were dating each other.... we didn't have sex... but now... now that we're just friends... we bone?

Before we actually did it he made this big deal out of how i was his best friend and how much he trusted me and cared about me and he knew i felt the same way and he made an even bigger deal out of knowing i wouldn't judge him if it sucked because he didn't know what he was doing.

Afterward, he put his clothes back on and went back out and watched TV like it never happened. Then we went to the party and he seemed really miserable and left early... from his own party!! After that he went back to school and things were fine for a while but then he suddenly made it a rule that i couldn't tell any of our mutual friends about us having sex.... what is that about???

Then he got really upset when i mentioned a guy being attractive... I don't even know the kid, I just commented that he was very good looking. Then he went off on me one day calling me fat and ugly and unambitious and that im inadequate as a woman because I can't have kids... which is a low blow because i have a medical condition so i might not be able to have kids even though i love them SO much... and he knows all that.

once again hurt and upset, I went to our mutual friends and told them everything i begged them not to make a big deal out of it... i really just needed to vent. They confronted him anyway the first weekend he came home from school. He lied about EVERYTHING. And then he went out of his way to tell me I was a liar and a rat for saying those things.

And now he's acting like everything's fine but "we can only hang out in groups"... that's his new rule. What the hell is all that??? anybody have any clues at all?

so, let me give you the background story and maybe you guys can help me figure out what is going through his head? any advice/answers given are appreciated!! (i know it's so long, but i really did try to keep it short and to the point, and I'm so desperate, please bear with me!!!)

I met this guy last year and we hit it off really well. But I was dating someone else, eventually I left the guy I was with, not really because of the other guy but there was definitely an attraction there. He made it pretty well known he wasn't into me that way though, so i honestly thought nothing would happen in that respect.

Then one night I was his designated driver and he basically confessed being really really into me. We stayed out all night, making out and laughing and talking. a little while after that we became an item. But he got really weird and wouldn't see me. I finally called him out on it and he admitted he'd actually never had a girlfriend before and didn't know how everything was supposed to unfold.

We got passed that for a while, then midway through the summer he told me he was planning to break up with me before school started (he goes away for college, but it's only a two hour drive!) because he didn't want to deal with the long distance. Angry and hurt, I dumped him on the spot

He was pretty ok with it. We stayed friends. Things were awkward. Then we went to this party and stayed the night in the same bed together. in the morning we woke up and laughed about the shenanigans from the night before and before i knew it we were tangled up in the sheets together. And that somehow made all the awkward go away. (wtf?) After that we fooled around like 4 more times over the course of a month or so. Then nothing for a few weeks. And then I was comforting a guy friend (who'd just been dumped) at a party, and greg... the guy, got all upset that I was hugging on him.

When he finally calmed down some all he did was scoop me up in his arms and carry me away to the bedroom, after some pretty intense making out he begged me to leave with him and I did. we ended up going back to my place and fooling around for hours and hours.

Then, as he was leaving he made a big deal out of saying "this is the last time. I hope you know that." But later that week we were having a movie night and it happened AGAIN. And in the middle of everything he asked me out to dinner for the last night he'd be home before leaving for school. But then, he blew me off. Instead he called me at like 9:30 and asked me to come over. I get there and all we did was watch TV till we were supposed to be leaving for his going away party.

Then he pulled me over in his lap and started things up again. We even ended up having sex... we've never had sex. I mean, I'd been with 2 other guys. And he was a virgin. So even when we were dating each other.... we didn't have sex... but now... now that we're just friends... we bone?

Before we actually did it he made this big deal out of how i was his best friend and how much he trusted me and cared about me and he knew i felt the same way and he made an even bigger deal out of knowing i wouldn't judge him if it sucked because he didn't know what he was doing.

Afterward, he put his clothes back on and went back out and watched TV like it never happened. Then we went to the party and he seemed really miserable and left early... from his own party!! After that he went back to school and things were fine for a while but then he suddenly made it a rule that i couldn't tell any of our mutual friends about us having sex.... what is that about???

Then he got really upset when i mentioned a guy being attractive... I don't even know the kid, I just commented that he was very good looking. Then he went off on me one day calling me fat and ugly and unambitious and that im inadequate as a woman because I can't have kids... which is a low blow because i have a medical condition so i might not be able to have kids even though i love them SO much... and he knows all that.

once again hurt and upset, I went to our mutual friends and told them everything i begged them not to make a big deal out of it... i really just needed to vent. They confronted him anyway the first weekend he came home from school. He lied about EVERYTHING. And then he went out of his way to tell me I was a liar and a rat for saying those things.

And now he's acting like everything's fine but "we can only hang out in groups"... that's his new rule. What the hell is all that??? anybody have any clues at all?

So I got to thinking today about first impressions and what people maybe think of me. Idk why, it was just a random train of thought. And that of course led to... I wonder what guys think of me. So... here I am, i figured this was the most guy populated area to put this question, so I'm sorry it has really nothing to do with the category.

http://s565.photobucket.com/albums/ss100/penguinpi...

let me know what you think of me!

so I tried to use microsoft word today and, i really haven't more than a few times since i got this computer, but every time i have it gives me this box when i open it saying though it's not necessary to do so, i should register my computer by entering my product key. I located my product key just fine, but one of the characters looks like an uppercase "I" however, when I try to enter an "i" a bubble pops up and says that it's an invalid character.

Also, though it plainly says it's not necessary to enter the product key to use the program, it's refusing to let me enter text.

any explanations/suggestions are appreciated!!

P.S. I tried all the logical things like a lowercase L or a 1 and neither of those worked either.

i'm dating this new guy and it's been more than a month... the basic of his back story is he was basically picked on his entire life, he was an awkward kid and girls never really dug him that much. well i dig him. a lot. but because he was picked on for so long i think he kind of really closed himself up. and occasionally i get through. just him asking me out was like a huge deal. but he's so stoic and reserved it's stressing me out. i ask him what he's feeling and he doesn't want to talk about it... or else i feel like he's not being totally honest purely because he's so careful about letting his emotions out. any suggestions? at all? how do i get him to open up? is time really the only option? i can be patient but... it's hard to know what to say or do when idk where he stands... and yeah, i've told him that... he just kinda shrugs and apologizes... but still refuses to help remedy the situation : (

thanks to those of you who answer kindly.

Was the fourth and final season of mork and mindy ever put on dvd? all i can find ANYWHERE is seasons one two and three. I was looking for a torrent, but when i couldn't find that i did a general search for season 4 on dvd and nothing came up, but neither did any information about it NOT being on dvd. So.... is it just really hard to find? or... what? haha. all answers are appreciated, thank you in advance!!

She's 9 years old and seems perfectly happy. She doesn't seem at a lack for energy or strength. She started seeming a little under weight so I was supplementing her regular food with daily doses of chicken baby food (gerber second foods) and she LOVED it. She could hear me opening the jar down the hall and went crazy in anticipation. Suddenly, in the last few days she's simply stopped eating. I've tried tempting her with her favorite treats and she refuses to take more than a bite. She's losing weight really fast and has always been really tiny anyway. (She was the runt of the litter, imagine a tube of tooth paste with legs and a tail.) The only thing I get her to eat is her FerretVite. And if I mix in a little baby food I can get her to eat maybe a teaspoon of it in an entire day. I know she's older and this could just be the end of things but she just seems so happy and energetic that I just don't understand it.

My ferret Chloe is 9 1/2 years old. and recently began showing some strange symptoms. She lost a large percentage of her body weight, had terrible diarrhea, and when I would let her out to play she began getting weaker and weaker, falling over with almost every step. I switched her diet to Gerber 2nd foods chicken and turkey baby-food and mixed Pedialyte in so she wouldn't get so dehydrated from the diarrhea. She bounced back within little more than a week! She gained almost all of her weight back, quit stumbling, she seems very happy and healthy. But the other day I noticed a little bit of anal bleeding, but there didn't seem to be any blood in her stools. I kind of thought maybe it was a one time thing or a reaction to her new diet. But today I noticed she had dried poo on her but like she's scooted in it and gave her a bath. Once it was washed away I was shocked to find her anus red and protruding and bleeding and essentially attached to something that was either a growth or more dried poo. I wasn't brave enough to take it off of her, for fear of making her bleed more. Does anyone know if this is something with any easy solution? I'm sorry this was so long but I felt like all the recent changes might have something to do with it. I didn't want to skimp on the details.