skin care products …. how about sleep water and good food


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Have you been getting digital product ads for Holiday events that are months away. I have and while I do love and buy products from certain sites, others are annoying offensive and you have to wonder how the FDA gave them the greenlight. Anyway, the ads in both print and digital have been focusing on women’s looks … how awful or our sagging skin or wrinkles … lest we talk about those aging spots oh and don’t stop there why not just lighten brighten and whiten your skin to make yourself look younger. Say what? I have admitted to having had a tough time with my skin when I was in my 20’s. I did not have acne in high school but moving to the city and indulging in food I had no idea existed … probably full of Tran’s fat and the environment forced me into doing time under the lights. I had allergy issues eczema and so on but the dermatologist was fantabulous. I did what I was told which is the most important thing during those years so my skin recovered, but the issues of wrinkles, lines and saggy parts of the face actually seem to be less when you go to sleep at a reasonable and consistent hour and to-be-honest water has and will always be our body’s savior. I have to admit, 2015 has been stressful, the heat, and working odd hours has a tendency to bring out wrinkling sagging in the neck area while the face is fine right now.  I look at those commercials, scream then wonder if I should finally break down buy the anti-aging stuff.  I actually decided to product test anti-aging wrinkle reducers’ in 2013 and did not feel the product I used made a difference.  If you just test my advice for a month in 2013 let me know if you saw a big difference; by going to sleep earlier than usual, drink 2 liters of water, and eat right you will definitely see positive changes. I love coffee tea and prefer water mixed unless it’s seriously hot or cold then I will drink what I call “naked water” … they say try to drink half your body weight though getting advice from your friendly doc or nurse is a better suggestion.   I try to drink 2 liters of liquids a day…. I do drink naked hot water. I stand by my statement in 2013.  I also went back to using coconut oil, moisturizer/creams with high SPF, vitamin C, E and B5 least we talk about adding more fan time

 

~ Nativegrl77

“I have lost my life as I knew it”


Petitioning Francis Collins

Increase Funding So We Can Find a Cure

Petition by Mary Gelpi
Covington, Louisiana
27,715
Supporters
I am only 31, and yet, everyday things like taking a bath exhaust me. This is because I am one of millions of people worldwide who suffer from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), a complex, multisystemic illness that causes pain and disabling symptoms, specifically severe weakness and crippling fatigue. Before I became sick, I was able to travel in college, fall in love, enjoy SEC football and graduate. Now, just a trip to the grocery store can land me in bed for days. I take 25 pills a day just to manage the pain and symptoms of the illness. I have lost my life as I knew it. Those of us in the ME/CFS community are used to not being taken seriously. There are no FDA approved treatments or cures for the disease on the horizon, which is the result of a lack of funding for research. In the 2016 federal budget, only $5.4 million was allocated to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to research the disease. More than double that amount was spent on male-pattern baldness. We can do better. Please stand with me and the millions suffering with ME/CFS in demanding that the NIH increase the allocated funding for the research of this disease. In the last year, the NIH has announced that they planned to dramatically increase funding for ME/CFS. Annually in the past, they have given around $5 million in research grants–far from enough. This is a positive step, but we’ve been promised things before and let down time and again. I am respectfully asking the NIH to officially fulfill the promises they have made regarding ME/CFS, and to drastically up the funding allocated for research so we can finally find a cure, and at least possible treatment options in the meantime. For now, so many sick people have no where to turn to manage their illness. Many doctors are ill-informed, and often patients have to become their own doctors. I started this petition because people suffering from ME/CFS just want our lives back, and that will only happen with an effective treatment and eventual cure. With your signature, we can hold the NIH and congress accountable for taking our illness seriously and honoring our request to increase the NIH research budget to $100 million for ME/CFS funding.  #WeCanDoBetter Let’s do it now.

the Senate ~~ CONGRESS May ~~ the House


May 2, 5, and Monday, May 9, 2016

12daysofCongress

The Senate stands adjourned to then convene for a pro forma session only, with no business conducted on the following dates and times:

Monday, May 2 at 2:00pm;

Thursday, May 5 at 11:30am.

When the Senate adjourns on Thursday, May 5, it will next convene at 3:00pm on Monday, May 9, 2016.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:00pm, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.2028, Energy and Water Appropriations, with the time until 5:30pm equally divided.

At 5:30pm, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the substitute amendment #3801 to H.R.2028.

 

The filing deadline for 1st degree amendments to the substitute will be 3:30pm on Monday, May 9. The filing deadline for 2nd degree amendments will be 1 hour prior to the cloture vote, if cloture is invoked.

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The House adjourned pursuant to a previous special order. The next meeting is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on May 3, 2016.

 

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Be Counted!  Be A Part of America’s PrepareAthon!

On Saturday, April 30, join communities across the country, take action to prepare for emergencies and register your PrepareAthon! events online.  Is your family, school, church or community finding ways to help keep people safe and healthy during disasters?  Are you taking steps to prepare? Tell us about it!  Your participation showcases how people all across the country are taking action to prepare.  Learn More >>

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Preparedness Skill Check: Stay Safe Around Floodwaters

Today’s forecast says that more rain is coming to already flooded areas of the south. So what do you do to stay safe in flooded areas? How can you keep your kids and pets from getting hurt or sick? Start with the basics:  Avoid floodwaters when possible and never drive through flooded areas.  Make sure that your kids and pets don’t touch flood waters. Wear protective clothing, like heavy boots, rubber gloves, and goggles, when you clean up.  Check out these resources and learn to stay safe and healthy.  Learn More >>

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