Dear So and So

[lph]

Putting me in the position of having to tell on you really sucks.

Oh dear, what an uncomfortable situation. Glad doggie was ok!

[channlluv]

Roxy, it is interesting, that's why I chose this topic. I read the articles and printed a couple more. Decided not to go for a ride today. I have a bit of a hang over and food satiation from a wonderful dinner at a tapas bar last night!
I am doing the paper with a friend and we are focusing on yoga as a treatment option, but we have to have citations that support the neurological/chemical reasons for using yoga. Thankfully, cutting edge research on this is being done at BU and Harvard.
I am just sick of school. Eight more weeks...

There's something similar going on here at UCSD, too, having to do with yoga and metabolic disorder/disease or something like that. I tried to sign up as a test subject, but they said I'm too active. I had to laugh. "But I'm 100 pounds overweight," I said. The young woman on the phone said, "I'm sorry, but you're just too active for a baseline study group. We need people who don't exercise so much."

Take a moment. Enjoy the irony.

Roxy

[Crankin]

Yes, most of the studies have a lot of restrictions, to tease out the possible "confounding" effects. One I read yesterday started with 3,000 people who filled out a questionnaire and ended up with 32 people in the treatment group and 30 controls! Funny, the subjects were from SDSU and UCSD. This was nothing to do with yoga, though. I am doing the "hard science" part and my friend is doing the yoga part, as she is more of an expert in that.
It's hard to find a lot of people who don't take psychotropic or any other drugs, don't smoke, and haven't had counseling.

[indysteel]

Dear Pet Sitter,

Thank you for being so reliable and responsive. Every since my First Pet Sitter forgot to visit my cats as scheduled, I've had a lot of anxiety about leaving my babies, but you've proven to be so trustworthy and undertanding of my various worries. It's such a relief to me to know that you're taking care of them.

[limewave]

Dear mother,

I appreciate your concern regarding my back/hip pain. I know you have suffered from back pain for years as well and chose to have back surgery. That was your decision. For me, chiropractic care really seems to be making a difference. Yes, the back pain does reoccur, but its not nearly as severe as it used to be. Losing some weight, doing strength training and running have really helped. If my choice is going to the chiropractor every six weeks for the rest of my life OR having back surgery: I choose the chiropractor.

I know you don't agree. You've made that clear.

Limewave

[bmccasland]

Dear Calypso,
You are the shame of PNW kitties, and you are a PNW kitty now. I gave you some nice fresh salmon for dinner, so why did you turn your nose up at it? This is much better quality than what comes in a can.

I'm sorry, but this isn't shrimp, crawfish, or sac-au-lait (Cajun for crappie) country.

Your Mom, who doesn't want another fussy eater. What did Bonnie tell you before she crossed the Rainbow Bridge?

[azfiddle]

Dear hospital billing depatrment and health insurance company customer service rep:

Are you serious about sending us a bill for $4000 for the emergency room visit? That time after my DH had that hit and run accident that fractured part of his scapula? I sincerely hope there is a misunderstanding, because what else we were we supposed to do at 10:30 at night besides go to an emergency room? Isn't that why I have hundreds of dollars deducted from my paychecks every month?

We will be in getting in touch with you Monday morning about this....

Grrrrrr

[lph]

I gave you some nice fresh salmon for dinner, so why did you turn your nose up at it?

Yeah, isn't that annoying? We have a large, active cat with a healthy appetite, who eats or at least checks out everything that falls on the floor - raisins, scrap of lettuce, garlic, you name it - and who wolfs down every kind of dry cat food as if there were no tomorrow. But when we give her salmon scraps as a treat she sniffs and nibbles, and licks a little, and looks at us, and lets most of it be. Silly cat, you're supposed to be a predator.

[redrhodie]

Yeah, isn't that annoying? We have a large, active cat with a healthy appetite, who eats or at least checks out everything that falls on the floor - raisins, scrap of lettuce, garlic, you name it - and who wolfs down every kind of dry cat food as if there were no tomorrow. But when we give her salmon scraps as a treat she sniffs and nibbles, and licks a little, and looks at us, and lets most of it be. Silly cat, you're supposed to be a predator.

Raisins are poisonous for cats, so keep those away from her.

[marni]

miss ike not only looks at us disdainfully if we offer her anything resembling real meat or fish, but will silently and efficiently bury all the way around anything on the floor or in her dish she doesn't approve of. All this on a tile floor. Now the dogs on the other hand.......

[alexis_the_tiny]

Dear kids, I know its Monday and we're all suffering from the Monday blues but really?? POOP in the classroom and 3 attempts at SMOOSHING said poop with the brand new play rug? Boy, you really know how to show your teachers a good time.

[Veronica]

Please tell me you teach special needs kids.

Veronica

[alexis_the_tiny]

Veronica, yes I do. This happens to be the 1 out of 10 days I totally lose my sense of humor since we were moving classrooms today too. I foresee a new health education topic for this term - "Poop - what you can and cannot do with it". It'll probably be funnier tomorrow morning.

[Catrin]

Dear Winter,

Please leave! You came early and have outstayed your welcome. You have had a great run this year, but it is time to allow warmer temperatures to arrive! I have already missed two organized rides that I wanted to go on because it was too cold/damp. Don't let the door hit your butt on the way out.

Thank you.

[TxDoc]

Dear beloved Hospital,

Forgive me, you know I love working for you, but I am a little bit irritated today.
I do understand that you are a public institution on a tight budget, but giving your medical educators a 40% pay-cut () sounds like telling them that you value medical education close to nothing. Do we get it right - when we spend half of our time in class or bedside teaching, you think that we produce less hospital revenue and we deserve a lower salary? Did you forget that we were already underpaid compare to 80% of hospitals?

I'm confused.
Our mission statement used to include educating residents and students while providing compassionate health care and pursuing excellence in medical research. Did you change our mission while I was sleeping?

And yes, I know that y'all administrators think that we spent 24 years of our life in medical training just because... but please please please would you be so kind as to show us some consideration? We are here to help, and we shose to serve in a State hospital to help a larger patient population - but please do not be upset if we start looking for alternatives at the big private hospital around the corner...
Yours truly,

TxDoc