Posted by KaraS on August 27, 2004, at 22:27:11
In reply to Re: Urticaria and incomplete protein digestion » KaraS, posted by Larry Hoover on August 22, 2004, at 10:01:02
> > > I have a diverse background. I am a licensed tractor-trailer driver-trainer, I still drive rigs, I am a certified addictions counsellor, I have a degree in psychology, I did R & D at a computer company, I taught stats and chemistry at a university, I did contract work for an environmental group you'd readily recognize, and I moved pianos. I got published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal in a field for which I have no training or education. Go figure. That's the short list.
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> > > Lar
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> > Wow, you've certainly jumped around a lot. Never get bored that way I guess.
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> Wasn't boredom. That's a negative construct. It was curiosity.
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> > Isn't it tough to drive trucks long distance when you have CFS? (I would imagine it's hard enough when you don't have CFS.)
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> True, on both counts. Why do I do it now? Many reasons, but the critical one was that I could do it on my own schedule. What sort of employer can accept an employee telling them when he can come to work? If I was working in an office, and didn't show up for five weeks, would that be a sustainable behaviour? Pretty unlikely.
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> The trucking company uses me when I am available (and uses me up, truth be told, but that is in my control). When I'm not available, they use other people. Somehow, the work gets done without me. <wink>
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> Over the last couple of years, I have gone from a couple of days here and there, with massive time off in between, to working for six weeks continuously (60 or more hours a week). It's all about endurance-building.
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> > Maybe that's where the tin foil hat can help?
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> > -K
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> No, the tin foil hat is for the off periods, when I am on the 'net. My messed up elbow keeps me around more consistently, right now, but once I get that sorted out, it's back to endurance building. Soon, I expect to leave trucking behind, once again, and use a different skill set.
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> Lar
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> P.S. About taurine....the original thread. I've had great success using taurine intermittently, to target brain cramps and stress. It seems to really help, so long as I don't use it indiscriminately (i.e. daily).
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> L
>Actually, trucking sounds really good to me. You're your own boss. No one looking over your shoulder every minute. You take assignments when you're up for them. I would think you'd miss using your medical knowledge and that data base mind of yours ... but I guess you get enough of a workout with that here at PB.
-k
P.S. What are brain cramps? Is that Canadian for brain fog?
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