So "Pride Month" is in full effect.
As such, I think it's a great time to remember the sage words from the master, Norm Macdonald, and his thoughts Pride.
With everything we are hearing right now about ticks this seems like good information to share.
“Here’s what I’ve learned after more ticks than I care to count.
First, whatever your uncle told you, forget it. No matches. No nail polish. No Vaseline. No soap on a cotton ball. All of those do the same terrible thing, they stress the tick out, and a stressed tick empties its gut back into the bite before letting go. Which, if you think about what that actually means for a second, is literally how Lyme and the rest get transmitted so you’re not speeding up its exit. You’re making it throw up into you.
Fine-tipped tweezers. Grip right where the mouthparts enter the skin, not the body, the head. Pull straight up, steady, no twisting, no jerking. It’ll feel like it’s resisting because it is, the mouthparts are barbed. Just keep the pressure on and it lets go in a few seconds. If a piece breaks off in the skin, leave it alone. Your body pushes splinters out. Digging around with a needle does more damage then the fragment ever would.
Clean it with alcohol or soap. Wash your hands.
Now here’s the part most people skip: don’t flush the tick.
Tape it to an index card. Clear packing tape right over the body, write the date and where on your body it was, and stick the card in a drawer. If you come down with anything weird in the next 30 days, rash, fever, joint pain, that flu-that-isn’t-flu feeling, that tick goes with you to the doctor. Some labs will test the tick itself, which is faster and often more reliable than waiting for antibodies to show up in your own blood. A dated tick taped to a card is one of the most useful things you can hand a doctor who’s trying to figure out what’s wrong with you.
The other thing worth saying out loud: if the tick was engorged when you pulled it, and you can’t swear it was off your body within 24 hours, call your doctor that same day. Don’t wait for a rash. Fewer than three out of four Lyme cases even produce the classic bullseye. A single preventive dose of doxycycline within 72 hours of a deer tick bite cuts the Lyme odds way down, and most docs in tick country will write that prescription without giving you a hard time, especially if you walk in with the tick taped to a card and a clear timeline.”
British kids taste Southern food for the first time. 🔥Biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, and sweet tea. They will be begging their parents to move to the U.S. 🤣😂🤣
If you’re pulling into a gas station this Memorial Weekend, complaining about the inconvenience of paying more at the pump…consider the sacrifice of the soldier, sailor, or Marine, making their sacrifices for our lives and our freedom. Exchange your complaint for a prayer.
NEW: Country music star and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jamey Johnson performed “In Color” during the National Memorial Day Concert.
I didn’t realize he served. RESPECT. 🇺🇸
This song gets me everytime. Both of grandpa’s funeral videos featured this song.
@UneditedView@TaraBull I remember picking up the phone and the operator saying who is this and I would tell her and then say I’m calling David and she’d connect the call
Parents gave their kids just 4 minutes to figure out how to use a rotary dial phone.
The confusion was instant.
Gen Z vs old school tech is pretty hilarious
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"TAKE A DEEP BREATH.....IT IS 325."
~Dr. Alok Chopra, Cardiologist
"Cholesterol is deeply linked to our immune system. It deactivates bacteria, pathogens, viruses, yeast & mold."
"It controls infections, protecting damage, reducing the chances of AIDS, Alzheimer's, recovery from illness. All of that is done by Cholesterol."
The greatest myth in the field of medicine is that there is a relationship between high cholesterol & heart disease~it does not exist.
There are no benefits to taking a Statin, yes they lower your cholesterol, but they do not lower Cardiovascular Risk or Disease.
In fact, low Cholesterol is dangerous & is causal for Heart Attack, Cancer & Stroke.
Cholesterol Is Essential, Without It Our Bodies Cannot Make:
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Aldosterone
Cortisol
DHT Dihydrotestosterone
DHEA Dehydroepiandrosterone
Estradiol
Estriol
Estrone
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Total cholesterol levels are meaningless. The best biomarker for cardiac health is low Triglycerides & high HDL. The TG/HDL ratio optimally should be less than 1.5