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Shall I eat these fancy hospital biscuits?
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The packet tells me that each biscuit has 300kJ = kilo joules
Or 72kcal = kilo calories, ie 72,000 calories
But the box says "72 calories per biscuit"
So what's that about?
Or 72kcal = kilo calories, ie 72,000 calories
But the box says "72 calories per biscuit"
So what's that about?
A #special #warning for my folks w or w/o #disabilities who might be taking #Flexeril / #cyclobenzaprine
it says on the warning sheet that very few folks have had #depressive #sideeffects, and maybe I'm just a rarity.
but if i have to take that thing for 2x in a row
waaaugh!
it says on the warning sheet that very few folks have had #depressive #sideeffects, and maybe I'm just a rarity.
but if i have to take that thing for 2x in a row
waaaugh!
It's small & #insidious.
It starts with "will I ever get better?" & it can escalate into, "Why do I try?" depending how long I am on it.
I only need it sporadically, but yeah.
Changed my world to know that was a possibility.
Now I can say after using it..."Is this thought real?"
It starts with "will I ever get better?" & it can escalate into, "Why do I try?" depending how long I am on it.
I only need it sporadically, but yeah.
Changed my world to know that was a possibility.
Now I can say after using it..."Is this thought real?"
For those who would suggest other methods, this one is the best one i have for now.
(In a few years, maybe something that works better will come along or they might know more about why #EhlersDanlos happens)
In the mean time I wanted you to know, in case this happens to you too.
(In a few years, maybe something that works better will come along or they might know more about why #EhlersDanlos happens)
In the mean time I wanted you to know, in case this happens to you too.
Went to Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan today. Official population at 53,967, according to @UNHCR as of February 2018. All Syrian #refugees.
In many ways it was not what I expected.
In many ways it was not what I expected.
First thing you notice is how remote the location is — some 100 kms east of Amman; 20 kms from Azraq town; 75 kms to Saudi Arabia; 255 kms to Iraq; and 90 kms to the Syrian border — from which its inhabitants fled.
At the same time, the harshness of the setting — a hardscrabble, sprawling 15 square km patch, scratched, etched and stretched out of endless rolling desert.
The perimeter was equally formidable, with security fencing, official patrols, check points and razor wire.
The perimeter was equally formidable, with security fencing, official patrols, check points and razor wire.
