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  • Cuz you're numbing your brain so you feel no pain! Flavored brandy - or anisette is nice, too! nm Hic!

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We have a similar (although not as serious) situation with my in laws.  Thank God we have not had to face the kinds of issues you have, but it still hurts.  My hubby is their only child, and they just don't care anymore.  They were decent parents while he was growing up and in the past few years, and then about 18 months ago, bam!  They act like they've been brainwashed. 

I won't go into the details, but suffice to say that I'm finished trying to bridge gaps.  It just is not worth it.  We are going to make our own "family" from friends who actually like to spend time with us and give us support, and when good ol' mom and dad get to that point in their life when they have regrets or, more likely, get too old to wipe their own butts, well honey, that is why we have nursing homes in this country.  The sad thing is that my parents are gone, have been for a long time, and I hate to see hubby lose his parents before they are even gone.  However, it just is not worth it. 

I think you did exactly what you needed to do, even if just to make yourself feel better for a while.  It may not have been the most thoroughly thought out action in the world, but you have so much stress on you right now, I think that can be forgiven. 

Good luck to you and your husband, and try to stay strong.  You have enough to worry about without the in laws adding to it, so just pretend they don't exist for a while.  Know that you are not alone, and that you can always vent here if you need to.  We'll understand.

HC

Boy do I ever know where you're coming from!  I went on vacation with a bunch of girlfriends last July and I looked at the pictures and thought "who the heck let the elephant in the room!!!"  It was horrible.  I am going on vaca again with the same women in July and I have vowed to be at least a little bit better.

You do have to lose weight overall to get the double chin to go away.  In extreme cases there are people like AL Roker who lost weight but not really much in his face.  I'm betting you're not that extreme, though.

My sister and I started walking together three mornings a week.  It's not much yet, but it's more than we were doing before, which was nothing.  Find a walking partner and try to walk for 30 minutes several days a week and you'll see a change.

Good luck!

This tests what you retain when shown something for brief time. The web site instructions are in Japanese, so read below!

1. Touch 'start'
2. Wait for countdown... 3, 2, 1.
3. Memorize the number's position on the screen, and then click the circles in order from the smallest number to the biggest number.
4. At the end of game, the computer will tell you the age of your brain.

This tests what you retain when shown something for brief time. The web site instructions are in Japanese, so read below!

1. Touch 'start'
2. Wait for countdown... 3, 2, 1.
3. Memorize the number's position on the screen, and then click the circles in order from the smallest number to the biggest number.
4. At the end of game, the computer will tell you the age of your brain.

To those of you that replied regarding my sister's 4-year-old son having a brain tumor, Thank you. 

Although there was a case here where a woman, after her child died, stole over a million from her employer and lost it through compulsive gambling and then committed suicide.  In her case, she had always been an upstanding member of the community and had no prior history of gambling.  Perhaps anger, stress, and grief contributed to temporary insanity and then appalled by what she had done, she killed herself.  Everybody that knew her was just stunned.

I was always told it kills brain cells.  I always believed that because I thought my ex was walking proof! lol.  Does it really rejuvinate them? I too believe in its usage for medicinal purposes.  Back in the day (waaaaay back) I smoked it once when I had an excruciating toothache (cuz that always happens on weekends when the dentist is closed!) and it relaxed me enough to tolerate the pain.  It was either that or I was going to overdose on Tylenol, Motrin, whatever I could find cuz they weren't working for crap.  I also did it once when I had an earache. (again waaaay back in the day).  It works wonders.  Doesn't take the pain away but makes it tolerable.  I definitely am against using it for recreation.  When my ex was getting high it was like walking on pins and needles around him.  He was wonderful when he was high but when he wasn't he was just the biggest a-hole!