Listography 6 - List your biggest fears
I briefly considered numbering these, but rejected the idea. I know I have fears, I am unsure that I want to know how many.I will go blind again.I will lose the ability to walk.I will lose my mind.I will amount to nothing.I will hate every job I have for the rest of my working life.My working life won't be as long as it could've been.I will always be fat.I will never walk in heels again.Some how, some way, my love of cosmetics is the reason why I got MS.Getting blown up by a bomb.Freezing to death.Living past age 90.I have ruined Joe's life.Ugly shoes will be all I can safely wear.Conserva

CCSVI and MS
I'm afraid that a whole lot of people are going to be disappointed. There is absolutely no evidence, even Dr. Zamboni's research, that this procedure works for everyone.Dr. Zamboni says that it works for people who's narrowing of the veins doesn't come back but what wasn't on the show was that 80% of the people who have had this surgery in California have the narrowing come back. Their symptoms may be less severe, but they're not "cured".There's also a side effect of neck and shoulder problems for some people that should also be investigated before we start handing out this surgery for everyone and their brother with MS.There's also no eviden

CTV News program ...
CTV News program W5 investigates intriguing new theory about MSFor now, MS Societies in Canada and the U.S. have reacted cautiously to the research,, saying there is "insufficient evidence to suggest this phenomenon is the cause of MS" and discouraging patients from getting tested or seeking treatment.But the researchers testing Zamboni's theory believe they're on to something that could change the future for MS patients around the world. The report will be up on the CTV - W5 website after the show airs Saturday, Novem

Listography 5 - List your past jobs
At some point in your working life you just have to admit to yourself that your personality is not well suited to certain forms of human interaction and then try desperately to earn a living that doesn't make you want to kill yourself.I have yet to find that way. So here is my list of crazy bosses jobs I have had since moving to BC.1. Actually, my first boss was pretty cool. HER boss was a little nuts. But it was retail sales in the mall closest to the richest people. Meeting sales quotas was easy. Then the boss sued the parent company, the parent company shut the store down, and we were all out of jobs. I was two weeks short of qualifying for any ki

Stuck
For about 10 years now I've been stuck on a treadmill life.As I was making my way on public transit today I realized how many times I've been *here*. Not on the 99B, though I've been on it a lot, but here in this same situation.I'm stuck in a job that I hate for not enough money because I don't have the credentials to do something more interesting.(notice I said credentials, not skills)This is what a 155 IQ and problems with authority will get you, folks.Perhaps there's a living to be made as a cautionary tale?I continue to work my ass off for this man. I will continue looking for a better job.I am working full ti