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If you know…

If you know…. you know. I haven’t posted my entire life story and probably won’t but for those who see this… Those who know me personally… Those who know most of what I’ve been through in my life… Then you know know why I posted this. But to say I’ve made it to see the age of 50, a half of a century years old, 5 decades… then you know that is an accomplishment of…

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One day last week

Originally posted 2020-06-23 13:30:08. One day last week my bff, Jess, and I had run a few errands. We were headed back to the house when she pulled off at the gas station to fill the truck up. We pulled around back of the gas station where the non-ethanol gas pump is. She got out, started pumping gas. We sat there for a few minutes when all of a sudden we heard a truck rev…

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I admit it, can you?

Originally posted 2020-06-17 09:00:27. Hey ladies I get it. You think Pure Romance a little taboo, not for you because you think it’s something you wouldn’t use. Have you actually looked at our product line? Did you know we sell things that aren’t sexual in nature? But I get it. Before I took a look I was just like you. You would be surprised at the things you can learn and learn to appreciate when…

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22 resources

Originally posted 2017-11-28 00:42:16. “I don’t like regular counseling.” “There’s no help out there.” “I need help but the VA takes too long.” Well look at this list straight out of our resource guide! Mental health, ptsd resources & retreats Headstrong Project http://getheadstrong.org/get-help/ http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/ http://afterdeployment.dcoe.mil/ http://battletap.org/home.aspx Home For female veterans! http://www.graceafterfire.org/ http://maketheconnection.net/ Common signs of PTSD and what to do http://maketheconnection.net/conditions/ptsd#1 Mental Health Self Assessments http://afterdeployment.dcoe.mil/military_pathways http://www.ptsd.va.gov/ Coping with Deployments Families Course http://www.redcross.org/find-help/military-families/deployment-services/coping-deployment-course Post deployment…

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Tell me why…

Originally posted 2022-01-05 11:27:16. On the preoperative call yesterday with surgery center nurse. She was going through the normal questions they ask for surgery preop. Stroke/mini-strokes came up. I told her I have had 9 mini-strokes and 1 stroke. She started asking me who my cardiologist was. I told her I didn’t remember as I hadn’t seen one in years. I told her where and when my last mini-stroke and stroke was. She asked me…

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