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Hi everyone. It has come timeto do something about my gauntlets. As some of you may have experienced putting gauntlets on by yourself is an almost impossible task if you use a piano hinge and pin method. Well it is for me anyway. I am going to try a new method. I tried side release buckles at one point but that was more difficult to take off. My plan is to use rare earth magnets so I can put them on myself.
I know this has been done before, but I wanted to see what everyone thought. Maybe those that have done it could post up some opinions. I am planning on getting these.
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They have a 9 pound pull force. I am going to put 3 sets on each gautlet. I wondered if that was enough strength to keep them closed? The last thing I want to have happen is a guantlet fall off and break. Does anyone know of stonger magnets? They have to be magnetized like these so they take up less room in the gauntlet.


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Currently Holding off. I figure I love this car too much to let it go and Im done dealing with flakes. I think im going to buy some new wheels.
For Sale - 1995 VW Golf City w/ VR6 swap.
Odom states 145ish and going up. PO stated the chains were done. Aprox 140k on the body ..
Im Just seeing what offers I get. Im in to rush to let it go. I enjoy driving this car but we have a baby on the way.Passat Wagons are something I have had in mind However show me what you have.
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by xy3026rosa, Mar 20, 2011.
I'm pretty sure Tessa and Fedor broke it off a while ago.
Meryl and Jeremy have never been a couple.
Anjelika Krylova & Pasquale Camerlengo.
You hear wrong, then. They aren't dating, and they never have.
No, that's Tessa's sister who looks exactly like her. You know, the one that really gets around
I know the Tessa/Fedor thing was already old news, just putting my two cents in this thread.
Also old news:
Evan Lysacek and Tanith Belbin
Evan Lysacek and Jennifer Kirk
No one has yet mentioned John Baldwin and Rena Inoue ?
I think Miki is dating someone else now. She definitely used to be dating Morozov but I believe they are both dating other people now.
Also, regarding Rachael and Patrick, I have no idea if they are "official" or just friends, but there have been rumors that they are together, although it may all just be speculation since they went to her cotillion together. I wouldn't be surprised if they were dating though.
Also, are Mao Asada and Takahiko Kozuka dating? I remember someone saying that Takahiko was being very protective of Mao and defending her earlier in the season, in public, when the media was being harsh toward her for performing poorly.
Could be because most of us want to Free Rena!
Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir.
Yes, the sexual tension there is very palpable.
In the past yes (after his Tanith years), but Tessa's most recent rumored beau is David Pelletier.
Anabelle Langlois/Cody Hay, and she used to be with Patrice Archetto (her former partner)
John Zimmerman/Silvia Fontana
Yuka Sato/Jason Dunjgen
Carolina Kostner/Stephane Lambiel (in the past), though according to (an ISU judge that I know) Stephane prefers the less fair gender.
According to many people in the know, Jessica Dube is kind of the Canadian skating community 'village bicycle.' Between Bryce Davison, David Pelletier, Scott Moir...
Are former Canadian ice dancers Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe still together?
Did they ever officially get married? I don't remember seeing any pictures or reading anything about them getting married. Maybe I missed it?
So in Canada it's unheard of for a 23-year-old to have had three boyfriends? Whatever.
IIRC she said last year that she had a boyfriend and Nikita is just a friend.
That was last year though.
Judging from their public accounts it seems they are a couple now.
Ta Europeans the said on Eurosport the Miki Ando is with Javier Fernandez but I have no clue if it´s true.
Tanith Belbin and Charlie White
Albena Denkova/Maxim Staviskij
Tanja Szewczenko/Norman Jeschke
Talk about slash fan fiction...
Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow
Jenni Meno and Todd Sand
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko
formerly - Christopher Dean and Isabelle Duchesnay
formerly - Christopher Dean and Jill Trenary
Isn't Johnny Weir dating some high-ranking skater?
oh.. come on......
Jana Khokhlova and Gabriela Kubova
I always suspected
noone has mentioned Jessica Crenshaw and John Kerr yet
and also, of course Dorota Zagorska (Siudek) and Mariusz Siudek
and does anyone know about Drobiazko and Vanagas? I know they separated some time ago, but have they got divorced after all?
They're not together any more?
Yes AFAIK.
And now Christopher Dean and Karen Barber
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I just wanted some opinions on duck hunting around the columbus area. I just moved to columbus from kansas and ready to hunt when the season starts. Where is the best area? or what is a good lake to hunt? Are the blinds in the lottery worth it?


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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
OCD, language, and my place on the disability spectrum, part one
Possible trigger warning.
Though I remember being fascinated with plucking the white hairs out of my dad's beard in my young childhood, I was a happy and confident child who did not manifest symptoms of anxiety. I was an odd girl, by eight a feminist who was both attracted to makeup and ashamed of that attraction, but I had friends and did reasonably well in school, underperforming only minimally.
Something changed when we hit puberty. My slight discomfort with outward gendering because extreme discomfort. Sex was not a topic of discussion beyond the basic facts of life in my household, and so I was ashamed of finding boys attractive and wanting them to find me attractive. Though I wanted romance desperately, I did not feel comfortable existing and being seen solely as feminine or sexy. Though my own conventionally lovely and very smart feminist mother contradicted this, I was under the impression at puberty that you chose to be smart or beautiful, and I liked being smart.
The judgment was swift and immediate. In public school in seventh grade I was very suddenly on the outside with few to no friends. My former friends weren't cruel, but they spoke a language of boys and clothes and makeup that I did not and would not understand or participate in. I began to hate myself, and books were not the support I'd hoped they'd be. My grades plummeted along with my social life, but I did not become feminine or smart to resolve this.
I switched to a private school for eighth grade, and it only got worse. At the second school, I was a specific target rather than just friendless - because I was weird, because I didn't contribute, because I was a girl who didn't act like one and there weren't enough targets around. It wasn't exactly gender dysphoria, but the binary of smart or cute confounded me. I chose none of the above where I should and could have chosen both.
(I also thought I was fat. Who doesn't, when they are fourteen.)
Ages twelve through sixteeen were traumatic, and I don't remember these years very well. But looking back, I am certain that this was the beginning of my issues with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety.
When I was faced with a wave of people who didn't care at public school, I began to count - the tiles, the number of lockers to mine, the number of Tommy Hilfiger logos I saw. The private school was more dramatically traumatic, but I would focus on angles, shadows, pages. I would check my messy crate over and over to make sure I had some small thing. I would check, check, check to make sure people weren't laughing at me (which they often were).
A shrink I saw told me I had ADD and gave me drugs. I couldn't concentrate, couldn't relate, couldn't regain my confidence because I had (and have) generalized anxiety disorder and OCD - there were so many confounding awful irregularities and hatred in my view of the world. But no one ever thought I had OCD - I was extremely messy, and cleanliness is the persistent stereotype of OCD. ADD was a good enough diagnosis for my therapist (who did not treat me competently in this and most other situations).
At sixteen, I began plucking out my eyebrows one day in class. I thought they were too bushy, and I was bored, and it was...soothing. When I went to the bathroom, half my eyebrow was gone.
After the next class, half of my other eyebrow was gone. I didn't even realize I'd done it.
Though I began this new manifestation of trichotillomania - probably the one I experience most consistently since that time - my hormones began to calm, and so did I. Slowly, I began to make friends, take care of myself, and stop giving a shit what other people thought. Slowly, my grades and anxiety improved.
Going to an all-women's college was a revelation (which will be discussed in greater detail in another post). As suddenly as I was on the outside in seventh grade, I was on the inside again. Everywhere I looked, there were women on the fat spectrum, on the crazy spectrum, or otherwise weird - and they were not humiliated, but instead welcomed. I had been watching the popular kids and trying to figure out their secret since age 12, and I applied that knowledge to my social interactions in college. I was confident, cool, popular. I began wearing makeup and drinking and making out with boys (contradicting the women's college stereotype) - all the things I missed out on in high school.
What's more, I had true academic success for the first time. I'd always been very smart, but never gotten great grades - I graduated high school with a cumulative GPA under 3.0, but I made a 4.0 my first two semesters in college.
I was still plucking, but it was not as bad.
I began dating my first boyfriend (and current partner) in 2006, my sophomore year, and accordingly began taking hormonal birth control. And when I returned home for the summer, things fell apart.
About three weeks after arriving home, halfway across the country from J and my friends, I woke up one morning and convinced myself I had HIV, literally out of nowhere. I wasn't think about AIDS, or watching something on TV. I didn't have unprotected sex. My sexual history was not risky. I just sat up in bed, looked out the window, and was suddenly consumed with terror at my possible status. I could not eat or sleep for weeks, until I talked to my mom about what was going on and got tested (it was negative).
I was fine for a couple weeks, until I convinced myself - with a little more provocation, but not a lot - that J was cheating on me with his ex, who didn't even live anywhere nearby. There was no basis for this in his actions at all. J has always been unfailingly reliable and trustworthy. I had not been cheated on before. But again, I could not eat, or sleep. It was like something had invaded and corrupted my mind and happiness. I didn't know if I was ever going to come out the other side.
And instead of plucking my eyebrows, I moved to begin plucking my leg hairs.
In both cases, I was severely obsessed to the point where it was disabling. This was partially because I was cut off from my social support, and it got better when I returned to school. But I didn't recover peace until a friend convinced me to throw away my hormonal birth control.
A year later, after many different crises related to me convincing myself I was pregnant despite consistent use of condoms (pregnancy is one of my OCD obsessions), I decided to try the NuvaRing. Immediately, the obsessions came back. My sex drive also plummeted, and I got a helping serving of uncontrollable anger (true story: while on the NuvaRing, I threw and broke my phone in a fit of fury over a lost puzzle piece.)
Again, I went off of it, and all the symptoms lessened significantly without disappearing completely.
In December, we had our first and only condom malfunction in three years, and I took Plan B. Soon after, I returned to Kansas for the first time in two years. It was a great trip, and the plan B worked, but in January the obsessions came back in a major, disabling way for the first time since that awful summer in 2006. OCD violated my mind again and again, and I couldn't have a coherent train of thought in any context.
Thanks to therapy, recognition of the issue, and care for my body, it's calmed down since then. I've learned to distinguish and label OCD thoughts, to wait to act on compulsions, to calm myself. I've learned to treat myself better, to get sun, to exercise, to eat well. I've learned to share my struggles with my partner. But January through March of this year were terrifying.
Barring unprotected rape, I probably will never go on hormonal BC again, no matter how many doctors push it at me. I'm using a diaphragm now in case of condom failure (more on this later).
And usually, my mental functioning is fine - a little trich, but not too bad, a little obsessive, but not too bad, a little compulsion, but not too bad. I might pluck out some pubes before I stop myself, or invading my partner's privacy to check and make sure he's not texting other girls, or drive back home from work to double-check and make sure the coffee pot's not still on. But I know what these harmful and counterproductive actions are - obsessive-compulsive disorder. And slowly, I'm lessening my dependence on them and cha
It's not disabling, but it's not neurotypical...
Part two, on terminology and identification, is here.
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Hey- thanks for sharing this about yourself. I think a lot of girls out there may have similar problems to varying degrees, and its nice to see a strong feminist share hers. It strengthens us all when we are honest.ReplyDelete
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Thanks for the kind word, Valerie. It was difficult to work up the courage to share this, and that means a lot.ReplyDelete
Wow - as someone with many of the same issues (trich, possible undiagnosed OCD, and anger issues exacerbated by other medication) who has considered taking hormonal BC primarily to aid in controlling my epilepsy (since I'm in a monogamous relationship with a girl and the other reason for taking it doesn't affect me so much), I was stunned to find out that it could affect OCD so badly. o_O Thanks for sharing your experience. I relate, but it's also helped me think about possible reprecussions -- I should probably try and just be extra careful around my period, instead of adding drugs to the mix.ReplyDelete
Again, thank you for being brave enough to post this. :)
- MelissaJuly 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Thank you for this post. I have OCD and generalized anxiety disorder, and intrusive thoughts have had major negative affects on my life. I don't mean to sound like I'm glad you have these disorders, but it's nice to know that I'm not alone.ReplyDelete
THANK YOU SO MUCH!ReplyDelete
Seriously. With some detailed variations, your overall experience describes my experiences so well. I have been wondering whether or not to see someone for these things for years, but after reading this, I feel like I at least understand things more.
Check out the book MORE, NOW, AGAIN by Elizabeth Wurtzel, although as they say, may strongly trigger. (Her drug addiction started her plucking, then the plucking took on a whole life of its own.)ReplyDelete
Another book that explains these kind of obsessions that we develop when very young, is WASTED by Marya Hornbacher. (anorexia)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM
I'm editor of the member's magazine of the Danish OCD Association, and I'm trying to find out who painted the painting you have used in this post. We would like to use it on the cover of one of our publications - but of course without infringing copyrights:-) Could you help me out?
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After the Jump, the Slouchy Kirsten Dunst
This morning, Kirsten Dunst was photographed by carrying her burgundy shoulder bag to complement this plain outfit and pump flats. She can go from looking like a plain Jane to a totally annoyed gal, but in both looks she is sporting a great bag. Every girl needs a great bag to anywhere and anytime.


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The title might not be snappy but it says it all. I'm considering taking an Ma in Applied Linguistics and possibly in Spain. As I understand it after the Bologna agreement there is now standardisation and recognition across Europe in Higher Education, but does anyone know about across the world?
The reason I'm posting this is because I'm in the middle east, and the money here is considerably better with an Ma, and I'd like the option at some point to come back here in the future. However, an American colleague said that some institutions in the middle east do not accept Master qualifications obtained in Spain. This could be complete rubbish, and I can't find any mention of it on the internet so any real knowledge on this would be appreciated.


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General Motors' Chevrolet Volt has taken a serious beating over the past year or so after its battery fire issues were brought to light, and that beating showed as January Volt sales plummeted.
For the month of January 2012, GM sold a total of 603 Volts, which was significantly lower than December 2011's total of 1,529 Volts. GM sold a total of 7,700 Volts in 2011.
Chevrolet's plug-in hybrid electric Volt had a very up-and-down (but mostly down) 2011. In May, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted a side-impact test on a Volt in its Wisconsin testing facility. Three weeks later, the Volt caught fire while parked in the testing garage,
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Graphic and web designer Fabio Sasso is best known for his Photoshop artworks and tutorials. He is also co-founder of Zee, a web-design studio and runs a hugely successful digital arts and creativity blog, Abduzeedo.
Mosiacs generally make you think of the Roman villas you visited on school trips, or those pictures-within-pictures that appeared on every student's bedroom wall after the craze for Magic Eye images died. They don't automatically conjure visions of stylish artwork, but Fabio Sasso has found a way to create truly striking visuals with a very simple, swift process.
See also: 86 Best Photoshop tutorials
In this tutorial, Fabio will show you how to create a deconstructed image using a pattern made out of cubes.
The idea is try to simulate a mosaic but with a more abstract and up-to-date interpretation.
The technique is pretty simple and the whole tutorial can be done in less than one hour – though feel free to keep experimenting in order to create your own realisation.
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Thanks Elizabeth for the reply, I did actually replace the calipers as well so in 3 weeks they have turned almost completely red. My concern about the mileage was more in regards to brake fluid corruption, from my understanding at 59k the brake fluid should still be reasonably usable? I did consider that perhaps the metal on metal from both inside and outside pads caused the overheating of the entire system and corrupted the brake fluid much faster than normal.
|Elizabeth brings up a good point regarding the caliper pins. When you installed the new calipers you did grease them...right? I ask because if you didn't, the calipers may not be releasing which causes the pads to drag on the rotors and results in extra and unneeded heat generation (not to mention premature wear and potential glazing of the rotor). A simple test would be after driving the car for awhile is to go out and touch the wheel in several different places immediately after parking the car. It should not be excessively warm. If it is the odds are good the pads are dragging on the rotors.
Anytime high humidity or slight rain or mist will start the rotors to rust.
Anytime the car sits for awhile.
If you drive and the rotors get cleaned off.
Then I would say no problem.
As for prior owner. 59K is more than enough to wear out the pads totally. Once worn, the driver would be having to stomp on the brakes hard to stop, heating up the rotors way more.
So IMO not to worry. If you current brakes are good (aside from the common surface rust) good to go.
No other permanent damge is caused by totally worn out brakes. So replacing the pads and rotors should be fine.
Also the calipers may have had some (red) dust on them, and it got into the pads and onto the calipers.
I really would not be worried.
If you are worried. Buy some 'brake clean' and taking the wheels off. spray the calipers and rotors. (the only problem with this is do not spray the caliper pin area .. the grease on them is needed!!)
Brakes overheating?
So I'm driving a 2004 Focus SE 2.3, 4 door sedan.
The issue is that I bought this car a month ago from some shady dealer here in florida as-is, it had 59k miles on it, one previous owner. I replaced the tires which were down to the wire to find a cracked and discolored rotor, discolored calipers and the brake pads both inside and out were metal on metal with the rotor, and the brake fluid was beyond corrupted. So I replaced all this, put in new rotors, calipers, bled the system (2 man method since my 1 man kit didnt fit the bleed valves), and put in new pads. It's been 3 weeks and just over 1k miles and the calipers are extremely discolored again (the same rust red it was before). I'm genuinely concerned even though everyone I've asked attributes it to the salty humid conditions here because there is no way from my (limited) understanding that the pads would be down to metal and the rotor cracked with so few miles on the car right? Any help on this is appreciated!
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There was a basis for that belief. UNC returned just one known post option – sophomore James Michael McAdoo – and his resume primarily consisted of a three-week stretch of games in March. On the perimeter, however, North Carolina returned Dexter Strickland, Reggie Bullock, McDonald and Hairston, while welcoming freshman Marcus Paige into the mix.
It took all of two regular season games to debunk that myth. On Sunday, McAdoo led all scorers with 19 points and fellow post players Joel James (11) and Brice Johnson (12) also scored double-digits. Bullock (16) was the lone perimeter player to score more than six points.
"At the beginning of the season, I felt like we were going to have to score a lot from the perimeter," Bullock told reporters following Sunday's 80-56 win over Florida Atlantic. "But [McAdoo] has been playing like one of the best power forwards in the nation, so we knew we could get easy buckets down low….
"I feel like it's going to come from both areas. From down low, with Joel and Mac and Brice coming off the bench and giving us a spark. For me, P.J. and Leslie, we've just got to get more reps up, stay after practice and be able to knock those shots down."
McAdoo's style of play, however, creates a challenge. He's not a back-to-the-basket type play in the sense that Tyler Hansbrough and Tyler Zeller were during their tenures at UNC. On Sunday, McAdoo took 19 shots, getting fouled on two, and yet only three of those attempts were traditional post entires and back-to-the-basket moves.
Here's how McAdoo's shot chart breaks down for Sunday's game: six short-to-mid-range jumpers, four face-up moves starting outside the lane, four feeds received open at the rim, three back-to-the basket plays and two putbacks.
That's not a negative, just a notable difference. The troubles arrive in the form of a glaring inability to finish in the paint.
North Carolina grabbed 24 offensive rebounds against the Owls, yet only netted 10 points on the offensive glass. The Tar Heels have gotten plenty of opportunities down low due to their size and athleticism advantage, but have struggled to capitalize, scoring 94 points on 84 field goal attempts in the paint so far this season.
"Our offense is still predicated on getting easy baskets and working from the inside out," Paige said. "Using our shooters is definitely going to be an important part of this year and getting guys open looks will help open up our offense, both in driving lanes and for the young big guys to have more room to operate."
It doesn't help that UNC is shooting 25.9 percent (7-of-27) from 3-point territory, although the offense loosened up and was more effective after Hairston and McDonald pried the cover off the rim in the second half on Sunday.
North Carolina shot 54.5 percent in the second half after a 34.2 percent effort in the opening 20 minutes. UNC is shooting 45.1 percent on the season.
Strickland has been effective thus far in pushing the tempo and helping to jumpstart UNC's transition game, which benefits from great effort on the defensive end.
"That's been a really important emphasis of our team is to be able to get guys like Reggie and P.J. and Leslie good looks on the perimeter," Paige said. "Part of that comes in our transition, too. There was a time when Dex stopped in a 3-on-2 and he skipped it over to Reggie for a wide-open three. Stuff like that is going to be big for us."
Williams told reporters during his postgame press conference that he compared the practice plans from Nov. 8 this year and Nov. 8 last year and noted a "night and day" difference. But that's expected when one team returns five starters and the other returns just one.
"It's been a little bit different than last year and how high-powered we were," McAdoo said. "I think we're all still getting used to having Marcus as our point guard, along with Luke and Dexter in there. We're really just trying to come together as a team on the court and off the court and just trying to fine tune and learn each other's tendencies."
Williams offered some insight into how his offense needs to improve moving forward.
"[We've] got to be more consistent moving with the ball and moving without the ball," Williams said. "And moving without the ball doesn't just mean running around. It means going to set a screen and widening out, it means cut going away from the basketball."
Williams indicated that the top item of emphasis during the five-game road trip that starts on Friday is to get "smoother" offensively. Until then, North Carolina will have to continue to fight and scrap to put points on the board.
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Myocarditis is an inflammation of the myocardium, the middle layer of the heart wall. Myocarditis can affect both the heart's muscle cells and the heart's electrical system, leading to reduction in the heart's pumping function and to irregular heart rhythms.
Myocarditis is usually caused by a viral infection. Signs and symptoms of myocarditis include chest pain, fatigue, heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms.
If myocarditis becomes severe, the pumping action of your heart weakens, and your heart won't be able to supply the rest of your body with enough blood. Clots also could form in your heart, leading to a stroke or heart attack.
Treatment for myocarditis depends on the underlying cause.
In mild cases, myocarditis might have no noticeable symptoms. You might feel ill and have general symptoms of a viral infection and never realize your heart is affected.
In serious cases, the signs and symptoms of myocarditis vary, depending on the cause of the disease. Common myocarditis symptoms include:
When children develop myocarditis, they might have signs and symptoms including:
Contact your doctor if you have any of the symptoms of myocarditis, particularly chest pain and shortness of breath. If you've had an infection, be alert for the symptoms of myocarditis and let your doctor know if they occur. If you have severe symptoms, go to the emergency room or call for emergency medical help.
Often, the exact cause of an individual case of myocarditis isn't identified. However, there are numerous potential causes of myocarditis, such as:
Viruses. Many viruses are commonly associated with myocarditis, including coxsackievirus B, which can cause symptoms similar to a mild case of flu; the viruses that cause the common cold (adenovirus); parvovirus B19, which causes a rash called fifth disease; and herpes simplex virus.
Gastrointestinal infections (echoviruses), mononucleosis (Epstein-Barr virus) and German measles (rubella) also are potential causes of myocarditis. Myocarditis is also common in people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Myocarditis also sometimes occurs if you're exposed to:
When myocarditis is severe, it can permanently damage your heart muscle. This damage might cause:
You're likely to start by seeing your primary care doctor, or in the case of severe symptoms, an emergency room doctor. You might then be referred to a doctor trained in heart conditions (cardiologist) and possibly a doctor trained in infectious disease.
Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, and what you might expect from your doctor.
Preparing a list of questions can help you ensure you cover all of the points that are important to you. For myocarditis, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions during your appointment at any time that you don't understand something.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them might reserve time to go over any points you want to spend more time on. Your doctor might ask:
To diagnose myocarditis, your doctor may conduct a physical examination, and discuss your medical history and any signs or symptoms you may have. If your doctor suspects myocarditis, he or she might order one or more tests to confirm the diagnosis and determine the severity of your condition, including:
In many cases myocarditis improves, either on its own or with treatment, leading to a complete recovery. Myocarditis treatment focuses on treating the underlying cause.
In mild cases, your doctor might tell you to rest and might prescribe medication to help your body fight off the infection causing myocarditis while your heart recovers. If bacteria are causing the infection, your doctor will prescribe antibiotics. Although antiviral medications are available, they haven't proven effective in the treatment of most cases of myocarditis.
Certain rare types of viral myocarditis, such as giant cell and eosinophilic myocarditis, respond to corticosteroids or other medications to suppress the immune system response. In some cases caused by chronic illnesses, such as lupus, the treatment is directed at the underlying disease.
If myocarditis is causing heart failure or rapid or irregular heartbeats as a symptom, your doctor might hospitalize you. You might receive drugs or other treatments to regulate your heartbeat if you have an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia). If you have certain abnormal heart rhythms or severe heart failure, you may be prescribed medications to reduce the risk of blood clots forming in your heart.
If your heart is weak, your doctor might prescribe medications to reduce your heart's workload or help you eliminate excess fluid. These medications might include:
In some severe cases of myocarditis, aggressive treatment might be necessary, such as:
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). With severe heart failure, doctors sometimes recommend the use of this device to provide oxygen to the body. When blood is removed from the body, it passes through a special membrane in the ECMO machine that removes carbon dioxide and adds oxygen to the blood. The newly oxygenated blood is then returned to the body.
The ECMO machine takes over the work of the heart. This treatment may be used to allow the heart to recover or while waiting for other treatments, such as heart transplant.
In the most severe cases, doctors might consider urgent heart transplantation.
Some people might have chronic and irreversible damage to the heart muscle requiring lifelong medications, while other people need medications for just a few months and then recover completely.
Rest and reducing the workload on your heart is an important part of recovery. Your doctor will likely tell you what type of physical activity you can do during the several months while your heart heals. Ask your doctor when you can resume normal activities.
Your doctor may recommend regular follow-up appointments to evaluate your condition. Your doctor may order tests, such as echocardiograms, to evaluate your heart.
If you have any lingering heart damage, it's also important to consume a low-salt diet, restrict the amount of fluids you drink, drink a minimum amount of alcohol and avoid smoking. Your doctor will let you know what your fluid intake should be, as well as the amount of salt that's OK for you to include in your diet.
There's no specific prevention for myocarditis. However, taking these steps to prevent infections might help:
Experience and expertise. Doctors at Mayo Clinic have pioneered the diagnosis and management of myocarditis for nearly 20 years. They have published a large number of original publications and edited a major textbook in the field. Currently two clinical studies, both funded by the National Institutes of Health, are enrolling at Mayo Clinic sites.
Mayo Clinic doctors trained in heart conditions (cardiologists) and heart surgeons (cardiovascular surgeons) have extensive experience diagnosing and treating people with myocarditis. Mayo Clinic doctors evaluate and treat more than 200 people with myocarditis each year.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic also ranks among the Best Children's Hospitals for heart and heart surgery.
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
Doctors trained in cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular and thoracic surgery treat adults with myocarditis at Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 800-446-2279 (toll-free) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
Doctors trained in cardiovascular diseases and cardiothoracic surgery treat adults with myocarditis at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 904-953-0853 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
Doctors trained in cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular surgery treat people with myocarditis at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota.
For appointments or more information, call the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at 507-284-3994 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday, or the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at 507-255-2000 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday, or complete an online appointment request form.
Doctors trained in treating children with heart conditions (pediatric cardiologists) and cardiovascular surgery treat children with myocarditis at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota.
Children with heart disease are cared for in the Mayo Clinic Children's Center at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 507-538-3270 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
See information on patient services at the three Mayo Clinic locations, including transportation options and lodging.
Mayo Clinic researchers actively engage in clinical and lab research related to myocarditis. Researchers work closely with doctors to develop new tests and therapies to diagnose and treat people who have myocarditis. Doctors at Mayo Clinic helped to determine national guidelines in the role of endomyocardial biopsy in the diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis and other cardiovascular diseases.
Read more about research in the Cardiovascular Research Center.
See a list of publications by Mayo Clinic doctors on myocarditis on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/myocarditis/care-at-mayo-clinic/appointments/CON-20027303
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The Right's "Evidence" Against NPR Doesn't Support The Accusations
James O'Keefe III has a funny definition of the word "explosive." Earlier today, he promised over Twitter a "new explosive tape [1]" from his "sting" on National Public Radio. But if you actually watch the video [2] he was referring to, you get the sense that this was less of an explosion than a fizzle. Sure, O'Keefe and the rest of the right-wing attack machine are trying to play it up by claiming it proves NPR was up to something deeply sinister -- the only problem for them is that the video doesn't show that at all.
Here's what it does show: a 40-minute phone conversation between Betsy Liley, NPR's senior director of institutional giving, and O'Keefe croney Simon Templar, here pretending to be "Ibraham Kasaam" of the phony Muslim Education Action Center. The video identifies the MEAC as a "Muslim Brotherhood front group," but there's nothing in the video to give that indication.
Over the course of the call, Liley requests a written letter from the MEAC with more details about the donation and suggests that NPR's legal team and the MEAC hammer out a gift agreement. She also gently prods "Kasaam" to reveal more information about the MEAC's history and legal structure, requests a 990 form, and notes, unprompted, that "At Perdue, we've turned down some significant gifts."
The takeaway was that the discussion over a donation was in the preliminary stages at best, and NPR had not committed to accepting MEAC's offer. There is no evidence in the tape to suggest that NPR ever planned on accepting the gift -- much less that they were going to "hide it from the government" as the Daily Caller blithely suggests. [3] When "Kasaam" asks if "NPR would be able to shield us from a government audit," Liley's response is: "I think that is the case, especially if you are anonymous, and I will inquire about that."
By the way, NPR has released a statement. Politico reported: [4]
NPR released a statement condemning Liley's statements in the video.
"The statement made by Betsy Liley in the audio tapes released today regarding the possibility of making an anonymous gift that would remain invisible to tax authorities is factually inaccurate and not reflective of NPR's gift practices. All donations - anonymous and named - are fully reported to the IRS. NPR complies with all financial, tax and disclosure regulations."
Liley, who was caught on the initial videotape laughing at the suggestion that NPR was sometimes called National Palestinian Radio, was placed on administrative leave with Ron Schiller on Tuesday afternoon.
"Through unequivocal words and actions, NPR has renounced and condemned the secretly recorded statements of Ron Schiller and Betsy Liley. Mr. Schiller is no longer with NPR and Ms. Liley has been placed on administrative leave, pending an investigation of the matter," the NPR statement continued.
"No stronger statement of disavowal and disapproval is possible. NPR will not be deterred from its news mission and will ultimately be judged by the millions and millions of listeners and readers who have come to rely on us every day."
Expect this to get a lot of play in the hysterical, cyclonic right-wing scandal factory. Big Government's Larry O'Connor, displaying either deep incredulity or a stunning ignorance of American history, has already gone so far as to label this [5] "NPR's Watergate Moment." Others have followed and will follow. Even if there is no money to follow.
UPDATE: NPR has released [6] a series of emails making clear that they were unwilling to accept any MEAC donations without more information about the organization, and that NPR would be required to disclose any such donations to the IRS. Here is one such email:
From: Joyce Slocum
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:00 AM
To: 'email@example.com [7]'
Cc: Vivian Schiller; Betsy Liley; 'email@example.com [8]'
Subject: Contributing to NPR
Dear Mr. Kasaam,
We are very grateful for the kind consideration being given by the Muslim Education Action Center to a generous gift to NPR. I'm sure you will understand that we need to verify certain information with respect to any organization that proposes to make a significant gift to NPR. In the case of an organization that holds itself out as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, contributions to which are tax deductible, we need in particular to satisfy ourselves that the organization is in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), so as to ensure against any risk of being caught up in later compliance activity. In most instances, we're able to verify this information without troubling the donor organization, by using publicly accessible information. Unfortunately, we have not been able to locate the necessary information about the Muslim Education Action Center, and so we need to ask that you provide it.
The Muslim Education Action Center does not appear in IRS Publication 78, which lists all organizations which have received a 501(c)(3) determination letter from the IRS, and whose status as a tax exempt organization has not been suspended or revoked. (Only churches are exempt from the requirement of obtaining an IRS determination letter, though even many churches voluntarily do so.) Since the Muslim Education Action Center does not appear in Publication 78, we need to ask for a copy of the IRS determination letter as to its 501(c)(3) status.
Also, most tax exempt organizations are required to file an annual form 990 in order to maintain their tax exempt status. Failure to file for three consecutive years results in an automatic revocation of tax exempt status. Again, because such organizations are required to make their three most recently filed annual 990 returns and all related supporting documents available for public inspection, we are usually able to obtain copies of these from the organization's own website, or if not there, from GuideStar or the Foundation Center. We have been unable to locate the 990's for the Muslim Education Action Center through any of these sources, so need to ask that you also provide those for our review.
I would very much appreciate receiving the requested items at your earliest convenience, so that I might review them and provide appropriate guidance to my client.Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions or I may otherwise be of assistance.
Best regards,
Joyce D. Slocum
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- James O'Keefe [9], Larry O'Connor [10], Matthew Boyle [11]
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- The Daily Caller [12], Big Government [13]