A question for the women of ATS.......How have you been feeling lately? men welcome to.

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hrmm, I have been feeling fine, I don't get the flu so i don't have to worry about that, I had one cold this year and that was all. My husband has been very healthy lately usually he gets 3-4 colds a year and he didn't get anything yet. On the other hand my friends have all had the stomach flu, the flu, ad just feeling blah! one girl can't get rid of her cold at all, she's been sick off and on since December, and it just keeps getting worse for them. Oh yeah and none of my kids have been sick either, which is odd, they usually have a few colds but they all had the one I had. That was it.

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I hadn't been sick for about 10 years or more and in the past few months, I got a bad cold (hubby had it, too, though) BUT I have also had flu-like symptoms for the past 3 weeks. Can't figure out what's wrong. I've also been an emotional wreck, compared with my normal, mellow, balanced self. My husband said that I seem to have lost my mellow.

Lots of depression (which I NEVER have), apathy, anger, frustration, STRESS and sadness, which are normally not part of my existence.

Interesting thread.

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edit on 3/14/2011 by Benevolent Heretic because: (no reason given)

Glad you mention depression, I have been depressed, severly, since November, I can't seem to shake this, and it gets so bad well, I have thought of the worse thing to do, which I won't mention. I have been feeling disconnected from my life, and my husband, I feel like we no longer connect at all. I feel like I am completely alone. Which is the worst feeling i the world btw. I haven't been sick at all, which is odd for me. My girls have also been bitchy as well.

One other thing,I have been taking naps, which I never do, the only time I sleep during the day is when I am severely sick, I have not been physically sick at all. When I do take naps it usually for 5-15 minutes and then I am up. My naps have been for 45 minutes now, which is very unusual for me. I told my husband that one day i took a nap every hour for 45 minutes. He thought that was really weird! It is, I hate naps, and not a nap person at all, but lately I have been taking naps. Saturday, this past one, was the worst I was sleeping almost all day long..my husband caught me several times napping, and he asked if i was sick and I said no, I have no idea why I am so tired.

What this means I have no idea, i was hoping that since it was March that i would be happy, since Spring is here, and it's getting warm, but all I have been wanting to do is stay home, and be contained. Plus, i have not been hungry at all, and I feel like I have lost weight.

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I can't say i have ever noticed a smell.
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That would be chlorine if it smells like a swimming pool. I've personally never identified an odor associated with flouride.

Flouride calcifies the pineal gland... which is not good.

Flouride Alert


Pineal Gland: A Cognitive Advantage for Africans

Last paragraph...

Pineal gland calcification has also been implicated in the onset of Multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS consists of the brain, spinal cord, and the optic nerves. Neuroradiological research has shown the pineal gland to be involved in the pathophysiology of Multiple Sclerosis. In a 1991 study by Sandyk R, and Awerbuch G.I published in the “International Journal of Neuroscience”, it was shown that Pineal Calcification was found in 100 % of MS patients. The strikingly high prevalence of pineal calcification in Multiple sclerosis provides indirect support for an association between MS and abnormalities of the pineal gland (Sandyk and Awerbuch, 1991). Multiple Sclerosis tends to affect Caucasians disproportionately, and is nearly unheard of in Africa and is rare among African Americans. A high prevalence of pineal calcification has also been linked to bipolar disorder.

Originally posted by goeffy
This is my first time posting on this site been lurking a while so anyway im a 16 year old dude living in new zealand myself but ive been sick for at least six months now not getting better im dizzy every day cant focus and feel sick or have stomach pain most of the time and generally just feel unwell to be honest something feels very wrong at the moment i have also had a gastroscopy and a colonoscopy with no obvious results biopsies were also taken but the doctor hasnt got back to me about those after maybe 3-4 weeks its hard to really feel like doing much when im like this i just thought i should contribute since sickness has been a big part of my life lately if anyone has any questions feel free to ask

Apparently your post made my post disappear... then created an unusual thread anomaly on page 6 to replace it... at 0218 in the am. I have a theory as to what happened. Wanna hear it???

i have gotten sick 3 times this winter. sore throats and coughing all night. i thought i was passing it to my friend and him passing it back like playin tag. i think it was the tooth brush i was using because once i started feeling better i began using a new tooth brush and have been fine. it could just of been my immune system finally catching up with it..


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Daughter's had the various HPV shots over the past few years. Me nothing, no normal flu jab, no holiday shots or for the swine flu. Only jab I had was the anti D jab after my son was born just over two years ago, since I'm type O neg.

reply to post by boo1981


I live in Florida. Many women I know ARE having problems, men too. I haven't really "felt" anything, I get the occasional headache as I usually do. I have some friends though who just can't get over colds, head and body aches, etc. Although I do have a sense of unease and have for the past couple of months.

Originally posted by Chett
I have had several instances of getting sick to my stomach for absolutely no reason and ringing in my ears a lot lately. It does seem very strange, but I disagree some about mother earth feeling sad, feels more like expectant to me. In fact the whole thing reminds me a bit of being pregnant (no I absolutely am not).

Hit the nail on the head. I even bloat like hell now, sudden severe monthlies. I'm skinny as a rope but *up top* has grown. I also am most definately NOT pregnant, but I constantly seem to feel it. Even down to feeling sick the minute I get up. Gone through so many pregnancy pee sticks these past months I've lost count. No wishful thinking on my part, just this nagging paranoia, exacerbated by the fact people have flat out asked me when I was due!! Either flat out tired and sick or twinges in all manner of places, spots,achey joints & hormonal.

Could be menopause setting in, but I highly doubt it.

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My mother did the same thing before she had to have her hysterectomy. She had large fibroids and ovaries black with cysts.Belly bloated up like she was pregnant, and took many pee tests like you just to make sure she wasn't. You may want to get that all checked out before deciding its just hormonal or pre-menopause. Endometriosis also exhibits those same systems. Certain hormonal conditions can put the body into a state of believing it is pregnant too. Oh so many things the female body has to endure..

It doesn't matter what sex you are.......Some peoples connection to GAIA is stronger than others. It effects every facet of your being when the connection is apparent.....a simple e.g, A pimple on the left part of your......back, you will sprout an exact match on the right side or there abouts. Why is this an example you ask? We imitate our mother....We have the Japanese Earthquake, what will come after on the other end of the globe or what preceded this event? This is how Gaia works, those with a close bond to our Mother Earth also suffer the same phenomena. To put it even more simply, imagine a globe of water floating in space, tap one side of the globe and watch the ripples go around it and intersect at the opposite side.
Some of us are so connected we even have warnings of such events that effect Gaia in some way, I liken this to the cow lying down before the rain or the bird that knows to skip town before a quake. Except we have a more developed inteligence which both hinders and confuses these Primal signals. Meditation and Dream Filled Sleep, a reconnection to the primal states.....true meditation isn't thought of and dreams from Gaia aren't planned or trained.
Small Rant:
So to summarise Sex isn't a proviso the only priviso with sex is for the host itself not the beings living on its surface. The failure of the human being to claim sovereignty above all others....A beast of the field has more connection than your average man or woman.....why? because they don't have an ego.
Rant End.
I Skipped to the end, now time to read the whole thread.

Originally posted by innervision0730
Yeah I have been for maybe 2 months. I usually get sick maybe once or twice a year and haven't had the stomach bug since I was in 4th grade. I'm 25 now. I had vertigo for 2 weeks and it was a pain in the rear, the flu maybe 4 times and just got over a 2 week cold. It seems like I never am well

men are getting just as sick but does it seem like our immune systems are much weaker this year?

Last year @ February I started having on again off again bouts of vertigo. Before that I started having extreme fatigue and headaches. The on again off again vertigo continued until April when I basically woke up one morning feeling as if I were in a dreamlike state. This lasted until May 30th when the vertigo came back. This time the vertigo did not go away. Doctor gave me meclizine (again) but it did not help. By June, I started having really bad muscle spasms and had to go on medical leave from my job. By August 3rd, I was admitted to the neurosciences hospital. My husband had to rush me to the E.R. because I couldn't walk, talk, or use my left hand. After 3 days and countless tests including spinal taps (2), 2 mri's, and 2 eeg's, the neurologists didn't know for sure what was wrong but decided to treat me for MS. I had 3 days of infusions of Cortiosteriods . By the third day, I was able to walk with a cane and was released. 2 more months of Doctor appointments, and MRIs, I was finally diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Once I was diagnosed I found that I knew a lot of people with MS and I mean A LOT considering I live in a small town. It made me wonder, so I did a google search on MS epidemic and found that there were many others wondering if it was an epidemic. The problem with proving something like that is 1. There are a lot of diseases out there that mimic MS. 2. There is no test for MS so patients have to be tested for these other diseases and rule them out.
There is one more thing. If you use aspartame, it can be possible that this could be causing the headaches and vertigo. I have found that some doctors don't think that aspartame poisoning is a real thing, but there are some that do. I've actually seen neurologists that believe there is a correlation between aspartame and chronic disease and I've seen some that don't.
Source: Aspartame Dangers

Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death. A few of the 90 different documented symptoms listed in the report as being caused by aspartame include: Headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain. According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame: Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.

Out of this list of ailments I have the following: Multiple Sclerosis, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, slurred speech (on and off and on certain words), crippling fatigue, vision problems, muscle spasms, insomnia, and joint pain. I am on 7 medications that sorta treats some of these symptoms. I just wonder if my use of aspartame contributed to my MS. I just tell everyone I know to not use artificial sweeteners with aspartame in them. Better safe than sorry especially when there are other options out there.

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Interesting. I have not read any of the other responses on here but i would agree that the past 6 months I have been fealing more of what you mention than is normal for me. I have also felt sudden onset of weakness as if i am about to faint which again is unusual for me. The past month i have had repeated one sided headaches, pressure in my ears etc.

I am not saying there is anything in particular going on but who knows right...interesting none the less.

Originally posted by yzzyUK
Essex UK here.... and I am normally fighting fit but over the last few months I have had what feels like a sore throat and cold threatening for it to just vanish again... then come back a few days later so i again think "Hmmm I'm getting a cold" and nothing.

a week ago I found a lump under my ear in my jaw line. I went to the GP who said "I haven't a clue what it is, take some antibiotics and come back in a week"

Well I refused as there is no infection.. no pain, no heat, no redness.

The lump is now almost 3 inches tall adn 2 inches wide if I push my finegrs in to feel it... it can also be now seen in the mirror and hubby says he can see it too now.

As for headaches.. I have had a 'hangover' type headche since Christmas.

So... are you anywhere near Essex and if so what do you think is effecting us? Can't be pollen...

or is it a koinky dink?

Swollen Lymph Nodes...Pregnancy? maybe or just an infection ....Visit your Doctor for antibiotics or better still try a herbal remedy.

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Before i get a migraine attack i will get a dull pain in the right side of my head around the top of my ear. Its good that i have this because if i catch it quick enough then i can take med's before it fully sets in.

But it always seems to start on the right side, even if its a blocked nose or earache. It will always be the right nostril that gets blocked first.

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Just wanted to add that I at one time weighed 220 lbs at 5ft 2in. I was basically a walking circle. A year and a half before I got sick I just decided that I was going to get healthy. By the time I started having symptoms I had lost @80lbs. I walked between 3 and 5 miles per day and did weight training 3x's a week. I was healthier at 39 than I was when I was 20. My last physical before I got sick had my Doctor on the verge of back flips b/c I had changed my lifestyle so drastically. He almost didn't recognize me. I went from being on the verge of diabetes and taking cholesterol and blood pressure medicine to having perfect blood and BP for someone my age.

i agree .... the same thing has been happening to me since around october last year .... sore throat, headaches, flu symptoms on and off. my daughter (adult) has also been the same. i have a lump under my ear too but not that it shows, i can just feel it in the region of my ear canal and throat (right ear). also my 2 dogs have been very clingy too, they wont leave me alone .... wonder whats going on?

I will list my woes and I know i'm fully in sync with our mother earth..........November 2010 dreams of earthquakes, fissures and water pouring into them and a nuclear powerstaion explosion. The morning after I awoke to find that I had completely tore my Serratas Anterior during sleep(Impossible, I'm very fit and was quite trim at the time). It should of took 10 weeks to heal completely, I was up and about after the first week and completely healed in two weeks. I continued to have the repeating earthquake dreams and other dreams connected to electricity for the following 3 or 4 months but with a constant feeling of heaviness, extremely lethargic....As far as illness goes....I actually caught the flu over Christmas.....the first time in 14 years.
I believe some of us are tuned in better than others and it can also be genetic, so your family and friends feeling simular.....it could be down to the gene pool.

Originally posted by ladykay
i agree .... the same thing has been happening to me since around october last year .... sore throat, headaches, flu symptoms on and off. my daughter (adult) has also been the same. i have a lump under my ear too but not that it shows, i can just feel it in the region of my ear canal and throat (right ear). also my 2 dogs have been very clingy too, they wont leave me alone .... wonder whats going on?

Dogs have been Mans Best Friend for 7000 years or more,they know you better than you know yourself. They see things via smell so any slight chemical inbalance within your body the dogs will sense..your dogs are super doctors ...go visit you GP.

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Ya know, I really never thought of that to be the cause of the weird sensations in my head, sore throats, fear in my gut, and constantly popping my ears. You could be onto something. I wanted to post what I have been experiencing so you do not feel "crazy" or anything. I too have reason to believe that those of us that are more in tune with whats going on are indeed experiencing changes as well. My opinion, of course.

I have been keeping my eye on the sky and Earth changes for quite some time. Because of the internet we are in the "know" of many things all across the globe. There is a lot of information to take in, especially as we inch our way closer to the year 2012. Im somewhat confused as to why more and more top officials are debunking whats going on with our Moon, Sun, and Elenin. For me, its common sense...especially when you add up all the information that is at our fingertips.

I am a God believing woman and totally in tune with "where I live". We live not only on a Planet, but in a "Solar System". This "System" is off balance due to Elenin, I do not care what anyone says. Its not just a coincidence and although many have come close to us, they did not come in a time when the Sun and Moon were also off balance (not in a literal sense, of course). Solar flares (X- ones), Supermoon, and Elenin are three bodies in our Solar System that are creating Earth changes. The Earth has endured so much and cannot sustain itself in the direction its going, so it is healing itself and going through a cycle of cleansing ( I think). All the while it is being disturbed by other celestial bodies and issues surrounding the Sun and Moon.

I live in Tennessee. I am not worried about an Earthquake, but am fully aware what is going on in Arkansas so I am keeping a close eye on Recent Earthquake Activity around the New Madrid Fault line. I have spoken with family members who I would say are not as "crazy" as I am and they too feel the need to prepare.

Tennessee is the so called, "Bible Belt" and yes, I am a believer in an Energy that makes up ALL Energy, so with that said please know, I am also keeping a close eye on Elenin because of Revelations and what John dreamed could totally take place! Not just John speaks of what is to come...I suggest everyone read and have the knowledge.

Edgar Cayce was such a kind hearted, poor, and spiritual man who gave readings up until his last days. This man told of things to come as well. Not only did he, but many others. Research and weed out the bs for yourself and you too will see whats going on with a wider view of the picture. Its much much bigger, and the dots have connected for me.

I am not a "religious" person, more spiritual I would say and believe all who follow light and positivity will indeed experience changes within themselves and also as the Earth experiences its own changes. Energy my friends is the driver of what is now and what will eventually come to pass. Its the I AM of everything!

The sweet Mayans worshiped the Sun and was in tune with our Solar System, The light, and of course the Sun. They too said the Earth and its people would experience a change. I could go on and on but I want to tell everyone to please pray as the energy from prayer has been proven to work!

Lets not be afraid, but walk in peace and educate ourselves so we are not left behind and I mean this not in a literal sense, just spiritual. Don't worry, just be aware as we are not promised tomorrow anyway! Get your heart in balance and smile at your brother, for you do not know what is going on in his world or heart!