©1996-2009 Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products
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Nature teaches us that to be sustainable, you must recycle absolutely everything.
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 61)
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Java Glossary and Computer Buyers’ glossary | The following essays and entries recently changed:
2009-11-18
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Ethics, Environment, Animal Rights, Human Rights, Politics, Money, Religion, Living Love, Esperanto and Deep Thoughts Essays | The following essays and entries recently changed:
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Roedy’s health | Over the years I had some major health problems with AIDS. In
2004-05 had to stop all drugs because of severe side effects. My energy zoomed
then collapsed. In 2004-10 I started a new drug
regimen with less side effects. However, my energy is very low and I have to
sleep most of the time. The problem is drug side effects, but there are no other
drugs I can tolerate. The problem is gradually getting worse. I have a hard time
staying awake more than a few hours at a time. The nausea and other side effects
are less than with the old drugs so I am much more comfortable, but I am in
perpetual exhaustion, with sore muscles much like I used to have after an overly
vigorous weight lifting workout. On 2005-11-29 my HIV
viral load was undetectable and by CD4 ratio was 0.41. Anything above 0.2 is
considered acceptable, so on that front I am doing fine. On 2005-12-15,
I was diagnosed with diabetes. To me this was good news. It meant possibly
something could be done about the terrible exhaustion I feel. As of 2007-01-05,
the problem with exhaustion continues to get gradually worse. Something as
simple as taking a bath or putting some dishes in the dishwasher feels like a
cardiac workout. The frustration at having so little energy when there is so
much that needs doing in our world is almost unbearable.
Around I have written an essay 2009-11-03 on what I do about my HIV. On 2007-01-05 I got a trial set of new glasses. The magic of them is that now I can see in 3D. Up to this point I have seen the world in 2D, as though it were a photograph. I feel a bit like a kid wandering about staring at things and watching the magical 3D effect. The odd thing is they also create fake 3D when I see text on a contrasting colour. It looks as if the text is jumping out at me. I think this is caused because the lenses are so thick they bend red and blue light different amounts. In 2007-04 I my energy returned for a while. Previously I could barely stay awake 8 hours a day. I am not sure what did it. Possible suspects:
On 2007-09-09 I learned that my CD4 counts had steadily climbed from under 200 to 630 mg/l, a record high. (High is good.) I am doing some experiments to determine which, if any, of my medication are responsible for low energy, nausea and diarrhea. Around 2009-04-01 my energy levels started to improve. I am not sure why. It may be that I am eating less, especially less bread and sugars. It may be I am focussing more on computer programming which I thoroughly enjoy, now that Bush is gone, and his antics don’t monopolise my thoughts. |
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At a certain level, our modern consumer society is built on a truth and a lie. The truth is that if you’re living below Maslow’s Threshold of safety and security, a little bit of “stuff” can make a huge change in your mental and emotional states, and the quality of your life. If you’re outside alone at night, naked and cold, your’re miserable,. If somebody brings you inside, gives you clothes to wear, a warm blanket, a fire to sit by, warm food to eat, and a comfortable bed to sleep in, then you move from “unhappy” to “happy” pretty fast.The lie is the siren song of our culture. “If that much stuff will generate that much instant happiness” the lie goes, “then ten times as much stuff will make you ten times happier. A hundred times as much stuff will make you a hundred times happier. A thousand times as much stuff will make you a thousand times happier. And it follows that Bill Gates lives in a state of perpetual bliss!”
~ Thom Hartmann (born: 1951-05-07 age: 58) Threshold: the Crisis of Western Culture page 14
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