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But 4 am? :eek: I don't think the birds are awake at that hour.  But my cousin who is a physio gets up at this hour too, to get to the gym.....so now I am thinking its a  "health care worker thing".:lol3:
I did check this morning, yes they are up and making a lot of noise at that hour, very beautiful as sun is not quite up but glowing sky to deep to light blue gradient and everything is illuminated with lovely dim blue light.

However -6C temperatures are not so nice at that hour. Oh yes and we got 5 inches of snow too.

I have had several migraines and something else so that I run out of breath even from walking 20 meters occasionally, but later at the day it can be that I can walk fine without loosing my breath.

There is a lot of things I would like to do, but these constant migraines and other issues are not allowing which makes me quite annoyed and then it is better to just stay in bed.
 

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hope your appoint goes well.

I did quads and hamstrings by myself today. Oh my goodness that is hard work.
Thank you, Tammat. 

I bet those exercises are killer!

Doctor isn't sure what's going on. Could be plantar fasciitis, but she doesn't think so really. It's pretty much how I figured it would go. Pay her $25. Go have an x-ray and pay for that (even though I have insurance, it's never enough, so I always end up paying something anyway). Then go back to her and pay another $25, only to have her tell me that the x-ray didn't show anything.

Then she'll refer me to an orthopaedist and I'll pay another $25. They'll send me for an MRI and I'll pay for that. Then go back to the orthopaedist  and he'll say, "Hmmmm, not sure what's going on. The MRI doesn't really show anything either. Stay off the foot for however long and let's get you in for some physical therapy 3 times a week for the next four weeks or so." And I pay another $25 to the orthopaedist. Thankfully my insurance does cover PT.

So I'll have the PT. And go back for a follow-up in six weeks or so. And there's yet another $25. (So there's $125 just in co-pay fees, not to mention whatever I'll have to pay for my share of the x-rays and then the MRI. 

Going for the x-ray on Friday morning. And after that's done, then I go over to the Breast Center for my mammogram. 

I'm sorry. I'm very frustrated with the whole doctor/insurance thing these days. And I know I'm not the only one. It seems that nobody can tell anybody anything anymore, not without a boatload of tests, which, while the tests are covered by insurance, the insurance only pays a set amount and then the hospital wants more money on top of it. Anyway, that's the story on my foot so far.

I'm just going to keep walking. And will ice the foot after each walk. I don't know what else to do and the doctor didn't tell me not to walk. Not yet anyway.
 
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That is exactly how doctor visits go here too, except depending from where one lives, there can be hours waiting with each 'step' of nothingness.

So frustrating, usually it is as good to look all possibilities from internet and guess by oneself, except that is going to be bit cheaper.

I don't know, but I think that at some point majority of world did sift from trying their best to just trying bare minimum to survive, maybe that is what all this "making more efficient" is about.

I did not want to rant, but I did it anyway, sorry, I try to stay out more when having these migraines, they make me grumpier than usual, even cats notice it and attempt to get on my lap, three or more at once of course, it does remove thoughts from grumpy thoughts, they are really good at that.
 

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Thank you, Tammat. 
I bet those exercises are killer!

Doctor isn't sure what's going on. Could be plantar fasciitis, but she doesn't think so really. It's pretty much how I figured it would go. Pay her $25. Go have an x-ray and pay for that (even though I have insurance, it's never enough, so I always end up paying something anyway). Then go back to her and pay another $25, only to have her tell me that the x-ray didn't show anything.

Then she'll refer me to an orthopaedist and I'll pay another $25. They'll send me for an MRI and I'll pay for that. Then go back to the orthopaedist  and he'll say, "Hmmmm, not sure what's going on. The MRI doesn't really show anything either. Stay off the foot for however long and let's get you in for some physical therapy 3 times a week for the next four weeks or so." And I pay another $25 to the orthopaedist. Thankfully my insurance does cover PT.

So I'll have the PT. And go back for a follow-up in six weeks or so. And there's yet another $25. (So there's $125 just in co-pay fees, not to mention whatever I'll have to pay for my share of the x-rays and then the MRI. 

Going for the x-ray on Friday morning. And after that's done, then I go over to the Breast Center for my mammogram. 

I'm sorry. I'm very frustrated with the whole doctor/insurance thing these days. And I know I'm not the only one. It seems that nobody can tell anybody anything anymore, not without a boatload of tests, which, while the tests are covered by insurance, the insurance only pays a set amount and then the hospital wants more money on top of it. Anyway, that's the story on my foot so far.

I'm just going to keep walking. And will ice the foot after each walk. I don't know what else to do and the doctor didn't tell me not to walk. Not yet anyway.
That's such a shame. Did the Dr at least give some meds or advice? Let's hope the X-Ray gives at least some indication of what's going on.


I did my back, triceps and calves today.
 

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No meds because she's afraid to give me anything......she's afraid my face will start to swell. I'm icing, using the Traumeel ointment, taking turmeric capsules, and doing those exercises you all told me about. I ice after my noon walk and do the exercises at night, followed by 15 minutes of more icing.

2.5 miles (37 minutes) on the elliptical this morning

2.25 miles (40 minutes) walking during lunch.

You guys are all doing great! 
 
 
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Great work everybody!  I've taken the past 3 days off due to just being so overwhelmed and exhausted, and decided to do a light run today of 17 min.  I'm still not sleeping all that well, but it's improving.  Honestly I think it's this whole getting up early thing. 

I feel ya Winchester on the way healthcare is going these days.  Some things I understand and some things I don't.  Curious, why does she think it isn't PF? 
 

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She says it could be, but she's not sure.....the pain is more on the top of my foot, where the tongue of the shoe lays. And then as I walk it goes into the upper arch of the foot and stays there. And it's only when I walk, not when I'm on the elliptical, not when resting. Sometimes, depending on how I stretch the foot out (toes up) it may hurt a bit. But for the most part, it's only when I'm walking. (Rick says this is my karma for hating the elliptical so much.....it's turning into the the only thing I can do. 
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I hope you feel better soon, peaches. Sometimes you just need to take a couple days off.

2.5 miles on the elliptical this morning.

(I'm taking shorts and a t-shirt to walk in today at work! White legs and all 
 Going to be too warm for jeans by lunch time.)
 

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Woo Hoo!!! For the warm weather Winchester. You absolutely deserve it after all that darn snow!!!
I just finished 40 mins on my elliptical. I don't mind it but it makes my toes go numb and tonight I got pins and needles in one foot. I had to stop a few times to wiggle my toes. Very frustrating. I am not a fan of the elliptical anymore either!!!

I hope you sleep well tonight peaches.

I hope you are feeling well today JTbo

Keep up the good work everybody :clap:
 

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Ran 18 min today.  I haven't spoken about it until now, but I've been suffering from some dizziness while running.  I think/hope it's related to the exhaustion.  Because of hopefully starting new insurance this year, I can't have it looked at.  It'll turn into a pre-existing condition and I can't afford that.  I slept better last night, finally.

Winchester, that doesn't sound like PF to me either.  Did this pain begin before or after getting new shoes?  I know how silly this may sound, but follow me anyway.  I had been running for a while years ago, and then I got a new pair of shoes.  Same exact kind of shoe, just new.  I started getting terrible pain across the top of my feet.  Turns out, I was lacing them too tight.  Loosening them made them feel really loose, but the loose feeling was due to my old shoes fitting my feet like a glove due to them being broken down.  It took a little while to heal, but loosening the laces strategically helped.  A lot.  Just a thought, and inexpensive to try.  As far as the white legs, lol, you'd fit in with the natives here.  Only tourists have tans for the most part.

I get something similar on ellipticals too, Tammat.  I get a terrible pain/shock on my big toes.  They hurt my hips too.  They just don't work with the dynamics of my quirky motion I guess.

Keep going everybody!
 
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Peaches, it started a several months ago.....actually, that was the  push to get the new shoes; I was hoping they would help the pain. But they haven't.  The guy at the store (it's a walkers/runners store, not a regular shoe store) said the pain almost sounded to him like I was overdue for new walking shoes. He fit me for these shoes and they seem OK. But as soon as I start walking, within minutes, the pain is there. It starts out at the top of my foot where the shoe tongue is, then works its way down into the arch. As soon as I quit walking, it's fine. I can be on the elliptical and it's fine.

Dizziness, how's your blood pressure? When I used to get dizzy from walking, I ended up going to the doctor. It turned out that, because I had lost a lot of weight, I didn't need that heavy-duty blood pressure pill I was taking. And that pill combined with my walking lowered my BP way, way too much. To the point where I was getting dizzy. And as I kept going, my vision would get black and I couldn't see anything. As it continued, as soon as I'd stand up, everything would go black, that's how low my BP was getting. It was a good thing in a way because it meant that I could have my meds drastically reduced and still have good BP....as long as I walked every day. (And that's partially why I'm such a bear about trying to walk every day. It's the best thing I can do for my blood pressure.) I hope your situation can be easily remedied and that it's nothing serious.

Didn't make it into work after all. I went to grab a shower and the pain hit. Migraine. This is the first I've been back of bed since this morning. It's not as bad as it was this morning, but it's still nasty.
 

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Dizziness, how's your blood pressure? When I used to get dizzy from walking, I ended up going to the doctor. It turned out that, because I had lost a lot of weight, I didn't need that heavy-duty blood pressure pill I was taking. And that pill combined with my walking lowered my BP way, way too much. To the point where I was getting dizzy. And as I kept going, my vision would get black and I couldn't see anything. As it continued, as soon as I'd stand up, everything would go black, that's how low my BP was getting. It was a good thing in a way because it meant that I could have my meds drastically reduced and still have good BP....as long as I walked every day. (And that's partially why I'm such a bear about trying to walk every day. It's the best thing I can do for my blood pressure.) I hope your situation can be easily remedied and that it's nothing serious.
I have had this almost all my life, they gave me blood pressure medication as my blood pressure is too high, now I think it is even worse than before, but today in blood pressure control my blood pressure did read about same as before starting the medication.

So I have symptoms of low blood pressure with high blood pressure. Every medical personell seem to face blank spot in their information when I tell about this and choose some answer by random, which is by ignoring the fact of low blood pressure effects or saying that high blood pressure can also cause that and I think both are wrong answers.

Today I got also those pins and needles effect both legs, have been whole day, also several days legs have been feeling like being very tired even not doing anything, I think that something to do with blood pressure medication.

From crouched to up I get lot of hissing in my ears, everything goes black and dizzy, I have to take support from walls, also any fast movements with my head tend to cause me to fell down, that has been before meds too.

Maybe I have high blood pressure in my arms only :D

Anyway got migraine again two hours ago, I had almost one day without, complete loss of motivation as feeling exhausted and all these other things, but I try still do something every day, even there is no any motivation, just to keep body going so that when things get better I can pick up nearly where I was and no need to do basic building again.

Like character of one good tv-series says, "life is suffering and then you die" :D
 

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Peaches, it started a several months ago.....actually, that was the  push to get the new shoes; I was hoping they would help the pain. But they haven't.  The guy at the store (it's a walkers/runners store, not a regular shoe store) said the pain almost sounded to him like I was overdue for new walking shoes. He fit me for these shoes and they seem OK. But as soon as I start walking, within minutes, the pain is there. It starts out at the top of my foot where the shoe tongue is, then works its way down into the arch. As soon as I quit walking, it's fine. I can be on the elliptical and it's fine.

Dizziness, how's your blood pressure? When I used to get dizzy from walking, I ended up going to the doctor. It turned out that, because I had lost a lot of weight, I didn't need that heavy-duty blood pressure pill I was taking. And that pill combined with my walking lowered my BP way, way too much. To the point where I was getting dizzy. And as I kept going, my vision would get black and I couldn't see anything. As it continued, as soon as I'd stand up, everything would go black, that's how low my BP was getting. It was a good thing in a way because it meant that I could have my meds drastically reduced and still have good BP....as long as I walked every day. (And that's partially why I'm such a bear about trying to walk every day. It's the best thing I can do for my blood pressure.) I hope your situation can be easily remedied and that it's nothing serious.

Didn't make it into work after all. I went to grab a shower and the pain hit. Migraine. This is the first I've been back of bed since this morning. It's not as bad as it was this morning, but it's still nasty.
Well, just drat about your feet.  Maybe seeing the store again might help?  You never know who may hit upon what's wrong.  They don't always have to be medically trained.

My blood pressure was high for me before exercising/running, it's part of what drove me to start back to exercising and these threads again.  It was averaging 130/85.  No, not high.  Just high for me.  I've always averaged 115/75.  My resting heart rate averaged 80 bpm.  Since running, specifically, it's averaging 70 bpm.  I need to check my blood pressure again.  Seriously, that may be it.  Coupled with exhaustion, poor sleep, etc.  It's worth checking.
 

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Anyway got migraine again two hours ago, I had almost one day without, complete loss of motivation as feeling exhausted and all these other things, but I try still do something every day, even there is no any motivation, just to keep body going so that when things get better I can pick up nearly where I was and no need to do basic building again.

Like character of one good tv-series says, "life is suffering and then you die"
Hi @JTbo   I would have to agree with that t.v. character quote, there does seem to be a lot of scars, suffering and pain in our lives, but there are good days, too, so still hopeful about that..
.  And by keeping fit, hoping to ward off more problems, too.

Thanks for that 4am update on those "birds" being awake.  LOL.
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Well, just drat about your feet.  Maybe seeing the store again might help?  You never know who may hit upon what's wrong.  They don't always have to be medically trained.

My blood pressure was high for me before exercising/running, it's part of what drove me to start back to exercising and these threads again.  It was averaging 130/85.  No, not high.  Just high for me.  I've always averaged 115/75.  My resting heart rate averaged 80 bpm.  Since running, specifically, it's averaging 70 bpm.  I need to check my blood pressure again.  Seriously, that may be it.  Coupled with exhaustion, poor sleep, etc.  It's worth checking.
@peaches08   Before you run, are you able to drink some sort of fruit drink, or power shake, just to make sure its not low blood sugar, which sometimes makes me dizzy if I haven't eaten in a while, especially in the morning hours.

@Winchester   Did you ever try buying any of those insoles they sell at pharmacies, for arch support?  I had to use my mom's orthotics, while my foot got better....not ideal,....since we don't have exactly the same feet, but it did help me, with the pain.

  Later I bought insoles at wal-mart pharmacy section.  There is a foot insole choosing machine from Dr. scholl's up here, and I have used it.  http://footmapping.ca/?gclid=COf7_c65nb4CFahaMgodXBYALw

Not sure about the american site.

  The insoles are expensive, about $45 CAD, but it beats the over $400 CAD price tag for custom orthotics.  (My sister has custom, because her work's medical plan covers a percentage of the cost....and she loves them.....we both have fallen arches...I think)

Today, I did 20minutes on the stationary bike, legs have a nice burning, warm feeling.

Hope all you guys, have speedy recoveries, especially from those migraines.
 

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I got just now 122/65 with 65 pulse, at day I got 153/95 with 60 pulse at human vet office, as it is for our cats, there might be some scary things in those places even for us humans :D

But it can vary quite a bit, waiting 10 minutes and measuring again there can be 20 jump to both pressures.

Tomorrow is raining, neighbor met a bear 1/8th mile from my yard, so I don't think that I'm going to bicycle tomorrow, it is so difficult to spot bear in rain, not that it is easy when dry, but at least when dry, their tracks are not disappearing as fast and they hear me farther and know to move further from the road.

It is already well past 3am, so I guess I just be zombie tomorrow and day after I do bicycle trip among bears. They are bit edgy at this time of year with cubs and all.
 

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I got just now 122/65 with 65 pulse, at day I got 153/95 with 60 pulse at human vet office, as it is for our cats, there might be some scary things in those places even for us humans


But it can vary quite a bit, waiting 10 minutes and measuring again there can be 20 jump to both pressures.

Tomorrow is raining, neighbor met a bear 1/8th mile from my yard, so I don't think that I'm going to bicycle tomorrow, it is so difficult to spot bear in rain, not that it is easy when dry, but at least when dry, their tracks are not disappearing as fast and they hear me farther and know to move further from the road.

It is already well past 3am, so I guess I just be zombie tomorrow and day after I do bicycle trip among bears. They are bit edgy at this time of year with cubs and all.
hey @JTbo   Have you ever tried taking you blood pressure, then doing some 3-5 minutes of deep abdominal breathing, (not hyperventilating...but using  abdominal breathing versus chest breathing) Breathe in on count of 4 and out on count of 4. 

And then seeing if your blood pressure drops. (Can do deep breathing in vet's office, too.)

They basically tell you to take various blood pressure readings throughout the day, since it normally varies in a day, too.

As long as its predominantly okay....you should be fine.

As for the bear.....wow...my Blood Pressure and pulse would sky-rocket if I ever saw one. 


Can you put bells or horn on that bike.....just to scare them away?
 

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@Winchester   Did you ever try buying any of those insoles they sell at pharmacies, for arch support?  I had to use my mom's orthotics, while my foot got better....not ideal,....since we don't have exactly the same feet, but it did help me, with the pain.

  Later I bought insoles at wal-mart pharmacy section.  There is a foot insole choosing machine from Dr. scholl's up here, and I have used it.  http://footmapping.ca/?gclid=COf7_c65nb4CFahaMgodXBYALw

Not sure about the american site.

  The insoles are expensive, about $45 CAD, but it beats the over $400 CAD price tag for custom orthotics.  (My sister has custom, because her work's medical plan covers a percentage of the cost....and she loves them.....we both have fallen arches...I think)
I'm going in tonight to see if our WalMart has the Dr.Scholl's insoles. Somebody at work mentioned them, too. Thanks, cat nap!

Jtbo, hope your headache is better this morning.

Another thing about blood pressure.....take the pressure in both of your arms. One arm is always much higher than the other, but I forget which is which. Also, the size of the cuff will throw BP out of whack. My doctor's assistant was using a very small cuff on my arm and my BP was sky-rocketing and we didn't know why. The doctor came in, used a larger cuff, and it was more in line with what it was supposed to be.

And yes, deep breathing helps, too. You're running around, trying to get to the doctor (traffic, running late), and, with me, there's a lot of stress and anxiety about the doctor visit. They don't take my BP as soon as I walk into the exam room; they do everything else first, while I'm breathing and trying to calm down a bit. Then they take BP. We have found that it's always lower about 6-7 minutes after I walk into the exam room.

2 miles on the elliptical this morning.
 

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hey @JTbo
  Have you ever tried taking you blood pressure, then doing some 3-5 minutes of deep abdominal breathing, (not hyperventilating...but using  abdominal breathing versus chest breathing) Breathe in on count of 4 and out on count of 4. 
And then seeing if your blood pressure drops. (Can do deep breathing in vet's office, too.)

They basically tell you to take various blood pressure readings throughout the day, since it normally varies in a day, too.
As long as its predominantly okay....you should be fine.

As for the bear.....wow...my Blood Pressure and pulse would sky-rocket if I ever saw one. :eek:

Can you put bells or horn on that bike.....just to scare them away?
I sing, never have seen any bears while doing that and even people start running, must be good motivation for them :D

I did try whistling, but got few close encounters with moose as they seemed not to realize it is me, then they got panic and run to trees and stuff, must suck for them, so I resorted to singing, it is also good training for lungs doing bicycling and singing at same time and with asthma I need all exercise I can get.

Must try what happens with such breathing, I have never heard of such method before so will be interesting to see what happens :)

My pressure seems to fell towards evening, or then it is just migraine that causes it to drop, need more data to tell how it is, but I'm taking now several measurements during the day and putting them into book, maybe I can find something out from this, can't be much harder diagnose human being than it is to diagnose car or computer and those others are at least easy ones :D
 

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I'm going in tonight to see if our WalMart has the Dr.Scholl's insoles. Somebody at work mentioned them, too. Thanks, cat nap!

Jtbo, hope your headache is better this morning.

Another thing about blood pressure.....take the pressure in both of your arms. One arm is always much higher than the other, but I forget which is which. Also, the size of the cuff will throw BP out of whack. My doctor's assistant was using a very small cuff on my arm and my BP was sky-rocketing and we didn't know why. The doctor came in, used a larger cuff, and it was more in line with what it was supposed to be.

And yes, deep breathing helps, too. You're running around, trying to get to the doctor (traffic, running late), and, with me, there's a lot of stress and anxiety about the doctor visit. They don't take my BP as soon as I walk into the exam room; they do everything else first, while I'm breathing and trying to calm down a bit. Then they take BP. We have found that it's always lower about 6-7 minutes after I walk into the exam room.

2 miles on the elliptical this morning.
Thanks, it is quite bit better, still can't touch my toes as it starts to hurt to top of my head so much, but I can do chores at least.

I think that I sat over 40 mins in waiting room and more than 10 minutes in exam room before they took measurements, also several of them for a control and there was difference of over 20 in upper reading between measurements, lower was much more stable.

I did already test that breathing that cat nap told and not sure if it had much effect, however pulse was bit closer to resting pulse, being 53 in measurement and it is tad below 50 when in horizontal and resting or has been lately, too little bicycling for being such high.
 

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Ran 25 min.  Had a couple of strawberries with my coffee and didn't get as dizzy.  I still needed to walk for about 30 sec in the middle of my run, but maybe this will help!

"White Coat Syndrome"...I have that!  So annoying.

JTbo, I'm curious, have they run tests on you for your slow heart rate?  EKG or anything?  I'm not saying anything IS wrong, just curious if they ran tests.
 
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Ran 25 min.  Had a couple of strawberries with my coffee and didn't get as dizzy.  I still needed to walk for about 30 sec in the middle of my run, but maybe this will help!

"White Coat Syndrome"...I have that!  So annoying.

JTbo, I'm curious, have they run tests on you for your slow heart rate?  EKG or anything?  I'm not saying anything IS wrong, just curious if they ran tests.
Yeah, there is nothing wrong with that they say, it is quite low and what is more alarming for me is that max heart rate is dropping in tens each year, doctor says that it is because I'm getting much better with exercising that heart rates are dropping so much, not so sure about that but there is not much to test either about it.

Cholesterol and such are also so good that department of health calculators show that I have 0% chance to get any issues, still there is this annoying grease spare tire that I would like to get rid of...

I cant peak even near to 160bpm (I think that extreme maximum was 145 just recently and last year I could get over to 160) and some consider me still young as I'm not even 40 yet.



Visited a shop to get corn flakes, I think that I should try to eat bit of something at mornings too, so trying that now. I did not go slow, I did push as much as I could and it was far from my best time, legs near knees got tired and I had issues with breathing, that is because I have not taken opener (Buventol) for asthma, but that I try to limit as it is not best for health.

Still I think that cycling did go a lot better than in many days, I could push quite a lot and I did felt bit of power being there, so maybe tomorrow I can do longer trip and climb those hills.

Oh yes it was raining, but I used raingear with skiing glasses so not getting cold and easy to see even when riding fast.

Another thing was that there was lot less pollen on air, breathing was easier because of that I think.


I think head must be harder than any suffering that comes, that way one manages to go forward through all what comes :)
 
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