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  • About Me

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    nicholas

    Male, 41
    Santa Cruz, CA, USA
    Member since August 11, 2006

    • About Me

      I've had the pleasure of meeting and learning about many different members here, and can't wait to experience DailyStrength as it becomes even more robust, mature, and supportive.

      I've had the pleasure of meeting and learning about many different members here, and can't wait to experience DailyStrength as it becomes even more robust, mature, and supportive.

  • Journal

    • dropped 5 pounds

      Mood June 23, 2008 6:03pm

      from 189 to 184. Feeling closer to my "best" weight.

      I have to admit I haven't been in the gym for a while, but I'm on my bike …

    • personal announcement

      Mood April 30, 2008 1:53pm

      Hello friends, family, and excellent coworkers,

       

      I have some personal news that I want to share with all of you.

       

      My wife Alisabeth and I …

    • fascinating article . . .

      Mood April 14, 2008 4:37pm

       . . . about the disappearence of the "nervous breakdown" includes this stat:

       

      "Since the 1950s, the number of …

    • Journal Entry for February 16, 2008

      Mood February 16, 2008 2:46am

      It's almost midnight, long after the end of the day and here I am, still on DS. My name is Nicholas and I'm a DailyStrength Addict.
    • Journal Entry for February 1, 2008

      Mood February 1, 2008 7:13pm

      Over 2 hours of solid gym work last night. halfway through i looked like someone had thrown me into the ocean. Ravenous today. trying not …

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    • Ray of Sunshine

      From ifnotzero June 13

      Hope you have a good day...232.

    • Hug

      From angel3379 February 22

      that is wonderful news for you. i have 2 boys myself and if you need any pointers on anything let me know i help me roommates who to are first time parents. the greatest thing in the world.

    • Hug

      From glin February 3

      hows things with you ! are you well ! seems you are keeping fit over there ! cant beat it ! glyn.

    • Cheers

      From SadTime December 31, 2008

      Happy New Year's!!! Sending you some good thoughts. How are you doing? Patricia

    • Santa

      From disa December 18, 2008

      happy holidays.......4rm......kira

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  • Goals

    Progress

    15 %

    Current Weight (Lbs)
    184
    gym (visit)
    17
  • Support Groups

    • Close Back Pain

      Update: It took almost 3 years to heal, but my back pain is mostly gone--occasional twinges but that's it. -- I Hurt my lower back a couple of years ago in a building accident. After months of physical therapy, I could begin sleeping through the night again. I've been sleeping well now for two years. Wait a minute, I mean mostly painless nights. --Altho a recent flair-up from getting a bit too funky on the dance floor.

      Treatments

      Physical Therapy Working / Worked
      3 months, twice a week with PT at clinic
      Ibuprofen Somewhat Helpful
      Physical Exercise Working / Worked
      Physical Therapy Working / Worked
      3 months, twice a week with PT at clinic
    • Close Fitness Goals
      Type: Improve overall fitness

      Jogging, weights, cycling. Some knee pain. Tendency to overdo it.

      Treatments

      Running Working / Worked
      Climbing Working / Worked
    • Open Eczema

      Been googling a problem with my hand. Now think it's dyshydrotic eczema. Looking for solutions.

      Treatments

      Clobetasol Working / Worked
      clebetasol propionate cream 0.05%: has worked great for about a year. When I have a flare-up, I rub in cream before I sleep, and wake with it cleared.
      Hydrocortisone Somewhat Helpful
      --doesn't do that much. Helps control itch and burn
    • Open Bereavement
      Type: Loss of a Friend

      A friend, someone who faded in and out of my life, but always loved, always held in high regard, a woman of great light, love, and wit, is slowly coming to the end of her young life, struck down by cancer.

      Treatments

      Crying Working / Worked
      Standing in the warm rain in a dirt parking lot in the jungle of costa Rica with my wife, and two friends. All standing broken and alone, our tears washing away in the rain.
    • Open Vegetarians & Vegans
      Type:: Lacto-ovo vegetarianism (No meat)

      --was a vegetarian during my teenage years. My wife's a vegetarian.

    • Open Healthy Eating

      I try to eat healthy food, but sometimes the haagen-dasz, or the extra butter, or the extra helping makes its way, seemingly unaided, to my plate.

      Treatments

      Physical Exercise Working / Worked
      these days I'm cycling about an hour a day. But i just started. Before that it was gym, and a little running.
    • Open Healthy Relationships

      Like most of us, I've had my share of relationships that if not outright unhealthy, were at least "green around the gills".

      Treatments

      Patience Working / Worked
      you know the cliche, but modified: "Time heals most wounds"
      Talking Working / Worked
      Our abilities to communicate are of course marvelously facilitated by talking, but our words, ideas--the very ways we communicate our thoughts are unique enough, especially concerning relationships, that misreadings, mistakes, confusions, occur at least in my life consistently. And if I have enough fortitude to keep talking even long after midnight, when we're both so drained that our voices are starting to creak and strain. Then, inch by inch, the hard progress, if any, is made.
      Writing Working / Worked
      Write it down. Read it later. Do it again. See the patterns in your thoughts. The only reliable way I've found to break out of circular thinking.
    • Open Pregnancy

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    • Open War in Iraq

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    • Open War & Terrorism

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    • Open Health Care Reform

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    • Open Seasonal Affective Disorder

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    • Open Pet Bereavement

      I've had a dalmation named Lonestar. Lived with a terrified mutt named Maria. In another house, lived with a beautiful one-fanged siamese named Mishi, that had a louser voice than Pavarotti.

      Treatments

      Time Working / Worked
      Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
    • Open Veterans

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    • Open Family & Friends of Cancer Patients

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    • Open Family & Friends of Bipolar

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    • Open Teen Anxiety

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    • Open Military Families

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    • Open Parenting Newborns & Infants (0-1)

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    • Open Depression

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    • Open MRSA

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    • Open High Cholesterol

      My new GP says too high. Lipitor, i ask? "Fish Oil", see says. Lots of it. 3000mg a day for 6 mths. Ummmmkay. Now I must smell like a haddock. Perfect.

      Treatments

      Fish Oil Too Soon to Tell
      Big Pills. 3 of'em a day. They smell funky.
    • Open Parenting Teenagers (12-18)

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    • Open Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

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    • Open Coming Out

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    • Open Parenting Big Kids (5-8)

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    • Open Smallpox

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    • Open Smoking Addiction & Recovery

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    • Open Depression Supporters

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    • Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

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    • Open Eating Disorders

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    • Open Breakups & Divorce

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    • Open Bipolar Disorder

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    • Open Infertility

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    • Open Fibromyalgia

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    • Open Healthy Sex

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    • Open Brain / CNS Tumors

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    • Open Cervical Cancer

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    • Open Colon Cancer

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    • Open Liver Cancer

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    • Open Lung Cancer

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    • Open Multiple Myeloma

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    • Open Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney Cancer)

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    • Open Ovarian Cancer

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    • Open Pancreatic Cancer

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    • Open Skin Cancer

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    • Open Thyroid Cancer

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    • Open Uterine Cancer

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    • Open Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)

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    • Open Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)

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    • Open Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)

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    • Open Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

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    • Open Hodgkin's Lymphoma

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    • Open Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma

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    • Open Degenerative Joint Disease

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    • Open Degenerative Disc Disease

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    • Open MCTD

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    • Open Androgenic Alopecia

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    • Open Homeschooling

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    • Open Stillbirth

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    • Open Parents of Children with ADHD

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    • Open Bladder Cancer

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    • Open Bone Cancer

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    • Open Carcinoid Syndrome

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    • Open Esophageal Cancer

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    • Open Head and Neck cancers

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    • Open Mesothelioma

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    • Open Rhabdomyosarcoma

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    • Open Vaginal Cancer

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    • Open Vulvar Cancer

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    • Open ADHD / ADD

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    • Open Alopecia Areata

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    • Open Shopping Addiction

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    • Open Autism / Autism Spectrum

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    • Open Infertility, Secondary

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    • Open Miscarriage

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    • Open Flesh-Eating Bacteria

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    • Open Graves' Disease

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    • Open Mental Challenged

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    • Open Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS)

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    • Open Anxiety

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    • Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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    • Open Phobia

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    • Open Breast Cancer

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    • Open Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis

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    • Open Avian Flu

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    • Open Mumps

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    • Open Arthritis

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    • Open Senior Health & Aging

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    • Open Restless Legs Syndrome

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    • Open Gay Men's Challenges

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    • Open Dizziness & Vertigo

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    • Open Gastric Bypass Surgery

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    • Open Breastfeeding

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    • Open Parenting Toddlers (1-3)

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    • Open Twins, Triplets & More

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    • Open Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

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