FWIW, GC, iron supplements are really inexpensive and IME fast-acting. I came up with low iron from my last set of annual bloodwork (I can't donate blood because I lived in England at the tail end of what the Red Cross considers the mad cow risk window), and within three days of starting supplements my energy level doubled. And as long as I get enough sleep, no one tells me I look pale anymore, which I was getting a LOT for a few months there...
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Susan W. - Mar 22, 2008 10:48:32 am PDT #1012 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
amych - Mar 22, 2008 10:54:27 am PDT #1013 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
He's stretched out on a towel on the bed with me right now, purring his head off.
Aw, yay!
Sparky1 - Mar 22, 2008 10:56:47 am PDT #1014 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
purring his head off
Kitty om! (and the Library of Congress tells me that there is a hypothesis out there that purring helps healing)
Pix - Mar 22, 2008 11:04:27 am PDT #1015 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
(and the Library of Congress tells me that there is a hypothesis out there that purring helps healing)How much do I love that you looked this up? Thank you.
Poor Seamus. He's trying to scratch the bedroom door down to get in here. He doesn't understand that his big brother does not need bratty kitten attention right now.
Sparky1 - Mar 22, 2008 11:13:59 am PDT #1016 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
From a short Scientific American piece:
Scientists have demonstrated that cats produce the purr through intermittent signaling of the laryngeal and diaphragmatic muscles. Cats purr during both inhalation and exhalation with a consistent pattern and frequency between 25 and 150 Hertz. Various investigators have shown that sound frequencies in this range can improve bone density and promote healing.
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Pix - Mar 22, 2008 11:17:32 am PDT #1017 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Well I can see why they wanted me to come get him. He's obviously happier here than he was there. I wish he didn't have to wear the plastic lampshade, though. He's so clearly annoyed by it.
tommyrot - Mar 22, 2008 11:19:35 am PDT #1018 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Awww... poor funnel-headed tripod....
Glamcookie - Mar 22, 2008 11:38:11 am PDT #1019 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Yay for Byron being home! Quick-healing vibes, kitty!
beth b - Mar 22, 2008 11:54:00 am PDT #1020 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
just wait til Byron learns that he can annoying you by banging into you with the collar
I get the low iron thing - I have to try and remember to eat iron rich food s before donating blood
Laga - Mar 22, 2008 12:05:45 pm PDT #1021 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm so glad Byron is home and purring