Moonshadow

My results are as follows:

TSH 2.29 Reference Range .27-4.2

T4 8.5 Reference Range 4.5-12

Anti-Thyroid Microsomal Ab

Tpo Antibody result less than: 10.0 Reference Range 0-35 Units IU/ML

(I assume this is normal but I need another opinion! My main concern is the TPO antibody result)

My doctor also ran a bunch of other stuff but I'm just interested in understanding my thyroid results at the moment. Can anyone shed some light on this? :) Easy points!

(Also, i'm not interested in hearing to wait for my doctor and see what he has to say. I have an appointment schedule to speak to him but it's not for another three weeks - the soonest he's available. I would like to be somewhat informed until then but have full intentions of speaking to him as well. I'm currently on the look out for Hashimoto's :( Thank you!)

I just moved in with my boyfriend back in September and we made the mistake of introducing our cats too early. One accidentally got out the day after I arrived and they were getting along well at first so we let them be and didn't work into gradually introducing them day by day as we had planned to. Now they're fighting alot and one is fighting constantly with one of the others. I've been trying to look online for tips on what we can do to re-introduce them to each other.

Here's some background. 3 are mine, 2 male brothers, neutered. approx 4 years old. They get along with his cat fairly well. They aren't friends but they aren't enemies either. They're curious but they don't get in her way either for the most part. 1 female, not spayed (I realized this may be a problem and my first step is to spay her next month after the holidays) approx 3 years old. She is the one having the most problems with his cat. She is constantly picking fights and sometimes actually succeeds in forcing my boyfriends cat under the couch, bed, etc.

The last cat is my boyfriends, female, spayed, approx 2 or 3 years old. Very finicky, never been around other cats which has made the transition very difficult. She hisses, paws at, and freaks out any time anyone (my boyfriend incl, and he's had her since she was a cpl of months old) comes near her. She has had no history of abuse or neglect since she's been in his care. It's worth noting, and we don't know why, that she's very peaceful with me and doesn't attack me for any reason.

But my question is, what can we do to help re-introduce our animals? It also is worth noting that there is some favoritism on my boyfriends part. We agreed that we would spray them with a water bottle when they fight, but he goes out of his way to spray my cats and rarely his own, arguing that my cat is "picking the fight". I know this has to be a problem. How can I convince him that we have to treat them equally? Do you have any tips for re-introducing them? How can we help a cat get used to being around other cats? She spent 3 years being the only animal in a big house.

Thanks in advance.

I recently had a bit of a collision with a parent/instructor on a Youtube video of a young boy doing an open hand form. Now, I don't want to get into detail and bash them but this incident did cause me to double-think martial arts today. In this scenario, what's your opinion on posting comments/videos on youtube or other media websites? Should you be honest and give a straight forward opinion? Should you sugarcoat what you want to say to avoid hurting anyone's feelings? Should you just skip over commenting at all? What do you believe as far as posting these things goes?

To give my opinion, I think as soon as you post it anywhere public, you acknowledge that you may get good and/or bad criticism. You may get some people who are just jerks and you may get people who are honest but not sugarcoating. I always comment if I think I have something useful to say, because I assume that's what people put them up for.

What are your opinions, fellow Y! Answer folk?

I was talking to a friend recently about my Sensei back home. I've been with him off and on for 8 years, about 5 of which is regular training of 4 times a week. We have very different ideas of what a Sensei-Student relationship is. Granted, she doesn't have any martial arts experience, but I'm sort of wondering if maybe my views are too extreme. I'll give some examples of my views vs hers.

Assisting your instructor in classes: (Underbelts)

My View: It should be free of charge and viewed as giving back to your art/Sensei

Her View: You pay for the classes, that changes things. If you're working, you should be paid.

[[Keep in mind the classes are about 2 1/2 hrs total. this isn't a dojo that's open in the morning and closes at night]]

Loyalty like whoa:

Me: I acknowledge that my Sensei has flaws but I generally don't get upset with him and I definitely don't question his decisions.

Her: Everyone makes mistakes (we agree here) but they should still be held accountable and you should still discuss what you disagree with, even if it means challenging his opinions/decisions.

Our differences in opinion go on from here, but I'll just leave it at that as to not make this too long. My question is: What is your Sensei-Student relationship like? Do you consider your relationship traditional or do you believe that tradition is gone and times have changed? Are you a believer in fierce loyalty and obedience or is your instructor no different than a school teacher? I would love to see answers from both a student's point of view and an instructor's.

I'm not sure if I'm placing this in the right section, but I didn't really know where else to put it. I'm a very big fan of Lie To Me and Criminal Minds. I find what they show in these series' to be very interesting and I'd love to learn more about it. Specifically, I'm looking for books/websites that focus on these topics. I'd love both easy to understand material and textbook material.

Do you know any websites/books that are written on criminal profiling or details on body language?

What about academic options? Do you know what field this kind of thing would fall under?

Is it psychology in general or is there a more specific field I'd have to get into if I wanted this for a career?

I'm not really sure how to word this but I'm going to do the best I can. I do feel pain, but I don't respond to it. I don't grimace, cry out, etc. I'm heavily involved in martial arts and recently I've been getting a lot of comments about this, which I hadn't noticed until it was brought up to me. I don't want a pity party, but I've been wondering if it has anything to do with childhood trauma's? Basically, my question is, is lack of a (physical) response to pain psychological? If you have any websites that you can reference, it would be very appreciated.