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I'm 32 years old. I have had on again off again back pain for nearly ten years. I am always in pain though. It is always at least at a level 3. When it flares up, it can go up to a level 7-9. When I work out and stretch regularly, I do find that I feel a lot better. However, any slight misstep, and I am in bedrest for days! Even when I do feel better, there are certain positions and angles where I happen to be at where the pain is excruciating, 9-10. So, I can work out and feel good, make a very slight mistake, and then I stop working out because I’m in pain. Then, I need to get back in the habit again. That’s where I’m at in life. I’m not a whole person.

Recently...an MRI to finally see where I am at with my back. Well, I have degenerative disc disease.

I can live with the pain, sure, but I am tired of it. I am tired of living like this.

I have never really had healthcare coverage. I have hardly ever seen a doctor, but I want to take some steps in fixing things. Other than my spine and poor posture, I’m in good health and shape, and exercise on average.

So, I’m looking to get healthcare insurance. Ideally, I’d like to take necessary steps to see doctors, get referred to a specialist, and hopefully get some sort of operation to fix things.

...can someone tell me some basics about healthcare coverage? What are some good ones? Basic terminology? What to expect? Best scenario? Worst scenario? I live in Texas, by the way.

I was riding my bicycle down the sidewalk (of a busy street). A woman was exiting a car dealership. She barely slowed down as she closed in on the sidewalk and got close to the street. She bumped into me, causing me to fall onto the street, luckily, there was no traffic. She wasn t going that fast, so she didn t hit me too hard. I basically left with a scratch on my knuckle.

She pulled back into the dealership and waited as I called the cops. She was very concerned and seemed quite nice. However, I still am very angry at the entire incident.

I felt the officer was quite useless. He asked what happened. I gave him a quick version of events. He asked about the condition of my bike, which was slightly damaged. He then asks for an ID from each of us, goes to his car, and comes back about ten min later.

I try to elaborate on what happened. He has no comment, doesn t seem to care. He says we re both free to go and that s it. I try asking him about pressing charges, and he asks why?

I tell him because I was injured and my bike is damaged.

He says no criminal activity occurred.

...pretty much what happened.

I just feel like I was assaulted and it s a bit odd that this lady hits someone with a car and just gets to drive away.

I got a quote from a nearby bike shop saying it would be about $40 for a part to fix it (not including labor).

Do you find that the guys interested in you are gay, bi, or straight?

Also, for the girls looking to get bottom surgery, what would make you reconsider?

but he threatened suicide. We're not working out. The relationship is bad. What should i do?

So, I downloaded past winning number here:

http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Game...

I am not wanting anything fancy like some sort of Excel formula. I am just not familiar with using Excel. I have my own numbers. All I am wanting to do is to see if I can check what, if any, numbers I have, have been winning numbers before. Can Someone help me figure out how to do that?

...totally just bought the Wii U. How do you use multiplayer on this game? Do you need another controller besides the gamepad, or do you need two more controllers besides the gamepad? Would this also go for any other multiplayer game?

How can a company claim to be an equal opportunity employer, yet asks different things from its employees?

Examples:

Women can have earrings but men cannot.

The one that actually pertains to me:

Women need to have their hair tied up in a bun and/or wear a hair net. Men cannot have their hair past their collar, however.

I think it's sexist and stupid. I am personally growing my hair out because I am donating it. I do not feel like it is MY hair to cut off because it is being grown for the purpose of giving it to someone else. There's no way that I am cutting my hair off for this reason. Even so, if I did not have this reason, I see no sense or reason why a female can have long hair but a male cannot.

Would you be upset if your boyfriend talks to people about a "seven-year itch"? Do you think that's disrespectful?

Degree: 6

Leading coefficient: 4

zeros: 3, 0 (multiplicity 3), and 2-3i

What I had so far was:

4(x-2-3i)(x-2+3i)(x-3)x^3

4((x-2)^2-(3i)^2)

x^2-4x+4+9

4(x^2-4x+13)(x-3)

4(x^3-4x^2+13x-3x^2+4x-39)x^3

4(x^3-7x^2+17x-39)x^3

4(x^6-7x^5+17x^4-39x^3)

Final answer:

4x^6-28x^5+68x^4-156x^3

I am off somewhere. I just know this is not correct.

I've been working out since the end of January. Some people have told me I look like I'm getting bigger. I'm 5'4", male. I weighed around 133 when I started. I now weigh around 143. I'm slim with the slightest hint of a tummy, but I am not wanting to become big/bulky. I am wanting to be slim but muscular. Like a swimmer's build, which I should probably start swimming too. I don't want to end up too big. My routine has been:

squats

dead lifts

clean and presses

bench press

lunges

skull crushers

and different machines for my triceps and back

I do the max I can lift with the shortest amount of reps, usually around 5 reps, maybe 4. I haven't been doing cardio. Can someone recommend a routine that builds muscle but without bulking you up too much? Or would I just have to change routines every now and then? Like work on building muscle for a few months, do more cardio to slim down for a few months, work on building more muscle again for some months, and repeat with more cardio?

The thing is that I'm short and I don't want to get wide. That would end up making me look even shorter.

Just looking for a few ideas to put into a speech I have soon...

Have a short speech in an hour. Just wanting a few ideas...

That's it basically. I'm wanting to know how you do that. It doesn't look like you can by looking at that type of profile.

I am in fact gay, but I don't consider myself completely out.

Anyway, I started going to the gym recently. I find that my shorts that extend a little past my knee make it uncomfortable to work my legs, so I got a pair of shorts to work out in. They are not really too short, but I guess you could say they look short for a guy. I don't think I'd wear them anywhere else but the gym. I'm short, about 5'4" and they come a little past halfway of my thigh.

I've never worn shorts like these, and it felt somewhat awkward seeing the rest of the guys at the gym wearing long shorts. I'm not really the type of person to really care if someone has something negative to say, but I am just not wanting to "out" myself either.

It was just my first time wearing them so far. Does anyone think these type of shorts make a guy seem/look gay? What would you say to someone if/when they were to give a an ugly look or say something ugly to you about the way you look (like-you look gay, etc)?

Isn't it something that he's 14 and called my bf his uncle? I think that part made him happy.

It's sushi for dinner tonight!

do you find that they hold your package enough?

I found some women's underwear that I like, but I am also wondering how comfortable would they be down there for a guy.

Can any guy out there share how comfortable women's underwear are in general and how comfortable they are down there for a guy?

"Iodine-131, a radioactive substance that is effective in locating brain tumors, has a half-life of only eight days. A hospital purchased 20 grams of the substance but had to wait five days before it could be used. How much of the substance was left after five days?"

Can someone help me with this, a formula or anything, I'm stumped on it? I have the answer in the book I am using, but I need to know how to get the answer.

I don't live in a state that has medical marijuana, so I'm not looking into that entirely. However, I've just ran across the term "restless leg syndrome" and I'm not sure if I have it exactly. I know that I should consult a doctor to be certain, but I would like a few general opinions.

I've had these symptoms for at least 5 years:

Every once in a while, right before I am going to sleep, I feel this tingling jerk/twitch begin to develop in my legs

When I am asleep, I barely wake up to my other half telling me to "stop it" or "cut that out". Most of the time I sleep on the floor because I don't want them to be bothered in their sleep (and because I have back problems). When I wake up, I am told that I am kind of "running in my sleep", like a kicking up and down of one or both of my legs. I raise my leg(s) and just drop it back down, or I am just twitching my legs.

So, other than the occasional twitching of my legs before I am going to sleep, I sleep like a baby. The majority of the time, I have no problem going to sleep. The only thing is that when I am asleep, most of the time, I have the twitching or kicking episodes where I am running in my sleep.

I think I have RLS, but I am not entirely sure (mainly because I am still looking into this RLS).

Onto the MMJ, I have read that many people say the marijuana helps their RLS. (I think I've also read that wine and some alcohol also helps it.) I rarely smoke marijuana, so I really can't say for sure if doing so has alleviated my incidents.

Can someone give some insight as to what they think of my situation and what MMJ does for RLS?