littlemiss'eatmyshorts'

Well, the title is pretty self explanitory, but I'm going to an open day which I've been invited to at my 1st choice univericity. I'm excited to start in September but also very nervous!

I've moved so many times before in my younger years, but my family have stayed put for the past 5 or 6 years and I'm anxious about having to start the 'friend-making' proceedure all over again!

I'll be going to this departmental open day on my own, and although I'm usually a pretty confident person, the idea of going to a totally different place and introducing myself to people is really unnerving me! Does anybody have any advice on how to get by without feeling like a total loner?

Most people will be going with parents I assume, as you're allowed to take a guest

: unfortunately work ties up all three of the people I've asked to come with me!

I will have to either drive on the motorway which I've never done before, or go on the train and use a map, probably getting really lost: I got through Duke of Ed following a guy with a hand held sat-nav!

Nobody I know is going.

I don't know what to wear.

We break for lunch in the middle of the day - where and with who do I sit!?

How can I stop beign so anxious about it?

I feel really pathetic being anxious about this but I'm actually getting progressively more nervous by the day, and with it being so soon, on Wednesday, I'd quite like to NOT be a nervous wreck and make an idiot of myself!

Somebody please help!

Thank you!

Hi there,

I was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst which has been giving me considerable pain (4.9x4.somethingx3.someting cm) on my right side.

I have been getting the pains in my right side for a long time getting progressively worse and worse until i have a coil inserted then taken out straight away - it was agony, no wonder - there's a cyst on my ovary!

I assumed my pain was to do with the coil/ovulation until i had severe pain during sex and pain in the day time for no reason on that side.

I had also been having a dull pain under my left shoulder for a while, which seems to sometimes move into my breast and cause my left breast to REALLY hurt.

I have a dull on and off pain in the backs of my arms, and the whole of my forearm/wrist/fingers on both sides. It feels skeletal, not muscular as I've done no exercise because of the pain from the cyst.

I am feeling disgruntled. The Dr said to leave my cyst for 4 weeks to see how it goes and if it goes down, but why the pain everywhere else?

The Dr did not answer any of my questions about my back further than 'mmm yea they can SOMETIMES be caused by cysts but not usually'

The pain has now progressed from just my back to my arms and under my right shoulder blade.

I am beginning to worry.

I have been told that 'your cyst does not look sinister - not cancerous' and 'well one things for sure, its not cancerous. not nasty. you don' have cancer'

My bloods/urine has been checked and they came back clear.

I'm really at my wits end, i am losing my appetite :(

ARGH, fingers in my left hand are hurting now ¬¬

My mum has no idea why im in pain, and i have been prescribed Volterol for my cyst pain...but what about my poor back, arms, wrists and hands? :( :( :(

Somebody please tell me what's going on, I don't think I can take another trip to the Drs where they don't care to listen to what I'm telling them... :(

Quick replies would be GREATLY appreciated, I'm so stressed out!

Thank you!

Basically at 13 I had my first email account on AOL on the 'young adult' setting it had at the time which meant 18 year olds and a tad older could talk to me in the chat facility of the site.

I had this setting on my account because I needed to make sure I had access to websites for school work and lots of those - esp biology websites! - AOL wouldn't let me access due to the age restricting policy of the 'kids' setting.

So being the curious 13 year old that I was, I stepped into AOL chat completely aware of all the dangers of chat "don't talk to dodgey people"...

I guess what I didnt figure was the fact that real peadophiles don't act 'dodgey' - they act like a normal person.

My chatting went on and as the course of the few days went on I was thrilled to find so many people calling me 'babe' and 'sexy' etc etc - all wanting to see pictures of me.

Now me being a fairly dumpy ugly geeky child at the time I'd never had any attention from guys like this apart from the weirdo kid in primary school who used to run after me trying to kiss my bum and did things like lick bird poo and eat worms to try and impress me...

...as you can guess I was thrilled to discover people were interested in me!

My messaging got more and more in depth and soon moved out of the main chat area and into private ones made by the other users, and soon after I had friend and chat buddy requests from so many people!

I was elated!

I hid this from my parents so I would close the chat window every time my parents came in the room so they couldn't see.

I managed to conceal it for a month or so until I gave out my mobile number. Call me daft, stupid, whatever you like. Truth is, now I look back thinking WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IDIOT!!!??..

Lets call the two men/'boys' I met Fred and Bob.

Fred is the 'younger' who claimed to be 14 then admitted to being 17. and Bob the older, 19.

I sent them pictures of myself as they gradually became boyfriends.

I always knew one, Bob, was the older one who was 19 but I didn't care - he seemed to like me lots and sent me pictures of his cat and even one of his face - (presumably mid to late twenties - at the time he used the 'im a heavy smoker and depressive' excuse for his tierd complexion.

The other, Fred, had told me he was 14, then came out that he was 17...and I only ever got one picture of him...he looked like the Lead Singer of HIM from what i could make out, it was a tiny picture that had obviously been deliberatly taken from that angle so i couldn't see his face....but his hands were old...

Anyhow, on contract, my phone bills grew and grew until my dad got suspicious and then he found out when it had been going on for about 5 months.

These two men, and several others who had my number, constantly called and texted, begged for pictures, always telling me i was perfect, using pet names to coax me into sending what was, in essence, child pornography to them via my mobile phone.

This was obviously wrong and my dad said he'd put a stop to it.

I'd had no idea but my dad told me that Fred was actually in his 40's - i was shocked and to be honest only half believed him.

He changed my number and he changed my email password so that was it - no more contact.

They couldn't hassel me any more.

Yet a few months later I texted Fred. I don't know why. I guess I just wanted to find out if he really was a peadophile. My dad found out after another large phone bill.

This time he spoke nothing of it...until about 3 weeks later when I saw him crying and I asked what was wrong.

He said 'just you remember young lady - This family is on both sides of the law...NOBODY touches my little girl. Nobody hurts my family. I will not confirm or deny any action but they wont hurt you any more.'

That was that. Nothing else. I heard nothign of it at all.

Until my birthday 'Happy Birthday!!! What would you like? If you told me your address I could leave it on your doorstep x x x'

and Xmas 'Happy Christmas!!! x x x'

and Valentines day when I was on a date with this boy I fancied 'Happy Valentines day - I miss you... x x x'

and 'would you like an easter egg - if you gave me your address i could leave it near your door? x x x'

I never responded to those messages, nor told my father.

It dawned on me the other day that if my dad had suggested he'd done unspeakable things to Fred, why was he still happy to text me? These texts made me feel watched. It was creepy!

Bob never bothered me at all after my dad found out the first time, so at least he backed away...I'd just like to know what happened to Fred...

I could easily go on my email account by changing the password now, find out who what happened to Fred as I'm sure my parents continued to email him to get more info in order to do whatever my dad did...but

Today I got the email telling me I didn't meet competency for my application to go further in the application process.

I did everything I was asked, filled in every box, and when I got the email back about my application being considered I was buzzing!

I was asked to do some online tests and you have to answer a stupid amount of questions and do a stupid amount of reading within about half the time any normal person would be able to answer them....as in about 30 something questions in about 20 something minutes.

...to be honest though...as ridiculous as it was...I'm REALLY disappointed...

How do I tell my dad? He's the only person I told about applying.

He REALLY wanted me to get it, because he used to have a job in the same sort of area

and so the company/organisation would sponsor me through university next year.

After recently watching Bret Leonard's 'Feed' I was wondering, what would happen if somebody actually drank, or in the context of the movie was FORCE FED, pure human fat - like the stuff that comes off liposuction melted down and just force fed to a person, or drank, if thats your thing =/

Obviously you'd get fatter, no doubt about it, but would it give you a heart attack straight away?

Simply, inquisitive :)

So if any of you awesome science bods have the answer (which I can't seem to find on google) then I'd be grateful if you shared you wisdom :)

Me and my boyfriend have been pretty much together all year so far, but officially since about 6 months ago.

They seem to love him and think he's a responsible young adult, as he turned 18 about a month ago, and I'm turning 18 in just less than 3 weeks.

He's had a rough time recently and so have I (my parents don't know about my personal life and how i feel, they never seem interested so I don't tell them) and him and his parents have paid for me and him to go away to a lovely hotel for 2 nights next week.

Its already been booked and when I asked my parents last night, they told me I couldn't go!

Now the money will be non refundable as its a last minute deal,

My parents have gone off on one about how I'm going to fail at life and never get into university, because I apparently don't do enough college work.

They have no concept of how to let me live my life!

I've had a 6 month relationship before, but at the time I was 15/16 and he was 17/18, and they were fine with that

I've been with another guy from about half an hour away when I was 16 and he was 16, and they were fine with that.

So how come they won't let me go?

EVEN though the moey has already been paid? :S

My dad mentioned something during his screaming fit about it being a dirty weekend - which is a load of b*llsh*t! Of course we have sex, but we aren't at it like rabbits! Are they so naive that they think we DON'T have sex? I mean SERIOUSLY?

The point of going on this little 2 night break was that we originally wanted to go to his grandparents caravan, and couldnt go there, so we booked a hotel. We've both had a hard time recently and we just need a little break to get away.

My boyfriend is mad at me, and his parents will be too

I don't know what to do!

I just want to go :(

Or make it up to my boyfriend, but Idk how.

And how do I make my parents see they're being unfair?

For moral reasons, I've recently decided that I'd like to stop eating meat.

I do however, want to be a healthy vegetarian, and there are SO many UNHEALTHY vegetarian meals out there that I'm wondering how I'm going to manage ( I had a tough rough patch with bulimia not so long ago and I don't plan on going back there)

Anybody got any nice meal suggestions or tips?

The change is hard, everybody seems to suddenly want Nandos, bacon and other meaty things!

:)

To put it simply, I want to gain about 5lbs

As FAST as possible

I've got one week to do so.

How do I go about it?

Sounds dumb too but im 5ft3 and about 9stn7/8 - am I already overweight or nearly overweight?

(I intend on losing the weight once the week is up)

Ok, so its a little gruesome, but for the past 3 to 4 days I've been having an increasingly frequent urge to urinate! Alongside this irritating problem, once I've nearly finished having a wee, I get a pretty painful burning sensation in my lady regions!

I seem to be needing the toilet about every 30 minutes to an hour, and seriously, I need this to GO AWAY! :(

Too embarrassed to tell my parents :$

Advice?