Non dementia-nal
Connie Clark
connie_3c@yahoo.com
Fri, 30 May 2003 15:37:44 -0700 (PDT)
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In response to news posted by Weatherby, and elsewhere,
The pill was an experiment to cure possible conception. didn't work so well for me because I couldn't remember to take them every single day, So much for estrogen improving mental acuity. They were also hard to get and have on-hand reliably. I was not willing to go to the UT health center and tell a doc that I was promiscuous and needed the pill. My supplier was a friend of a married friend. The dosage was way off in those early years, too. Taking the pill made my breasts enlarge to discomfort.
This past semester, I took my HRT-supplemented post-menopausal brain to a university class (hard science). Couldn't give a rats ass for the subject, but found that in my maturity I have gained the skill of concentration. At the end of the 3-hour, weekly lecture, I hesitated to shoot up my arm when the instructor asked for questions, to give the other students a chance to ask. They don't. They were day-dreaming (or sleeping), which is something I had an inclination to do in college classes when I was their age. I found that at age 58, I have no trouble wrapping my brain around physics and math, and I do homework problems with great determination, like some folks work their crossword puzzles. Mind stimulating.
Which reminds me. In the late 60s early 70s, Lieuen, Plasky and Joe Brown were roommates in a house on the east side of I-35, 16th street, I think. The front room was papered with Vulcan posters. These very clever guys had found a way to live there with copious amounts of idle time. One of their favorite ways to burn said time, was to work completely, the London Times crossword puzzle. It contained, as you know, lot's of British colloquialisms. They were so pleased with themselves, as vast reading of English literature (Doyle, Amis, Shakespeare, Milton, Burgess, for example) had well-prepared them for solving each week's challenging puzzle.
Lieuen was also the best Scrabble player I ever knew. He always won, but most amazingly, every word he played scored 30+ points. He always beat me at Gin too. Chance or mental genius? I have to say here also that Joe Fish, after having not so long ago blown a large number of brain cells via a stroke, seemed just fine when I talked to him last Sunday at Moriarty's fine party. He probably would beat me at gin also.
My prescription of HRT expired a couple of weeks ago, and I had it on my list to get hold of the Doc and pharmacy, and all, to renew, when the news about it maybe causing dementia came out. I wasn't really using it for brain function, rather, for maintaining bone density due to family history of osteop. I also took it to improve libido. Very important.
For various reasons, and conveniently for now, I will cease being part of the great HRT experiment, but I will be glad to entertain any suggestions for a substitute herb or potion that will continue feeding my 'improved' libido?
Yeah.
Weekend regards. computer is down at home, an expensive hard drive problem,
later,
Connie
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<DIV>In response to news posted by Weatherby, and elsewhere,</DIV>
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<DIV>The pill was an experiment to cure possible conception. didn't work so well for me because I couldn't remember to take them every single day, So much for estrogen improving mental acuity. They were also hard to get and have on-hand reliably. I was not willing to go to the UT health center and tell a doc that I was promiscuous and needed the pill. My supplier was a friend of a married friend. The dosage was way off in those early years, too. Taking the pill made my breasts enlarge to discomfort.</DIV>
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<DIV>This past semester, I took my HRT-supplemented post-menopausal brain to a university class (hard science). Couldn't give a rats ass for the subject, but found that in my maturity I have gained the skill of concentration. At the end of the 3-hour, weekly lecture, I hesitated to shoot up my arm when the instructor asked for questions, to give the other students a chance to ask. They don't. They were day-dreaming (or sleeping), which is something I had an inclination to do in college classes when I was their age. I found that at age 58, I have no trouble wrapping my brain around physics and math, and I do homework problems with great determination, like some folks work their crossword puzzles. Mind stimulating.</DIV>
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<DIV>Which reminds me. In the late 60s early 70s, Lieuen, Plasky and Joe Brown were roommates in a house on the east side of I-35, 16th street, I think. The front room was papered with Vulcan posters. These very clever guys had found a way to live there with copious amounts of idle time. One of their favorite ways to burn said time, was to work completely, the London Times crossword puzzle. It contained, as you know, lot's of British colloquialisms. They were so pleased with themselves, as vast reading of English literature (Doyle, Amis, Shakespeare, Milton, Burgess, for example) had well-prepared them for solving each week's challenging puzzle.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Lieuen was also the best Scrabble player I ever knew. He always won, but most amazingly, every word he played scored 30+ points. He always beat me at Gin too. Chance or mental genius? I have to say here also that Joe Fish, after having not so long ago blown a large number of brain cells via a stroke, seemed just fine when I talked to him last Sunday at Moriarty's fine party. He probably would beat me at gin also.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>My prescription of HRT expired a couple of weeks ago, and I had it on my list to get hold of the Doc and pharmacy, and all, to renew, when the news about it maybe causing dementia came out. I wasn't really using it for brain function, rather, for maintaining bone density due to family history of osteop. I also took it to improve libido. Very important.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>For various reasons, and conveniently for now, I will cease being part of the great HRT experiment, but I will be glad to entertain any suggestions for a substitute herb or potion that will continue feeding my 'improved' libido?</DIV>
<DIV>Yeah.</DIV>
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<DIV>Weekend regards. computer is down at home, an expensive hard drive problem,</DIV>
<DIV>later,</DIV>
<DIV>Connie</DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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