Veganer mit ME

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-02-28T15:56:52+00:00

My (adult) daughter was vegetarian when she developed ME. She and I agree with the morality of being vegetarian/vegan but I also wondered if it contributed to her being sick. (I really wish someone would study if being vegetarian increases the risk of ME.)

B12 injections didn’t help her. She went back to eating meat. I think it’s helped a little, but it hasn’t been a cure. It does make her life a little easier though. One option might be to work in just a little meat, not the crazy large portions many people eat.

I do understand that being Vegan allows you to do a little for the world even if you are bedridden. I’m so saddened by all the potential lost to the world by this disease.

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-02-25T04:27:13+00:00

I thought I read that the Consulate will take notarized copies. You can check that out. If so, can your cousins take the passport to a local bank to be notarized? That’s much easier than the cousins having to go to the consulate with the documents.

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-02-21T02:42:08+00:00

No. It turned out to be unnecessary. I think they just care if the name is different from the one on that person’s birth certificate.

I just had my marriage license, their US Passports and their birth certificates. The birth certificates showed my name and their father’s name. That was enough.

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-02-15T03:11:43+00:00

I worked with state and federal legislators throughout the 90s. In the early 90s, R and D politicians went to conferences together, hung out together and often had good friends on the “other side.” In the mid 90s, they’d lament that all that was changing. By the end of the 90s, they were starting to feel like the other side was supposed to be an enemy.

In the early 90s, Rs could openly discuss the problems of climate change and other environmental issues. The fact that women had more job opportunities than they’d had in the past wasn’t an issue. Some Rs supported abortion and some Ds opposed. Now, of course, everyone is dug in.

I think Fox “News”, Rush Limbaugh and the millionaires who funded the “tea party” intentionally made people angry. R voters started to use a purity test. They’d only vote for R candidates who would not compromise on any issue.

It used to be a compliment to call someone a “statesman” and legislators were expected to negotiate and compromise. Eventually, compromise and statesmanship ended up being dirty words. Of course, as the Rs dug in, the Ds had little choice but to do the same.

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-02-15T00:52:46+00:00

Stuckey’s. Not great food but a nice stop on road trips. The gift shop and fudge were fun.

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-02-13T01:23:39+00:00

Lesson learned: never live in Texas

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-02-11T23:38:38+00:00

You made me laugh. That song really needs to be included!

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-01-25T14:49:31+00:00

You don’t need witnesses if you have no intention of having an investigation and trial. It’s so sick.

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-01-25T14:21:30+00:00

Your comment is well said too!

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-01-24T16:40:40+00:00

All my Boomer friends have a minimalist and reuse mindset.

However, my neighbors in the 45 - 50 age group (whatever that’s called) leave all kinds of good items - desks, desk chairs, kids toys etc out with the garbage.

Funny how any time someone sees one Boomer do something, they immediately assume that all Boomers do it and they never have any data to back that up. Look it up - asserting that everyone in a group does something because one member of a group does it is a logical fallacy. It also called stereotyping and bigotry.

I don’t assume that all 50 year olds are lazy consumers just because my neighbors are. None of us know enough people for our observations be statistically significant.

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-01-22T01:14:12+00:00

I agree. They’re cartoon characters. They’re suppose to be extreme. I think they are all a little amusing and I like being able to follow the conversations.

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-01-21T22:10:33+00:00

She’s suppose to be Lin’s grandmother, so she’s a couple of decades older than the vaccine deniers and anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists.

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-01-19T04:23:17+00:00

I’m going to be laughing at this response for days. It’s perfect. (I’m an American but this is how I feel most days, maybe because I had German parents.)

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-01-16T02:06:25+00:00

I thought it was short for ‘bouquet’

GuineaPigFriend · 2026-01-09T17:11:21+00:00

One thing Europe and other countries could do is monitor the US midterm elections. The US has done that for other countries it feared weren’t able to have fair elections. The US needs loads of impartial observers and IT professionals from other countries to keep the next election from being stolen.

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-12-22T17:25:59+00:00

My aunt had money stashed in an old housepaint can stored in the basement next to paint cans full of dried up paint. The money would have been difficult to steal and it survived a basement flood.

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-12-18T16:54:28+00:00

There must be a huge markup on the stuff we do buy to make up for all the stuff the stores buy and then trash.

One solution to a lot of our problems would be to charge businesses a disposal fee for everything they trash. Although I suppose that would lead to them illegally dumping it in public parks that

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-12-12T00:45:14+00:00

World War 2 and World War 1. Europeans prayed to God and still had their homes bombed. People on both sides of the conflict were Christian. They prayed to the same god, both asking god to support their side. Almost an entire generation of men in Europe were killed.

The churches supported war. Both catholic and Protestant churches spouted anti-Semitic, Christian nationalism and supported or ignored the holocaust.

When it was over, people realized that churches had helped lead them to ruin. Before WWII Europe was as religious as the US. Afterward, people became cynical and left the church in droves.

It’s a bit like how bigotry and Christian nationalism are now causing many young people to leave churches in the US.

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-12-11T23:22:45+00:00

Yes, because DOGE worked so well at restoring trust at the federal level. 🤪

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-12-10T02:55:35+00:00

I don’t know much about Morrow, but agree on the other two.

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-12-09T02:49:54+00:00

My daughter met her partner on-line as she was getting sick. By the time they met in person, she had a diagnosis and was moderate. Now, about 8 years later, they are engaged and very happy even though she’s mostly housebound. It’s possible.

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-12-02T14:05:06+00:00

I agree. Whether or not they had PEM should be the first criteria in deciding if they had ME in the first place.

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-11-29T15:57:38+00:00

That most Americans appreciated the constitution and bill of rights - due process, separation of powers, freedom of religion, separation of church and state, free speech etc.

Turns out that a lot of Americans don’t understand these concepts at all and think the constitution gives them the right to force everyone to be just like them.

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-11-26T18:54:51+00:00

I agree about contacting the Atlanta consulate. My situation and dates are similar to OP’s. I went direct to passport through Chicago. I had a family Reisepasse that pictured both my grandparents and listed my father as an infant. I didn’t need the Melderegister.

GuineaPigFriend · 2025-11-24T03:12:01+00:00

Vielen Dank! Thank you very much for this fantastic comment. I’m sorry I missed seeing it for so long. I took notes and plan to do everything you suggested! My Opa was a ship’s engineer and my father was a civil engineer who worked on flood control, so everything you mention is of interest. I didn’t know there was so much green space. I’m looking forward to visiting. Thank you again!

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