Darkoshi

When I make brownies or cookie bars, the edges (naturally) end up harder or crunchier than the interior parts. When cutting them into like-sized pieces as I used to do, many of the pieces would (naturally) end up with at least one hard/crunchy edge. I disliked those parts as they would sometimes hurt* my mouth and gums when I bit on them.

A few years ago when making cookies bars, I started cutting off the hard parts first in a narrow strip along all 4 sides of the pan. That way, the rest of the cookie bars are pleasantly soft and chewy on all sides. As a bonus, I even enjoy eating the harder edges when they are cut this way. In narrow strips, they are easier to eat without hurting my mouth.

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I very much dislike the rough dry fuzzy feeling of peach skins in my mouth. Therefore I peel peaches before eating them. But it seems a shame to throw away presumably healthy and rich-in-fiber peach skins, especially if the peach was reasonably ripe, in which case the skins aren't quite as bad.

So now I've found that I enjoy eating peeled peach skins on their own, as long as I fold each piece so that the fuzzy skin is on the inside and the (thin layer of) peach flesh is on the outside.

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*I have what may be called a "prominent" alveolar ridge. I estimate it extends back at least 1cm behind my upper front teeth before curving up to the top of my palate. Chewing hard crunchy food often makes that area of my mouth sore. As does biting into hard fruit like apples or pears.

My mom has experienced occasional vertigo for a long time, but it must have gotten worse lately. A doctor recommended physical therapy. I'd have never thought physical therapy could help with vertigo.

But from what the doctor told my mom, which matches up with what I've read now, there are crystals in the ears which can get out of their normal place, and this causes the vertigo. Special movements can be done to get them to go back into their normal place, thereby relieving the vertigo.

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-bppv-dizziness-caused-by-inner-ear-crystals/

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/canalith-repositioning-procedure/about/pac-20393315

https://healthfully.com/cure-inner-ear-crystals-5652655.html

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External Fixation - for bone fractures

Foley catheter

PICC line - peripherally inserted central catheter

Calcaneus - heelbone

The following page has a couple of interesting 3-D sonogram* computer-enhanced images of an erect clitoris, along with some confusing and inconsistent looking hand-drawn diagrams:
http://blog.museumofsex.com/the-internal-clitoris/

This page also has a couple of additional diagrams:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_cavernosum_of_clitoris

After perusing all those images and reading the texts, I'm left confused... I'm not sure which parts are the corpus cavernosum versus the vestibular bulbs. And some of the images make it appear that the Crus are the tips of the Corpus Cavernosum, while other images make them look like 2 totally separate parts.

The 3D sonograms images make it look like the corpus cavernosa surrounds the vagina like a donut surrounding a donut hole.. but apparently they're 2 separate stems that go around the vagina on both sides and aren't connected on the other end.


* Retrospectively, I suppose that the organs in those images are too clean and distinct-looking for them to be actual sonograms.

(indirectly) via that English dude in Scotland who posts too many interesting links which keep me up past my bedtime

I think I was able to feel my cervix with my finger today, while in the shower. I'm not completely sure if that is what I was feeling, as it wasn't a very prominent bump like my nose is, but I would guess that must have been the cervix.
Oddly, when I used the finger on one hand (I can't remember which was which now), I only felt a small bumpy thing on the left side (not sure what that was) and nothing in the middle. Whereas with the other hand, I instead felt a larger bump in the middle, which I'm assuming was the cervix. I tried twice with both fingers, and had the same results.

After the shower, I tried inserting my diva-cup, and I actually got it in, for the first time ever. These pages showing different folds that can be used, helped a lot:
http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/453392.html
http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/1063119.html
http://community.livejournal.com/menstrual_cups/769444.html

I used the 7-fold. But I did not feel the cup pop open, and I was not able to grasp the base and twist the cup like the instructions say. I can't fit my thumb and forefinger in far enough to do that. So I am not sure if it is in right, or positioned correctly. But it's in, and it isn't uncomfortable so far. I am worried that I will have difficulty removing it, but I'll deal with that later.