
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
What a mess!
Sad day here 😞 in Louisiana. Lots of damage in certain outlying areas of the city and other parishes. Some injuries and a few deaths.
Shelters are open for people in need.
New Orleans is below sea level so there is flooding with heavy rainfall.
We are grateful that our family has escaped damage and are safe.
It’s a weird time of year for all of this. So sad, during the holiday season.
There are still.Some digging out. Drifts 10-12 feet deep.
Sorry the winds are still going strong.
We are experiencing ‘the calm’ after the storm.
Our tornado winds are over now. Rain has ended and the temperature is dropping a bit.
So sorry about the incident with car.
cw - glad it's not worse and that that your sky light hasn't leaked
glad - Oh it will end. Maybe not when you want it to but it will end. Stay safe and warm. Hope you are stocked up with groceries.
Overcast here which I don't care for. But my groceries are coming soon. So thankful for delivery!
The ancestry findings are very interesting. The health reports are fascinating. I wasn’t aware that I would continue to receive health reports from them.
They test for all kinds of things. They tell the likelihood of developing health issues and so on. I was surprised by the details.
One report on physical features said that I have blue eyes, which I do. Fair skin. I do have fair skin. Said I have sticky earwax, I do. No dandruff, I don’t. Said I don’t have a unibrow, I don’t, No stretch marks, I don’t, No cleft chin. I don’t, and so on. So interesting that they know these things from our genes.
Another test result spoke about specific taste buds. The report stated that I don’t like cilantro.
I had no idea that a DNA test could address the topic of taste buds. I absolutely hate cilantro. They say that people who have a specific gene causes it taste like soap. So interesting.
I do not have the variants they tested for late Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease.
Testing showed that I do have the likelihood of developing heart disease. Heart disease is in my family. My dad had heart issues and two of my brothers as well.
I was interested in both ancestry and health reports so I paid more for the test than I would have paid for just the ancestry report.
They test for all kinds of things and send the results to the app. It’s fascinating to read.
Yes, I do. My primary doctor sent to a cardiologist awhile ago.
I plan to be on guard.
Right! I have been amazed by what has been determined by our DNA.
I believe in science. I love research and feel that the development of medical advances have been incredible.
We still have a long way to go in many areas but I am excited knowing that we are constantly discovering new findings.
Why can't they treat proactively instead of reactively. Ugh!