[nooni]

Originally Posted by sumiyia

a friend of mine from undergrad passed away last night in a car accident.. he was a 22 year old convert. that would be the 5th young death in our community in the last month. subhanallah.

subhanallah i cant imagine what your community must be going through right now, it seems that every few pages, someone else has passed away .

inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji3oon

[Ilikemyscarf]

Originally Posted by jaani

wow..thats wild & hardcore love

~j

Nahi.

Inna lillahi wa ina ilayhi rajeoon.

[heba]

yeah, last night a friend of my moms passed away. she had breast cancer. 5yrs ago they founda little lump but they said it was nothing. and then about a year ago they realized it had spread and they removed her breast.

i wasnt at the funeral but apparently it was PACKED. mashallah ive heard only good things about this lady. she used to take newcomers to the country into her house until they got on their feet and were able to suppor themselves.

hamdillah theyve already started a breast cancer foundation in her name though.

inna lillahi wa inni ilahi rajioon

[sally]

Inna lillahi wainna ilaihi rajioon

Originally Posted by bluey

I need to vent. My knees have been hurting constantly today. Its an awful feeling. I've been telling myself for the past few months I'll go check the Doctor out, but somehow I never go. They make such awful cracking sounds whenever I bend. I hate the constant aching feeling I get sometimes. I've been taking calcium pills but I don't know how much they're helping. I don't like going to Doctors alone. I'll drag my Sister with me. Seriously, I really regret not drinking milk when I was young. I'm paying for it now. I did some research on it and I'm hoping its not osteoporosis or arthritis. I don't think it is, i don't know the symptoms much, except it mentioned that knees hurt. Sigh.

Secondly, I hate it when I just cannot simply get myself down to study or finish my work when I have a paper to give in or exam to revise for.

Ugh.

Insha'Allah it's not osteoporosis. Though I do recommend you go see your doctor. I should also let you know that contrary to popular belief, MILK IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR AN ADEQUATE SOURCE OF CALCIUM that is required by humans, ESPECIALLY FOR FEMALES. In fact there is some research that shows that due to other issues with milk, the little calcium present in it doesn't end up benefiting you and actually may cause bone issue. But that's under strong debate amongst scientists. Anyway, for yet other reasons, I'm not too big of a fan of milk anymore.

So the good news is you don't need to drink milk if you hate it, just for calcium purposes. A much better alternative is to take a multivitamin on a daily basis that has all the necessary stuff you might lack due to todays imbalanced diets plus Vitamin D, K, & A all of which are important for bone loss prevention. Also, your multivitamin will contain calcium. But not as much as one requires on a daily basis because even vitamin makers assume that you're taking in some healthy stuff. And the problem is, you may one day and not the next. So for that, I suggest buying an additional calcium supplement. One of my favorites is Viactiv which comes in different chocolate flavors. Not the greatest tasting chocolate, obviously, but it's chew able and does the work for me. You're supposed to take it thrice a day. With food, so it absorbs well.

Also, dehydration can cause muscle cramps so you might want to start drinking a little more water. Definitely see your doctor, of course. Insha'Allah it's not anything serious.

And I would also recommend, after you check with your doctor of course (to make sure it's nothing serious, and it's not going to be Insha'Allah but it's better to get a check up like I said) that you start doing light weight lifting. Women are most prone to suffer from bone loss because of the lack of calcium and other reasons. The chances of this can be prevented from light to moderate weight lifting, in fact it's going to make your bones stronger. And no, you won't get big and bulky at all, don't worry. Make sure to combine it with light cardio also, because that's good for your heart and gets you warmed up for the weights. Insha'Allah Khair.

[iSHi]

Originally Posted by sumiyia

a friend of mine from undergrad passed away last night in a car accident.. he was a 22 year old convert. that would be the 5th young death in our community in the last month. subhanallah.

inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji3oon.

[zzze]

assalamu alaykum

Originally Posted by Timbit

How do all you married ladies deal with your mother-in-laws? How are they? Are they nice?

I'm not married or engaged or looking or anything, but that's what scares me about marriage. Having to leave your own family and get a new one. And you hear horror stories about mother-in-laws... not that all of them are that way obviously, but yeah... it's still scary. I never wanna get married.

And my mom's like "We'll get you engaged in another year or two" and I'm like "Ahhhhh. Nooooooo." Marriage just doesn't sound too appealing anymore. I think I'm over the whole "Get me married already" phase.

erm...Yeah...Marry an orphan. Duas, PLEASE.

[Pushpa]

Mother-in-laws are human too, and they raised the man you married so they must have done SOMETHING right

That said I've witnessed some awful things....

Eh - can of worms...


Anyway.... can a home pregnancy test give a false positive result?

[Timbit]

Zzze: That bad, eh? I'm still making du'a for you though. InshaAllah the truth will enfold before it's too late.

Pushpa: What if the man you married sucks? Who to blame then?
And yeah, it definitely can, but it's not too common. Follow up with your doctor. Congrats!

iSHi: That's the worst feeling ever... but don't worry. You have me.

Sal: Whoa, that's crazy. And would explain why my knees still sometimes crack, even though I drink enough milk. I'm gonna ask my doctor. He's not too big on multivitamins and supplements usually, but no harm in asking.

sumiyia: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon. SubhanAllah... life can be so short. None of us know when our time is coming.

[ABCDGIRL]

I looooooove my mother in law...shes soooo awesome
Shes so nice and understanding m'A...she always takes my side
My fiance doesnt watch movies and his mom is like I can watch TV with her when she comes over
sometimes i tease him and tell him what if me and his mom are on one side of an issue and hes on the other and hes like i wont let you talk to her lol


its cute when mil's tell their son that the wife is always right

[ABCDGIRL]

have any of yall tried out obagi products?

[zakk]

Originally Posted by Pushpa

Mother-in-laws are human too, and they raised the man you married so they must have done SOMETHING right

That said I've witnessed some awful things....

Eh - can of worms...


Anyway.... can a home pregnancy test give a false positive result?

Pushpa, nope. PeeOnAStick.com should help.

[the_only_one]

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[jaani]

Sumi: Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'um

~j

[displaced]

my future mother-in-law is a sweetheart. at the moment, I like her better than my fiance.

[Pushpa]

Originally Posted by zakk

Pushpa, nope. PeeOnAStick.com should help.

Thanks.

Alhamdulillah.