FINALLY

Well Lop got a call from Tyler Perry and they want him to be recurring on his show House Of Payne!!! I have never seen the show but hey if it pays the bills LOL I might have to start watching it ;O).

Some Girls Fainting After Receiving HPV Vaccine

ATLANTA - The groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer in girls is gaining a reputation as the most painful of childhood shots, health experts say.
Health officials have touted the Gardasil vaccine as an important new protection against a cancer-causing sexually transmitted virus. In recent months, they’ve also noted reports of pain and fainting from the shot.

During its first year of use, reports of girls fainting from vaccinations climbed, but it’s not clear whether the pain of the cervical cancer vaccine was the reason for the reaction.
“This vaccine stings a lot,” said Patsy Stinchfield, an infectious disease expert at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, speaking at a recent meeting of vaccination experts in Atlanta.

It sure does, said 18-year-old Lauren Fant. She said other shots tend to hurt only at the moment of the needle stick, and not after the vaccine plunges in. “It burns,” said the college freshman from Marrietta, Ga. Pain usually briefThe pain is short-lived, girls say; many react with little more than a grimace. But some teens say it’s uncomfortable driving with or sleeping on the injected arm for up to a day after getting the shot. Officials at Merck & Co., which makes the vaccine, acknowledge the sting. They attribute it partly to the virus-like particles in the shot. Pre-marketing studies showed more reports of pain from Gardasil than from dummy shots, and patients reported more pain when given shots with more of the particles.
Meanwhile, U.S. health officials have noticed a rise in reports of vaccine-associated fainting in girls. From 2002-2004 there were about 50 reports of fainting; from 2005 until last July, there were about 230. About 180 of those cases followed a shot of Gardasil, which came on the market in 2006.

But it’s not clear that Gardasil’s sting is related to the fainting increase, said Dr. Barbara Slade, an immunization safety specialist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Teens tend to faint from needles, so a three-dose vaccine for adolescents would be expected to prompt some added fainting, she said. Researchers aren’t sure why teens faint more than other age groups, but nervousness may be a factor.

Gardasil is the first vaccine approved specifically to target the human papilloma virus, or HPV, which causes cervical and vaginal cancer. The Food and Drug Administration approved it for girls ages 9 to 26.

Preliminary studies indicate only 10 to 20 percent of them have gotten at least one dose.
But researchers said those rates are due to reasons other than worries about pain, including Gardasil’s $120-a-shot price, limited supplies initially and mixed feelings by some parents and doctors about a vaccination that assumes girls have sex.


Does anyone know why they will not give this vaccine to women over the age 26? If you test negative for the virus couldn't you still get the vaccine to be protected from getting the virus no matter what your age? I'd really like to know whythere is an age limit on this vaccine....

OK Seriously now

I am really beginning to get mad now. I am so OVER all these STUPID Viagra ads and all the other friggin spam that comes into my email box. They have now completely stepped over the line when I open them to see some guys dick staring me in the face. Why in the hell has NO ONE sued these people. There has got to be a way to do it. Just not sure how!!! It is sad when you have to ask your kids to leave the room while you check your email. I DO NOT have that part people. STOP sending the crap!!!

Britney Spears Hospitalized for 'An Evaluation'

Britney Spears has been taken to a Los Angeles hospital for "an evaluation" after police were called to her Studio City home for a "custodial dispute" Thursday. At around 8 p.m. police responded to a call "about a custodial dispute regarding Britney Spears's children," said LAPD officer Jason Lee. Nearly three hours later, police determined that a court order stated that the singer's children, who were with Spears at the time, were supposed to be with Kevin Federline, and a transfer was arranged, according to Lee. "While officers were on the scene, they observed Ms. Spears under the influence of an unknown substance," Lee added. "She is now being taken in for an evaluation, more than likely to a hospital. There were no reported injuries to anyone involved including the children." In addition to multiple officers, fire trucks, two ambulance and a police helicopter were all on the scene. At one point, Spears was seen being taken to an ambulance on a gurney. After Spears arrived at the hospital, her father, Jamie, and her ex, Federline – as well as both of her sons – were spotted there. A source confirms that the boys were not being treated for any injuries. Spears, who has visitation rights with her two sons Preston, 2, and Jayden, 1, was scheduled to give the boys over to Federline at 7 p.m. Thursday. A bodyguard for Federline arrived to pick up the boys at the designated time, but Spears refused to relinquish her sons, according to a source. Police – as well as Federline's lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan – arrived at the house close to 8 p.m., though Kaplan was later seen leaving. Earlier in the day, Spears showed up 90 minutes late to a scheduled deposition in her custody case – and stayed for only a fraction of an hour. Back at her Studio City home directly after the hearing, when a photographer asked if Kaplan was nice to her, Spears, 26, responded with an emphatic, "No!" When reached by PEOPLE, Spears's lawyer Sorrell Trope, who on Wednesday filed a request to withdraw from the singer's custody case, said only: "No comment."

With Britney's daily drama of the day I almost don't notice that everything on t.v. is reruns because of the writers strike. Britney's life is like watching a never ending episode of Melrose Place. Thanks for the entertainment brit brit!

2007 Celebrity Deaths

January 2007

Del Reeves - 74 - Grand Ole Opry star
Sidney Sheldon - 89 - Stage, screen writer turned best-selling novelist

February 2007

Anna Nicole Smith - 39
Ian Richardson - 72 - Actor

March 2007

Kitty Carlisle Hart - 96 - Actress
Betty Hutton - 86 - Singer-actress

April 2007

Jack Valenti - 85 - Founder of MPAA
Don Ho - 76 - Hawaiian crooner ("Tiny Bubbles")

May 2007

Charles Nelson Reilly- 76- Actor

June 2007

Chris Benoit - 40 - World Wrestling Entertainment star
Liz Claiborne - 78 - Designer
Joel Siegel - 63 - Longtime "Good Morning America" movie critic.

July 2007

Tom Snyder - 71 - Late-late night TV talk show host

August 2007

Merv Griffin - 82 - TV Talk Show Host & Creator of "Wheel Of Fortune" and "Jeopardy."

September 2007

Jane Wyman - 90 - First wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan
Deborah Kerr - 86 - Actress
Joey Bishop - 89 - Actor
Luciano Pavarotti - 71 - Opera superstar

October 2007

Robert Goulet - 73 - Actor/singer


November 2007

George Osmond - 90 - Patriarch of singing Osmond family
Kevin Dubrow - 52 - Lead singer for heavy metal band Quiet Riot
Evel Knievel - 69 - Motorcycle daredevil

December 2007

Ike Turner - 76 - Singer, ex-husband of Tina Turner
Dan Fogelberg - 56 - Singer/songwriter

And my addiction continues LOL

Never in all of my life did I ever think I would wear a thong. I would look at them and shudder. Then when I started to lose weight I thought ok let me try these things... and now I can't stop buying them. I love them. It took about ummm 2 days to really get used to them but now I hate when I have to wear regular ones. Lop is forever saying "You waited until you where 42 to even try them" Yep I did. Cause ya never know when one might need 30 pairs of thongs LMAO!!! My son bought me a Victoria's Secret gift card for Christmas.. I tried really I did to use it for other things.. ok I did get the one sweater I had my eye on for 19 dollars (OMG It was marked down form 70, so there was no way I was passing that up), but the thongs kept calling and calling my name LOL. I LOVE the "Pink" collection that they have. Just way to cute stuff.. and of course it is named Pink.. so how can a girl resist. Just looked and I get my delivery tomorrow YEAH!!!

And the new year starts.....

and with a bang it did.... talk about being slammed with work!!! Okay can we go back 2 weeks and maybe I might enjoy it a bit more LOL!! Time sure flies doesn't it. My mom was right when she said the older you get the faster time flies. School starts here tomorrow for my kids. I am so ready for them to go back so that I can have some peace and quiet again LOL. All decorations come down this weekend so it will be a busy one for us here. I love Christmas decorations and it is so sad for me every year to see them be boxed back up again :O( but life goes on until next Christmas.. only what 357 more days LOL