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To: Brandon who wrote (14441)	10/13/2001 3:28:39 PM
From: Shoot1st	Respond to of 18137

Brandon, I'm not a doc but I have cured my wife's migraines. They began after a Carbon Monoxide exposure. Frequently after a petro chemical exposure the brain can detect minute particles of allergens and the result is a headache as though somebody has their fingers inside your sinus cavities and are ripping meat from bone. Another problem if you have had some type of chemical exposure is the reaction to foods that result in headaches. Those foods will serve as a catalyst in the changing of your blood from either alkaline to acid and back. try this. Eliminate all petrochemicals in your life. No perfumes, no cleaning agents, no soaps....get very natural. Next be sure to take enzymes and hydrocloric acid with meals to expedite the movement of foods through your system. About and hour after eating take a packet of ALka Seltzer GOLD. GNC will have the products. Go to this site, sign on and inquire.....www.lef.org try this for a month or so and get back to me regardless if it works or not. I'll search until I find something that helps. It's what I do. You are not the 1st I've worked for on SI for chronic med problems. I enjoy it. take care, SHootie...aka....Garth

To: Brandon who wrote (14441)	10/13/2001 3:40:00 PM
From: TFF	Respond to of 18137

"A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking a loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul." Jesse Livermore

To: Brandon who wrote (14441)	10/13/2001 7:07:49 PM
From: Dominick	Respond to of 18137

Geez Brandon! It saddens me to know what you're going through. I used to have many migraines as a teenager, Codeine and Tylenol were my favorites. It turned out that I was a junk food addict with low blood sugar,(oxy- moron?). Hate to tell you how many chocolate bars I ate a day. It seems the bottom line to life will always be "Attitude is everything". Thanks for that post, Dominick

To: Brandon who wrote (14441)	10/13/2001 8:06:00 PM
From: ihearyou	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18137

How's this for a suggestion for your headaches -- my wife had terrible migraines for 25 years. Then she got a hysterectomy last year, and her headaches have just about cleared up. Anyway, maybe you got a smile out of it. I just want to thank you for the post and the analogies ... it not only helps me get pointed in the right direction .. these posts on attitude keep me from getting too down on myself for the stupid emotional responses I continue to make in response to market action. The posts from you and Alan and OZ have been great ... as has been Douglas' book.

To: Brandon who wrote (14441)	10/14/2001 11:33:15 AM
From: KymarFye	Respond to of 18137

Ever notice how often, near the end of great posts, people apologize for writing them? Thanks. There was one passage I found particularly telling: "So this can lead you to one of two conclusions. A) Nothing works and I might as well stop trading now. Those who are successful at this just lucky, statistics will dictate that some people will make money even if just by luck. or B) There is more to trading than simple mechanical things and what separates the winners from the losers has less to do with set ups than the losers think, and its more "something else"" When you're first getting seriously into trading, and not necessarily experiencing great (or any) success, such considerations can loom very large. Some of my worst periods of trading - in terms of p/l, in terms of successful execution of a trading plan, and in terms of my own feelings about what I was doing - are associated with periods during which I was familiarizing myself with the most negative theoretical perspectives on trading. It's very hard, for instance, to trade pattern-based set-ups when reading the work of theorists who believe they're no more meaningful than those infamous random coin-toss charts. Even Trader Vic repeats the canard - also to be found in the works of Niederhoffer and Malkiel, among others - about knowing market technicians by their frayed collars, old shoes, and other signs of financial distress. (Niederhoffer describes visiting the Edwards and Magee's HQ, and being decidedly unimpressed by the decor, the atmosphere, and the seemingly pathetic faith in the utility of long-term price levels.) When someone who appears to speak from authority argues that TA is a sham, claims that the markets are for all intents and purposes untradable (at least for non-insiders), and reports that "95%" of traders fail and that this, that or the other famous trader or TA exponent died penniless or insane or both, the lonely novice becomes even less likely to trade with any semblance of confidence - or success.