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Skriven 2008-07-14 14:32:48 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 10462 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: coffee or tea?
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Hi Janis,


 JK> > Sometimes the "let it be" principle is better than disturbing it.

 JK> I typically hire people to clean once in a while (not that frequently)
 JK> - if for some reason I just can't get it done like when I was on those
 JK> pills.. would have made it impossible to do anything of consequence.

I can see why. (G) I've thought of hiring but haven't yet--except before
we move. It's easier to get someone to clean to military specs than to
do it myself with my limitations.

 JK> > patient (I'd tried telling him that the test wasn't a good idea.).
 JK> He > also monitored me extra close after that.

 JK> That could have been such a bad situation...

Yes, so having a great pulminologist was literally, a life saver. I came
down with pnuemonia later that year and went to the Schofield Barracks
clinic acute care clinic as it was after regular duty hours.  I got some
heavy duty meds. When I saw my regular doctor a few days later, he said
that he'd have put me in the hospital if I'd seen him initially.  By
then I was cleared up enough to function, albeit at a greatly reduced
pace for a few weeks.


>> there is some reaction going on.  Our other lab, Priscilla, doesn't
>> bother her at all .. that I find interesting.

 JK> > It is interesting; you would think the dogs would have similar body
 JK> > chemistry.

 JK> Two different litters from different breeders, both in from Louisville

OK, that clears things up,

 JK> though. It is just weird :)  Labs have different types of heads too..
 JK> one type of black lab is called "Block Head", where the head of the
 JK> dog is very square. Toby is a 'block head' lab (in MORE ways than one

Like our Sam--he was AKC registered but it didn't register in his head.

 JK> hahaha).  You'll see the difference when you see Priscilla.

Not that much longer now.


 JK> According to the 'expert of the day' (wikipedia), it is tea that has
 JK> the higher amount... :)

Never would have thought it.


>> asthma.. "Mrs. K, please give your daughter a cup of weak tea with 1
>> teaspoon honey and 2 teaspoons lemon juice - and if that doesn't help,
>> open the window in her room and put her head out in the cold night
>> air!!" (g).

 JK> > I can see the first part of advice but the 2nd................cold
 JK> can > easily trigger an attack.

 JK> Well, I suppose that would depend on the type of bronchitis/asthma a
 JK> person had.. how low down in the lung the congestion was, etc.  In
 JK> this case, he'd seen her recently and knew her general state.  He'd
 JK> been treating her for
 JK> bronchitis/asthma when this one particular night, my daughter did
 JK> literally turn gray from not being able to breathe.

Even a steam tent wouldn't have worked? I guess if it's a dry cold, it
would have been good but a damp cold..............

 JK> > Last time I was up in NY during the winter, I
 JK> > made sure I grabbed a scarf to put over my nose & mouth every time I
 JK> > went out.  Still came back to AZ with bronchitis.

 JK> In her case, she went from turning gray to being able to breathe
 JK> again.  The cold night air cut through all the garbage in her lungs..
 JK> I was a bit relieved. (g).  With my daughter at least, it seemed the

You were more than a bit relieved. (G)

 JK> only time she got bronchitis (which would then run into asthma very
 JK> often) was if she'd gotten a cold passed on by someone else.  I think

Some years ago I stopped getting colds and have just gotten bronchitis.
But, it has been triggered from somebody else's cold, like your
daughter.  Another trigger in AZ was whenever we'd visit my sister;
she's a heavy smoker. I'd always come home either with bronchitis or
have it within a day or so of getting home.

 JK> susceptable or weakened state so that something like the common cold
 JK> (that most people might barely notice having) eventually would cause
 JK> such congestion... When it got very bad, the pediatricians  put her on
 JK> asthma drugs which we were instructed to give her at the first sign of
 JK> a runny nose.. to keep it from turning into bronchitis/asthma.  Who

Is she a tea drinker today?

 JK> knows how they would treat a baby like that today, though.  I know
 JK> they have so many more drugs available.. if I remember correctly, drug

Still, are they safe at pediatric levels?

 JK> researchers were even able to create drugs that dilated only the
 JK> lungs, not the rest of the body, like theophylline did? (boy did she
 JK> hate that medication, and I couldn't blame her :( ).

I remember some friends who's one kid hated it too. I had it in the pill
form but the HI pulminologist discontinued it and put me on Advair.


>> Yes, a small amount.. I think tea has the most of the lot though.  I'd
>> have to check, but that's what I'm remembering now.

 JK> > Please let me know what you find out; it sounds interesting.


 JK> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea
 JK> Tea contains catechins, a type of antioxidant. In a fresh tea leaf,
 JK> catechins can be up to 30% of the dry weight. Catechins are highest in
 JK> concentration in white and green teas, while black tea has
 JK> substantially less due to its oxidative preparation. Tea contains
 JK> theanine, and the stimulant caffeine at about 3% of its dry weight,
 JK> translating to between 30 mg and 90 mg per 8 oz (250 ml) cup depending
 JK> on type, brand[13] and brewing method.[14] Tea also contains small
 JK> amounts of theobromine and theophylline.[15] Tea also contains
 JK> fluoride, with certain types of brick tea made from old leaves and
 JK> stems having the highest levels.[16]

 JK> I thought this was interesting:
 JK> Theophylline was first extracted from tea leaves around 1888 by the
 JK> German biologist Albrecht Kossel.
 JK> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophylline)

Very interesting; I'd always heard about coffee having it but not tea.


 JK> So, from tea leaves, not coffee beans.. and interestingly, the page on
 JK> Coffee at wikipedia doesn't mention theophylline but I've read
 JK> elsewhere that it does have a small amount.

That jibes with what I'd read also.


 JK> > No fun! Did you feel like you were made of rubber? (G)

 JK> Hmm.... no, just extremely weak legs that didn't want to listen to
 JK> anything I "said" to them (bg).

It could have been interesting.  If I know in advance, I'll plan not to
do anything major (no cooking up a storm--or even a supper) until it
passes.


 JK> > I had a reaction to Singular a couple of years ago--it's supposed to
 JK> > help asthma & allergies. Not me; after 2 doses, I thought I was
 JK> coming > down with the flu. Dr. said to discontinue it, which I did,
 JK> and the
 JK> > symptoms cleared up as fast as they'd come on. I saw him (same

 JK> It kills me that some of these drugs we are now so lucky to see
 JK> advertised on TV sound so bad for people..

Ever listen to the list of possible side effects? Some are worse than
what the med is supposed to help. I've got a friend who says that
singular has been a big help for her asthma so I know it's not bad for
everybody.


>> how they work.. they make your muscles weak to stop the spasticity..
>> too bad you can't walk like that (bg).  I'll stick with coffee and
>> beer - (grin).. Seriously, beer relaxes the muscles more than anything
>> else.  As long as I don't overdo it (grin).

 JK> > I don't drink beer or coffee.  But, I've read about beer and new
 JK> nursing


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