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Skriven 2010-07-28 21:45:26 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 40348 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Re: mint  was: A dinner party.
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Hi Nancy,

>> We see a lot of that in our family... My son is allergic to tomatoes
>> (mostly raw, but with enough other allergy-type foods, even cooked
>> tomatoes will bother him).  My daughter who has had the world's worst
>> allergies all of her life can eat tomatoes and they don't bother her
>> at all :)  Of course that's now.. when she was a tiny baby, the only
>> foods that didn't bother her were lamb and uncooked apples (g).

> Sprat Family Syndrome... (G)

Indeed :)  Can't get away from it I guess :)

>> me, so I'm hesitant to ask my neuro or family doc for more. They'd
>> probably tell me to can the ampyra :(

> Or they might not have given you a long enough run of the antibiotic to

I don't think so.. it was for 10 days, and a double dose of Cipro.  Did my
stomach in something wicked. I don't think I COULD have taken it any longer
(grin)

> quell the infection...  But if the Olive Leaf Extract works better than
> the meds, then I'd go for that, too... :) Depending on how well it
> worked generally, they might just tell you that you'll just have to deal
> with the UTIs... but it looks like you've made that decision for
> yourself already... ;)

I know the mindset of the doctors (grin).  I know that if I take a ton of
vitamin C, and olive leaf extract, that will take care of it.  If it doesn't
I'll know pretty quickly :)

>> Is it working ok, btw?   Helping any?

>> It is helping a lot so I'm determined to stick it out and get past the
>> above, one way or another (g).  The biggest problem I've run into is

> They do say that some of the side effects go away after awhile when your

That's what I'm counting on :)


>> taking it within the same hour every day.. If I'm overtired, I will
>> generally oversleep and then I'll miss the right time for the morning
>> pill :)  I have a feeling that taking it at the same time every night
>> and day is important since it's a time-release medication.

> Maybe you need to nudge your schedule a little later...?  Or does it
> need to be taken fasting...?  Even the time-release meds generally have
> a little slop-factor built in... so they don't have to be EXACTLY on
> time, after all.  But, yes, it does generally help to take such pills on
> a fairly regular schedule.  :)

No, you don't have to eat with it, and yes, I generally take it within the
hour, since the literature said that would be ok :)  Problem has just been lots
going on here, and being a bit more tired than normal.

>> 'Tis indeed yummy.  ;)  And I don't knock the placebo effect either...
>> if it works that's fine...  especially if it's something innocuous to
>> begin with... :)

>> That's how I feel about olive leaf extract, though it's supposedly
>> been used for eons to treat infections.

> Of course, many of today's meds are developed from natural remedies. :)

Yes indeed..

>> the docs and nurses were in on it, and they just made it work, since the
>> alternative was all those wounded soldiers in pain... they got the
>> patients' minds to override the pain by giving them something that was
>> "guaranteed to work"...

>> Isn't it outrageous how the mind works.  A built-in doctor :)

> A lot of the tricks and methods of dealing with childbirth pain that I
> learned in the childbirth classes I've used right along for all sorts of
> other pain... among the very most useful things I've learned in my life!

Sure, makes sense :)

>> Hmm.. I could save a ton of money if I could convince myself haha :)
> That could be the real trick...  fooling yourself that it's effective
> meds instead of placebo, when you made it up yourself... ;)

I don't think that would work so well (G).. Probably need to pay $$ for it haha

Take care,
Janis

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