Hard working nurse

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"Kathleen" <khhfmdeletethis.RemoveThis@charter.net> wrote in message
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> In the large doses advocated in that book and others like it, vitamin C
> has a weak antihistamine effect. It's also tough on the GI tract. When
> I'm all goobered up with a cold I'd just as soon take a dose of an really
> effective antihistamine and skip the diarrhea and heartburn. YMMV.

Those effects are the unfortunate result of having to ingest the ascorbic
acid orally, and it is especially bad if you take too much at once, and use
the less expensive simple formulas that dissolve instantly. The time
release types are more gentle and more effective, but more costly. It would
probably be much more effective and easier to tolerate if it could be
delivered intravenously, or into the blood system by means of something
like a patch. But antihistamines are just symptomatic relief, while
ascorbic acid actually helps the body's immune system to heal itself. Too
much of today's medicine is devoted to pain relief, stopping inflammation,
reducing stomach acids, and other symptoms, rather than attending to the
real problem, which is mostly poor nutrition, insufficient exercise,
excessive stress, and negative mental attitude. I'm certainly not a fanatic
like my friend (who loaned me the book), but many problems are caused by
what we put into our bodies (or choose not to), and our lifestyle.

Paul and Muttley
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"montana wildhack" <montana.TakeThisOut@wildhack.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> On 2008-02-04 21:18:23 -0500, diddy <none> said:
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>> Heating pads would have been welcome too. Tuck never thought of that!
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> IIRC, Tuck is not allowed to sleep on the bed, which is fine, but you
> miss the canine intuition of where the canine body should be applied for
> heating purposes. This intuition is not 100%. Our dogs like too apply
> canine bodies to places that are hurting. Again, there can be unintended
> consequences...

Muttley lays right on the place that hurts, but that's because he landed
there when he jumped on the bed! Actually, for an 80 lb dawg, he's usually
fairly light on his paws and he seems to know how to find an unoccupied
spot.

Paul and Muttley
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montana wildhack <montana.DeleteThis@wildhack.com.invalid> spoke these words of wisdom
in news:2008020421340516807-montana@wildhackcominvalid:

> On 2008-02-04 21:18:23 -0500, diddy <none> said:
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>> Heating pads would have been welcome too. Tuck never thought of that!
>
> IIRC, Tuck is not allowed to sleep on the bed, which is fine, but you
> miss the canine intuition of where the canine body should be applied
> for heating purposes. This intuition is not 100%. Our dogs like too
> apply canine bodies to places that are hurting. Again, there can be
> unintended consequences...
>
Tuck is STILL not allowed on the bed. But he could have brought me a
heating pad.
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montana wildhack <montana.RemoveThis@wildhack.com.invalid> spoke these words of wisdom
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> On 2008-02-05 07:58:42 -0500, diddy <none> said:
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>> Tuck is STILL not allowed on the bed. But he could have brought me a
>> heating pad.
>
> Is he aware this is an option? Is "heating pad" part of his (very
> large) vocabulary?
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> Hope you are all feeling better...
>
>
The head congestion comes and goes. Fever has peeled the skin off my lips,
soles of my feet, and my eye sockets feel like hot dry parched holes.
I finally did get some sleep last night. Ate a small venison steak last
night and it stayed down (But I was SORRY!)
I woke up shivering about 3am, my husband got a heavy blanket and put on
me, an I settled down for the rest of the night. I remember then, even
though I was cold, my sheets and clothes were drenched in sweat. Joint
aches and muscles cramping is still a part of the picture

So no, I'm not better yet, but definitely improving!


Tuck has never seen a heating pad. We have one... somewhere. I'm sure I
couldn't tell him what to get, and where to find it.
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