--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGD00005Date: 12/05/97 From: SUE ALEXANDER Time: 12:57am \/To: TED BARNES (Read 1 times) Subj: Maggot Therapy Ted Barnes wrote in a message to Sue Alexander: TB> Hi Sue, I'm a drunk and an addict, so I like to use one TB> word Addict. You have some very good points and stick with your TB> guns. I am coming up on 7 years now of sobriety. Big time congratulations! While I know this is only the start to lifelong sobriety, it is quite a noteworthy accomplishment. JK> You cannot threaten an addict into stopping. SA> Did I ever say you can? TB> No you never did, but yes it can be done. TB> I am a living an example, If I drank during my parole years back I TB> lost my parole. Hence the threat alone kept me going to meetings TB> which stopped me from starting again. My first year of sobriety I I am glad that parole is what got you started then. However, the threat needed would differ from individual to individual. Most of the addicts I see in my job as a Medical Technologist are simply not scared or threatened by physical harm, so they keep killing themselves slowly with their choice of drug(s). Sue ... "Don't take life serious, it ain't noways permanent." -Pogo --- timEd/386 1.10 * Origin: Transylvanian Tap (1:121/45.23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGD00006Date: 12/07/97 From: SUE ALEXANDER Time: 11:11pm \/To: SHARON MCCORMICK (Read 1 times) Subj: It is happening again Sharon Mccormick wrote in a message to Vern Faulkner: SM> Robotussin cough syrup at night, and basically rested up a SM> lot....the cough spasms have slowed way down both in quantity and SM> duration. I'm glad you are feeling better! SM> I did have the flu shot. Perhaps I should also have a pneumonia SM> shot! The pneumonia shot is only a vaccine to one of the common bacteria that cause pneumonia (named Streptococcus pneumoniae). You may still get pneumonia if you get the shot, just like you may still get the flu if you get a flu shot... it would just be caused by something other than what you were vaccinated against. If you have major medical concerns like asthma or immune difficulties the shot may be useful (talk to your doctor), but for most healthy adults under 65 or so it is not considered that useful. Sue ... "It would take a scientist to explain it, and I'm too mad." --- timEd/386 1.10 * Origin: Transylvanian Tap (1:121/45.23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGD00007Date: 12/07/97 From: VERN FAULKNER Time: 07:38pm \/To: GEORGE LAGERGREN (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Bronch problems GL> Vern, did you try any herbs while you had your bout of GL> bronchitis? Ecchinacea, and it failed, dismally. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Fox n' Dragon Inn BBS (472-8313, Victoria, BC) (1:340/44) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGE00000Date: 12/08/97 From: DIA SPRIGGS Time: 2:20:am \/To: ALEX VASAUSKAS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: On Drug Laws Sorry but it just seems that anyone with a thinking brain would know that one of the reasons they ban MJ is becuase of it's drug effects. Drug effects and driving...well..it doesn't take a college education to kinda figure out that MJ and driving might NOT be such a great idea. What's next..doing a study on cocaine, heroin to see if they affect driving. I mean, come on..... --- D'Bridge 1.30/002111 * Origin: THE SOURCE BBS Miami, Fla 305-624-2190 135/68 (1:135/68) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGE00001Date: 12/09/97 From: DIA SPRIGGS Time: 9:11:am \/To: VERN FAULKNER (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Suicides where is the alternative medicine connection here? Altmed uses for depression, anxiety, anti suicide? Please try and stick to alternative medical topics. Thank you. --- D'Bridge 1.30/002111 * Origin: THE SOURCE BBS Miami, Fla 305-624-2190 135/68 (1:135/68) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGE00002Date: 12/09/97 From: DIA SPRIGGS Time: 9:13:am \/To: SUE ALEXANDER (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: It is happening again > The pneumonia shot is only a vaccine to one of the > common bacteria that cause pneumonia (named Streptococcus > pneumoniae). You may still get pneumonia if you get the I thought vaccines were against virus, not bacteria. I was told that the pneumonia vaccine would only protect against viral pneumonia, not bacterial. --- D'Bridge 1.30/002111 * Origin: THE SOURCE BBS Miami, Fla 305-624-2190 135/68 (1:135/68) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGE00003Date: 12/09/97 From: GEORGE LAGERGREN Time: 10:55pm \/To: VERN FAULKNER (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Bronch problems -=> Quoting Vern Faulkner to George Lagergren <=- GL> Vern, did you try any herbs while you had your bout of GL> bronchitis? VF> Ecchinacea, and it failed, dismally. If you get another nasty virus bug, you may wish to try the herbs golden seal; pau d' arco; and garlic. Also the amino acid, L-Lysine has anti-virial properties. In the past several years, I have also given up drinking milk. ... "Scotty, beam me up another Blue Wave message." ___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] --- Amie v0.98 * Origin: The Edge BBS * Severn, MD * (410)551-2586 (1:261/1454) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGE00004Date: 12/06/97 From: MARK PROBERT Time: 04:01pm \/To: DIA SPRIGGS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: She's back DIA SPRIGGS was thinking about Re: She's back and keyed into cyberspace: DS>I noticed....dont' get aggravated..just go on past... Since FIDO has an ADHD conference, could I ask you to rule that off topic here? (I am lazy, and, since I answer Jane in both, this will cut my work in half.) The Few. The Proud. The Chosen. markprobe@aol.com --- * CMPQwk #1.4 * UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY * Origin: PC BBS : Massapequa, NY : (516)795-5874 (1:2619/110) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGE00005Date: 12/06/97 From: MARK PROBERT Time: 07:15pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Pain Management In an upcoming article in a medical journal, there will be a report of a new pain treatment for post-polio triggerpoint pain. Electromagnetic fields of a certain strength have been found to alleviate this specific type of pain. Non-invasive, non-chemical (note that I include herbs, etc. in that classification) pain management. The Few. The Proud. The Chosen. markprobe@aol.com --- * CMPQwk #1.4 * UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY * Origin: PC BBS : Massapequa, NY : (516)795-5874 (1:2619/110) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGE00006Date: 12/08/97 From: MARK PROBERT Time: 09:34pm \/To: JANE KELLEY (Read 1 times) Subj: Maggot Therapy JANE KELLEY was thinking about Maggot Therapy and keyed into cyberspace: JK>MP>VF> JK> And if you knew one whit about what I am saying, you would JK>MP>VF> JK> not have written what you did. JK>MP>VF>Uhhuh. Do you use ad-homimem attacks to try and buttress your JK>MP>VF>weak arguments, or is this just an exception? JK>MP>Hi Vern. Do not feel singled out. JK>Yup. He knows just about as much about chemical dependency as you JK>do. JK>Nada. Good one, Jane. However, I have never posted to you on the subject of chemical dependency. I have posted to you on ADHD. But that is a different issue. BTW, you are chemically dependent. The Few. The Proud. The Chosen. markprobe@aol.com --- * CMPQwk #1.4 * UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY * Origin: PC BBS : Massapequa, NY : (516)795-5874 (1:2619/110)