--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGE00007Date: 12/08/97 From: MARK PROBERT Time: 09:37pm \/To: SHARON MCCORMICK (Read 1 times) Subj: It is happening again SHARON MCCORMICK was thinking about It is happening again and keyed into cyberspace: SM>MP> SM>Kaiser (my health plan) puts out a home help type book, and SM>MP> SM>recommend taking Robotussin (sp). My husband is out buying me SM>MP> some now. SM>MP> The nighttime versions of the OTC meds for cough and cold work SM>MP> quite well. They are not "alternate" but neither is insomnia. SM>It did work quite nicely! I keep lemon herb cough drops, and a galss SM>of water by the bedside....between the nighttime med, and sips of SM>water, with the occasional cough drop, I've actually been able to SM>get some sleep! (my husband and two cats are also sleeping SM>better!!) SM>MP> Speedy recovery, and watch out for computer viruses. My neighbor's son just got out of the hospital after a week in with a blood infection. Seems the child was in school and had a small cut onhis hand and his neighbor coughed on it. Strep blood infection. Glad you are doing better. I did get the big flu shot this year. 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: EGF00000Date: 12/08/97 From: VERN FAULKNER Time: 06:54pm \/To: SHARON MCCORMICK (Read 1 times) Subj: It is happening again SM> at night, and basically rested up a lot....the cough spasms have slowed SM> way down both in quantity and duration. SM> I did have the flu shot. Perhaps I should also have a pneumonia shot! Don't think such a thing exists. Me, I've got to find a half-decent GP, and get a Hep B shot.... --- 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: EGF00001Date: 12/10/97 From: GEORGE LAGERGREN Time: 02:58pm \/To: DIA SPRIGGS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Pnuemonia Shot -=> Quoting Dia Spriggs to Sue Alexander <=- > 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 DS> I thought vaccines were against virus, not bacteria. I was told that DS> the pneumonia vaccine would only protect against viral pneumonia, not DS> bacterial. I believe it is the other way around. A pneumonia shot protects against bacterial pneumonia only, not viral pneumonia. ... "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: EGF00002Date: 12/10/97 From: GEORGE LAGERGREN Time: 02:58pm \/To: MARK PROBERT (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: The "big" flu -=> Quoting Mark Probert to Sharon Mccormick <=- MP> I did get the big flu shot this year. What do you mean by the "big" flu shot? I thought flu shots were just "ordinary" flu shots. BTW, in Hong Kong there have been cases where several people have caught the flu from transmission by birds. What is your take on this situation? ... "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: EGF00003Date: 12/10/97 From: GEORGE LAGERGREN Time: 02:58pm \/To: MARK PROBERT (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Pain Management -=> Quoting Mark Probert to All <=- MP> In an upcoming article in a medical journal, there will be a report MP> of a new pain treatment for post-polio triggerpoint pain. MP> Electromagnetic fields of a certain strength have been found to MP> alleviate this specific type of pain. MP> Non-invasive, non-chemical (note that I include herbs, etc. in that MP> classification) pain management. Does this mean that magnets can be used to eliminate the pain? ... "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: EGF00004Date: 12/10/97 From: DIA SPRIGGS Time: 9:02:am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: advice please Anyone survived gall bladder surgery? How does one get anesthesia out of the body? I had two surgeries and my brain is refusing to function other than basic survival skills. Will appreciate any do's, don'ts etc. 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: EGF00005Date: 12/07/97 From: JANE KELLEY Time: 12:48am \/To: VERN FAULKNER (Read 1 times) Subj: Suicides VF>Some, but not all. Even those that are using mind-altering substances have VF>obviously failed to cope with some nature of human existence with normal, VF>non-destructive methods - and it could be argued that they are thus mentally VF>to begin with. Bullshit. Plain and simple, bullshit. No other way to adequately describe what you've just written above. It denotes a total and complete lack of understanding of brain chemistry (and everything else discovered in the past 50 or 60 years of research around the world). Just because our idiots in the "mental health" field say something is true does not make it so. In fact, it is more likely to ensure that it is the last ditch effort of those who are resisting change by refusing to attend the seminars that others have gone to to bring them up to speed. If you had one whit of real knowledge about what you write about so boldly, you would know better than to begin on this tack. Sorry, but I've just lost all interest in correspondence from you. I've tackled the questions you haven't the faintest idea about probably when you were still in diapers. * SLMR 2.1a * Press any key to continue or any other key to quit - JetMail v1.20*6 - Unregistered QWK Mail Door for Spitfire --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: PEACHY KEENO INN BBS * Tacoma,Wa * (206)539-0804 (1:138/190.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGF00006Date: 12/07/97 From: JANE KELLEY Time: 12:49am \/To: VERN FAULKNER (Read 1 times) Subj: On Drug Laws VF> JK> It is not the legality of any drug which makes it dangerous. Illegal VF>So you have now changed your tune from the original comment which caught y VF>attention. Legality does not make a drug safe or otherwise. Your complete lack of real knowledge in this field combined with a supercilious attitude makes it impossible to carry on any kind of intelligent discourse with you. Come back after you have the first clue. * SLMR 2.1a * Hello, I am part number **************** - JetMail v1.20*6 - Unregistered QWK Mail Door for Spitfire --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: PEACHY KEENO INN BBS * Tacoma,Wa * (206)539-0804 (1:138/190.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 257 ALTERN. MEDICINE Ref: EGF00007Date: 12/11/97 From: GEORGE LAGERGREN Time: 10:38am \/To: DIA SPRIGGS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: advice please -=> Quoting Dia Spriggs to All <=- DS> Anyone survived gall bladder surgery? DS> DS> How does one get anesthesia out of the body? I had two surgeries and DS> my brain is refusing to function other than basic survival skills. DS> DS> Will appreciate any do's, don'ts etc. I know of one small woman who apparently had too much anesthesia given during an operation. She stayed asleep for several days after the operation. It took several weeks for her to really get back to normal. During those several weeks, she slept for many hours every day. I guess it took that long for the anesthesia to completely disappear from her system. ... "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: EGF00008Date: 12/11/97 From: JANE KELLEY Time: 08:38am \/To: MARK PROBERT (Read 1 times) Subj: Maggot Therapy MP>Good one, Jane. However, I have never posted to you on the subject of MP>chemical dependency. I have posted to you on ADHD. But that is a MP>different issue. MP>BTW, you are chemically dependent. It has taken you this long to figure that out? Incidently, my last drink was in 1969, been attending meetings of a certain 12th step group ever since, and also have all sorts of professional credentials in my field. I also have food allergies so severe that they limit my movement if I am stupid or someone feeds me something that isn't useful for me to eat. Or a doctor who doesn't know any better recommends a topical cream which has pepper as its main ingredient. The intense pain, coupled with advancing age, does tend to result in a marked loss of tolerance. Especially to all "mental health workers" who don't have four pages, doubled spaced, of state, local, and federal laws to adhere to in the practice of their profession. I no longer allow myself the use of any mind altering substances to dial up a chosen mood. --- SLMR 2.1a All hope abandon, ye who enter messages here. * Origin: My Desk, Puyallup, WA (253) 845-2418 (1:138/255)