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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | By freya1970

Wow I had never heard of Frownies before! I bought some Kiehl's eye cream for a whooping $50 but it's unbelievable how well it works. My hubby even borrowed it because he had tired looking eyes one day and now uses my cream on a regular basis! he said he saw results right away and was hooked. LOL! Sometimes it's worth the splurge for our self esteem right? It's ok to be a bargain queen most of the time but sometimes splurging is fun on items we enjoy :)

One important thing to consider, if you have gallstones, is that if you don't have your gallbladder removed, you can have VERY serious complications. My 17 year old son had gallstones that blocked his pancreatic duct. He spent over 3 weeks in ICU due to complications from pancreatitis. He has since been in and out of the hospital for the past year and finally had to have his bile duct cut, because the inflamation during the pancreatitis caused it to narrow. I had my gallbladder out 3 years ago and have never had any complications, but if you do, it is recommended that you eat a low fat diet. They make so many foods that are no fat or low fat these days. Thank goodness!

I am so sorry for your loss, I have lost a dog to Pravo too. The next dog that I got, had Pravo and a friend's son was a vet and he told me to give Pepto Bismal and Gatorade. The Pepto was for throwing up and the Gatorade was for the drying up of their systems. My husband and I took turns forcing the Gatorade down her several times a day for 4 days. We were exhausted and glad that she got over it. We gave her orange Gatorade and after that when someone was drinking an orange drink around her, she would run away from them. She does not like orange drinks.

celly

I enjoyed reading your post.

My mom did the same thing with old mini blinds. I have a baggie full of them! :-) And you had a few things I hadn't thought/heard of . . . where to you place the honey on the pepper plants? ON or NEAR the blossoms? I like the idea of using an old milk jug as a container when harvesting. No berries for us, but I think we could use this for cherry tomatoes or green beans.

Love the pic of your little girl. Mine won't touch peppers. But she loves edamame, and I thrilled to find some seeds at the nursery last week. We haven't grown many veggies for a couple years b/c neighborhood cats were using my raised bed as a litter box (yuck!). We started using it as a cutting garden and grew just a few veggies in containers. But we just put in a new, improved raised bed. Looking forward to a nice variety this year (and hoping that this will widen my daughter's horizons)!

I had mine removed in 1997. I had the same bowel problem, and still do, but a little better. The only thing i find that helps is an OTC med from Wal-Mart called Equate Anti Diarrheal. I was on prescrip pills, but found this is SO much cheaper, and works the same. If I know I'm going on a trip, I take 2 pills before I leave, it works all day. If I'm having problems, I can take just one pill, and that keeps it from bothering me to much (on a normal day). Good luck!

The post below did not allow me to re-edit, so I will just add something I left out:

The first operation was in and out, but they used injected a morphine based pain killer that day, plys used Barium in some of the pre-tests, and then had me on morphine based pills, supposedly for 2 weeks after the operation. I absolutely hated the stuff because it created anxiety, so I got permission to stop the pills after 4 days.

What they did not stress to me was: I was not suppose to more than 20 pounds for three weeks or more. Well I did more than that after only 4 days, but two weeks later I moved a 200 pound desk and my Bicep in my left are unraveled from my elbow and crawled up my arm. It stopped hurting after a few minutes but the next day I went to my Doctor because the shape of my arm had changed severely. Supposedly, if I had waited another week or two to move that desk, my muscular system would have completely returned to normal.

But like I mentioned below, MSG was effecting my health in a hundred different ways, and I am certain that it had prolonged the recovery time too. The things that food additive can do to some of us makes a list as long as your arm. It just depends on how allergic to it you become.

It is bad stuff.

I had a gall bladder attack in 1994 and the Doctors wanted to take it then. I was scared to death, because they told me my gall bladder was half full of stones. I did some reading and found out it is the most over-done operation in the USA. I used that as a reason to not let them operate.

The Doctors said, "See you next week, and I hope it doesn't infect and kill you next time."

I had no more problems for 11 years.

After 11 years I thought I hurt my back I thought I had pulled a muscle in my back or perhaps was out of alignment, and so I went to Chiropractors and did a lot of hanging upside down at home. It continued to get worse for three weeks, so I went to my GP and explained what was happening. He tried some medicine for Shingles, and ran some tests... and called a couple days later and said it was my gall bladder.

By that time, medicine had come pretty far, and they were able to extract it using three small holes for video scopes to find it, a trimmer to remove it, and something else.

I was getting around well after 4 days as long as I limited my activity to things that would not pull on the stitches. They say that teenagers can sometimes go back to school the same afternoon, but I was a little sore and the pain pills made me sleep all the time. What I didn't know was that the meds made my muscles and tendons weak. I was suppose to not lift much for a while, which I thought meant a few days.

A few days later I was back in the hospital with a broken bicep which required another immediate operation. I was in a splint for 8 weeks and it drove me crazy to have my arm immobile. The total bill was $14,000

As far as the gall bladder, I too had some problems like the person above. but it continued to get better as I changed my diet. The change in diet led to an improvement in my arthritis. The improvement in my arthritis lead me to read more. I eventually discovered my arthritic attacks, which would immobilize me up to 60 days a year... were being triggered by MSG, which also causes the digestive problems mention above.

It has taken a year or so to get MSG out of my life because it is used under 16 different names. I have gone from 60 days/year immobilized plus 60 more days/year limping around or on crutches.... to about 7 really bad days a year. I still get a little sore 30 days a year, but now the pills work a hundred times better so I can still manage to get around.

What I am saying is: If your gall bladder has stones in it, you have other problems too. And those other problems take a lot of homework, before you can figure out what is going on. I had seen 10 Doctors about my arthritis, but now I only see one so I can get my meds correct.

Well. For me i do not like exchanging clothes even if they are my size and I do not want clothing from others. But if somebody likes them it is a good idea definitely.

I painted a trial counter with garage floor epoxy paint about a year ago and it looks EXACTLY like new. I haven't done the rest because I decided to paint my ancient ugly cabinets.

Hi, What a wonderful idea, I myself have a
Recycling Boutique for clothing and I know
the fun the Girls have when they come shopping.
Keep up the good work. Recycling is good
for the envirement etc. Why waste something that is perfectly good and can be
used over and over again, sharing is caring.
LoriMay Perth Western Australia.

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