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Re: Anyone ever get sick of being their own science experiment?????
So true! I vote chocolate and hot chips for the win. They cure everything 
Now, I just have to find (or be) the research to back it up.
Now, I just have to find (or be) the research to back it up.
Mira
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Trigger Finger/Thumb exercises
I've found a Youtube presentation that explains how Trigger Finger/Thumb occurs & some rubbing & exercises that may help it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0FfMzemLnU
The info from the 2min 20sec mark is more about locating the nodule at the base of the thumb/finger that is restricting the tendon from working smoothly - and how deep tissue massage may help to help break down the scar tissue. This is very similar to what my husband has done in the past when he gets a running injury - he will give deep massage to the muscle, to 'free it up'.
I found that I have quite a BIG nodule at the base of my left thumb - it is much smaller on my right thumb.
I started the rubbing of the nodule quite aggressively yesterday & I am surprised to say that it already feels 'freer' today! I still can't bend the thumb tho the pain is less (the magic oil may also be helping here too!) - so I am stretching it & forcing it to bend as well, to try & free it up more.
Good luck - it is definitely worth a try!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0FfMzemLnU
The info from the 2min 20sec mark is more about locating the nodule at the base of the thumb/finger that is restricting the tendon from working smoothly - and how deep tissue massage may help to help break down the scar tissue. This is very similar to what my husband has done in the past when he gets a running injury - he will give deep massage to the muscle, to 'free it up'.
I found that I have quite a BIG nodule at the base of my left thumb - it is much smaller on my right thumb.
I started the rubbing of the nodule quite aggressively yesterday & I am surprised to say that it already feels 'freer' today! I still can't bend the thumb tho the pain is less (the magic oil may also be helping here too!) - so I am stretching it & forcing it to bend as well, to try & free it up more.
Good luck - it is definitely worth a try!
arpie
5
Re: Weekend trivia
I visited a tea plantation outside Dharamsala in 2015. We had a private tour of the factory and then tea on the lawn of the plantation manager's house. The view was stupendous. We were offered black tea and white tea and asked which one we would like to drink, or would we like to try both? Yes please!
Well we waited and waited. It wasn't an arduous wait as we sat in wicker lawn chairs watching the afternoon sun on the snow capped Himalayan mountains across the valley, eagles wheeling high above. However it was taking such a long time that we said, what are they doing, picking the tea?
Actually yes, they were! Two beautiful teapots with freshly picked tea leaves were brought out with matching cups and saucers. The taste was extraordinarily good. Fresh, delicate, complex. They were the best two cups of tea I've ever had.
The memory of this spot was what I used during my Sentinel Node Biopsy. A happy place to go to in my mind.
Well we waited and waited. It wasn't an arduous wait as we sat in wicker lawn chairs watching the afternoon sun on the snow capped Himalayan mountains across the valley, eagles wheeling high above. However it was taking such a long time that we said, what are they doing, picking the tea?
Actually yes, they were! Two beautiful teapots with freshly picked tea leaves were brought out with matching cups and saucers. The taste was extraordinarily good. Fresh, delicate, complex. They were the best two cups of tea I've ever had.
The memory of this spot was what I used during my Sentinel Node Biopsy. A happy place to go to in my mind.
kmakm
8
Re: Liver and Brain mets
My mum died 10 years ago when I was 17 from lung cancer, about 11 months after diagnosis. I mirror what kmakm said, you’ve raised them well and whenever you do leave this earth, they will be okay. Yes it’s awful not having a mum particularly for my own cancer journey, plus the big things like my wedding day. But I’m sure you’ve taught them to be strong, lively women and trust me they will appreciate life in a new way.
Ive seen a few women on a FB BC group who are living well 4 years after initial stage 4 diagnosis including brain mets. As a nurse, I’ve seen a lot of patients survive past their expectancy.
Advice from both my personal experience losing my mum.. Just enjoy your time. Take holidays with the girls between treatment when you can. Tell them stories you never have. My biggest regret is not asking my mum more questions.
I hope the new regime goes well and doesn’t leave you feeling too shit. Xx
Ive seen a few women on a FB BC group who are living well 4 years after initial stage 4 diagnosis including brain mets. As a nurse, I’ve seen a lot of patients survive past their expectancy.
Advice from both my personal experience losing my mum.. Just enjoy your time. Take holidays with the girls between treatment when you can. Tell them stories you never have. My biggest regret is not asking my mum more questions.
I hope the new regime goes well and doesn’t leave you feeling too shit. Xx
Re: Does cows milk contain oestrogen and if so ........
Dairy cattle are always pregnant. No baby, no milk.
The regulations in Austalia and NZ for dairy cattle are very strict. Adding synthetic hormones to dairy cattle has been banned in Aus for a number of years. Cattle are only allowed to even be treated by antibiotics if they are sick and then the milk from that cow cannot be sold for a certain period of time.
Natural oestrogen levels are at there highest in the last couple of months before birth and most farmers generally stop milking them about 60 days prior. The amount of cow oestrogen that gets in to a normal glass of full cream milk is in the nanograms and is almost negligable in low fat milk and there is no proof it has any effect on humans.
The regulations in Austalia and NZ for dairy cattle are very strict. Adding synthetic hormones to dairy cattle has been banned in Aus for a number of years. Cattle are only allowed to even be treated by antibiotics if they are sick and then the milk from that cow cannot be sold for a certain period of time.
Natural oestrogen levels are at there highest in the last couple of months before birth and most farmers generally stop milking them about 60 days prior. The amount of cow oestrogen that gets in to a normal glass of full cream milk is in the nanograms and is almost negligable in low fat milk and there is no proof it has any effect on humans.
kezmusc
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