tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post4351583216959219049..comments2023-10-21T16:38:35.007-05:00Comments on Thoughts from Frank and Fern: Our Journey to Better HealthFrank and Fernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-56333267427669232932015-03-27T20:07:16.660-05:002015-03-27T20:07:16.660-05:00Our storms weren't as bad as those up in your ...Our storms weren't as bad as those up in your neck of the woods, Ilene, thank you for your concerns. <br /><br />We have learned a lot about the chemicals that surround us in the last few years. Sometimes it's aggravating and depressing. But more than anything, it just makes us learn more about healthy ways to take care of ourselves. Thank you for sharing.<br /><br />Fern<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-40823739527696081312015-03-26T06:43:52.962-05:002015-03-26T06:43:52.962-05:00I think doctors are so prone to write prescription...I think doctors are so prone to write prescriptions because a) they think that's what we want and b) they don't know what's wrong with us and just want us to go away peacefully. My doctor rags on me about cholesterol every time I go. I took Lipitor for awhile, nobody told me it reacted with grapefruit, and that's when I started having horrific muscle spasms in my back. Every doctor I've mentioned that to says there's no way Lipitor could cause that and I don't agree. My doctor wants me to have a colonoscopy just because I haven't had one in a long time. That one time was ENOUGH, the preparatory process was sheer misery, irritated my colon, they found the spots of irritation in my colon, which they said was just that, but every time I changed insurance companies after that, they claimed I had colon problems and didn't want to insure me. <br /><br />Most recently I began to lose vision because of epi-retinal degeneration problems. I had cataract surgery first and then the retinal surgery. Both surgeries went well and I've regained vision in that one eye. But the eye drops I had to use both times, I could taste after they were administered. They gave me a sore throat. Now I seem to have acid reflux. I tried Prilosec, which doesn't require a prescription and when my two weeks were over I went off, like the directions said. I had really bad chest pains for the whole morning. I just laid down on the bed and said, "I'm ready, God, whenever you want me". Have not used Prilosec again, have not had any chest pain since but I still deal with a sore throat. Can't drink coffee now. Doesn't hurt at night and I wake up without it. Just builds during the day. Feels like the roof of my mouth, back towards my throat, has been sprinkled with pepper. I'm not sure if it's really acid reflux or something else, caused by the eye drops. Haven't used them in several months now but the sore throat persists. I dread going to the doctor, they won't know what it is, won't want to believe it's something caused by eye drops, and will just write a prescription. But the bad thing is I've just had one eye done and probably this next month I'll be ready for cataract surgery on the other eye. Here we go, on those drops again....<br /><br />My brother was a trucker and he delivered chemicals. He took the same tank to the cola beverage plant that he took to the weed killer plant.<br /><br />Anyway, I've been learning a lot, reading your posts this morning. I'm up in the NE part of Oklahoma, in Bartlesville. Hope you didn't get hit by any storms last night.RockWhispererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04204125716550161500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-13336451709135613462015-02-17T23:48:52.348-06:002015-02-17T23:48:52.348-06:00Thank you, Deborah, for your suggestions.Thank you, Deborah, for your suggestions.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430065113036026350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-3244593270190572102015-02-17T22:19:45.428-06:002015-02-17T22:19:45.428-06:00brenda,
don't know the cause of your hip pain ...brenda,<br />don't know the cause of your hip pain but i am taking MSM, curamed and astaxanthan. really helps.<br />ibuprofen may cause deafness, especially in women. i only take it when really hurting.<br />was taking it regularly before i discovered the MSM-astaxanthan-curamed[turmeric] triumvirate.<br />i was becoming hard of hearing.<br />daughter found the research on deafness and advil [ibuprofen].<br />i quit using it and hearing returned but not all who have lost hearing acuity have recovered it.<br />deb h.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-33382558206591112862015-02-17T21:35:44.006-06:002015-02-17T21:35:44.006-06:00you remember pogo?
in the land of the blind the on...you remember pogo?<br />in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king. in the land of the insane the half-wit is crucified.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-41054513936980491332015-02-17T21:22:32.918-06:002015-02-17T21:22:32.918-06:00had to take protonix last year.
changed tastebuds ...had to take protonix last year.<br />changed tastebuds and sense of smell.<br />went off it instantly.<br />when i was a kid doctor looked at fingernails eyeballs et cetera while examining AND CHATTING. THEN HE DIAGNOSED.,<br />DOCS DON'T KNOW HOW NOWADAYS.<br />SOME JUST GO ROOM TO ROOM WITH THE PRESCRIPTION PAD.<br />SORry abt caps. too near the 'a'.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-67090304842901972902015-02-17T14:11:34.155-06:002015-02-17T14:11:34.155-06:00Hi Jackie. Thank you for sharing your encouraging ...Hi Jackie. Thank you for sharing your encouraging thoughts. We've had doctors for years trying to get us to change our diets, but it always fell on deaf ears. I'm not sure why this time the information was received and acted upon, but it was. I guess it was just time. <br /><br />It's like anything, what you put into it affects what you get out of it. I'm sure if we lived a life style like our grandparents and great grandparents did, we wouldn't have to worry about a diet. But we don't live that type of life style, and frankly, I'm glad that we don't. I'm afraid we're going to real soon, though. Thanks again for sharing your experiences.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-32100746146378302612015-02-17T14:05:47.964-06:002015-02-17T14:05:47.964-06:00Brenda, we don't have access to identities or ...Brenda, we don't have access to identities or email addresses of folks that send us comments. If there are folks out there that have remedies or solutions to the problem that Brenda has described, would you please answer her comment. We're all in this together, all help is appreciated. <br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-75701197329487448802015-02-16T09:55:16.423-06:002015-02-16T09:55:16.423-06:00I'm so excited by this post because I know wha...I'm so excited by this post because I know what a difference a change in diet has made in my life and I know that you will reach a lot of people with your post! I decided to follow the Paleo diet a few years ago( it is very similar to what you are doing) and one of the first things I noticed when I gave up white flour was that I wasn't getting daily headaches anymore. A doctor had told me that the headaches were caused by my hormone levels. Wrong! Almost everything in our bodies is connected to the foods we eat and everything else is stress or environmental pollutants - including our hormone levels and autoimmune responses like arthritis, thyroid... the list goes on and on. What I like so much about Paleo is that the community is made up of people who take all of these things into consideration and teach people what they can do to improve their lives. Yes, there are some people trying to make money by selling supplements and whatever else, but if you take the basic message to heart you will change your life. I recommend: Marks Daily Apple, Chris Kresser, The Weston A Price foundation. There are so many wonderful resources out there for people to learn how diet and lifestyle changes can change your life completely. Look up the TedX talk by Terry Wahls about how she used food to improve her MS(she was in a wheelchair and was declining fast!)<br />I'm not affiliated with anything I have mentioned, I'm just someone who has made these changes and am excited about helping others do the same :)<br />~Jackie in VB, VirginiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-16237441653314362802015-02-16T00:06:40.000-06:002015-02-16T00:06:40.000-06:00I am 58 years old and have never taken medications...I am 58 years old and have never taken medications for anything unless absolutely necessary. Meaning, excruciating back pain from a ruptured disc. Muscle relaxant and pain med prescribed. Neither did any good so I stopped taking them. The doctor expected me to just take them forever when what I needed was surgery to remove the piece of disc. Piece removed, excellent result. That was 30 years ago. Fast forward to today and I am having serious hip pain just as anonymous above described. I was given a prescription that worked great but I don't want the eventual stomach problems that are sure to come, along with possible liver or kidney damage. I stopped taking the RX but hip pain came back almost immediately so I started taking one Advil in the morning and one at night. Advil has the same warnings but isn't as strong. I don't want to take Advil but I do not know what to do that is natural. I wish I could contact anonymous for the information he/she found. I am a very poor internet researcher. I am pretty computer illiterate. Any arthritis natural remedies would be appreciated!Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430065113036026350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-81267691035958325402015-02-15T18:51:03.150-06:002015-02-15T18:51:03.150-06:00Frank, 20 years ago we were all still eating real ...Frank, 20 years ago we were all still eating real food. Monsanto not on the scene like now. Sure, we had processed foods and TV dinners, but no HFCS or stuff like that. Corn was still corn and not GMO. Seem like all this franken food and franken pharma has exploded now. I wish I had become more aware earlier, too. This is one place where the internet shines.....research and knowledge and connecting with like minded folksTewshoozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564577459982968771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-22481445702533438852015-02-15T15:41:22.794-06:002015-02-15T15:41:22.794-06:00Fiona, thank you for sharing one more example of w...Fiona, thank you for sharing one more example of why we need to be responsible for our own health. <br /><br />Diet drinks, or ones that simulate sugar, are extremely destructive to our bodies. Why would any competent doctor recommend any patient drink diet drinks with artificial sweeteners?? They just produce another set of unacceptable numbers on a chart that is then addressed by another means to change those numbers. In other words, like I said in the post, if you want my cholesterol to go down, give me a pencil with an eraser. In many cases we create our exceptionally high or low numbers, and we're not solving the problem, we're treating the number. Thank you for your comment.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-36158454086555878842015-02-15T15:35:06.712-06:002015-02-15T15:35:06.712-06:00Karin, thank you for the kind words, and thank you...Karin, thank you for the kind words, and thank you for taking the time to comment.<br /><br />FrankFrank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-33538444268734554852015-02-15T15:34:05.732-06:002015-02-15T15:34:05.732-06:00Sassafras, thank you for sharing, and taking the t...Sassafras, thank you for sharing, and taking the time to give us your thoughts. Your comments are another example of what we were trying to project with this post. <br /><br />Fern and I got started late in life trying to clean up our act, and I'm happy, very happy, for those that can control their surroundings at a younger age. But, I'm happy that we started trying to influence and control our surroundings where we are now, in time and place. I really wish things were different, but these are the cards we've been dealt, therefore, these are the ones we must play. I genuinely thank you for your thoughts.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-40251155041428956412015-02-15T15:27:01.310-06:002015-02-15T15:27:01.310-06:00Kathy, Fern and I are both of the same group you s...Kathy, Fern and I are both of the same group you spoke of. Neither one of us would be here today without the benefits of the medical profession. We have also, in our adult lives, had medical procedures performed that were life saving. That fine line you make reference to? We try not to cross that line unless we have to. I rely on the pharmacist that we use a great deal, and he seems to have a more genuine concern than my doctor does, and also appears to be sharply more knowledgeable. For that, I am grateful. Thank you for the thoughts you've shared.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-84038446529822322712015-02-15T15:20:33.551-06:002015-02-15T15:20:33.551-06:00Goodwife, thank you for sharing your comments and ...Goodwife, thank you for sharing your comments and thoughts. I wish Fern and I had tapped into these thought patterns when we were in our late 30's and early 40's. Thank you for sharing.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-4569120013009424542015-02-15T15:18:03.749-06:002015-02-15T15:18:03.749-06:00Desiree, thank you for sharing your heart warming ...Desiree, thank you for sharing your heart warming story. Best wishes.<br /><br />FrankFrank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-69796630665147010712015-02-15T15:16:23.319-06:002015-02-15T15:16:23.319-06:00Vickie, I had issues with deodorant for years and ...Vickie, I had issues with deodorant for years and years. The only solution I ever found was quitting.<br /><br />It's hard to imagine how many chemicals we ingest through our skin. But there is no way that some of the chemicals in deodorants can be good for you, especially combined with the chemicals in shampoo, toothpaste, conditioner, mouthwash, lotion, soap, detergent, feminine hygiene products, toilet tissue, facial tissue, and the list goes on. We don't have a clue what these things do in combinations of two, much less combinations of 50. <br /><br />Don't forget the chemicals in your furniture, your clothes, your car, the inside of every food container, and more. But let's not leave out the air we breathe and the water we drink. And just imagine the vast, vast majority of these chemicals did not exist until after World War II. We don't have a clue what the long term effects will be. Not a clue. <br /><br />Have a good day.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-18355196908942082802015-02-15T15:08:50.417-06:002015-02-15T15:08:50.417-06:00Linda, thank you for reading and thank you for the...Linda, thank you for reading and thank you for the kind comment.<br /><br />FernFrank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-90891099466673539492015-02-15T15:07:10.976-06:002015-02-15T15:07:10.976-06:00Sorry about your loss. Fern and I have not gone ba...Sorry about your loss. Fern and I have not gone back to many a doctor. We've been told what we were going to do by more than a few, and that just doesn't work in our house. We've had a lot of one visit doctors over the years. Good doctors are hard to find. Take care and good luck.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-65474850911867591712015-02-15T15:04:43.324-06:002015-02-15T15:04:43.324-06:00You are precisely correct. But these prescription ...You are precisely correct. But these prescription labels, and the pamphlets that accompany them, are written by lawyers. We, the public, expect to be able to trust the advice given to us by our medical professionals. But, you're right.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-52624060779660266342015-02-15T14:54:14.559-06:002015-02-15T14:54:14.559-06:00Just Me, that's a very good question. My docto...Just Me, that's a very good question. My doctors wanted to put me on statins before. Ain't gonna happen. <br /><br />When you read all of these comments, it helps me understand that I'm not alone and there are probably hundreds of people that have read this and didn't comment, that feel the same way. I read other people's blogs, and seldom comment. <br /><br />Just one more sign of things going down. Our system is broke. The machine doesn't work anymore. It would appear that corruption has rusted the gears. I'll stop there. Thank you for the comment.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-59767165740721796902015-02-15T14:50:11.525-06:002015-02-15T14:50:11.525-06:00N.W. you're right about your diagnosis that we...N.W. you're right about your diagnosis that we need to perform our own diagnosis. Something's just gone awry somewhere and I don't think it's ever going to get back to where it should be until after the big change that is coming. Maybe then doctors will go back to being doctors and not drug dealers. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are good doctors around, and I'm also sure there are probably some good politicians around, too. It's hard to override that mechanism we've been instilled with, to trust some people. Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-21175164461423833122015-02-15T14:46:19.059-06:002015-02-15T14:46:19.059-06:00Well, we are responsible for ourselves. It's o...Well, we are responsible for ourselves. It's our temple. God gave it to us, and I believe He expects us to take care of it. Thank you for your thoughts.<br /><br />FrankFrank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-66117697473315659402015-02-15T14:44:13.145-06:002015-02-15T14:44:13.145-06:00Nordyke, Fern and I have this discussion on a regu...Nordyke, Fern and I have this discussion on a regular basis. Are we one of the "crazies"? How come so few see what's happening around us? Someone walks outside and says the sky is paisley, but everybody else sees sunshine, then the paisley person, by the definition instilled by society, must be crazy. So those of us that see dark clouds coming, when everyone else sees sunshine, does that mean the dark cloud people are crazy also? Food for thought. May God be with you in your quest.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.com