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6978. judithathome - 4/15/2007 7:11:04 PM Just saw this new gizmo on HGTV...a juicer that makes excellent juice. It looked really snazzy until they said "and for easy cleanup, the pulp container for what's left over comes with disposable bags...just pick up the bag and throw all the pulp away in one easy move!"
Which brings me to a gripe I have about juicers: you get rid of all the fiber from fresh fruits! That's why I love my VitaMixer...it makes juice, too, but it makes juice out of the entire fruit so the fiber is still ingested...pulverized into juice but still there, nonetheless. I can't say enough about how wonderful a VitaMixer is...it's pricey but I feel it has paid for itself many times over in the healthy things we get from it.
Vita Mix 6979. clydefo - 4/15/2007 7:55:23 PM I want one, but $399 will buy a lot of vegetables. Although, maybe I've seen to many sci-fi films, but I'm getting leery of bringing "do it all" machines into the house. 6980. judithathome - 4/15/2007 7:58:01 PM Mine was only $300...years ago. I know it's a lot but it's a fanatastic machine and thus far, hasn't come to life and attacked us after the sun goes down. 6981. wabbit - 4/15/2007 8:12:05 PM Has anyone else had the lingering cold/cough that has afflicted my family this Spring? Almost all of us have had a very bad cold and subsequently a cough that lasts for a few weeks. Mine morphed into pneumonia and put me in the hospital two weeks ago, so my lingering cough is to be expected, but my parents, brother and sister-in-law are all still coughing some three weeks later. 6982. arkymalarky - 4/15/2007 8:25:19 PM Wabbit! I had no idea you'd been so sick! I hope you're managing okay now? Are you back up and around?
Here it's been flu morphing into pneumonia and/or bronchitis and sinus infections that stay and stay. I haven't noticed much coughing, though there was a round of whooping cough with it in this area, and my niece got scarlet fever with it. We took off two days of school because of flu et al, which is VERY rare. I had one student out for two weeks who's strong as a horse and never misses a day. He got pneumonia with it. But this was some weeks ago, and another small flu round hit about three weeks ago. Now it's hard for people to tell whether what they've got is a lingering cold/bronchitis or bad allergies and resulting sinus infections, since we're having one of the worst seasons in history for them, according to the news. 6983. arkymalarky - 4/15/2007 8:27:42 PM All I ever had was a sinus infection, which I get at least once a year, regardless, and plain old allergies--which caused the infection because I haven't been keeping them under control. I didn't get anything contagious. Twenty-six years of teaching finally paid off in enough immunity, I guess.
A nasty stomach virus and a stomach flu made rounds, as well. Mose got the virus and then the regular flu a few weeks later--over her spring break. 6984. arkymalarky - 4/15/2007 8:28:39 PM Your fam might look into the possibility of a sinus infection or even strep. Have they been checked out for those? 6985. wabbit - 4/15/2007 9:17:29 PM I'm doing much better now, thanks, I just have to go to the hospital every time I spike a fever (this time I hit 104). It's all about the drugs I take. But I'm coughing and clearing my lungs and feeling ok. I'll have more x-rays in another 3 weeks, just to be sure. This was the first time I've ever had pneumonia (and yes, I had my pneumonia vaccine). The upside is I was very impressed with our local hospital. Until now, I've always gone into Boston. It's good to know the nearest hospital is actually very good.
The rest of the family is actually feeling fine in spite of the lingering cough. No fevers, no aches and pains (so no flu), no evident infections, just a long-lasting cold.
We have had that stomach bug, too. I had it about 10 weeks ago, when it was still a 24-hour thing, but now people are sick with it for 3-4 days.
I hope everyone is staying healthy. Thoughtful, I've been thinking a lot about your mom, I hope she's doing as well as possible. 6986. wonkers2 - 4/15/2007 9:31:51 PM Wabbit, I get a bad cough nearly every winter which usually subsides in the spring. This year I'm still coughing up a storm despite one course of Zithromax. I've been to ear/nose and throat doctors a few times to no avail. I suspect it's a combination of sinus infections and allergies, possibly to our long-haired cat, Sparky or to something else trapped in the air in our house in the winter. Fortunately mine problem has never developed into pneumonia although I've felt pretty bad on occasion. And I make myself obnoxious coughing and spitting. Claritin sometimes seems to help. But I don't like to take medicines unless I'm really sick. I wish I had some good suggestions. You have my sympathy and wishes for a quick recovery. 6987. arkymalarky - 4/15/2007 10:49:27 PM If you develop allergies, Wonk, the only thing you can do is treat the symptoms and go on daily medication to keep from reacting to whatever's bugging you. Assuming you're being exposed to it every day. 6988. arkymalarky - 4/15/2007 10:51:38 PM I used to have that drainage/coughing mess a lot more, to the point that (years ago) one of my kids--I was still teaching junior high, back then, those little dears--said if I "harked" one more time he was leaving. We had an ongoing friendly back-and-forth for two or three years at the time, and he said it in jest, but it was true. I was awful. 6989. arkymalarky - 4/15/2007 10:59:47 PM Oh, and go to an allergist. 6990. betty - 4/16/2007 12:08:33 AM
you don't always have to throw away the veggie pulps. some smug vegans I know use the carrot pulp to make "carrot tuna" with their pricey vegan mayonaise. You can also add veggie remnants to things like whole wheat cous cous or put in your vegetable stock when making soup.
As someone who has been vegan and vegetarian for most of her life I have recently chosen to go with leather products because I think it is more environmentally sound than "vegan" shoes. Even though the process of leather production can be just as toxic as plastic production the life span of leather tends to be much longer (though I'm not sure this continues to be true in the case of cheaply produced low-grade Brazilian and Chinese lether). So I pay more, buy "classic" shoes and handbags hoping to minimize the environmental impact of my fashion forward living.
However, I promise that I have never, ever said something so corny as "I don't eat anything with a face." As John Lovitz said, "I'm a vegetarian because I really, really hate plants."
6991. wonkers2 - 4/16/2007 1:03:54 AM I've heard a lot of skepticism about allergists--the length and cost and results. So, I've never gone to one. Maybe I should. I was always akeptical of chiropractors. But I went to one several times last year for back pain and got great results. 6992. thoughtful - 4/16/2007 1:11:37 AM wabbit, thanks for the kind thoughts. Mom is getting herself back to normal, though it's taking her quite awhile to get her old stamina back.
So sorry to hear how ill you've been. It's not like you don't have enough to deal with as it is, let alone adding pneumonia and high fever to the mix. Hope you're feeling much better now.
There have been a number of people at work who have been sick, but knock wood, we've been fine.
6993. thoughtful - 4/16/2007 1:12:54 AM wonks,there's a big difference between chiropractors who can actually do something for you and allergists who don't even promise they will.
I always thought that, if you're going to be a doctor, be an allergist. You're patients keep coming back as they don't expect to get well, and most of the time, you collect the fee but don't even see the patient...just send them to the nurse for shots. What a racket! 6994. thoughtful - 4/16/2007 1:14:38 AM jex, there are so many cats i've heard now have hypert including my last cat. I don't know what's causing it but it's really something. I wonder if it isn't something to do with these vaccines cats get these days. Hypert is an autoimmune disorder and these vaccines can wreak havoc on the immune system...
Just like so many cats dying of kidney failure. Is it just that in the old days, they never made it that far for their kidneys to fail?
Beats me. 6995. thoughtful - 4/16/2007 1:15:04 AM I 6996. thoughtful - 4/16/2007 1:15:14 AM just 6997. thoughtful - 4/16/2007 1:15:24 AM wanted
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