Antibiotics in livestock to continue unabated. Ugh.
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Hi Carol,
We'd better wait to make sure I can actually get it published. The medical profession is going to have a real problem with this book, (if anyone reads it), because it contains many rather radical observations that contradict conventional "knowledge", and I back up those claims by referencing their own research articles, (and many research articles that continue to be ignored by mainstream medicine). I'm pretty sure that the official medical ruling on the book will be that it is pure fiction. I'm hoping, though, that a few doctors may actually read it with an open mind, and use logic, rather than foregone conclusions, to interpret what it says.
The reason I say we'd better wait until I get it published, is because this morning, I was loading a truck with corn, and I slipped on a ladder on the front of the trailer, and fell. My right lower back hit the corner of the truck's battery case on the way down, and I bounced off that, and landed on the side of my head. I look pretty rough, (and feel even worse), but I was lucky - it could have been a lot worse. Anyway, that's going to slow me down for a while.
Tex
We'd better wait to make sure I can actually get it published. The medical profession is going to have a real problem with this book, (if anyone reads it), because it contains many rather radical observations that contradict conventional "knowledge", and I back up those claims by referencing their own research articles, (and many research articles that continue to be ignored by mainstream medicine). I'm pretty sure that the official medical ruling on the book will be that it is pure fiction. I'm hoping, though, that a few doctors may actually read it with an open mind, and use logic, rather than foregone conclusions, to interpret what it says.
The reason I say we'd better wait until I get it published, is because this morning, I was loading a truck with corn, and I slipped on a ladder on the front of the trailer, and fell. My right lower back hit the corner of the truck's battery case on the way down, and I bounced off that, and landed on the side of my head. I look pretty rough, (and feel even worse), but I was lucky - it could have been a lot worse. Anyway, that's going to slow me down for a while.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thanks, everyone. Yep, I feel as if the truck ran over me. That's what I get for being in a hurry. So far, I'm still ambulatory, just slow as a snail, but I'm beginning to wonder if I'll be able to get out of bed in the morning. I'll bet it will take a while. Oh well, I could stand a few days off, anyway, so I'll probably do an impersonation of a sloth, for the next few days.
Lesley, I didn't seek any medical aid. I figured that would just cost a bunch of money to hear them tell me to "take it easy for a few days", and "don't do it again". Besides, I didn't feel like sitting for hours, in one of those uncomfortable ER waiting room chairs. I almost never swell, at least not a significant amount, so the only time I've ever used ice on a bruise was when I broke an arm, and the nurses in the ER didn't give me an ice pack until after I had been sitting there for about 4 or 5 hours, but it still didn't swell very much.
I may have chipped a bone in my left hand, (time will tell), but nothing seems to be broken, thank goodness. The side of my head, and my back are plenty bloody and sore, but I can't detect any swelling, so I don't think that anything bad happened internally. My temp seems to by up a couple of degrees, but that's probably normal for something like this.
It didn't do my back much good, but other than back and hip pain, most of the "owies" seem to be mostly superficial - I don't even have a headache, (just the pain outside the skull).
Tex
Lesley, I didn't seek any medical aid. I figured that would just cost a bunch of money to hear them tell me to "take it easy for a few days", and "don't do it again". Besides, I didn't feel like sitting for hours, in one of those uncomfortable ER waiting room chairs. I almost never swell, at least not a significant amount, so the only time I've ever used ice on a bruise was when I broke an arm, and the nurses in the ER didn't give me an ice pack until after I had been sitting there for about 4 or 5 hours, but it still didn't swell very much.
I may have chipped a bone in my left hand, (time will tell), but nothing seems to be broken, thank goodness. The side of my head, and my back are plenty bloody and sore, but I can't detect any swelling, so I don't think that anything bad happened internally. My temp seems to by up a couple of degrees, but that's probably normal for something like this.
It didn't do my back much good, but other than back and hip pain, most of the "owies" seem to be mostly superficial - I don't even have a headache, (just the pain outside the skull).
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Yes, I'm definitely much better today. I feel like doing things, today, (as long as I do them slowly).
Tex
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I just read this tonight - yikes! That was quite a fall and hit on the way down. I hope you haven't broken any bones and you recover quickly.
I'm pretty impressed that you're nearly finished with the book. Did you get someone to proofread it? There are several English majors on the board who would probably be willing to take a look at it. A second opinion always helps, IMO. I'm looking forward to seeing it, too.
Gloria
I'm pretty impressed that you're nearly finished with the book. Did you get someone to proofread it? There are several English majors on the board who would probably be willing to take a look at it. A second opinion always helps, IMO. I'm looking forward to seeing it, too.
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
Hi Gloria and Judy,
Thanks. I seem to have been very lucky, in that I struck the edge of that battery box below my ribs, and I was angled to the right far enough that my spine doesn't seem to have been seriously damaged, either. It's mighty sore, of course, but everything still works, and I already feel much better today, than I did yesterday.
Polly was kind enough to check some of the earlier text for medical accuracy, and she even did a little proofreading, but she currently has more than enough to deal with, so I will have to figure out a plan of some sort, soon, I suppose. I still need to go back through some of the chapters and rewrite parts, (besides finishing the final chapters), so I'm not there yet. I didn't feel like writing today, but I hope to make some headway over the weekend. I'm pretty good at proofreading, myself, I believe, but of course, I realize that it's easy to miss your own typos.
Tex
Thanks. I seem to have been very lucky, in that I struck the edge of that battery box below my ribs, and I was angled to the right far enough that my spine doesn't seem to have been seriously damaged, either. It's mighty sore, of course, but everything still works, and I already feel much better today, than I did yesterday.
Polly was kind enough to check some of the earlier text for medical accuracy, and she even did a little proofreading, but she currently has more than enough to deal with, so I will have to figure out a plan of some sort, soon, I suppose. I still need to go back through some of the chapters and rewrite parts, (besides finishing the final chapters), so I'm not there yet. I didn't feel like writing today, but I hope to make some headway over the weekend. I'm pretty good at proofreading, myself, I believe, but of course, I realize that it's easy to miss your own typos.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Welll, skip a post for a couple of days and you never know what you'll miss. So sorry about the fall and really, really glad you are OK.
Whenever a copy of that book is available, I also want one.
Take care please,
Love, Shirley
Whenever a copy of that book is available, I also want one.
Take care please,
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
-- Winston Churchill
Wow Tex - just read this thread - so sorry you took a nasty fall, but glad to hear you're on the mend.
Well, now that you've let the cat out of the bag about the book, you'll have plenty of pressure from the PP to keep you writing :). Pease sign me up for a copy as well (isn't there a way to publish it yourself on the net if all else fails ???).
Positive thoughts of a speedy recovery coming your way from sunny Colorado .
Love,
Kari
Well, now that you've let the cat out of the bag about the book, you'll have plenty of pressure from the PP to keep you writing :). Pease sign me up for a copy as well (isn't there a way to publish it yourself on the net if all else fails ???).
Positive thoughts of a speedy recovery coming your way from sunny Colorado .
Love,
Kari
"My mouth waters whenever I pass a bakery shop and sniff the aroma of fresh bread, but I am also grateful simply to be alive and sniffing." Dr. Bernstein