Antibiotics in livestock to continue unabated. Ugh.

[tex]

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

[Deb]

Oh, Tex! I hope you're feeling better. It's scary when things like that can happen so suddenly. Prayers for a speedy reoovery.

[carolm]

Holy Cow, Tex, that was a nasty fall. I'm so sorry that happened to you. It's bad enough to be battered and bruised, I'm glad it wasn't worse.
Take it easy (as if you have much choice now)
Carol

[Lesley]

Jeez Tex! Did you get an xray? Do you know if you broke anything? Have you got enough ice? Are you putting it on? 20 mins on, 20 off, ALL THE TIME! You don't stop. It won't help if you don't persist.

[tex]

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

[JudyRN]

Tex - sign me up for a copy as well! That is fantastic!

[tex]

OK - I guess I'd better get back to work on it today. I didn't feel like working on it yesterday.

Tex

[Lesley]

Tex, the ice is not necessarily for observable swelling. If you are in pain it's swollen somewhere in you. Ice will make it feel better.

I saw elsewhere you are feeling much better today. Glad about that.

[Martha]

Wow, Tex, sorry you had a fall. I hope you recover well. You're going to hurt for a while, though.

Martha

[tex]

Yes, I'm definitely much better today. I feel like doing things, today, (as long as I do them slowly).

Tex

[Gloria]

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

[JudyRN]

Tex - take it easy and take good care of yourself. I hope you feel better soon.

[tex]

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

[starfire]

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

[Kari]

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