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+10thehairymob Tory Lynn rainbow689 Phil Whitley zadaconnaway Betty Fasig Pam Susan MacTabert Abe F. March Dick Stodghill 14 posters |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:27 pm | |
| I'm fixing all my brother's computing problems. A busman's holiday!!! |
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Pam Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1790 Registration date : 2008-02-01 Age : 58 Location : Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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madhatter Four Star Member
Number of posts : 502 Registration date : 2008-02-13 Location : Tallahassee, FL
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:38 pm | |
| Sorry to read about your latest issues, Dick. Too bad chocolate isn't a cure for anemia. Seems to help everything else... at least for me. Or, maybe it just makes me feel better... As to the liver...I can eat it if I have to...but...I still have a problem consuming an organ that filters out toxins. Seems just wrong, somehow. |
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Dick Stodghill Five Star Member
Number of posts : 3795 Registration date : 2008-05-04 Age : 98 Location : Akron, Ohio
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:45 pm | |
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JoElle Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1311 Registration date : 2008-05-09
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:48 pm | |
| Oh Rhett!
I am glad you mentioned chocolate! It isn't a cure for anemia. However ....
According to organicfacts.net the flavonoids compounds found in DARK chocolate are good for fighting the anemic condition.
Gotta love the stuff !!!!
I would much rather fight anemia by eating chocolate than liver! |
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Betty Fasig Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4334 Registration date : 2008-06-12 Age : 81 Location : Duette, Florida
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:08 pm | |
| Ah Hah! Who made those little liver pills? Did they have liver in them? Remember Cod Liver Oil? You have not lived until you have been chased down with a wooden spoon full of this lovely stuff, your mouth pried open by squeezing your teeth out of your mouth, spoon shoved in and all the while bawling your eyes out, snot running down your face and your evil mother looking triumphant! After that dose, you would hide for hours in the mulberry tree and walk on the roof of the old barn just below. Until, of course, you had to go to the out house with the daddy long legs, the flies and the sears catalog. Then, you fainted. Dick, take the chocolate every time. Or the mud pies. I take vitamin B. Love, Betty The next day would come the castor oil. |
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zadaconnaway Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4017 Registration date : 2008-01-16 Age : 76 Location : Washington, USA
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:04 pm | |
| - Forest Elf wrote:
- Oh Rhett!
I am glad you mentioned chocolate! It isn't a cure for anemia. However ....
According to organicfacts.net the flavonoids compounds found in DARK chocolate are good for fighting the anemic condition.
Gotta love the stuff !!!!
I would much rather fight anemia by eating chocolate than liver! Nice to hear from you Rhett. I was beginning to wonder where you were. JoElle, I heard on the news that the ddark chocolate is good for you, but the good properties are much diminished through the process of making milk chocolate. Something to do with heating and blending with milk, I suspect. |
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ghostposts Two Star Member
Number of posts : 46 Registration date : 2008-05-04 Age : 65 Location : Texas
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:05 am | |
| Don't forget to drink your juice.
"Mild to moderate iron deficiency anemia is treated by iron supplementation with ferrous sulfate or ferrous gluconate. Vitamin C may aid in the body's ability to absorb iron."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemia#Treatments_for_anemia |
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Dick Stodghill Five Star Member
Number of posts : 3795 Registration date : 2008-05-04 Age : 98 Location : Akron, Ohio
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:05 am | |
| Cod liver oil - my God, what an experience that was! Betty described it perfectly, but I didn't have a mulberry tree to run to for comfort. I didn't mean to complain about the anemia. I accepted it long ago as a side effect of the tumor on the pituitary gland. No one knows what causes them. I was told to have surgery and followed the routine of visiting several doctors. Only one, an opthamoligist (spelling?) thought it wasn't a good idea. After following the chain of command I finally talked to the surgeon. He was an honest man. When I asked him what he recommended he said, "As a surgeon, I have to recommend surgery, but it wouldn't be fair to ask me what I'd say if it were my father or my brother." That was enough for me. A little loss of vision, a little loss of memory - yeah, sure. |
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madhatter Four Star Member
Number of posts : 502 Registration date : 2008-02-13 Location : Tallahassee, FL
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:09 am | |
| ah...I have been around, just incredibly dingy...
My sister passed away suddenly about a month ago...so, we've all been dealing with the sad aftermath.
Now, I actually have a couple of brain cells left to communicate. So, I will try to do so more often... |
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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:15 am | |
| Dick, I think you made a good decision. Surgery at any age is risky, but in your case, more so. I will not go into the things that have happened within my family of aging relatives, but the worst scenarios came after surgery.
From what you have said, you have good health care. It is important to have a physician you can trust. |
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zadaconnaway Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4017 Registration date : 2008-01-16 Age : 76 Location : Washington, USA
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:06 am | |
| Okay, here is what I got from this thread: Eat lots of chocolate (preferably the special dark) avoid cod liver oil at all costs (castor oil, too) It is important to find a doctor you trust tumors can have side effects not too many people like liver avoid anemia! Glad you are back among us, Rhett! This place is good therapy. I will take you any way you can get here, dingy or not! |
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Pam Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1790 Registration date : 2008-02-01 Age : 58 Location : Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:49 pm | |
| Even I remember getting dosed with cod liver oil. Bloody awful stuff, even when it was mixed with malt. We didn't have a mulberry tree however, and my mother was very quick with a wooden spoon as a beat you up stick, so we took the stuff without complaining.
Rhett, my condolences on the loss of your sister. Have missed seeing you around and am glad to see you again! |
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:00 pm | |
| - madhatter wrote:
- ah...I have been around, just incredibly dingy...
My sister passed away suddenly about a month ago...so, we've all been dealing with the sad aftermath.
Now, I actually have a couple of brain cells left to communicate. So, I will try to do so more often... My sincere condolences on your loss, may I wish you a long life as in the Jewish tradition I was dragged up in! |
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madhatter Four Star Member
Number of posts : 502 Registration date : 2008-02-13 Location : Tallahassee, FL
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:26 am | |
| Thank you, all. I remember the cod liver oil stuff, too. Hey, if you were just trying to "play sick" to avoid school--one dose of that stuff and you never faked it again! Ever. It's a wonder any of us survived childhood. |
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Dick Stodghill Five Star Member
Number of posts : 3795 Registration date : 2008-05-04 Age : 98 Location : Akron, Ohio
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:24 am | |
| Betty, it was Carter who made those little liver pills. I remember one of their ads: Sour and sunk was Gloomy Gus, 'til Happy Hooligan told the cus, to chase away his aches and ills. with Carter's Little Liver Pills. |
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zadaconnaway Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4017 Registration date : 2008-01-16 Age : 76 Location : Washington, USA
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:01 pm | |
| I don't remember the slogan, Dick, but I do remember that they made him remove the term 'liver' from the name since it neither helped nor contained liver. |
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madhatter Four Star Member
Number of posts : 502 Registration date : 2008-02-13 Location : Tallahassee, FL
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:38 pm | |
| All I recall is the saying at the time...something to the effect... "She had more aches and pains than Carters had little pills."
(you can fill in most anything in the first part of the sentence) |
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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:40 pm | |
| Madhatter, that is what I always heard when I was growing up. "Carter's little liver pills" was used along with "the price of tea in India" or "rice in China" to describe huge quantities. At least they didn't get to Carter's peanuts in Georgia. |
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JoElle Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1311 Registration date : 2008-05-09
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:03 am | |
| Ooooh yuck. In Georgia they like to boil peanuts. Those are gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They even sell canned boiled peanuts. Yuck yuck yuck!! |
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:16 pm | |
| - Forest Elf wrote:
- Ooooh yuck. In Georgia they like to boil peanuts. Those are gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They even sell canned boiled peanuts. Yuck yuck yuck!! agreed yuck much prefer roasted peanuts mmmm, mmmmm, mmmmmm! |
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madhatter Four Star Member
Number of posts : 502 Registration date : 2008-02-13 Location : Tallahassee, FL
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:41 pm | |
| Oh, elfie. elfie. elfie...
In the south, we love boiled peanuts, hon. Salty...with the shells kind of soft-ish. During the summer, vendors set up little spots along the route to the coast, selling freshly-boiled (or "boilt") goobers. Some even branch out to include the hot and spicy version.
I think they are an acquired taste. I grew up eating them. One of my editor friends from Texas has to stop on the way to the writer's conference at U of Georgia, just to get her fix. |
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JoElle Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1311 Registration date : 2008-05-09
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:07 pm | |
| Uh huh ... I see it now. There are those two all important words: acquired taste!
Like, totally, gag me with a spoon!
But now I know. Next time I cruise through Tally and want to bring a gift ... hmmm.
(just got to remember to also pick up a clothes pin too; to clip my nose)
Okay, don't agree with the peanuts ... but I DID agree about those Cathead Biscuits. They are yummy!!! |
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Betty Fasig Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4334 Registration date : 2008-06-12 Age : 81 Location : Duette, Florida
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:10 pm | |
| I think boiled peanuts are grand. They taste a lot like pinto beans. I wonder if anyone has thought of refried boiled peanuts with cheese, salsa and a dab of sour cream. Love, Betty |
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Phil Whitley Four Star Member
Number of posts : 907 Registration date : 2008-04-01 Age : 81 Location : Riverdale, GA
| Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:49 pm | |
| I missed JoElle's comment about boiled peanuts. I LOVE them dang thangs! If I have to get the canned variety, my favorite is Briar Patch brand. I eat `em right out of the can, but for a special treat, heat them up.
When we can find fresh green peanuts, we boil our own. Refried, Betty? Now that's something I have to try. Sounds yummy! |
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