In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
it's useless voodoo, but I have my fingers crossed for you.
So anyway ... anyone up for a rational, fact-based, and civil discussion about the topic?
Thanks Kiki. I'll take all the help I can get. Going to make some phone calls on Wednesday. BC Housing gave me some lists and I will take another whack at them.
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Think I just heard something that sounded like a coyote howling. Haven't heard that in years.
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There's a pack that sometimes howls on the hill across the street from me.
So anyway ... anyone up for a rational, fact-based, and civil discussion about the topic?
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So I just did some more shopping to stock up on my healthy on a budget reserves.
Here's what's in my cupboard, so to speak.
Organic bananas.
Organic creamy peanut butter (I can't seem to find organic chunky :( )
Peanuts, lightly salted with sea salt.
7.5 dozen eggs (for Hard boiled eggs only).
Some form of vegetable medley (I know it's got broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and at least one type of pepper in it).
Vitamin D milk (to replace the skim milk).
Long grain rice.
Cheerios. (To replace the not-as-healthy-as-you'd-think Life cereal that does have plenty of gluten in it).
1/4 lb pre-formed, uncooked Angus beef patties.
And I use Ceyenne Pepper for spice when I cook up rice and the vegetables together.
And that's it. Figured I might as well just list off what i'm eating now since the list is so short.
Anybody have any thoughts about anything potentially negative about what's in there, or any cheap suggestions to augment this short list?
I'd love to be eating real nuts instead of peanuts, but they're too expensive. I know that peanuts and peanut butter could be a potential problem, but I've eaten it all of my life and as far as I know nobody in my family including myself has ever had an allergy to them.
I'm also taking an "old man" multivitamin every day. I also alternate between taking a D vitamin, a garlic vitamin and a fish oil vitamin along with it, so each one of them I get once every 3 days.
This list is surprisingly cheap when you buy it in bulk. I was amazed that you could get a 10 lb bag of long grain rice for under 5 bucks, for instance.
By far, pound for pound, the most expensive item is the angus beef, of course. But I got 40 patties for around 27 bucks and I only eat 2 of them a day, so that lasts almost 3 weeks. (Oh, and I eat the patties alone without bread, but I do use a few table spoons of Heinz ketchup or A1 steak sause for a little kick).
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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lol...
My brother sent me this link.
I promise, I won't become this obnoxious about it. Although I probably will be raving about the results if it works out.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Hey! it just occurred to me. When do you get to move into government housing? By the description of your place, it sounds like there could be mold there. Not necessarily the black toxic kind, but at least mildew behind the walls. That could really be triggering your allergies.- KIKI
That is an "I don't know" Kiki. Whenever the places on the list decide I fit into their box. These places have specific criteria and if you don't fit then they won't consider you. This hearing aid situation may shake something out of the woodwork. At least I hope so. There is mold around and dust and I am sure some mildew. That is most likely what is triggering this coughing bout. It's almost over now but very annoying. BRENDA
A comment and a suggestion:
We've been watching Love it or List it Too which is a home renovation show set in Vancouver (there is a similar show set in N Carolina) and I have to wonder ... are ALL Vancouver homes built like crap? It seems like every home that they attempt to renovate has a serious flaw .... or two or three .... and one of them almost always involves rot, to the point of structural unsoundness. Yeah. I know it rains a lot there ... but it rains a lot on N Carolina too, and I don't see the same number of deficiencies in N Carolina as I do in Vancouver. Was there a housing boom 40 years ago that tolerated substandard construction?
SUGGESTION: I don't know what form your allergies symptoms take, but if it involves difficulty breathing (stuffed nose, swollen palate, uvula and back of throat, swollen tongue) to the point where it interferes with your sleep, there are LOCAL ways of treating symptoms which shouldn't interfere with your other medications. What works for me: nasal decongestant spray, nasal steroid spray, and a ZQuiet mouth insert.
I used to go sleep on the sofa when I was suffocating in my sleep, so I could prop myself up on the arms of the sofa. I even bought a wedge pillow, but I have to say that NOTHING worked as well as the combination of localized treatments (including the ZQuiet). I have terrible allergies, but rarely take antihistamines in pill form.
Also, I DO have a prescription for montelukast (advair), which is a very targeted immune modifier which has worked tremendously well for wheezing/ coughing; I can't imagine any mechanism by which montelukast interferes with any thyroid or anticonvulsant medication so you might want to look into that.
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Quote:Well, it's a limited list, and an allergist will tell you that constant exposure to the same things over and over will promote allergic reactions. OTOH, I've been following a "rotation" diet for over 15 years, since hubby was tested for allergies, and all it seems to have done for me was promote a whole roster of allergies!
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
So I just did some more shopping to stock up on my healthy on a budget reserves.
Here's what's in my cupboard, so to speak.
Organic bananas.
Organic creamy peanut butter (I can't seem to find organic chunky :( )
Peanuts, lightly salted with sea salt.
7.5 dozen eggs (for Hard boiled eggs only).
Some form of vegetable medley (I know it's got broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and at least one type of pepper in it).
Vitamin D milk (to replace the skim milk).
Long grain rice.
Cheerios. (To replace the not-as-healthy-as-you'd-think Life cereal that does have plenty of gluten in it).
1/4 lb pre-formed, uncooked Angus beef patties.
And I use Ceyenne Pepper for spice when I cook up rice and the vegetables together.
And that's it. Figured I might as well just list off what i'm eating now since the list is so short.
Anybody have any thoughts about anything potentially negative about what's in there, or any cheap suggestions to augment this short list?
I'd love to be eating real nuts instead of peanuts, but they're too expensive. I know that peanuts and peanut butter could be a potential problem, but I've eaten it all of my life and as far as I know nobody in my family including myself has ever had an allergy to them.
I'm also taking an "old man" multivitamin every day. I also alternate between taking a D vitamin, a garlic vitamin and a fish oil vitamin along with it, so each one of them I get once every 3 days.
This list is surprisingly cheap when you buy it in bulk. I was amazed that you could get a 10 lb bag of long grain rice for under 5 bucks, for instance.
By far, pound for pound, the most expensive item is the angus beef, of course. But I got 40 patties for around 27 bucks and I only eat 2 of them a day, so that lasts almost 3 weeks. (Oh, and I eat the patties alone without bread, but I do use a few table spoons of Heinz ketchup or A1 steak sause for a little kick).
Chicken is a lot cheaper than beef, but of course takes more effort to cook. Still, I'd recommend chicken as an addition. Fish is more expensive than than either, but canned tuna on sale is convenient, I'd suggest adding fish. And beans are the cheapest of all; they take a long time to cook if you buy them dried but retain the most nutrients if you cook them yourself.
Cooking oil? You should get another form of oil to cook with, peanut oil is very short of alpha linolenic acid, try getting soy oil in addition.
You're probably short on fiber especially if you have white rice; once you work your way thru the bag of (white?) rice I'd suggest getting brown rice. Also... beans. Again.
Most likely short on potassium. You should be getting about 3 grams a day, a banana has about 0.4 grams, an 8 oz glass of milk has 0.3 grams, a cup of mixed vegetables has about 0.3 grams. Once again, beans to the rescue! One cup of lima beans (the highest in potassium) has about 0.7 grams. Other high potassium foods are potatoes and sweet potatoes.
If you're working a physically demanding job and sweat a lot, don't forget to keep up with your salt; use iodized salt. I know "they" recommend low salt diets but that can paradoxically raise your blood pressure if you go TOO low, so try to monitor your salt intake especially in the summer and keep it around 2 grams.
If you're short of "D" you won't make that up with 1/3 doses of standard IUs plus milk; that could leave you in a state of deficiency for a long time.
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
There's a pack that sometimes howls on the hill across the street from me.
So anyway ... anyone up for a rational, fact-based, and civil discussion about the topic?
It was one and a quick howl. Too high pitched for a dog and not a bark.
There have been packs all over my city at times and the city has issued warnings about keeping kitties and little dogs inside in the evenings.
But as I said it has been a long time since I have heard one.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Hey! it just occurred to me. When do you get to move into government housing? By the description of your place, it sounds like there could be mold there. Not necessarily the black toxic kind, but at least mildew behind the walls. That could really be triggering your allergies.- KIKI
That is an "I don't know" Kiki. Whenever the places on the list decide I fit into their box. These places have specific criteria and if you don't fit then they won't consider you. This hearing aid situation may shake something out of the woodwork. At least I hope so. There is mold around and dust and I am sure some mildew. That is most likely what is triggering this coughing bout. It's almost over now but very annoying. BRENDA
A comment and a suggestion:
We've been watching Love it or List it Too which is a home renovation show set in Vancouver (there is a similar show set in N Carolina) and I have to wonder ... are ALL Vancouver homes built like crap? It seems like every home that they attempt to renovate has a serious flaw .... or two or three .... and one of them almost always involves rot, to the point of structural unsoundness. Yeah. I know it rains a lot there ... but it rains a lot on N Carolina too, and I don't see the same number of deficiencies in N Carolina as I do in Vancouver. Was there a housing boom 40 years ago that tolerated substandard construction?
SUGGESTION: I don't know what form your allergies symptoms take, but if it involves difficulty breathing (stuffed nose, swollen palate, uvula and back of throat, swollen tongue) to the point where it interferes with your sleep, there are LOCAL ways of treating symptoms which shouldn't interfere with your other medications. What works for me: nasal decongestant spray, nasal steroid spray, and a ZQuiet mouth insert.
I used to go sleep on the sofa when I was suffocating in my sleep, so I could prop myself up on the arms of the sofa. I even bought a wedge pillow, but I have to say that NOTHING worked as well as the combination of localized treatments (including the ZQuiet). I have terrible allergies, but rarely take antihistamines in pill form.
Also, I DO have a prescription for montelukast (advair), which is a very targeted immune modifier which has worked tremendously well for wheezing/ coughing; I can't imagine any mechanism by which montelukast interferes with any thyroid or anticonvulsant medication so you might want to look into that.
-----------
Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
America is an oligarchy
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
There was a housing boom after WWII and also a lot of houses in Vancouver are around 100years old. So, that could account for the rot seen as well as climate. Vancouver is one of the oldest cities in British Columbia.
My allergy symptoms consist of itchy, watery eyes, running nose, sneezing, now as I get older coughing and itchy ears. I have a nasal spray that I am considering using and I keep Halls cough drops on hand and I may have to use one of those.
Thanks for the info Sig. I will take a look into that.
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Jack, try pork as well. Ground is cheap and Sig mentioned chicken which is also good.
Canned tuna is okay but you can try canned salmon.
Also extra virgin olive oil or just no oil for frying hamburger or pork. Chicken needs a little oil. A small bottle of extra virgin doesn't cost too much and will last you a while.
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