Thanks rjp. Appreciate that. The forum is too big to read everything. Holistic. I should have guessed. Some of those things I never heard of.
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Thanks rjp. Appreciate that. The forum is too big to read everything. Holistic. I should have guessed. Some of those things I never heard of.
MRSA stands for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureu. Basically a staph infection from hell. A "super bug" that's now resistant to methicillin, amoxicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, and many other antibiotics. The by-product of our great infatuation with anti-bacterial sanitation.
In the end, that doctor may have just been tired or wrong with this CDC thing, but either way, if there is a chance of MRSA, I'd be happy to suffer a few more days. It is NOT a joke, it kills.
Gee! Sorry I made you write that. LOL. How can you even remember it? Thanks though. I understand about the over-use of penicillin and antibiotics. All those anti-bacterial products we use around our homes doesn't help either. We're making ourselves sick with cleanliness. Especially children who haven't had a chance to develope antibodies yet.
My sister has been into herbal medicine for many years and didn't recognize all of them, but some she did and the owner of Nhaler is very knowledgable. I've also learned that PG kills airborn virus and bacteria and some hospitals add it to the venilation system because of that.
I remember it because I'm trying to get back into the medical field and raised in a medical/military family, oh and Google is awesome. (I couldn't remember the exact spelling and didn't feel like whipping out any training texts.) 
Fear not, however, because I copied and pasted so no hard attempts at writing it all.
Yes, we are killing ourselves with cleanliness. There is a reason so many of these super bugs start in hospitals and go to homes rather than starting in homes and going to hospitals. Personally I take the darned if you do, darned if you don't stance on it.
In other news the bronchitis is starting to feel a LOT better. Whew.
Fear not, however, because I copied and pasted so no hard attempts at writing it all.
Yes, we are killing ourselves with cleanliness. There is a reason so many of these super bugs start in hospitals and go to homes rather than starting in homes and going to hospitals. Personally I take the darned if you do, darned if you don't stance on it.
In other news the bronchitis is starting to feel a LOT better. Whew.
I remember it because I'm trying to get back into the medical field and raised in a medical/military family, oh and Google is awesome. (I couldn't remember the exact spelling and didn't feel like whipping out any training texts.)
Fear not, however, because I copied and pasted so no hard attempts at writing it all.
Yes, we are killing ourselves with cleanliness. There is a reason so many of these super bugs start in hospitals and go to homes rather than starting in homes and going to hospitals. Personally I take the darned if you do, darned if you don't stance on it.
In other news the bronchitis is starting to feel a LOT better. Whew.
I don't feel so guilty about asking you now Jodans. I'd have done the same. I always wondered how people in medical professions can remember those long weird names. It's like legaleese too. Why can't they just make words for these things in plain readable and pronouncable English. Guess you need a really good memory or even a photograptic one to get in those fields. Leaves me out. Glad you're feeling better. It really does suck being sick. Especially with all the H1N1 now. They scare people with crap like that. What they don't tell you is that more people die from regular flu every year than those who have died of H1N1. Pandemic. What a pile of it. As for the super bugs. That's from over use of antibiotics, but have you noticed that more often than not, people go into hospital for something then end up catching something there and then die from it. I have known people this has happened to. This is not due to antibiotics. It's just plain old nurses and doctors going from patient to patient without washing their hands. Hospitals are supposed to be more antiseptic than anywhere else, but they're not. You're supposed to go to a hospital to get well, not to die. It's scary going to a hospital these days. There's always something running around those supposedely clean places.
Ahhhh yes, the long medical words like hemopneumothorax, or even weird ones like tachycardia.
Once you get down to it, a lot of the "medical language" is surprisingly easy
to decipher. Just a bunch of prefixes and suffixes jammed together to make the words.
Hemopneumothorax for example is hemo meaning blood, pneumo meaning air and thorax meaning chest. So it is blood and air (or gasses) in the pleural cavity of the chest.
Tachycardia: Tachy- meaning swift or rapid, and cardia meaning heart.
So to me, these are actually better than plain English. Even if I had never heard of hemopneumothorax and someone came and told me to take care of the patient because he has it, even if I don't know EXACTLY where or what, I would be able to deduce it has something to do with blood and air in the chest so at least I wouldn't be jamming needles into his legs because I didn't understand what I was being told to take care of.
In the end you just memorize a couple hundred prefixes and suffixes that will be used together to create the thousands of medical terms rather than the thousands of terms themselves.
Then as you get deeper into the field, or higher trained you start learning more, and bigger words, but these are learned on top of these other words you've already learned and have put to such use that they are a memorized part of your vocabulary.
Words like the methicillin resistant staph aureus, thats a term that once I get back into the medical field, I may go a long time without having to say or write anything more than "MRSA" for it. If I do need to write or say the entire thing, I'll have time to look it up first since it won't be an emergency situation, since in a emergency whoever needs to hear it will recognize MRSA.
Now legal terminology, on the other hand, is beyond me. I think deep down lawyers know they are evil and make up their words as a form of self punishment.
I'm sorry to see such a cynical view of hospitals, really I am.
In my time in the hospitals, it was very very rare I ever saw a doctor or nurse moving from room to room without washing or at least using hand sanitizer. Even then, they are (or should be) wearing gloves while working with the patient. Even if I didn't wash/sanitize my hands or wear gloves in the interest of YOUR health, I'm sure going to do it in the interest of MY health.
Though admittedly there are always a few idiots running around, however for the most part, the people I have seen are pretty good about the washing. On the other hand, it was very rare I ever saw a patients friends and family wash up before interacting with the sick and weakened patient. After sitting in a waiting room where other sick people have been, or people interacting with other sick people have been, (who I rarely see wash their hands AFTER visiting their loved one either), they usually run into the room as soon as visitation is allowed, putting their hands all over their loved ones face, arms and hands.
Now I've not researched this or anything and definitely wouldn't say 'It's all the family", but to me, and my common sense, this seems like a more likely story. Either way, between the staff and the family, stuff is bound to happen. Regardless though, most of the deaths I have seen were from the original conditions that caused the hospitalization.
It is important to note with the super bugs, it is not just the over use of antibiotics. While we DO use them a little too much, the biggest problem is when someone who is using them does not finish the entire regimen as prescribed. They take half their antibiotics, start feeling better and being sick of popping pills daily stop the rest before their infection is entirely killed off. This gives the germs that survive the chance to sample this antibiotic and adapt.
With the H1N1, pandemic has nothing to do with deaths really as much as how quickly/easily it is spreading. Pandemic really just means widespread.
Now, not to say that this isn't bull. I've read conspiracy theories/investigative reports online about the pharmaceutical companies introducing more cases of a current (or similar symptomed) spreading infection so they can speed through the red tape of getting their new, untested anti-H1N1 (insert other infection here) vaccine/cure onto the market. I cannot speak for or against the validity of these reports, since online research doesn't constitute real knowledge of a situation without being able to verify your sources. (IMHO anyway)
Sorry for the novel. Just my two cents, and once these fingers start moving on the keyboard it is hard to get them to stop.
Once you get down to it, a lot of the "medical language" is surprisingly easy
to decipher. Just a bunch of prefixes and suffixes jammed together to make the words.
Hemopneumothorax for example is hemo meaning blood, pneumo meaning air and thorax meaning chest. So it is blood and air (or gasses) in the pleural cavity of the chest.
Tachycardia: Tachy- meaning swift or rapid, and cardia meaning heart.
So to me, these are actually better than plain English. Even if I had never heard of hemopneumothorax and someone came and told me to take care of the patient because he has it, even if I don't know EXACTLY where or what, I would be able to deduce it has something to do with blood and air in the chest so at least I wouldn't be jamming needles into his legs because I didn't understand what I was being told to take care of.
In the end you just memorize a couple hundred prefixes and suffixes that will be used together to create the thousands of medical terms rather than the thousands of terms themselves.
Then as you get deeper into the field, or higher trained you start learning more, and bigger words, but these are learned on top of these other words you've already learned and have put to such use that they are a memorized part of your vocabulary.
Words like the methicillin resistant staph aureus, thats a term that once I get back into the medical field, I may go a long time without having to say or write anything more than "MRSA" for it. If I do need to write or say the entire thing, I'll have time to look it up first since it won't be an emergency situation, since in a emergency whoever needs to hear it will recognize MRSA.
Now legal terminology, on the other hand, is beyond me. I think deep down lawyers know they are evil and make up their words as a form of self punishment.
I'm sorry to see such a cynical view of hospitals, really I am.
In my time in the hospitals, it was very very rare I ever saw a doctor or nurse moving from room to room without washing or at least using hand sanitizer. Even then, they are (or should be) wearing gloves while working with the patient. Even if I didn't wash/sanitize my hands or wear gloves in the interest of YOUR health, I'm sure going to do it in the interest of MY health.
Though admittedly there are always a few idiots running around, however for the most part, the people I have seen are pretty good about the washing. On the other hand, it was very rare I ever saw a patients friends and family wash up before interacting with the sick and weakened patient. After sitting in a waiting room where other sick people have been, or people interacting with other sick people have been, (who I rarely see wash their hands AFTER visiting their loved one either), they usually run into the room as soon as visitation is allowed, putting their hands all over their loved ones face, arms and hands.
Now I've not researched this or anything and definitely wouldn't say 'It's all the family", but to me, and my common sense, this seems like a more likely story. Either way, between the staff and the family, stuff is bound to happen. Regardless though, most of the deaths I have seen were from the original conditions that caused the hospitalization.
It is important to note with the super bugs, it is not just the over use of antibiotics. While we DO use them a little too much, the biggest problem is when someone who is using them does not finish the entire regimen as prescribed. They take half their antibiotics, start feeling better and being sick of popping pills daily stop the rest before their infection is entirely killed off. This gives the germs that survive the chance to sample this antibiotic and adapt.
With the H1N1, pandemic has nothing to do with deaths really as much as how quickly/easily it is spreading. Pandemic really just means widespread.
Now, not to say that this isn't bull. I've read conspiracy theories/investigative reports online about the pharmaceutical companies introducing more cases of a current (or similar symptomed) spreading infection so they can speed through the red tape of getting their new, untested anti-H1N1 (insert other infection here) vaccine/cure onto the market. I cannot speak for or against the validity of these reports, since online research doesn't constitute real knowledge of a situation without being able to verify your sources. (IMHO anyway)
Sorry for the novel. Just my two cents, and once these fingers start moving on the keyboard it is hard to get them to stop.
I'm sorry to see such a cynical view of hospitals, really I am.
In my time in the hospitals, it was very very rare I ever saw a doctor or nurse moving from room to room without washing or at least using hand sanitizer. Even then, they are (or should be) wearing gloves while working with the patient. Even if I didn't wash/sanitize my hands or wear gloves in the interest of YOUR health, I'm sure going to do it in the interest of MY health.
Sorry for the novel. Just my two cents, and once these fingers start moving on the keyboard it is hard to get them to stop.
Everything you say makes sense Jodans. The reason I thought the spread of viruses was spread by doctors and nurses, was because we had reports of this on the news. There were studies done of hospitals in our area and this was found to be the case for some of them. There is such a shortage of doctors here and that could be why. They are so rushed. No problem about the novel. I do the same thing.
Many hospitals, at least here in the states, are instituting more programs/procedures to help reduce the amount of germ spreading that is done by employees. I remember, quite a few years back, about hospitals implementing use of a chemical that would show areas that were missed during a person's hand washing. This was to help employees identify flawed hand washing techniques they might have been using (not scrubbing enough around the nail beds, not washing long enough, etc.)
People in the medical professions are trying to reduce the risk of transmitting infections between patients. Unfortunately, there will always be some risk since these organisms are made to hitchhike via people.
[rant] And just an added aside about a major pet-peeve of mine: I am, apparently, one of the few sane consumers of household cleaning products. I'm finding it harder and harder to find non-anti-bacterial dish soaps, surface cleaners, etc. I understand that many of my old favorites such as 409 were intrinsically anti-bacterially just because of their ingredients, but what I don't need is anti-bacterial toilet bowl cleaner. I never plan on eating out of or near my toilet. I also don't need anti-bacterial bathtub cleaner. I also don't need my kitchen counters sanitized for my protection; I'm a civilized person well versed in proper food handling and the use of cutting boards and containers. The biggest risk of catching a bug around the house is from improper food handling, not from an unsterilized toilet bowl. [/rant]
And to get back on the thread topic: after just one week of vaping, I've noticed my lungs cleared up a bit. But now I'm noticing that they're feeling a little mucus-y. I think I might start coughing up the crud soon.
[rant] And just an added aside about a major pet-peeve of mine: I am, apparently, one of the few sane consumers of household cleaning products. I'm finding it harder and harder to find non-anti-bacterial dish soaps, surface cleaners, etc. I understand that many of my old favorites such as 409 were intrinsically anti-bacterially just because of their ingredients, but what I don't need is anti-bacterial toilet bowl cleaner. I never plan on eating out of or near my toilet. I also don't need anti-bacterial bathtub cleaner. I also don't need my kitchen counters sanitized for my protection; I'm a civilized person well versed in proper food handling and the use of cutting boards and containers. The biggest risk of catching a bug around the house is from improper food handling, not from an unsterilized toilet bowl. [/rant]
And to get back on the thread topic: after just one week of vaping, I've noticed my lungs cleared up a bit. But now I'm noticing that they're feeling a little mucus-y. I think I might start coughing up the crud soon.
Nice to read that your lungs are clearing up. Funny, with me it has cleared my muscous and flem. I also breath better. I agree about all that antibacterial stuff. It's a bit ridiculous. We didn't get sick from our kitchens before, so why all the antibacterial stuff now-a-days? Have you seen the commercial a while back where they were showing how bad it was to use a sponge? 8-o They showed a woman wiping her kitchen with a piece of chicken and making it look like a sponge was just as bad.
Commercials are really dumb now-a-days. Did you know that a wooden cutting board is better than a plastic one. The wood has natural antibacterial properties. They make a fuss over bacteria, meanwhile they are poisoning us with all the chemicals they put in everything. They have so many air freshener ads now. Every time I see one of those I wonder what poison is in there. Fabreeze is the worst. And now they're putting it in everything. Spray everything so you won't get any germs. No, no germs, just kill us with your chemicals instead. You can hardly find anything else now. Was a time when monopolies were illegal. Now they're everywhere.
Nice to read that your lungs are clearing up. Funny, with me it has cleared my muscous and flem. I also breath better. I agree about all that antibacterial stuff. It's a bit ridiculous. We didn't get sick from our kitchens before, so why all the antibacterial stuff now-a-days? Have you seen the commercial a while back where they were showing how bad it was to use a sponge? 8-o They showed a woman wiping her kitchen with a piece of chicken and making it look like a sponge was just as bad.
I couldn't agree more. Pretty much all of us use bleach every day....and that equates to being tanker loads of bleach being poured into the sea every day. It can't be a good idea.
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Yup. And they make us drink it too. Plus flouride. The trucks carrying that stuff have a "Poison" logo on them. And we're drinking that too. Any one besides me think the world is upside down and backwards?
Yes I am doing my best these days to stop sending 'any' chemicals at all down the drains, working on the idea that if it would kill the fish in a pond or a fish tank then it sure isn't going to be doing the fish in the sea any good either and just a thought ..does the FDA or anyone even test the dangers of the chemicals that are being breathed in from air fresheners? are they actually approved as being safe to inhale?
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Quite a few chemicals will get filtered out at your local waste water treatment plant. Strangely enough, at least in the US, the water from waste water treatment plants is often cleaner than drinking water, but it's not used for drinking because people are still scared of the human waste that was filtered out of the water.
Have no idea whether air fresheners are under FDA ruling. Wouldn't surprise me if they're not. Lord knows what's in those things that we are breathing in. Never thought to check the label to see what's in em. Don't even know if the ingredients are even listed. Will have to go look now. Doesn't make any difference probably unless you're a chemist and know what all those scientific words mean. And they want to ban ecigs cause they're not tested. Lots of things that are bad for us just slide under the table. Pay the right person with the right credentials and voila, we're being poisoned, druged or worse. That's what happened with Aspertame. That s--- is in everything now and it causes brain cancer. All those poor ppl trying to loose weight. They'll be nice and thin to fit in their coffins.
So where do you dump your chemicals? You worry about the fish in the oceans. Pretty soon there won't be any fish to worry about at the rate they scoop them out with those giant trolling nets. With those things they get everything and what they don't want they dump back dead. Just one more example of man's greed and disregard of our planet and the life on it. It will never change as long as money is God. Not till mankind learns to wordhip something bigger than itself. I don't see it happening any time soon. Unless some worldwide disaster makes him.
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Quite a few chemicals will get filtered out at your local waste water treatment plant. Strangely enough, at least in the US, the water from waste water treatment plants is often cleaner than drinking water, but it's not used for drinking because people are still scared of the human waste that was filtered out of the water.
That's what the astronauts drink. The waste treaments plants can't filter everything. Some particules are too small to be filtered. Like a lot of the drugs that end up there. Things like estrogen and human growth hormones from the birth control pills and the HGH they feed animals. That's right fellas, you're getting your estrogen too. That's why so many men have low sperm count today and children start getting breats at earlier ages. It's in the water we drink and food we eat. Do you really believe no one drinks that water. Like they'd tell you. And we all know that no one lies to us too.
Read the book, "The Cry and the Covenant" by Morton Thompson, about the doctor so long ago who never got credit in his lifetime for discovering the cause and cure of childbed fever that killed so many mothers in labor. He noticed that the women delivered by the doctors were dying fast while those delivered by the midwives in another part of the hospital were surviving. Many women dreaded going to the hospital to give birth because so many were dying.
My husband (OB/GYN) wanted to name our firstborn Ignatz, after the main character in the story, Ignatz Phillip Semmelweis, the doctor who discovered that simply washing his hands after surgery and autopsies and before a delivery would give the mothers about a 100% chance of surviving.
You see....the doctors loved showing off their talents in surgery and autopsies by revealing all the blood and guts on their hands and aprons....and refused to wash their hands between these procedures and deliveries, so all that crap killed these young mothers. Here's part of a good review of the book I found on the Net:
"Unbelievable as it seems, professors and their students in medical universities went from the dissecting room, where they demonstrated and practiced delivering babies from cadavers, to the Lying In rooms where they examined women about to give birth all without washing or disinfecting their hands. A gratuitous rubbing of their bloody hands on their lab coats was considered ample readiness, and in fact the presence of bloody matter on their coats was deemed almost a badge of honor. Semmelweis turned that all around in a revolution that was to save millions of new mothers' lives all over the world. Did the majority of the doctors take kindly to removing their "badges of honor" for the sake of saving lives? One would think so, and one would be very wrong. Therein lies a tale, one that Morton Thompson relates in all the gory details."......
The book is true and is a page-turner. And what a sad story it tells, of the pride of man and its potential for destroying others. We didn't name our son Ignatz, but we sure admire the man who tried so hard to convince his colleges to do what they were to the bitter end unwilling to do....just wash their hands.
My husband (OB/GYN) wanted to name our firstborn Ignatz, after the main character in the story, Ignatz Phillip Semmelweis, the doctor who discovered that simply washing his hands after surgery and autopsies and before a delivery would give the mothers about a 100% chance of surviving.
You see....the doctors loved showing off their talents in surgery and autopsies by revealing all the blood and guts on their hands and aprons....and refused to wash their hands between these procedures and deliveries, so all that crap killed these young mothers. Here's part of a good review of the book I found on the Net:
"Unbelievable as it seems, professors and their students in medical universities went from the dissecting room, where they demonstrated and practiced delivering babies from cadavers, to the Lying In rooms where they examined women about to give birth all without washing or disinfecting their hands. A gratuitous rubbing of their bloody hands on their lab coats was considered ample readiness, and in fact the presence of bloody matter on their coats was deemed almost a badge of honor. Semmelweis turned that all around in a revolution that was to save millions of new mothers' lives all over the world. Did the majority of the doctors take kindly to removing their "badges of honor" for the sake of saving lives? One would think so, and one would be very wrong. Therein lies a tale, one that Morton Thompson relates in all the gory details."......
The book is true and is a page-turner. And what a sad story it tells, of the pride of man and its potential for destroying others. We didn't name our son Ignatz, but we sure admire the man who tried so hard to convince his colleges to do what they were to the bitter end unwilling to do....just wash their hands.
Hey, SamySam1313, I want to know how you're doing! Long time no see! What PV are you using and what's your favorite juice? How are you feeling? Answer these questions or you will flunk the test!
Hey, SamySam1313, I want to know how you're doing! Long time no see! What PV are you using and what's your favorite juice? How are you feeling? Answer these questions or you will flunk the test!
Hi folk. Sorry. Been busy with other things last couple of weeks. Took a trip to Ohio with my sister weekend of the 16th. Was getting ready for my trip and when I got back I was pooped. Fun but tiring. We didn't get much sleep for like 5 days. We went to see an old friend from my Orion days and Elvis Presley Jr. . Orion was a singer in case you're wondering. Elvis Jr. is also a singer and he is Elvis' son. I meant to get back here to write about my experience so far.
I didn't have any nicotine juice. I had ordered a couple bottles of Menthol, but they were terrible. Tastes like camphor or something close. Couldn't use it, so I'm still on my no nic sample bottles. So far Capaccino is my fav along with Chocolate and Melon. I have 4 tobacco flavors and they're all pretty good except for the RY4. RY4 is like wet tobacco smells. YUK! I also like the Blueberry.
I ordered a whole lot of stuff from EastMall. I waited till I knew that someone else got their stuff to make sure there were no problems at the border. They had some really good specials. Cost me a fortune, but I'll have plenty of juice and equipment to last me a long time. They had 30ml bottles of PG and VG for $3 each if you bought sampler packs. I got 3 sets, and 3 bottles of PG and 3 bottles of VG. They are the only ones that I have found that have nicotine VG. The PG and VG are 30ml bottles and are usually $30 each, so I saved big time on those. I only got my order yesterday, so haven't had time to taste them yet. I did try the Watermelon and it is very nice. Might be one of my favs. I also tried their Menthol. It's not great, but better than the other bottles I got. Will let you know more once I sample the other flavors. Right now, I'm trying the coffee and I don't find it tastes much of anything. Maybe once my atomizer is clean it will have more flavor. I find the PG has a taste of its own and if the flavor is mild, then the PG is what comes through. I just got a few new atomizers, so will try with a new one and see if that helps. I still haven't gotten rid of the analogs yet as I didn't have any nic juice. But I'm smoking only half what I was smoking before, so that a big plus already. Now that I have the nic juices, I'm hoping to get off the analogs all together. Will keep you posted on how it goes.
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samysam1313, you get an A+. Wow! How did you know all the right answers! (You must have studied hard)
Boy, it takes a while and some real money to find out what flavors are good. The only one I've found so far that gives a good throat hit is the Mint from Rocky Mountain Vapor. And its just 'Mint', not any particular flavor of mint and I like that.
I've tried RY4, 555, and flue-cured and don't like any of them. To me, they taste worse than tobacco!
My favorite set-up for now is this....A Janty Stick (801), Mint flavored juice with 18mg nicotine...or...I mix Capella's Pralines and Cream with VG (vegetable glycerine for good vapor) and enjoy a very pleasant sweet flavor with no nicotine. I'm going to ask my Mint vendor if he can get it w/o nicotine as I'd like to get rid of that.
Keep in touch, samysam1313. I check in here every few days to see what's going on.
Boy, it takes a while and some real money to find out what flavors are good. The only one I've found so far that gives a good throat hit is the Mint from Rocky Mountain Vapor. And its just 'Mint', not any particular flavor of mint and I like that.
I've tried RY4, 555, and flue-cured and don't like any of them. To me, they taste worse than tobacco!
My favorite set-up for now is this....A Janty Stick (801), Mint flavored juice with 18mg nicotine...or...I mix Capella's Pralines and Cream with VG (vegetable glycerine for good vapor) and enjoy a very pleasant sweet flavor with no nicotine. I'm going to ask my Mint vendor if he can get it w/o nicotine as I'd like to get rid of that.
Keep in touch, samysam1313. I check in here every few days to see what's going on.
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