Re: URGENT: GINKO

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Colin,

I believe Jill has these articles on file in her computer because she has more

space than I do, but I will track down whatever I can for you on this and get

it to you post haste. I am not certain that exact dosages were given though.

Jill is presently off to Singapore to take care of her own mother, who had a

mild stroke also. I will repeat the warning here for all to take note of: if

you are having any problem with bleeding in any way or are taking a blood-

thinner for any reason, you would be wise to reconsider taking Ginko Biloba.

I think there are other things that you can try to help your memory that do

not carry this risk.

Feeling guilty will accomplish nothing now, Colin. Your concern and devotion

to your Mum are legendary on this post. You have had such a stressful year

with the loss of your father and trying to nurse your mother back to

health.....plus dealing with your own RLS. Hindsite always seems to be 20/20.

Your life is busy with your business, and we tend to trust our health care

providers to know what they are doing. Once a person has a stroke, I believe

the chances for another one are always more likely. You will never know

whether the Ginko caused it or not, so it is best to just move forward from

here.

So often I risk causing ill will toward myself because I am so concerned with

trying to be cautious. I have decided that, as terribly upsetting as that is

to me, I will have to continue to speak up. The biggest problem we are having

to encounter with this is that people seem not to be able to accept scientific

fact as easily as they accept anecdotal evidence. We all want to believe

there is some magical, safe substance out there that we can ingest under our

own supervision, after our own diagnosis.....under the watchful eye of

ourselves and our local health food store. Quite often facts that should be

very obvious to us are overlooked.

I am not professing to know any more than anyone else in regard to this. I am

not trying to force my will on anyone. The best thing that I can say for

myself is that I have an open mind. I had decided to drop the subject of

Homeopathy and let it die........that the points I wanted to make wouldn't

have made that much difference anyway. I knew that I, myself, appreciated

the tremendous amount of effort that had put into researching and

passing along his valuable information....and in the long run, that was

probably all that really mattered.

I feel the need to rethink all of this now.........and I may be writing more

about it......if I feel at all up to it. I promise I will give you fair

warning so that you can easily avoid it. My one and only hope in doing this

is that you all will just take a closer look. You will always be free to

choose whatever kind of treatment you want and I will always be the first to

defend your right to do this.

Connie