RE: Flagyl regimine and freezing cold (not related)

[Guest guest]

My surgeon put me on Flagyl July 1 and what a change it made! After 4

years of very smelly gas and foaming stinky #### I am back to normal. But

he and his nutritionist were adamant that I eat at least 8 ounces of yogurt with

live cultures each day. I had to carefully read labels til I found one in

my local grocery store that had all of the bacteria they wanted me to get.

These were L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus, L. Acidophilus, and L. Bifidus.

The nutritionist was very unkeen on the idea of a supplement. She felt the

likely hood of getting the cultures alive was much better in the yogurt, than in

any pills from the health food store. Our local Safeway's yogurt turned

out to be fine.

The schedule was Flagyl at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the yogurt

right before bedtime, when I'm starving anyway. The point was to eliminate

the bad bacteria and colonize the colon with the good ones in the yogurt.

Just taking the Flagyl wouldn't produce the long term results desired. And

yogurt helps eliminate the need to take a very potent anti-biotic every day

for life.

By the way, I used the generic for Flagyl. It worked just fine and

only cost $9.76 per 50 tablets as opposed to the more than $125 for the " real "

stuff.

As to being freezing, I have told my husband that we need to move from our

home near San Francisco to Tombstone Arizona since the weather there is just

right for me, 95+ most of the year. He was not amused. I am truly

comfortable only above 85 degrees. I keep my bunny fur and wool long johns

handy at all times. I am a compulsive knitter, and am working hard to

produce many more thick heavy wool sweaters for this winter. I have made

12 pairs of wool socks plus scarves and mittens to try to keep warm. Since

we are likely to remain in the throws of our energy crisis, we have laid in 2

cords of firewood for the woodstove. Thank goodness for that stove and hot

baths. I would have immigrated to the Sudan last winter without

them. I tell folks that when I lost the weight I lost the insulating

blankets I used to carry around all the time. I was never cold before

surgery. Now I am seldom warm. Oh well, but I look cute in all those

size 10 sweaters!

Deborah

[Guest guest]

My surgeon put me on Flagyl July 1 and what a change it made! After 4

years of very smelly gas and foaming stinky #### I am back to normal. But

he and his nutritionist were adamant that I eat at least 8 ounces of yogurt with

live cultures each day. I had to carefully read labels til I found one in

my local grocery store that had all of the bacteria they wanted me to get.

These were L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus, L. Acidophilus, and L. Bifidus.

The nutritionist was very unkeen on the idea of a supplement. She felt the

likely hood of getting the cultures alive was much better in the yogurt, than in

any pills from the health food store. Our local Safeway's yogurt turned

out to be fine.

The schedule was Flagyl at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the yogurt

right before bedtime, when I'm starving anyway. The point was to eliminate

the bad bacteria and colonize the colon with the good ones in the yogurt.

Just taking the Flagyl wouldn't produce the long term results desired. And

yogurt helps eliminate the need to take a very potent anti-biotic every day

for life.

By the way, I used the generic for Flagyl. It worked just fine and

only cost $9.76 per 50 tablets as opposed to the more than $125 for the " real "

stuff.

As to being freezing, I have told my husband that we need to move from our

home near San Francisco to Tombstone Arizona since the weather there is just

right for me, 95+ most of the year. He was not amused. I am truly

comfortable only above 85 degrees. I keep my bunny fur and wool long johns

handy at all times. I am a compulsive knitter, and am working hard to

produce many more thick heavy wool sweaters for this winter. I have made

12 pairs of wool socks plus scarves and mittens to try to keep warm. Since

we are likely to remain in the throws of our energy crisis, we have laid in 2

cords of firewood for the woodstove. Thank goodness for that stove and hot

baths. I would have immigrated to the Sudan last winter without

them. I tell folks that when I lost the weight I lost the insulating

blankets I used to carry around all the time. I was never cold before

surgery. Now I am seldom warm. Oh well, but I look cute in all those

size 10 sweaters!

Deborah