skin, was...arginine,watermelon, and ..Re: Kidney Function

November 25, 2008

...and, your thought below - I

> now take into consideration what could be absorbed by your skin, that

> is totally icky. And have changed some daily habits in our house

> accordingly No harsh, never mind toxic, cleaners, for one.

> >

My mental model about my body has change so very much. I used to see

the human body as very distinct form the environment around it, solid,

not easily penetrated by things. Now I kind of see us as

microbe-filled spongy slime critters that leave behind bits of

ourselves everywhere we go and pick up other crud along the way. In

my home (with two people with a seriously compromised immune system),

we've instituted stringent controls to keep nasty infections out of

our apartment.

Example:

About 2 hours before I left work tonight, I ran into someone who

mentioned they had a kidney infection (yikes!). I felt pretty ill

after interacting briefly with this person. I came home and almost

immediately took off my shirt and soaked it in water with peroxide and

diet tonic water. After I got enough food in me to be warm without so

many layers, I took more of my clothes off to soak. I then took a

warm salt water bath and had my oldest son clean up every surface I

had touched in the kitchen before my bath. Then I took some

supplements and also used q-tips to wipe my nose out with quinine

(diet tonic water). My son took a few similar precautions because of

his exposure to me and my clothes and cleaning up stuff I had touched.

On the upside, because of the recent conversation on list, I was able

to suggest she pick up some watermelon on the way home from work to

help her kidney(s) heal. She said she would. So I hope she gets well

more quickly for having run into me.

Peace.

Michele

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