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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / May 2006Slightly OT: but may be helpful
Just yesterday, I went for an independent Bladder Scan, prior to visiting a Uro on Thurs, to discuss a TURP to ease my more than partial urethral stricture since the HDRB in July last. The "evil catheter lady", (continence educator), is Indian and quite well-versed in all sorts of simple but effective remedies. Recently, my Dry Eye Syndrome has been exacerbated to almost Sjogren's Syndrome, which is a breakdown of the Auto-Immune System. So with all sorts of tests, eye drops, gels, ointments, injections etc. from a number of Medical Practitioners to $160.00 Ophthalmologists, with practically NO relief. When I told the Indian lady about my eyes, she said "just put some cold wet tea-bags on them". GUESS WHAT? IT WORKED !!!!!!!! and today, I'm already picking up from the depths of depression ;) So much for the Medical Profession! -- Reader to complete... -- Please reply to this ng as my email adress is fake: -- Regards -- CC So was it black tea, green tea, .....? How'd the scan go? Bev > Just yesterday, I went for an independent Bladder Scan, prior to > visiting a Uro on Thurs, to discuss a TURP to ease my more than [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > -- CC >So was it black tea, green tea, .....? Plain, common garden square black tea bags. >How'd the scan go? Pre-void 277ml :: Post-void 156ml (should be 40-50ml), but voided down to 100+ ml 10 mins later @ work. (still too much.) -- Reader to complete... -- Please reply to this ng as my email adress is fake: -- Regards -- CC > When I told the Indian lady about my eyes, she said "just put some > cold wet tea-bags on them". > > GUESS WHAT? IT WORKED !!!!!!!! > and today, I'm already picking up from the depths of depression ;) Well shoot, mate.....I could have told you that one. But I forgot about it, sorry. My dad was a research veterinarian who was a wealth of knowledge on the "down home" or "folk" remedies from his growing up days in PEI, our smallest province. Mum always used the cold tea bags for sties on her eyelids. (did I spell that right or do I have her with "pig pens" on her eyes....lol) Grated raw potato works good too. Cucumber slices are soothing. I would have to look them up somewhere and see exactly what we used them for. Drinking cranberry juice is another oldie. Breathing steam for a dry cough is a good one. A lot of these old *saws* are quite valid and do evolve into real drugs/cures that doctors prescribes. Thinking digitalis (foxglove) and so on. To this day, I use home remedies when I can.....but go to the doc when needed. Cheers...Heather Cool compresses of any kind can be helpful for pain management if you have dry eyes. Some of my dry eye buddies use gel packs that they freeze. What's also very useful, and FREE, is warm compresses, which improve the meibomian gland secretions. I use a little cloth bag of rice that I zap in the microwave - I think this is the most effective method. You can make it with a square piece of cloth, fill it about half way with dry rice and sew up into an oblong shape about the size of an eyeglass case, then zap in the microwave for 30-40 seconds. Or for an easy version use an old (clean) stocking. Rebecca www.dryeyezone.com >Cool compresses of any kind can be helpful for pain management if you >have dry eyes. Some of my dry eye buddies use gel packs that they [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Rebecca >www.dryeyezone.com Thanx :) -- Reader to complete... -- Please reply to this ng as my email adress is fake: -- Regards -- CC |
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