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    This......I Believe

    By jollyroger on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 1:11pm |

    Since Myspace (the prior repository of my poetry, kept separate from my political stuff thereby) has gone all ferkacht, before I forget them I am porting my posts from there to here.

     

    THIS I BELIEVE

     

    I believe in suppressing inflammation, any time and any place it might arise in the body.

    I believe that money now is better than money later, always and everywhere in the universe

    I believe that I am first and foremost a platform for the production, transportation and delivery of DNA--the rest is commentary.

    I believe in the infinite redemptive power of lysergic acid

    I believe in less than enough feed, just enough speed, more than enough weed, and way too much pussy

    I believe that patriotism is tribalism, and tribalism sucks.

    I believe that I'm Spartacus.

     

    I believe that all kids are my kids.

    I believe that those tits might be real.

    I believe that I will have a bit more pie.

    Comments

    Nice poem. 


    by trkingmomoe on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 2:38pm

    Thanks.  Maybe NPR will take it for their series...nah, prolly not.


    by jollyroger on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 3:48pm

    See, you are nuts.

    But so am I. hahahahahahahah

    Stick with Creative Corner Jolly!

    We need ya!


    by Richard Day on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 4:34pm

    But I deliberately inserted a portentous pause! (ya gotta hear Murrow do his "This I believe"...you could recite the pledge of allegience in the pauise....)


    by jollyroger on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 4:50pm

    You had me at 'suppressing inflammation' ...

     

     

     

     


    by MrSmith1 on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 5:10pm

    Actually, I'm not entirely sure about that...even as we confer I am seeking guidance from medical professionals in my family...sometimes it can be a mistake to suppress inflammation, although in general I still adhere to the principle. 


    by jollyroger on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 6:07pm

    Cox-2 inhibitors are sooooo 2000.  You need to get with the biologic anti-TNF meds. 

    It's never a mistake to suppress inflammation, imo. 

    All meds have side effects.  But the side effects of the meds are almost always less of a problem than the effects of prolonged inflammation.

    (I've been on Remicade, a biologic drug, since May of 2001.)

     

     


    by MrSmith1 on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 11:32pm

    ALL MEDS HAVE SIDE AFFECTS. hahhahahahahahah

    I am speechless. hahahahahah

    There are so many perspectives as far as what you just wrote.

    There are terrible aspects.

    And there are humorous aspects.

    I really do not know why your comment just threw me off the roof. haahha

    Inflammation got to me.

    I was told by my social worker to forget seeking medical help for my gout.

    Anyway, I have written 2? blogs on my epiphany regarding carrots and broccoli and spinach (canned) and sweet potatoes; which cured my gout and I ended up with no medications and my gout gone.

    All medications will have side effects; diet is a medication and it saved me!

    the end

     

     


    by Richard Day on Thu, 10/31/2013 - 6:04am

    Yes, of course, all meds have side effects. It's always a question of whether or not you accept the trade-off.

    Prolonged inflammation will definitely do damage.  So, do you live with the inflammation or do you do something to lower it or get rid of it?  What if the choice is that you have prolonged inflammation or you have a 1 in 1000 chance of getting some form of cancer?  Do you take the sure thing and live with the damage the inflammation will do to you or do you gamble that you will be one of the 999 that don't get cancer and will live pain-free without inflammation? 

    I took the gamble.  It may have been the wrong choice, but not taking it would have definitely shortened my life expectancy.  My inflammation was not located just in my back and knees, it was systemic. My SED rate used to hover between 55 and 65.  For over 16 years, I tried everything, including dietary changes, alternative therapies and lots of different meds in order to lower my SED rate.  It didn't budge.  When Remicade came along, I was willing to try it.  It lowered my SED rate to 1, and now my SED rate hovers between zero and 1, which is considered normal.  The side effect? I have a slightly increased risk of infections.  The increased long term risk of cancer originally thought to be a definite side effect of these types of drugs has recently been questioned by clinical studies and may have been over-hyped as a possible side effect.

     

     

     

     

     

     


    by MrSmith1 on Thu, 10/31/2013 - 7:58am

    It's never a mistake to suppress inflammation, imo.

    I believe this too after years of reading and research on my own ailments, those of family, as well as the big controversial ailments like arteriosclerosis.

    Men especially sometimes have a thing about not wanting to take OTC pain meds when they are hurting as if they are a bad thing and pain is a good thing. I think they got it wrong and I try to convince them to check out for themselves how wrong they got it. It's ironic that later in life the same kind of guys will gobble statins on some doctor's orders even though they are making them feel lousy and screwing up their whole system.

    I think had they had been taking ibuprofen or aspirin as needed over the years, and furthermore antihistamines (maybe even more important) whenever they had immune system activity, they might not have that build up in their veins now....

    There is even less reason to forego antihistamines whenever you have an infection or allergic reaction now that we have non-sleepy ones. I really believe they are good for most people and they should take them more often, even when symptoms are mild. Same with NSAID's. The latter's only downside is the stomach irritation, especially with aspirin. So take smaller doses....a baby aspirin a day keep the doctor away, ask most smart doctors....

    I have learned from hard experience, more than once, that breaking a cycle of inflammation and pain and more inflammation and pain is the best thing you can do for a lot of major health problems. Then, along with help from diet and/or therapy or exercise and time, the body can often heal itself of many underlying issues, but only if you handle breaking that cycle causing all the secondary complications first.


    by artappraiser on Thu, 10/31/2013 - 9:18am

    What's even better than suppressing inflammation, is avoiding the triggers that cause it — when that applies, of course. Many, many doctors have talked about how one's diet can trigger (or suppress) inflammation. While I have no doubt that some of those doctors are quacks, I also think there's little harm in experimenting with elimination diets where you start with a very few basic foods and then slowly add in new foods to see how they affect you. Not all people have the same triggers, of course, and not all inflammation can be blamed on diet.


    by Verified Atheist on Thu, 11/07/2013 - 8:22am

    Just edited to add the line re:lysergic acid, which I cannot believe I actually forgot in the original posting!


    by jollyroger on Thu, 10/31/2013 - 9:36am