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Two potential problems were resolved this afternoon in about an hour. The first one happened when I walked in my front door and there was a package from FedEx sitting on my CardioGlider exercise machine seat. I thought for a moment that it was the Omega Juicer I had ordered, but on closer inspection it turned out to be the arthritis medicine that I had refused to take.
They sent it to me again and still didn't renew my old prescriptions. This time, however, I was ready to give it a shot. Mostly because my regular doctor at the Fayetteville VA Hospital pretty much called me an idiot for not taking it in the first place. The main reason I didn't take it was because I had some lesions in my mouth that I didn't know where they came from, and the warnings on the medicine said don't take it if those indicators were present.
As I wrote a couple of days ago I found out for myself why I was having those problems. It was due to the dentures I wear and I was having a reaction the metal that held the dentures together. Titanium metal I think. I stopped using the denture piece, and that helped, but I think it was the wheatgrass poultice I used that cleared them up.
When opened the box and saw what it was I used the self-injectors and shot myself up within thirty minutes of its arrival. It was easy peasy and I don't have to take any more medicine for another two weeks. I don't feel any response to the medicine yet.
Within the hour my juicer arrived. I was really happy for it to show up. The service was terrific for UPS Ground. My sister-in-law brought it from their office when the UPS guy came by and I wasn't home. He delivers all my brother's business packages and they knew who I was from that and delivered it to them to bring to me. It happens in small towns. I should have had it send there in the first place.
The juicer is great. I didn't have anything to juice when it got here, but later I went to the grocery store and bought some apples, carrots, and leafy lettuce to give it a whirl. I procrastinated for a while before I made my first carrot juice.
My sister-in-law got me to use her manual juice a few days ago, and so I was familiar with the principles of how these masticating juicers work. The only real difference between her's and mine is the electric motor. The parts in her juicer is nearly all metal, but mine uses a lotta plastic. It's a special plastic though thats harder than many metals, and is easier to clean.
The wheatgrass we planted is coming along slower than what we expected. It's doing fine, but maturing slow. That may have a lot to do with it being so cloudy and overcast for the last two weeks. Once we get the growth cycle figured out we'll be able to use as much as we want. I've planned all along though to juice a variety of fruits and vegetables. It's been over a week now since I've eaten any meat.
I've been warned several times that I need to clean the juicer after each time I use it. It's not that difficult to clean. The engineering has been worked out on these types of juicers. It comes apart with the twist of a couple of locking knobs and cleaning it is just a matter of running it under some hot water. I'll probably wash all the parts in soapy water when I wash my dishes.
I drank the juice of four small to medium carrots about an hour ago, and one of the first results I've noticed is how it clears my sinuses. I first noticed this effect after eating the rye grass I've harvested the last couple of morning. My sister-in-law has told that this diet has a tendency to clear up the internal mucus in the sinuses and the G.I. tract. It's sure done that.
I would have gotten on this diet a long time ago if I would have known how it would clear my sinuses. Other than when i stopped smoking tobacco a couple of years ago, this has been the best thing that's happened to my meditation practice in decades. Breathing is a big part of my practice, and certainly the most important part of it.
My family doctor over at Fayetteville VA has ordered a bone density test that I have an appointment for on the 29th, and the only other appointment I have for anything is next April. I do have an invitation to eat my older sister's curried shrimp the day after Christmas, and vegetarian diet or not, I won't miss that. She's a gourmet cook for sure.
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I do not attempt to tell the God's own truth here because I don't know what the truth is or hardly ever. I try to capture the drifting thoughts that randomly appear in my imagination for reasons I may not understand. I don't know if the content I capture with these words is true or false. The Comments settings are turned off to prevent me from having to defend what amounts to little more than fanciful, sometime crude speculation. Great moments in our lives never return.
