Question

September 9, 2009

The silly answer is ..........................Yes.

If you've followed a few recent posts you may have seen people being re-assured

that It matters not one tittle or jot what the " Mother " does, " Baby " floats. And

not to disturb your brew while the SCOBY is forming.

Since GT's has, presumable, been hurtled around at least part of the U.S. I

think it's fair to assume it has every right to sink if it feels so inclined.

;¬))

.

(UK)

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From: Philip Mecham <deaf258@...>

kombucha tea

Sent: Wednesday, 9 September, 2009 20:30:22

Subject: Re: Question

Just curious, are the scobys on top or bottom? Because sometimes when

I buy GTs Kombucha, it had thin scobys floating in the bottom of the

bottles. I often wonder if I bought 2 bottles, poured them in a jar

and let it ferment a week or so, would I get a healthy scoby on top?

Philip

--

" When I lived as a hearing person, it limited me. When I lived as a

Deaf person, it set me free. "

~ philip b. mecham

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:16 AM, nsmoschgat<nsmoschgat@...> wrote:

>

> I brewed my first batch. I strained it and put it in 16 ounce ball jars with

> plastic lids. I thought I would want a little extra fiz, so I put them in a

> cupboard for 2 days. Today I took them out and put them in a small apartment

> size refrigerator that I use for special items. They all have scobys on the

> tops! I strained one and my dh and I drank it with ice, by the way it is

> awesome. Kind of spicy bubbly, refreshing and sooooo yummy. Kind of reminded

> me of a mohito and I may crush a sprig of mint or spearmint in my next

> glass. My question is - should it be growing more scobys? What should I do

> with them? Thanks, Naomi

>

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September 9, 2009

Yes dear,

New scobys are quite normal . In fact you couldn't stop them if you

tried. What should you do with them? Same as you would any other.

Congratulations You a Momma. LOL

zoe

nsmoschgat wrote:

> I brewed my first batch. I strained it and put it in 16 ounce ball jars with

plastic lids. I thought I would want a little extra fiz, so I put them in a

cupboard for 2 days. Today I took them out and put them in a small apartment

size refrigerator that I use for special items. They all have scobys on the

tops! I strained one and my dh and I drank it with ice, by the way it is

awesome. Kind of spicy bubbly, refreshing and sooooo yummy. Kind of reminded

me of a mohito and I may crush a sprig of mint or spearmint in my next glass. My

question is - should it be growing more scobys? What should I do with them?

Thanks, Naomi

>

> ------------------------------------

>

September 9, 2009

OMG ,

I do so look forward to your posts. The visualizations are great.

zoe

Kane wrote:

> The silly answer is ..........................Yes.

>

> If you've followed a few recent posts you may have seen people being

re-assured that It matters not one tittle or jot what the " Mother " does, " Baby "

floats. And not to disturb your brew while the SCOBY is forming.

>

> Since GT's has, presumable, been hurtled around at least part of the U.S. I

think it's fair to assume it has every right to sink if it feels so inclined.

>

> ;¬))

>

> .

> (UK)

>

> ________________________________

> From: Philip Mecham <deaf258@...>

> kombucha tea

> Sent: Wednesday, 9 September, 2009 20:30:22

> Subject: Re: Question

>

> Just curious, are the scobys on top or bottom? Because sometimes when

> I buy GTs Kombucha, it had thin scobys floating in the bottom of the

> bottles. I often wonder if I bought 2 bottles, poured them in a jar

> and let it ferment a week or so, would I get a healthy scoby on top?

>

> Philip

>

September 23, 2009

Hi,

Maddie has had several surgeries and she also does not feel pain and not very good at communicating (she is getting better). What the doctor did for her was to treat her as if she was in pain - he gave her pain medicine through IV before they woke her up and then when she could eat/drink we did meds orrally - I gave it every 5 1/2 hrs for the one ( set the alarm at night so it was consistent) and then gradually weaned her to Tylenol over the next several days. She did very well through all of her surgeries. In fact, her foot doctor wants to operate on her feet and was worried how she would do, but I don't think she will give us any problems:) I also make sure we cater to her over the next week or so which she adjusts to vey well - haha!

I hope everything goes well!

Rhonda

From: jennibabe31 <jennibabe31@...>Subject: questionautism Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:51 AM

My son Jon has misaligned eyes that he is having surgery on in October. I told him, but he has no understanding. I don't want to make him anxious and explain too much either. He doesn't usually feel pain and even though he is verbal, he is lacking in the language area big time. His counselor just pointed out to me that this could be a problem with the surgery. He might not be able to feel the pain to alert us of a problem and if he does feel the pain he may not be able to communicate that with us if he even understands what he is feeling since it would be something new to him. Have any of you had to put a child like this through surgery? How did you prepare for it? How did your child do after the surgery? Any advice appreciated. Thank you in advance. Jon is 8 yrs old and autistic with severe sensory issues. Jenni

September 23, 2009

Hi,

Maddie has had several surgeries and she also does not feel pain and not very good at communicating (she is getting better). What the doctor did for her was to treat her as if she was in pain - he gave her pain medicine through IV before they woke her up and then when she could eat/drink we did meds orrally - I gave it every 5 1/2 hrs for the one ( set the alarm at night so it was consistent) and then gradually weaned her to Tylenol over the next several days. She did very well through all of her surgeries. In fact, her foot doctor wants to operate on her feet and was worried how she would do, but I don't think she will give us any problems:) I also make sure we cater to her over the next week or so which she adjusts to vey well - haha!

I hope everything goes well!

Rhonda

From: jennibabe31 <jennibabe31@...>Subject: questionautism Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:51 AM

My son Jon has misaligned eyes that he is having surgery on in October. I told him, but he has no understanding. I don't want to make him anxious and explain too much either. He doesn't usually feel pain and even though he is verbal, he is lacking in the language area big time. His counselor just pointed out to me that this could be a problem with the surgery. He might not be able to feel the pain to alert us of a problem and if he does feel the pain he may not be able to communicate that with us if he even understands what he is feeling since it would be something new to him. Have any of you had to put a child like this through surgery? How did you prepare for it? How did your child do after the surgery? Any advice appreciated. Thank you in advance. Jon is 8 yrs old and autistic with severe sensory issues. Jenni

October 10, 2009

Dr bravo's paper in our files suggests spiro contra progression but no really good studies over the long term. One would likely need 100 Pts 1/2 randomized to spiro and 1/2 to placebo. Tiped sad Send form miiPhone ;-)May your pressure be low!CE Grim MDSpecializing in DifficultHypertensionOn Oct 10, 2009, at 9:37 PM, Chantal <chantalrobichaud29@...> wrote:

Has anyone else read a study pertaining to using aldo to their "advantage" in post-stroke patients. I'll have to find it again. I hope I bookmarked it, if so I'll link it.... Anyhow, the topic caught my eye because they were discussing using aldo to help? I'm going to search it as soon as I'm done writing out my question?

Anyhow, in this study they saw that by blocking aldosterone they saw a normal return to the vasculature in male patients that was quite significant but in females, the benefits were in post-menopause only?

Ring any bells?

So, MCB are competitive antagonists for the receptor and in turn, aldosterone levels rise.

What I'm wondering is if a pre-menopausal female is diagnosed with an adenoma/unilateral hyperplasia (potention surgical candidate) and she chooses to go on a MCB, are there studies indicating that the MCB will control disease progession?

Thanks

Chantal

October 10, 2009

I re-read the article

-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051202133207.htm -(had to find it

again) and the study looks like it was only at the " animal " stage but it did

refer to another study where females had higher risk with increased aldo.

Possibly would females therefore need slightly higher doses/kg to compensate for

this? Although, I guess it depends on symptoms/stage of disease as well.

Anyhow, this article wasn't terribly recent, I looked further to see if there

had been any newer studies but to no avail. I'll save that for another day.

Again, mostly curious to see if there is significant diff. male/female, pre vs.

postmenopausal, factor in if hormonal involvement?

Gotta go...

Thanksgiving week-end for us up North Need to be partially functional this

week-end

TTFN

Cha

>

> Has anyone else read a study pertaining to using aldo to their " advantage " in

post-stroke patients. I'll have to find it again. I hope I bookmarked it, if

so I'll link it.... Anyhow, the topic caught my eye because they were

discussing using aldo to help? I'm going to search it as soon as I'm done

writing out my question?

>

> Anyhow, in this study they saw that by blocking aldosterone they saw a normal

return to the vasculature in male patients that was quite significant but in

females, the benefits were in post-menopause only?

>

> Ring any bells?

>

> So, MCB are competitive antagonists for the receptor and in turn, aldosterone

levels rise.

>

> What I'm wondering is if a pre-menopausal female is diagnosed with an

adenoma/unilateral hyperplasia (potention surgical candidate) and she chooses to

go on a MCB, are there studies indicating that the MCB will control disease

progession?

>

> Thanks

> Chantal

>

October 11, 2009

That is one thing our database can teach us and others if we ever get it going.

Clarence E. Grim, BS, MS, MD

Specializing in Difficult High Blood Pressure and recent evolutionary forces on high blood pressure in population's today.

On Saturday, October 10, 2009, at 09:59PM, "Chantal" <chantalrobichaud29@...> wrote:

>

I re-read the article -http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051202133207.htm -(had to find it again) and the study looks like it was only at the "animal" stage but it did refer to another study where females had higher risk with increased aldo. Possibly would females therefore need slightly higher doses/kg to compensate for this? Although, I guess it depends on symptoms/stage of disease as well.

Anyhow, this article wasn't terribly recent, I looked further to see if there had been any newer studies but to no avail. I'll save that for another day.

Again, mostly curious to see if there is significant diff. male/female, pre vs. postmenopausal, factor in if hormonal involvement?

Gotta go...

Thanksgiving week-end for us up North Need to be partially functional this week-end

TTFN

Cha

>

> Has anyone else read a study pertaining to using aldo to their "advantage" in post-stroke patients. I'll have to find it again. I hope I bookmarked it, if so I'll link it.... Anyhow, the topic caught my eye because they were discussing using aldo to help? I'm going to search it as soon as I'm done writing out my question?

>

> Anyhow, in this study they saw that by blocking aldosterone they saw a normal return to the vasculature in male patients that was quite significant but in females, the benefits were in post-menopause only?

>

> Ring any bells?

>

> So, MCB are competitive antagonists for the receptor and in turn, aldosterone levels rise.

>

> What I'm wondering is if a pre-menopausal female is diagnosed with an adenoma/unilateral hyperplasia (potention surgical candidate) and she chooses to go on a MCB, are there studies indicating that the MCB will control disease progession?

>

> Thanks

> Chantal

>

October 12, 2009

This site does have a database on it some have used it. I have looked at it but

not sure how one sets it up to show what they need to. I can see that for it to

work it would take some planing as to how to set it up.

> >

>

October 12, 2009

The DB is a limited table type thing.

try editing "test"

Good luck

Re: question

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November 19, 2009

Well... What you have is excellent basis to start a new brew!

Just add part or all of the SCOBY to cooled sweet tea and add 10%

volume of the vinegary KT for starter.

This is actually quite wonderful for you! You have everything right

on hand to get going again!

Happy autumnal brewing!

Gayle

On Nov 19, 2009, at 1:14 AM, charlene pray wrote:

> I had been setting tea threw the summer and recently let it sit to

> long

>

> So now I have kombucha vinegar

>

> my question is in order to get back to a nice healthy beverage

>

> what would you recommend ?

>

> all suggestions so appreciated

>

> need a SCOBY? I have some

>

November 30, 2009

Yes, My son had a horrible time in any kind of day care. We had to keep him in a

one family daycare where there were limited kids. We were told 1-3 maximum.

There are SO many opportunities for kids to share germs at this age. It gets

better when they are a little older and do not put things in their mouths etc.

But.... my son really could not be in groups much until he was on gamma globulin

infusions. Life has gotten pretty normal now. He does very will as long as we

keep up with his infusions sub Q he has less colds than most kids. He is now

almost 14. I know it is hard but it will cut way down on the infections and give

his little body a rest.

BARBIE

________________________________

From: Kristy <k_princess15@...>

Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 4:37:04 PM

Subject: Question

I am new to this & just learning about PID. The doctor things he may have PID

and running more tests on him. She recomminded that I take him out of daycare

and put him with just one or two kids max. Right now he is in an in-home daycare

with just 12 kids. I am trying to find someone to watch him but have not been

able to yet. Did anyone else have to take their kids out of daycare or anything

to keep them healthy? What about public school? How do you keep them healthy is

school?

Thanks

Kristy

November 30, 2009