Guest guest Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 You could make some CS and breathe it in with a nebulizer. Let me know if you need some info on CS.(colloidal silver) Smitty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > I had a severe respiratory problem before Christmas. It's gone now, but > I've been noticing that I am more tired, dizzier, and generally weaker than > I can ever remember being. Even when my fibro is at its worst, it's usually > not this bad. > > I went online to try and figure out what's wrong, and came across > information about electric blankets having a bad effect on some people. This > is making me wonder as one of the presents I got for Christmas was an > electric blanket. My daughter gave it to me because my apartment has been > getting very cold (my landlady often turns down the heat during the coldest > days), and I've been using it almost every night. > > Has anyone ever run across information which would suggest that an electric > blanket could cause health problems? > > Thanks, Dianne > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Heard that, but don't know if its true, and even if it is, I doubt it would happen that quickly. I would look more at the connection between the respiratory problem, followed a month or so later by tired, dizzy, etc. Possibilities; Valley Fever, Lyme Disease, etc. And, since you say you have fibro, I'm thinking the respiratory problem could have stressed your adrenals, and been the straw that broke the camels back, and your looking at adrenal fatigue and hypothyroidsm diagnosed as Fibro. In addition, even people treating their Hypo with NTH (Thyroid Hormone) often need more in a cold environment.So, if your body is struggling along with the minimal amounts your thyroid is producing, cold weather would aggravate the problem.Jim > > I had a severe respiratory problem before Christmas. It's gone now, but I've been noticing that I am more tired, dizzier, and generally weaker than I can ever remember being. Even when my fibro is at its worst, it's usually not this bad. > > I went online to try and figure out what's wrong, and came across information about electric blankets having a bad effect on some people. This is making me wonder as one of the presents I got for Christmas was an electric blanket. My daughter gave it to me because my apartment has been getting very cold (my landlady often turns down the heat during the coldest days), and I've been using it almost every night. > > Has anyone ever run across information which would suggest that an electric blanket could cause health problems? > > Thanks, Dianne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I just wrote a little bit about that to someone, D. Cannot recall if on this forum or not. Some are very sensitive to AC radiation and it is bad for all of us. As I told the person I was writing to, I would only use it to warm the bed_before _I got into it. (Just as I would only use a microwave to warm plates, bowls, and cups_before _putting food or soup into them.) Bundle up and add a blanket. Regarding fybromyalgia, I seem to recall reading in " The Candida Cookbook " how it is a result of an overgrowth of yeast. It said that the yeast perforates the intestines and then the candida spreads throughout the body and becomes Fibromyalgia. The book said to starve the yeast by denying it sugar and yeast for a very long time. Antifungal herbs can be taken to shorten the time needed. Likely could be a year to 3 years in cases of Fibromyalgia, if what I recall is correct. Book went on to say that some foods could never be resumed/eaten again or would cause a flare-up. Gerry > > I had a severe respiratory problem before Christmas. It's gone now, > but I've been noticing that I am more tired, dizzier, and generally > weaker than I can ever remember being. Even when my fibro is at its > worst, it's usually not this bad. > > I went online to try and figure out what's wrong, and came across > information about electric blankets having a bad effect on some > people. This is making me wonder as one of the presents I got for > Christmas was an electric blanket. My daughter gave it to me because > my apartment has been getting very cold (my landlady often turns down > the heat during the coldest days), and I've been using it almost every > night. > > Has anyone ever run across information which would suggest that an > electric blanket could cause health problems? > > Thanks, Dianne > > -- Necessity may be the mother of invention, but God is the Father of all good things. G. Simpkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 " The problem " is that it destroys the nutrition of the food and dangerously alters it to boot. ( I will not even heat coffee in one. Instead, I remove the coffee grounds and pour the coffee back into the water tank part of the coffee maker and run it thru again to reheat it if needed.) The ONLY good use for any microwave oven is for pre heating plates, cups, and bowls so that food does cool so fast. In that way, you can eat (and chew) at a more leisurely pace which is far better for digestion and for better metabolism. _I do not even stand near it when it is operating in most cases._ Gerry > > Thanks, Gerry, for your advice. > > I intend to do just what you suggest, use the electric blanket to warm > the bed and then turn it off before I get into it. I definitely need > something... The temperature in New York is a mere 6 degrees as I type > this! > > As for the microwave, that may be more of a challenge. I've been using > it to reheat (not cook) food for years now. I wonder what the problem > is? I'll have to do some research! > > Dianne > > -- Necessity may be the mother of invention, but God is the Father of all good things. G. Simpkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Here's how to keep from sleeping cold and use an electric blanket to the best effect and least detriment... People cover themselves up and often don't realize that all inner-spring mattresses are hollow air chambers. You have to have as much cover UNDER you as over you if you sleep on an inner-spring (or air) mattress. One of the best ways to do this is to have a thick foam pad or multiple thin ones and/or a " pillow top " mattress cover. Also lay old quilts/blankets on the mattress and cover them with the fitted sheet. This made a huge wintertime sleeping difference for us. (This doesn't apply to foam mattresses, they tend to get warm quickly from body heat.) Our mattress is covered with two old fitted padded mattress covers, then a 2 " foam pad, then a thick pillow top cover. Electric blankets- DC ones are best but are hard to get and very expensive. Use any electric blanket like this to get heat with the least field effect- simply turn it on high just before bedtime, crawl in, get warm and turn it off. If you wake up cold during the night turn it on again on high until it worms you up then turn it off again. Always have the blanket right over the main bedsheet and have lots of cover over the electric blanket to keep the heat in. It should go without saying that you have to wear warm night clothes to bed in the winter. Some people think to wear socks but forget to cover their heads. We use to really sleep cold and I used to cover my head but don't' have to anymore since I learned how to keep a warm bed. Yes, AC blankets are at the least not good for you but sleeping cold isn't either. Warm bedding is an investment in your health. Stop looking at a bed as a decoration (not saying that you are but in US society this is a problem). Good warm covers are expensive but because of decorative obsessions the thrift stores are full of slightly worn blankets and comforters. Last year we went thrift store and consignment store shopping specifically for a king size comforter to go on our queen size bed so it would drape over the edges. We found a fantastic reversible one for $30. It needed just a little cleaning. It was far too big and thick to fit in any home washing machine I spot treated it then hung it on a clothesline, soaked it with a detergent solution from a sprayer, rinsed it with a hose and dried it in the sun, both sides. Detergent, ammonia and sunlight will kill all cooties. We've been warm ever since. DaddyBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Another trick, for sleeping warm; if you can, sleep with your face under the blankets.Your breath will form a layer of warm air around you. You won't suffocate, although some people have difficulty with this, as 'it feels like I'm suffocating'. I knew a guy who slept outside, in Winter, in Denver, Colo. who did this. Only problem he had; 1 nite his (manual) alarm clock got out from under the blanket. He overslept and was late to work, cause his clock, literally, froze solid. Jim > > Thanks, Gerry, for your advice. > > I intend to do just what you suggest, use the electric blanket to warm the bed and then turn it off before I get into it. I definitely need something... The temperature in New York is a mere 6 degrees as I type this! > > As for the microwave, that may be more of a challenge. I've been using it to reheat (not cook) food for years now. I wonder what the problem is? I'll have to do some research! > > Dianne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Gerry; When I married, found my wife slept with electric blanket on high, year round, (even in Phx. Az.) and had since high school.Thought it was just a 'quirk'.And, since I also had a low tolerance for cold, just got a dual control blanket, and figured 'no problem'. Years later find we BOTh are hypothyroid AND adrenally fatigued, and have spent lots of $ on Dr.'s (waste of $, clueless) meds and tests. Not saying electric blankets caused health problems, in this instance. I'm saying ignoring, or not appreciating the importance of and meaning of cold (or heat ) intolerance means that medical problems will get worse.Our metabolisms have mechanisms to adjust, chiefly the adrenals and the thyroid.At a guess, I would wonder if you are not HYPERTHYROID, and your wife HYPOTHYROID. Might want to read some material on DrRind.com website;print metabolic temp chart, for you and wife, and read 'Instructions for metabolic temp. chart, and 'Metabolic matrix', which lists different signs, symptoms and test results for various metabolic disorders.Then, take a week or so to take and chart your temperatures.Doesn't cost you much and could save you a lot, down the road.Jim > > > > Here's how to keep from sleeping cold and use an electric blanket to the > > best effect and least detriment... > > > > People cover themselves up and often don't realize that all inner-spring > > mattresses are hollow air chambers. You have to have as much cover > > UNDER you > > as over you if you sleep on an inner-spring (or air) mattress. One of the > > best ways to do this is to have a thick foam pad or multiple thin ones > > and/or a " pillow top " mattress cover. Also lay old quilts/blankets on the > > mattress and cover them with the fitted sheet. This made a huge wintertime > > sleeping difference for us. (This doesn't apply to foam mattresses, they > > tend to get warm quickly from body heat.) Our mattress is covered with two > > old fitted padded mattress covers, then a 2 " foam pad, then a thick pillow > > top cover. > > > > Electric blankets- DC ones are best but are hard to get and very > > expensive. > > Use any electric blanket like this to get heat with the least field > > effect- > > simply turn it on high just before bedtime, crawl in, get warm and turn it > > off. If you wake up cold during the night turn it on again on high > > until it > > worms you up then turn it off again. Always have the blanket right > > over the > > main bedsheet and have lots of cover over the electric blanket to keep the > > heat in. > > > > It should go without saying that you have to wear warm night clothes > > to bed > > in the winter. Some people think to wear socks but forget to cover their > > heads. We use to really sleep cold and I used to cover my head but don't' > > have to anymore since I learned how to keep a warm bed. > > > > Yes, AC blankets are at the least not good for you but sleeping cold isn't > > either. > > > > Warm bedding is an investment in your health. Stop looking at a bed as a > > decoration (not saying that you are but in US society this is a problem). > > Good warm covers are expensive but because of decorative obsessions the > > thrift stores are full of slightly worn blankets and comforters. Last year > > we went thrift store and consignment store shopping specifically for a > > king > > size comforter to go on our queen size bed so it would drape over the > > edges. > > We found a fantastic reversible one for $30. It needed just a little > > cleaning. It was far too big and thick to fit in any home washing > > machine I > > spot treated it then hung it on a clothesline, soaked it with a detergent > > solution from a sprayer, rinsed it with a hose and dried it in the > > sun, both > > sides. Detergent, ammonia and sunlight will kill all cooties. We've been > > warm ever since. > > > > DaddyBob > > > > > > -- > Necessity may be the mother of invention, but God is the Father of all good things. > > G. Simpkins > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Gerry, thanks and way ahead of you. Know all about detoxing floride AND Bromide with iodine, etc. Both of us were too damaged for that to work, initially.Have been repairing adrenal fatigue by supplementing with HC and florinef, and addressing Thyroid with NTH.Hoping once things are stabilised, will be able to 'wean off' adrenal hormones, and eventually perhaps NTH, and depend on Iodine (Lugols) to keep everything stable. I posted cause I'm concerned about you and your wife! Hope your not offended, but what you descibe re: you and your wifes comfort/temperature when sleeping are indications that something is wrong re; your metabolism.Simply charting your average temps for a week of 2 would be prudent. And yes, we've been lied to, again! Saw a story on the network news, lat week. There is a discoloration in the teeth, that occurs in children when they have to much floride.Forget what its called. Story said in the 80's, it was present in 21% of children. Recent study found it in 40% of children! Story went on to point out that 'only 61% of municipal water supplies use Floride.Speculation is that they are 'getting too much' from toothpast, mouthwash and the 'floride treatments that dentists do. If they are getting so much Floride, that its causing their teeth to discolor, think what its doing to their Thyroids!!! I'm convinced that 40% or more of the U.S population are hypo, adrenally fatigued, or both.All these 'epidemics' we're hearing about on the news; Obesity, Diabetes, Fibromyalgia/Chronic fatigue,Attention Deficit,Heart disease, probably even Alshiemers and PTSD, are really various manifestations of Hypothyroid and Adrenal Fatigue. And we're doing it to OURSELVES!!! " I have seen the enemy, and he is me! " Jim > > > > > > > > Here's how to keep from sleeping cold and use an electric blanket > > to the > > > > best effect and least detriment... > > > > > > > > People cover themselves up and often don't realize that all > > inner-spring > > > > mattresses are hollow air chambers. You have to have as much cover > > > > UNDER you > > > > as over you if you sleep on an inner-spring (or air) mattress. One > > of the > > > > best ways to do this is to have a thick foam pad or multiple thin ones > > > > and/or a " pillow top " mattress cover. Also lay old quilts/blankets > > on the > > > > mattress and cover them with the fitted sheet. This made a huge > > wintertime > > > > sleeping difference for us. (This doesn't apply to foam > > mattresses, they > > > > tend to get warm quickly from body heat.) Our mattress is covered > > with two > > > > old fitted padded mattress covers, then a 2 " foam pad, then a > > thick pillow > > > > top cover. > > > > > > > > Electric blankets- DC ones are best but are hard to get and very > > > > expensive. > > > > Use any electric blanket like this to get heat with the least field > > > > effect- > > > > simply turn it on high just before bedtime, crawl in, get warm and > > turn it > > > > off. If you wake up cold during the night turn it on again on high > > > > until it > > > > worms you up then turn it off again. Always have the blanket right > > > > over the > > > > main bedsheet and have lots of cover over the electric blanket to > > keep the > > > > heat in. > > > > > > > > It should go without saying that you have to wear warm night clothes > > > > to bed > > > > in the winter. Some people think to wear socks but forget to cover > > their > > > > heads. We use to really sleep cold and I used to cover my head but > > don't' > > > > have to anymore since I learned how to keep a warm bed. > > > > > > > > Yes, AC blankets are at the least not good for you but sleeping > > cold isn't > > > > either. > > > > > > > > Warm bedding is an investment in your health. Stop looking at a > > bed as a > > > > decoration (not saying that you are but in US society this is a > > problem). > > > > Good warm covers are expensive but because of decorative > > obsessions the > > > > thrift stores are full of slightly worn blankets and comforters. > > Last year > > > > we went thrift store and consignment store shopping specifically > > for a > > > > king > > > > size comforter to go on our queen size bed so it would drape over the > > > > edges. > > > > We found a fantastic reversible one for $30. It needed just a little > > > > cleaning. It was far too big and thick to fit in any home washing > > > > machine I > > > > spot treated it then hung it on a clothesline, soaked it with a > > detergent > > > > solution from a sprayer, rinsed it with a hose and dried it in the > > > > sun, both > > > > sides. Detergent, ammonia and sunlight will kill all cooties. > > We've been > > > > warm ever since. > > > > > > > > DaddyBob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Necessity may be the mother of invention, but God is the Father of > > all good things. > > > > > > G. Simpkins > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Gerry, You and your wife are very fortunate.Your lifestyle sounds like 1 my wife and I are striving to get to. Bet you don't have a lot of 'stress', either.Would be curious what 2 weeks or so of temp charting, for you and your wife, would show.Also what the room temp. is, during the winter, when you are sleeping with your feet out. If you haven't, might want to look into taking Iodine (Lugols solution).Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's how to keep from sleeping cold and use an electric blanket > > > > to the > > > > > > best effect and least detriment... > > > > > > > > > > > > People cover themselves up and often don't realize that all > > > > inner-spring > > > > > > mattresses are hollow air chambers. You have to have as much cover > > > > > > UNDER you > > > > > > as over you if you sleep on an inner-spring (or air) mattress. > > One > > > > of the > > > > > > best ways to do this is to have a thick foam pad or multiple > > thin ones > > > > > > and/or a " pillow top " mattress cover. Also lay old > > quilts/blankets > > > > on the > > > > > > mattress and cover them with the fitted sheet. This made a huge > > > > wintertime > > > > > > sleeping difference for us. (This doesn't apply to foam > > > > mattresses, they > > > > > > tend to get warm quickly from body heat.) Our mattress is covered > > > > with two > > > > > > old fitted padded mattress covers, then a 2 " foam pad, then a > > > > thick pillow > > > > > > top cover. > > > > > > > > > > > > Electric blankets- DC ones are best but are hard to get and very > > > > > > expensive. > > > > > > Use any electric blanket like this to get heat with the least > > field > > > > > > effect- > > > > > > simply turn it on high just before bedtime, crawl in, get warm > > and > > > > turn it > > > > > > off. If you wake up cold during the night turn it on again on high > > > > > > until it > > > > > > worms you up then turn it off again. Always have the blanket right > > > > > > over the > > > > > > main bedsheet and have lots of cover over the electric blanket to > > > > keep the > > > > > > heat in. > > > > > > > > > > > > It should go without saying that you have to wear warm night > > clothes > > > > > > to bed > > > > > > in the winter. Some people think to wear socks but forget to > > cover > > > > their > > > > > > heads. We use to really sleep cold and I used to cover my head > > but > > > > don't' > > > > > > have to anymore since I learned how to keep a warm bed. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, AC blankets are at the least not good for you but sleeping > > > > cold isn't > > > > > > either. > > > > > > > > > > > > Warm bedding is an investment in your health. Stop looking at a > > > > bed as a > > > > > > decoration (not saying that you are but in US society this is a > > > > problem). > > > > > > Good warm covers are expensive but because of decorative > > > > obsessions the > > > > > > thrift stores are full of slightly worn blankets and comforters. > > > > Last year > > > > > > we went thrift store and consignment store shopping specifically > > > > for a > > > > > > king > > > > > > size comforter to go on our queen size bed so it would drape > > over the > > > > > > edges. > > > > > > We found a fantastic reversible one for $30. It needed just a > > little > > > > > > cleaning. It was far too big and thick to fit in any home washing > > > > > > machine I > > > > > > spot treated it then hung it on a clothesline, soaked it with a > > > > detergent > > > > > > solution from a sprayer, rinsed it with a hose and dried it in the > > > > > > sun, both > > > > > > sides. Detergent, ammonia and sunlight will kill all cooties. > > > > We've been > > > > > > warm ever since. > > > > > > > > > > > > DaddyBob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Necessity may be the mother of invention, but God is the Father of > > > > all good things. > > > > > > > > > > G. Simpkins > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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