Guest guest Posted March 6, 1999 Report Share Posted March 6, 1999 We were visiitn my parents all day 2 hours away, on the way home I was thinking Id share a few ideas that have helped me in the past: For those of us who suffer from severe or moderate weight loss due to Swallowing disorders: My husband just replenished my supply of " Weight Gain Protien Powder " which is fiarly easy to drink and supplies you with some extra calories and, neccesary vitamins and protiens you might not otherwise be able to eat or swallow, mine is called " Wild Oats Weight gain body building powder, its cost 12.95$, I mix with milk or jiuce and fruit and yoghurt, it gives me about 750 calories, up to times a day, its all natural and contains nothing! artifical or stomache upsetting, could also be used with soy milk. Ensure is another drink ready-made, but I just cant drink it, so I hunted for about 6 months til I found this. I have severe swallowing disfunction and this allows me to get the extra calories, I also take B-12 shots every 4weeks, I have a B-12 absortion problem and have to take them the rest of my life, but I think they would help anyone with fatigue. Hair Breakage: for those of us who require several medications per day you may find your hair loss or breakage at an all time high, I know I do mainly from medications and abnormal pituitary: I use a product every week by NEXXUS called " Aloe Rid " it gets rid of the minerals and checmials built up from meds and aslo promots healthirer hair, and for itchy scalp from meds, surgery ect... Jojoba oil or olive oil rubbed into the scalp 2 times a week. For my itchy skin from the Medicines: I use 100% ALOE VERA GEL, it sooths irritaeted skin, then on top of that I put PURE COCOA BUTTER(PALMERS)its cheap and does wonders, but must be used consistatnyl then the skin should heal and you can use more sporaticly. Anyways just wanted to share a few of my remedies. I have eczema from all the medecines and it really works. For eye irritations from Nastygmus(Jerking) whihc is so severe in my case , and my Optic Neuritis: I use saline drops that have no chemials to react to and have a moistuirzing affect on my eyes, I tend to rub them alot! becasue of lsong my vision for so many years now and the constant jerking of them. well its all worth a shot anyways, cant hurt to try. LOL Dawn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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