Re: bladder (infection?)

[Guest guest]

Cranberry juice and colloidal silver should be of help treating bladder

infections.

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[Guest guest]

As is 'Waterfall-D-Mannose' (think that's how it is spellt) I have read.

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> Cranberry juice and colloidal silver should be of help treating bladder

> infections.

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> http://profiles.yahoo.com/dudley_delany

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[Guest guest]

I think i may have expressed my question the wrong way. i don't have

a bladder infection (that i am aware of), but i do have the problem

of bladder leakage - just to the point where i have to go right

away. i do drink lots of water and it doesn't happen all of the

time, but a cough could set it off, or taking a wrong step and

catching myself in time, but it is impossible to prevent a tiny bit

of leakage at times.

perhaps you've had this situation. i know i've read that this is

common for MS. but i have been susceptible to this since childbirth

over 25 years ago, before i ever evidenced a single ms symptom.

coincidentally, this is what set my discovery of ms off. i went to a

urologist to see if there was any treatment for this. she named a

couple of things, including an internal collagen injection to swell

and restrict the flow of urine. she did a collagen test on my arm,

injecting some to be sure i wasn't allergic. the very next week i

got the numbness on the left side, including my face. this freaked

me out! i called her,but she assured me that this wasn't a symptom

of the collagen. i went to a chiropractor, thinking i had a pinched

nerve. finally, a co-worker said that i had to get myself to a

neurologist. so i went, had an interview and an mri and got the

biggest surprise of my life (actually my worst nightmare, since my

mom had ms and i thought i had successfully escaped it by age 44).

so, not sure if this is ms-related or childbirth related, but what

have folks done for this, apart from the typical medicines popular

medicine advocates for this. i am so stressed just writing about

this, that i am fogetting the names...detrol? oh, well.

just wondering and i thought i needed to clarify my question.

[Guest guest]

the following is taken from an HSI alert and maybe useful to you...

Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now?

This week I found a very friendly message in my e-mail inbox. It was sent by

an HSI member named Carroll who has a tip for anyone coping with an

overactive bladder.

Carroll writes: " I would like to share some info I have personally

discovered. Those many trips to the bathroom have been eliminated for me by

parsley. I make a tea by rinsing a bunch (about 1 " across) and removing the

bulk of the stems, boiling for a while and straining, leaving about 2 quarts

of tea, which I drink.

" The boiled parsley is compressed to remove the liquid, diced somewhat,

placed on some whole wheat bread with a sprinkle of salt. I tried the tea

only and found great improvement in urine flow and not needing to make those

night time trips to the bathroom. But found much better results when I

started eating the boiled parsley.

" This will clear up urinary tract infections better than antibiotics at

least for me. How nice to sleep thru the night. "

And how nice to forgo an unnecessary round of antibiotics.

Re: bladder (infection?)

I think i may have expressed my question the wrong way. i don't have

a bladder infection (that i am aware of), but i do have the problem

of bladder leakage - just to the point where i have to go right

away. i do drink lots of water and it doesn't happen all of the

time, but a cough could set it off, or taking a wrong step and

catching myself in time, but it is impossible to prevent a tiny bit

of leakage at times.

perhaps you've had this situation. i know i've read that this is

common for MS. but i have been susceptible to this since childbirth

over 25 years ago, before i ever evidenced a single ms symptom.

coincidentally, this is what set my discovery of ms off. i went to a

urologist to see if there was any treatment for this. she named a

couple of things, including an internal collagen injection to swell

and restrict the flow of urine. she did a collagen test on my arm,

injecting some to be sure i wasn't allergic. the very next week i

got the numbness on the left side, including my face. this freaked

me out! i called her,but she assured me that this wasn't a symptom

of the collagen. i went to a chiropractor, thinking i had a pinched

nerve. finally, a co-worker said that i had to get myself to a

neurologist. so i went, had an interview and an mri and got the

biggest surprise of my life (actually my worst nightmare, since my

mom had ms and i thought i had successfully escaped it by age 44).

so, not sure if this is ms-related or childbirth related, but what

have folks done for this, apart from the typical medicines popular

medicine advocates for this. i am so stressed just writing about

this, that i am fogetting the names...detrol? oh, well.

just wondering and i thought i needed to clarify my question.

[Guest guest]

thank you, suzanne for the information on parsley. i am definitely

going to try the tea. i kind of feel bad about boiling the herb, since

i like to keep my nutrients intact, but i will just heat it up to a

certain degree and then steep it for awhile. i will also eat the herbs

left over. i do use parsley in my green smoothies, although not every

day, and only a few sprigs. i will up this quantity, as well, and see

what happens. i think someone else spoke of oregano (that might have

been for an infection, but may have a tie-in somewhere to this whole

thing).

thanks again.