Re: cranberry juice Joe ;-)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/23/2004 12:13:35 AM Pacific Standard Time,

atombombix@... writes:

> Marilyn,Hi Joe,

>

> So I have someting in common with your son? It means a lot to know

> that someone else out there is travelling a similar path to me. Each

> generation goes through the phase of parental divorce and living their

> individuality to the fullest.

> Mike has always been a single fellow, he did have a child that we are

> raising. is 12 now and is bipolar and ADHD. Tends to be a hand full,

but

> is on meds which will give her a much better chance if life than her dad had.

> They would not dispense ritalyn etc to him and he sure needed them. Now he

> drinks alcohol and cannot take it even though he still needs it. He is just a

> roamer, unsettled in nature, but very artistic, and does carpentry.

> I haven't seen cranberry juice in this part of the world but I can get

> cranberries (dried and imported from the USA). Unfortunately, they are

> processed with sugar (like everything else). Thanks anyway. Most diet

> drinks such as diet Coke, diet Pepsi, etc. contain aspartame, a now-

> reputed brain-damaging product. I prefer to drink full-fat milk (for the

> calcium), fresh grapefruit juice (for the kidneys) and tea.

> Sorry cranberry juice is not available there. I had never heard grapefruit

> juice for kidneys before. Most of my meds deny grapefruit juice to me.

> As for wine glasses, I have a couple (made of crystal). They are beautiful

> and are not only used for wine (which I sometimes drink - mainly

> Portuguese 'vine verde', a light sparkling white variety. One glass is ok).

> Don is full blooded Portuguese. Have you been there? I understand that

> Mederios Island is lovely. Sometime I will tell you the story of his 13 and

16

> year old grandparents escape from there ;-)

> I agree that my fasting BG was high but this was due to my new therapy

> which I started the day before. Next Friday, I hope to have much better

> results (at the doctor's).

> I hope so, I would hate to see you lose your vision or a kidney. Drink lots

> of water to flush them out, okay?

> In the past, I visited the USA on 5-6 occasions and got around to your

> part of the country, California. I liked San Francisco and the northern

> part of the State the most. All in all, my favorite States were Arizona,

> Oregon and Minnesota. I just loved those table-top mountains in

> Arizona and the Corn Belt. My brother lives in Florida (Orlando).

> I am about 75 south of SF. In San . It is the heart of Silicon Valley

> and a ridiculously expensive place to live. People do make a good wage here,

> but it is so fast paced I feel sorry for the children. Both parents are

> pushed into working, grandparents raise their kids or they hire some stranger

to

> give their kids the values we used to give them. A latch key society all

> too often. I love kids and think they need a lot of helping hands to raise

> them properly. Don and I have had 45 foster kids, plus ours. Kids are the

> future, and our future is on shaky grounds. Have a great, healthy week. I am

> going to have a tough week. My Bday is tomorrow and the kids have booked us

> all over the place for meals. Like just having them around themselves needs

> more added to it! LOL Hugs, Marilyn

> Joe

>

[Guest guest]

Joe,

Don't know if you can get it, but here in U.S. they have diet rite soda that

is sodium free, caffeine free and sweetened with Splenda.

Hey what about the Mid-West.

Gail from Illinois

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Most diet

> drinks such as diet Coke, diet Pepsi, etc. contain aspartame, a now-

> reputed brain-damaging product.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/23/2004 10:47:24 PM Pacific Standard Time,

atombombix@... writes:

>

> Happy Birthday, Marilyn!

>

thank you! I started off my day by calling a plumber! LOL It has to get

better than that right? LOL Have a great day ;-) Marilyn