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A Vast Improvement For My Humane Bowel Movement.

A Vast Improvement For My Humane Bowel Movement.

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I started having problems with bowel movement.  I am a pretty old person and this might be age related.  I was not going as often as I knew I should.  My first solution was taking the product MiraLAX.   MiraLAX softens stools, which for me, worked very well but then caused a new problem.

 

 

It worked very well.  I took it for over one year but it had one significant down side.  I found that I had to use a very large amount of toilet paper.  My stools were way too soft.  I came to realize and fear that I would not be able to travel by air or bus.

My current solution is using MetaMUCIL.   For me, MetaMUCIL allows for regular bowel movement but the stools are not soft and messy.

 

 

Every morning, I add a .022 oz on-the-go, sugar free, orange flavor, psyllium fiber supplement to a glass of Figi water and stir the powder into the water until there is no lumping.  I drink the MetaMUCIL packet contents with my morning medications and vitamins.  Now, I use very little toilet paper; a near perfect solution.

I also eat two MetaMUCIL FIBER THINS cracker (2 are in each envelope) when I take my morning walk.  I always take water with me on my walk because these crackers some times really need some water.

 

 

I still use MiraLAX whenever I find myself not having a bowel movement for a period of time.

Please note that you should be careful taking any of these products because you are most definitely different in so many ways than the author.  Consider talking to your doctor before you try any of these products.  Also, you might consider adding anything new to your diet slowly and maybe keep a log listing date and time of the results you detect.

Good Luck!

 

 

 

Posted:  5-13-2023

Severe Foot Pain And Gas Solved

Severe Foot Pain And Gas Solved

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NOTE:  I am not a doctor.  The information I share with you is an honest explanation of my health situation which may be different than yours.  I only present my solution for you to examine in case any of my actions help you.  Take care and good luck.

Problem #1

I started to get some pretty sever foot pain.   My age?  I am in my late 70’s.  This foot pain came on rather quickly, within a few days. I could not figure out what may have caused it.  My wife said that I might have gout.  I also mentioned this problem to a good friend and he said I should watch Dr. Berg’s YouTube videos for this problem which I did.  

Dr Berg explains Gout Arthritis & Foods to Avoid for Gout

Please note that Dr. Berg has a number of YouTube videos covering gout.  I have never viewed any other videos than the one I am showing here.

At the very end of Dr. Berg’s video he states that cherries are really good for gout but no one knows why.  I immediately dashed over to my local Albertsons grocery store and purchased almost all of their tart cherry juice.  The label on this juice did list other ingredients, which I was not happy about.  I started drinking this tart cherry juice from Albertsons and the foot pain went away!  I was all in for drinking a lot of cherry juice every day.  I found a better cherry juice product, I believe, at Trader Joe’s because the ingredient label show noting else but cherry juice and looking at the glass bottle the juice comes in shows juice sediment at the bottom which really tells me this is a better product.  You have to remember to shake the bottle before use.  I now noticed that the foot pain completely disappeared from my right foot but my left foot would hurt if I failed to drink enough juice.  

I then texted my Kaiser primary care physician about having this problem and she scheduled a blood test to measure how much uric acid I have in my body.  I now realize that I failed to properly prepare for the test because I had my blood drawn when my feet were completely free from pain.  I should not have taken the tart cherry juice, for a few days so my feet reached a high pain level and then I would go in for the blood test.  It is my belief that drinking the juice my blood test came back normal.  My doctor then sent me this message:

“I will prescribe ibuprofen. I don’t think you have gout but it helps with gout and any inflammation on your foot.”

When I picked up my medication it showed:

“ibuprofen 600 mg tablet generic for Motrin.   You can take this tablet once every 8 hours.”

I found that this pill did work perfectly for about 2 to 3 hours or more when I go out for a 4 mile walk.  It is the long walking that causes the foot pain.  The short steps in the house does not seem to cause much pain so I only take the ibuprofen about a half hour before my morning walk and I am ok for the whole day.

Problem #2

When this foot problem started I started taking cherry juice as a solution.  I then began having intestinal gas which resulted in more frequent trips to the bathroom.  I had no idea why this started.  I sent my doctor that I now have this new problem.

My doctor sent me back this message to help get rid of my intestinal gas.  Look closely at the list below.  I darkened one item that was the actual cause of my gas problem.

 

“For gas, avoid the following foods:

Lactose rich foods: ice cream, milk, cottage cheese.

Avoid honey, bbq sauce, apple, pear, mango, cherries, watermelon papaya

Avoid wheat (white bread, pasta pastries cookies)

Avoid onion artichokes

Avoid soy beans chickpeas, black eye peas lentils broccoli cabbage brussel sprouts

Peaches, apricots, plums and berries.”

Please note that “cherries” was listed in the list from my doctor.  So, I quickly stopped drinking the tart cherry juice and relied only on the ibuprofen and all is good – finally.  So, I found out that both cherry juice and ibuprofen solve my foot pain.  I have the option to take one or the other but cherry juice causes intestinal gas.

Caution:

But, what to do with all that cherry juice?  A friend told me that you should not take any pain killers prior to getting you Covid-19 vaccine shot.  He then sent me this web site link to prove his point:

VERIFY: Ibuprofen/Acetaminophen should be avoided before getting vaccine, but OK afterward

Ok, prior to my receiving my Covid-19 shot I will NOT take any ibuprofen but drink my tart cherry juice.   I should then be ok for getting a much better immune response against Covid-19 for using my cherry juice and NOT take any of the following pain killers:

  1. aspirin
  2. ibuprofen (Motrin)
  3. aspirinibuprofen (Advil)
  4. acetaminophen (Tylenol)

 

My scheduled appointment with my medical group, to get my shot, is not for another 45 days.  A nurse called me to give me a tip to call every morning to see if anyone cancels their appointment.  She told me she had an appointment open today but the person needed to be at the clinic within 30 minutes.  I will call every day but that means I just might have to drink cherry juice for as many as 45 more days if I am not lucky to get a shot sooner.

Posted January 31, 2021
Updated February 1, 2021

LG V30 Cell Phone Does Work With Fitbit Ionic

LG V30 Cell Phone Does Work With Fitbit Ionic

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LG V30 Cell Phone Does Work With Fitbit Ionic

I had a Fitbit Blaze and was really disappointed using it with my LG V30 cell phone. I did research and found some people claiming the Ionic would properly marry with my phone.   I found a good price in a local store and purchased it.  I have since found the Ionic to be pretty good marriage to my LG V30 phone.

Ionic wrist strap: Odd concept and a bit hard to attach. I personally do not like it. I found that the wrist band needs to be very tight to get best heart rate readings.
Link to phone: Good. Way better than the Blaze.  But, my wife and I went to Alaska where there was no WiFi.  We were in a location where the time change was one hour and the Ionic would not sync with the phone as to time for the whole trip.  I find it incompetent that the Ionic needs WiFi to sync and can not rely on Bluetooth.
Messages between phone and Ionic: Acceptable
Fitbit Cell Phone Application: Very good. (See below)
Global Position System (GPS):  Yes

Ionic Applications:

I did remove all the paid to use Ionic applications. I am nearly totally against paying monthly fees when not a necessity. I make it a habit to check my monthly credit card payments to see if there is any charge that I do not recognize. This is how I discovered money being sucked out of my bank account.  It is really easy to remove or add applications when using the cell phone Fitbit software.

Time: Accurate.
BPM or heart rate beats per minute: Way better than the Blaze but far from being accurate most of the time. The user understands that the unit not tight to the skin can make for a bad reading. For me, this feature is useless.  It is almost always in error.
Steps: I can only guess it to be somewhat accurate.  When I get to the steps I set for the day, 10,000, the Ionic gives you a short fire works award display and it vibrates.
Calories: I have no idea how the Ionic comes up with this calculation. On the cell phone, you need to input what you eat using the cell phone application and then the cell phone unit does the math to deduct your exercise to come up with your calorie total.
Timer: Very good. Stopwatch and countdown included.
Alarms: Very good.
Tips: Not impressed.
Wallet: No verdict as I have not used this feature.
Relax: Never used this.?Exercise: Very good. You need to go to your Fitbit application on your phone and look for “Exercise Shortcuts” when viewing the Ionic sub menu. You can choose up to 7 items out of 9. You slide the one’s you like the most up to the top by placing your finger on the short 4 horizontal lines just to the left of the exercise.
Coach: Not impressed. I do not use it.
Settings: Includes some simple settings for you to consider and set.
Vibration: This occurs for alarms, rewards, notifications, etc.  Very good.
Display:  I found this display to be clear, sharp and detailed.  Very good.
Mileage: This pops up when you choose to walk or hike from the Exercise option. No way so far to determine how accurate it is but I just love to see how many miles I walk or hike.

Here are the free Ionic applications I have added:

News: Fair. Not as elegant at the NY Times
NY Times: Very good.
Weather: Pretty darn good. You can also add more than one weather reporting location for a total of 3.
Stocks:  Good for stocks that it offers but it does not track all stocks.
Torch: In case I need a flashlight the Ionic screen turn white and bright.
Med ID: A very nice simple application to show emergency responders some of your important medical information.  The problem for me is all the data disappeared from the Ionic.  My cell phone shows all the correct data but none of it transferred to the Ionic for some reason.  I sent the developer an e-mail concern and here is his reply (December 25, 2019):

“The data missing from your phone was not your fault. With fitbit’s new release of their 4.0 operating system I needed to change the way that the data is transferred between the mobile device and the watch to accommodate the new Versa 2. Unfortunately that means the data needs to be re-entered. I apologize for any convenience that causes and I didn’t try to work around that issue but there was no way to avoid it.
I’m including a link below to my support page with detailed instructions on how to make sure that your data gets saved back to your watch.
Jason Olsen”

Wiki Places: Shows local places to consider visiting.
JayPS Maps: I can not use this application when I walk because I always run Exercise > Walk or Exercise > Hike. The Ionic is not able to run two applications at the same time so this application has never been used.  I am keeping this application as a backup to help me find my location in Alaska.

TIP: when looking at the clock face, use your finger and swipe downward and you should see news and notifications.  It took me quite some time to discover this.

NOTE: I gave my Fitbit Blaze to a friend who has a Apple cell phone and it works perfectly with that phone.

Disappointments:

  • When I set my Ionic to track my walk or hike, the unit seems incapable to multitask.  I can not see my messages or any other application.  Only one application at a time seems the rule.
  • A friend of mine, sent me a image with text message.  The text went to the Ionic.  The image did not and I do not expect it to. But, I think the image locked the text message into my Ionic so I could not get rid of the message.  I tried everything.  Nothing worked to erase the text message.  Finally, I had to press the left side button switch and the bottom right side button for a very long time to initiate a device reset.  The reset did erase the message.

Summary:  I have slowly warmed up to this device partly because it has taken me a lot of time to explore it’s many capabilities.  I have slowly grown to appreciate this Ionic and the cell phone Fitbit application because the marriage between the two really expands beyond them rated and used separately .

 

Posted April 18, 2019
Updated: December 27, 2019
Brush Cleaner For Removing Hair From Your Hair Brush.

Brush Cleaner For Removing Hair From Your Hair Brush.

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I tried but found it difficult to clean my hair brush.  I asked the lady that cuts my hair how to deal with this problem.  She pulled out her special brush that is only used to clean hair brushes.  It has very stiff wire like bristles spaced wide apart.   I went to my local beauty supply store and they sold me Hairart Item #8092.  I works perfectly.  It only took me a very short time to clean my hair brush.

Strongly recommend.