Comments for Poked and Prodded Blog http://pokedandprodded.health.com Adventures in being sick, getting better, staying well, from the editors of Health.com Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:59:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Compliments to the Condiments by susiesauce http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2007/12/25/compliments-to/#comment-4514 susiesauce Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:59:06 +0000 http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=63#comment-4514 Have you heard of Kilimanjaro Foods? They're a young food company based in Louisville, KY and they make some excellent gourmet sauces. http://www.kfoodsinc.com/ Have you heard of Kilimanjaro Foods? They’re a young food company based in Louisville, KY and they make some excellent gourmet sauces. http://www.kfoodsinc.com/

]]> Comment on VBACs Are Great…for Other People by nikki http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/04/02/vbacs-are-greatfor-other-people/#comment-4513 nikki Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:45:01 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5627#comment-4513 I had a scheduled c-section for my 2nd child (placenta covering the cervix entirely, no chance at all for VBAC), and why people elect for them without an urgent medical need boggles my mind. Elective C-sections ARE the easy way out. You might be in pain for a bit longer afterward, but you do no work at all. It is not a rewarding experience, and I know after my unavoidable c-section I was devastated, and felt like I cheated it, after having such a magnificent birth the first time around. I had a scheduled c-section for my 2nd child (placenta covering the cervix entirely, no chance at all for VBAC), and why people elect for them without an urgent medical need boggles my mind.

Elective C-sections ARE the easy way out. You might be in pain for a bit longer afterward, but you do no work at all.
It is not a rewarding experience, and I know after my unavoidable c-section I was devastated, and felt like I cheated it, after having such a magnificent birth the first time around.

]]> Comment on Leaking Fluid During Pregnancy: Another Scare at 18 Weeks by Iesha http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/01/07/leaking-fluid-during-pregnancy-another-scare-at-18-weeks/#comment-4512 Iesha Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:24:34 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5276#comment-4512 Thank you all so much for sharing your stories. my situation is similar , but maybe more severe. On Thursday i felt severe cramping and went to lie down. woke up about an hour later with my underwear soaked. went to the bathroom and clear liquid continued to run down my legs. threw on some clothes and drove to the nearest ER, which had no Ob/Gyn and had to be transferred. in the first hospital, each time the doc tried to look at my cervix water gushed out. now that i have been transferred , i was told that there is very little fluid around the baby. i will be 23 weeks tomorrow . i've been told that the fetus is considered viable at 24 weeks. i'm now on steroids and 2 antibiotics. was told today because of my bed rest in the hospital , where i am now that i will need to get 3 shots a day of a blood thinner so that i won't get bloodclots. i am praying that i will carry the baby as long as possible , to give her a better chance of her organs maturing. i didn't know that it was even possibly for the membrane to reseal. i just asked the nurse about the possibility and she said, it can happen more likely with small amounts leaking, probably not with the amount that i have . will stay positive and hope for the best, i may be here for months, given i don't have contractions or get fever from infection . Just wanted to thank you all for giving me hope! Thank you all so much for sharing your stories. my situation is similar , but maybe more severe. On Thursday i felt severe cramping and went to lie down. woke up about an hour later with my underwear soaked. went to the bathroom and clear liquid continued to run down my legs. threw on some clothes and drove to the nearest ER, which had no Ob/Gyn and had to be transferred. in the first hospital, each time the doc tried to look at my cervix water gushed out. now that i have been transferred , i was told that there is very little fluid around the baby. i will be 23 weeks tomorrow . i’ve been told that the fetus is considered viable at 24 weeks. i’m now on steroids and 2 antibiotics. was told today because of my bed rest in the hospital , where i am now that i will need to get 3 shots a day of a blood thinner so that i won’t get bloodclots. i am praying that i will carry the baby as long as possible , to give her a better chance of her organs maturing. i didn’t know that it was even possibly for the membrane to reseal. i just asked the nurse about the possibility and she said, it can happen more likely with small amounts leaking, probably not with the amount that i have . will stay positive and hope for the best, i may be here for months, given i don’t have contractions or get fever from infection . Just wanted to thank you all for giving me hope!

]]> Comment on Pregnancy, Heartburn, and the Hairy Baby by lisa http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2009/02/25/pregnancy-heartburn-and-the-hairy-baby/#comment-4509 lisa Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:53:54 +0000 http://pokedandprodded.health.com/?p=5487#comment-4509 im 25 weeks prego and the burnining sensation is keeping me up all nite(hubby too, lol) i thought something was very wrong but my doc says heartburn! this is my 4th kid and 1st time with heartburn- i hope he does have alot of hair! im 25 weeks prego and the burnining sensation is keeping me up all nite(hubby too, lol) i thought something was very wrong but my doc says heartburn! this is my 4th kid and 1st time with heartburn- i hope he does have alot of hair!

]]> Comment on Splenda Vs. the Natural Sugar Replacements by Barb http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2007/12/21/splenda-vs-the/#comment-4508 Barb Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:49:44 +0000 http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=60#comment-4508 I have receipe calling for 1 cup of splenda, but I want to use real sugar. What are the replacement values for the sugar??? how much sugar do I use??????????? I have receipe calling for 1 cup of splenda, but I want to use real sugar. What are the replacement values for the sugar??? how much sugar do I use???????????

]]> Comment on A $33K Dental Makeover for Free? Sign me up! by felecia love http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/06/18/free-dental-makeover/#comment-4507 felecia love Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:30:57 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-4507 i have always wanted my teeth fixed my medicade wont even cover cleaning's no matter howe much i brush or flose my teeth just keep giving away im only 23 i dont want people to continue to think im 30 becuase of my teeth . i have always wanted my teeth fixed my medicade wont even cover cleaning’s no matter howe much i brush or flose my teeth just keep giving away im only 23 i dont want people to continue to think im 30 becuase of my teeth .

]]> Comment on A $33K Dental Makeover for Free? Sign me up! by Ron Boerjan http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/06/18/free-dental-makeover/#comment-4506 Ron Boerjan Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:29:26 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-4506 I am writing in for my wife who desperately needs help with most of her teeth. We have put off getting her teeth for too long, usually due to bills and raising our family. My wife needs extensive dental work done to her teeth which from what I'm seeing quotes from around our area are anywhere between 15,000-23,000. I love my wife very much and she deserves to have teeth that don't always hurt when she eats or don't fall apart when she eats, she never complains about them, but I know they give her problems all the time. If I had the money to get the work done it would have been done already, my wife works very hard raising our family while I'm on the road working each week and she deserves to have a beautiful smile and I wish I could provide it for her, so if you can please help, and if not thanks for listening and god bless. I am writing in for my wife who desperately needs help with most of her teeth. We have put off getting her teeth for too long, usually due to bills and raising our family. My wife needs extensive dental work done to her teeth which from what I’m seeing quotes from around our area are anywhere between 15,000-23,000. I love my wife very much and she deserves to have teeth that don’t always hurt when she eats or don’t fall apart when she eats, she never complains about them, but I know they give her problems all the time. If I had the money to get the work done it would have been done already, my wife works very hard raising our family while I’m on the road working each week and she deserves to have a beautiful smile and I wish I could provide it for her, so if you can please help, and if not thanks for listening and god bless.

]]> Comment on Can Fruit Juice Be Worse Than Soda? by NJ http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/29/fruit-juice-worse-than-soda/#comment-4505 NJ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:04:46 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=796#comment-4505 LOL, Rox! After all this im thinking beer too, exept that is probably a really bad choice, if you don't wanna screw with your sugar, but yeah, i'd go for one ;-) LOL, Rox! After all this im thinking beer too, exept that is probably a really bad choice, if you don’t wanna screw with your sugar, but yeah, i’d go for one ;-)

]]> Comment on The Cervical Cancer Vaccine by KEVIN http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2007/12/13/the-cervical-ca/#comment-4502 KEVIN Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:17:13 +0000 http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=48#comment-4502 TESTS HAVE SHOWN THIS SCAM IS TARGETED AT ONLY ONE OF CLOSE TO 100 CANCERS--ALSO 98% OF FEMALES TESTED---AS YOUNG AS 2 YRS OLD---TESTED POSITIVE FOR HAVING BEEN EXPOSED TO THIS VIRUS/CANCER---TOO YOUNG TO HAVE HAD SEX--THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SCAM BY THE VACCINE/DRUG COMPANIES AND IGNORANT DOCTORS LOOKING FOR QUICK PROFIT-----ALSO HAS MANY SIDE-EFFECTS TESTS HAVE SHOWN THIS SCAM IS TARGETED AT ONLY ONE OF CLOSE TO 100 CANCERS–ALSO 98% OF FEMALES TESTED—AS YOUNG AS 2 YRS OLD—TESTED POSITIVE FOR HAVING BEEN EXPOSED TO THIS VIRUS/CANCER—TOO YOUNG TO HAVE HAD SEX–THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SCAM BY THE VACCINE/DRUG COMPANIES AND IGNORANT DOCTORS LOOKING FOR QUICK PROFIT—–ALSO HAS MANY SIDE-EFFECTS

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