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anyone aware of a good digital photography blog. one that discussed cameras ? im seriously thin king of getting the leica d-lux. i know the draw back, only 3mp. but good lens. small but not too damn small and of decent heft. a camera for life ? all the google results direct you to resources and resources posing as reviews.
So I have been sick for the last week or so. Not enough to completely knock me out, but pretty bad. Sore throat, slight fever, and constant achy tiredness. I have been sleeping a lot. But that's not what I am posting about.
Last night, on top of this sickness, I started to feel the onset of another condition I suffer from on occasion. I guess it is acid reflux, or heart burn, or something like that. I get a case of it maybe once every couple of months. Usually after I don't eat for a long time (like all day,) and then eat too much right at once. I am pretty wimpy in terms of enduring pain, but still, this is the most painful thing that ever happens to me. Very sharp upper abdominal pains. I guess a lot of people get this, so maybe you know what I am talking about.
Anyway, I was very depressed yesterday as I felt it coming on. I drank a bunch of malox, which is what I usually do, but I knew it wouldn't do any good. It never stopped it before. It always happens at night, and it means an entire sleepless night of agony. Since I was already not feeling well my mood was even beyond depression into the fear zone. I just didn't know if I could take it.
Well, a little googling dug up a natural food website where lots of people had written in with testimonials for treating this, and innumerable other conditions, with apple cider vinegar. Who knew?
So with a little help I made my way to the local health food store and bought a bottle of Bragg organic ACV. Apparently the mass produced (Heinz) stuff doesn't work and I wasn't about to argue. Got home, put 1 Tablespoon into a glass with about an ounce of water and slugged it down. Let's just say you wouldn't want to drink it for pleasure. But, and I am not exaggerating here, one minute later I could feel the pressure in my abdomen going down. Five minutes and lots of gurgling and burping later I was 90% better. Went to sleep fine and woke this morning with no problems. Incredible.
Even feels like my sore throat is better.
This is such a relief to me that I just had to share. Apparently it works on gout too, so I'm ready for that as well! Does anyone else have any experience using ACV as a remedy?
red cross findings on Guantánamo "torture"