Thursday, February 21, 2008
Hint for Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal and mash till they are all broken up. Add the remainder of ingredients (what you usually add to your yolks), reseal, keep mashing it up, mixing thoroughly. Cut the tip of the baggy and squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw the bag away when done. What an easy cleanup! Here's a "secret ingredient" to give potato salad and deviled eggs a special umph Use white pepper in place of black pepper! I also add a tablespoon of sugar to help mascerate the...
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Monday, February 18, 2008
My Pizza Hint
I would never have thought of this! We eat it cold or oven warm which tends to overcook it. 1. Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
DID YOU KNOW?
These tips have become so popular! I could hardly believe it when one of my sisters sent me some MORE tips. Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little "stringy things" off of it. That's how the primates do it. Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen too fast. Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold! Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter...
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Friday, February 15, 2008
More REMEDIES from Dr. Gott
The last blog about Vick's VapoRub was such a hit, I am going to share another list of favorite home remedies: Soap for Nocturnal Leg Cramps: Simply place a bar of soap, unwrapped, under the bottom sheet of your bed near your legs. This remedy takes effect immediately. Castor Oil for Arthritis: Rub a small amount of castor oil into the affected joint or joints, morning and night. May take effect immediately, or full results may not be seen for up to four days. Grape Juice an Certo for Arthritis:...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Valentine Greetings
The Best of Health and Happiness to you today on Valentine's Day and every day!
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Do YOU Use Vicks Vaporub?
Maybe you SHOULD! To follow through on one of Dr. Gott’s home remedy columns, here is a story one patient related about Vicks VapoRub. Dear Dr. Gott, I have one more footnote to add about the use of Vicks VapoRub. I use Vicks for fungus on my toenails, jock itch, insect bites, small cuts, insect repellent (yes it works for me), etc. But for more than 20 years, I had a large wart on the end of my right index finger. It was about the size of three or four match heads placed side by side. I am...
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Monday, February 4, 2008
Soap in Your Bed
My neurologist at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Dr. Pahwa, chuckled as he read through my poem. As a Christmas gift, I had just given him a bar of Ivory Soap, simply wrapped in a piece of computer paper listing a lot of home remedies. Completing the list was a poem about one of "the remedies" in particular. It had been written by one of his favorite patients, none other than yours truly! What better gift to give someone who probably had everything? He asked me if "the remedy" worked...
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Ouch, I Felt That!!
"Ouch, I can feel that!" I told the dermatologist, as he stitched up the 3" incision he made to remove a mole from where the sun don't shine. I was not to feel a thing, but each little prick of the needle I DID feel. The local was wearing off! He asked me if I felt anything, after I must have twitched, and when I told him it felt like when I got a bikini wax and she used tweezers to pluck out the hairs the wax missed. "THAT part of the bikini wax hurt like hell! Just like now!" He just said,...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
What an amount!
If anyone has Parkinson's disease, they'll tell you sooner than later, about how much their medication costs. I just got my 2007 year's summary from Social Security (SS) that told just how much was paid for just my prescription drugs. It was $14,651.48! That doesn't include other medical expenses, such as labs and office calls or the slug of vitamin supplements I take daily. Today I went to pick up a refill for a new drug I started just last fall. I had been in a drug study for this new drug and...
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Friday, January 11, 2008
On Getting Older. . .
I've been an AARP member since I turned the big 5-0. That qualified me for discounts for car rentals and hotel discounts. I also get their publications, which have been helpful to one already on Medicare because of the Parkinson's. This morning, I slept in until 10:00. Senior-hood comes early to people with Parkinson's. I had been up from 4-7:00 a.m. cleaning the kitchen and tending to other tasks left undone since the day before. I just went back to bed to catch up on the hours I had missed. In...
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