Wednesday Update

[clevermanka]

Saw Dr. Sexy on Tuesday. T3 counts have been not looking great, so we're trying a compounded T4+T3 pill. All my sex hormones have apparently plummeted as well (that would help explain the missing libido) so we're going to try some of those, applied topically. Tomorrow I go to Kansas City to test for biotoxins and hormone disrupters (bc apparently those must be done in a lab). We know I have some of both thanks to that Visual Contrast Sensitivity Test, but this will tell us which ones they are so we can figure out what we might be able to do about them.

Fun news, though! An acquaintance of the Burgomaster invested heavily in this company and the Burgomaster bought some of their products on his recommendation. I've been taking them (the sublingual powder form) for about six weeks and my blood results showed a massive improvement in some-or-the-other cell function which is critically tied to NAD (which this stuff supports). Dr. Sexy was pretty convinced that improvement was due to my taking the supplement. Also, he remarked on my improved Omega 3 numbers and said the fish oil supplements must be helping. I told him I stopped taking them a while ago and switched to just eating a lot of canned sardines. So that's apparently working, and doesn't contribute (as heavily) to over-fishing issues (and is better absorbed, anyway).

Comments

[thetimesink]

Damn, it looks like I have homework...

[clevermanka]

Happy reading! Hope you find interesting stuff. I admit I haven't done any research about it, myself. I just pretty much take whatever Dr. Sexy tells me is a good idea. =/

[thetimesink]

I just pretty much take whatever Dr. Sexy tells me is a good idea.

One of the better reasons I suspect!

[minoanmiss]

Yay sardines! I love sardines. How do you like to eat them? In addition to on bread and butter and sautéed with eggs and scallions in the Jamaican style, I found that brisling sardines can be deep fried until crunchy and eaten on popcorn.

[clevermanka]

Oh my gosh I had no idea you could deep fry them! I usually dump them on a green salad or, you know, just eat them out of a can.

[minoanmiss]

There's this kind of Japanese rice topping which gave me the idea.

So I put them into cold oil, covering them by at least an inch, turn on the fire to 4 out of 10, and let them go for 10 minutes before I carefully check them with a spatula. Until they're fully hard they are very fragile. I don't really have a time for how long they take as this is the kind of thing I cook in the middle of the night. (my roomamte can't stand the smell of fish) But when cooked long enough they're like potato chips but deliciously fishtastic!

[clevermanka]

I will definitely try that sometime when I have the energy to deal with that much oil. Thank you!

[seascribble]

Oh no I though the oil and fatty acid in the fish oil was synthetic. Gah. Me and the monsters take a ton of it. Anyway, I’m glad you found a new thing that is making positive impacts.

[clevermanka]

I'm sure some of them are, but I was taking Real Actual Cod Liver Oil and I was buying Nordic Naturals for the dude, which are also Actual Fish. Eating sardines is so much tastier and since I can afford them...

[anarfea]

Yay! Glad to hear you are improving.

[clevermanka]

Little by little!

I hope you're doing a little better, too? Been thinking about you! Are you going to write up your thoughts on 221B Con?

[anarfea]

Yup. I am doing a little better since I'm no longer in withdrawal, and I will be doing a post-con write up.