hi, Vvonnne, & Mselle: Thank you both for your sweet thoughts and reflections. If you are both single you might find my book of interest. What I have done here with seniors can be done with any age group and lifestyle. I have a date or interesting activity 5 nites out of 7. Many folks ask where I get my energy, what do I eat. My answer, maybe it is the things I don't eat or drink and things I do. Namely, look in the mirror each day, a few times if necessary and tell the lady in the mirror what a great person she is. The more you say it, the more you feel it and then you have the world by its tail. Think how you would like your day or nite to be and then go out in the world and make it happen. You will always have a best friend with you, the lady in the mirror, so how could anything go wrong.Try it a few weeks and see what happens. Since I like the lady in the mirror, I don't treat her stomach like a garbage pail. Think it over clearly what you put in it, food or drink and do some sort of enjoyable exercise at least twice a week. Enjoy life with your best friend.

Dear Dorothy, being new to homeopathy I can't offer assistance in that area. However, I would like to tell you how inspirational you are. Starting clubs was a wonderful way of finding people with common interests. I wish I weren't so shy. Maybe your influence will get me going. Good luck selecting your remedy! Sincerely, Mselle

Dear Dorthy, Thanks for your advice. It's time I looked in the mirror and truly accepted me as I am now at age 50 a lot different than at age 20 and get on with my life. Love conquers all, even sometimes grouchy husbands.....and vain wives. Best wishes, and keep in touch! Sincerely, Mselle

To Kevin Seymour: a little more update for you to have when you get back on the BB. As of late, I seem to be getting a heatburn almost every nite, it used to be only on occasion.Diet about the same for supper, salad, nuts or nut butters., fruit,and homemade bread.Had an attack of constipation for two days, and had to take Nat.Mur.in addition to more bran with cereal for breakfast to get back to normal.Trust your holiday was a relaxing and enjoyable one with your family and friends. I'm still doing a lot of reading and nothing new.

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hi Kevin, just noticed this complete file on my note pad and thought maybe something new here might help in our decision.

Hello:
I've been on the BB with some of these problems, and thought it best to
send this in detail here so you would have the entire picture which is
very hard to do on the bb.any help would be greatly appreciated.would be
nice if we could get same answer for same person, from different people.

>Name:dorothy gardner
>Date of birth: 2/21/1917
>Time of birth,-. around noon
>Place of birth new york city ,n.y
>present address. [p.o.b. 7043
>halycon, ca. 93421
>country- usa
>General history of health throughout your life.
was third child born in family,told I developed acute bronchites at age 6
mons was put to sleep on small blanket on grass under a tree,awoke
coughing and could nt stop till taken to a doc.,coughed for seven years
every nite, was given warm milk with teaspoon of butter in it, remember
making designs with the butter on top of milk. before i drank it. i was
never allowed to have anything cold, like ice cream, i got chocolate
instead (was addicted to it for years, not now) always had bad colds in
winter, fruit rashes in summer. was a fat child till menstration started
at age ll, at 4yrs got pluersy, 5 or 6 diptheria. was taught how to make
my own mustard plasters, and inhale steam over a kettle. sick mostly in
winters with change of weather. at age 20 had a very bad flu, with l04
temp full week. when better feet painful and they thought i had rematic
fever, as i ran a low temp. for a long time.

Includes jobs you held, education and any health problem you can =
worked in 5 & 10 store at age l3, took sisters birth certificate, she was
l6, as i was very well developed and was anxious to work for the 37 cents
an hour.first pay check was $2.95 worked a saturday l0 am to 10 pm, it
was mother's day on sunday , so added 5 cents and bought mother a pink,
fancy box of chocolates.(guess i ate a lot of it as I was addicted at
that time) graduated high school on l936, at age l7. got a job as clerk,
bookkeeper in a mfg. of yarns office. worked in asst. offices till i
married at age 22.
my winters were still my worst months, very cold in new york for me. gave
birth to one child, girl in l940, and was sick on and off with colds,
flu, sinus headaches very bad from Oct. till May each year. I had an
empty dated RX.( i just had to add current date) for antibiotic to take
at the first sign of yellow mucus. my brother-in-law a doctor,
thought he was doing me a favor with the RX. I moved to calif. l948
because of my health, had to leave my family, and dad died next year
without seeing him again. in calif. the docs. decided i had allergies,
gave me tests, and shots for years. loaded with shots and pills for
years. helped a little at beginning and then allergies would change to
different foods, medicines.etc. in calif, i got lead, cadium, petroleum
in my systerm, then very bad case of candida. l969 I became a veggie,
after going on a 2 week-fast to get as much poison out as possible. it
stopped my CONSTANT sinus, postnasl drip that docs. couldnt stop with
years of drugs, shots. etc. I used to spit or drain constantly.could
hardly talk or eat without excess mucus in my mouth or nose. after the
fast it was l00% better since fasting sinus much better, no headaches
like I had in N.Y. city. . in l973 my husband passed away in 2 wks. with
cancer of the marrow.(he was a very big meat eater) i cant go on fasts
now, even one day, as i have hypoclysimia and, the low throid developed
around l983 in this area. i lived in los angels from l948-l975, moved
here to get away from the smog & lead in L.A.(in 25 yrs. i am here,
population increasd l5% and i dont know where to go when the smog will
hit here.) 1989 my Bl2 was low so decided to eat salmon, sardines, as i
cant take Bl2 supplemlents, allergic to some vitamins, foods like garlic,
onion, pepers, all perservative, etc. at age 40 was told I had phsuedo
angina, now its the real thing with stress, and added murmur - mitral
valve prolaps, I've been doing my thing with homeopathic for all my ills,
since l976 when i first heard about it.
>Present main complaint.
l. what do i do at first sign of sore throat, cough, yellow mucus to
stop it going to chest
2.how to prevent cataract surgery in future, as i have starting of hard
cataract
.3.how do i prevent heart murmurs from getting worse and angina attacks
.heart tests shows enlargment of left heart, and also narrowing of a left
artery. and other little effects do to age
4. tho i have always been colder than other people around me in same
room, now my circulation seems worse from the waist down, especially
while sleeping
5.muscle cramps in arms and toes happening too often.i
6. what is my simillium?
>
>Please include anything/time of aggravation, such as food, weather, =
>temperature, time of day/night.
>i feel much better when sun is out, 65-75 temp. dont feel well before a
rain, or foggy, damp weather. do very badly with sudden change of temp.
like air condition., extra cold room, or if have freezer door opened too
long, i could start wheezing. dont dare eat or drink anlything ice
cold., start wheezing.

>How do you feel? (Examples: good, worried, anxious, angry, etc)
I am a very active, zestful person for myself and others around me. i
like people and like myself, i have no fear of death. i believe in death
with dignity. i enjoy taking care of myself physically and emotionally i
do have a fear of not being able to care for myself in the future and
the then the docs. will load me up with RX's I would love to meet my
maker on the dance floor doing a waltz, or tango.(would be hard on the
other dancers around me) Yes, i get angry with docs. when they wont
listen to my feelings, yes i get angry with humans when they continue
eating as they do which is killing their bodies. but i do know that i am
one person and God gave me only one body to care for..

>Head -had some slight vertego attacks past l0 yrs. but discovered that
if i roll my eyes as the onset it stops the dizzy feeling right away.the
sinus headaches in new york made me take dozens of bottles of aspirin.

Any problems with the eyes. Pains, quality of sight etc
good eyesight, only now beginning of hard cataract>have red rings around
them , worse in mornings.

>ears- no problem, little wax at times, hear well, dont like blasting
noise or music

>nose-smell too good, any strong odor bothers me, breathing can get bad,
or nose stuffs up.

>any problems with the nose.Catarrh, funny smells, eruptions, etc.
>catarrh is mostly post-nasal rather than front drainage, unless i have a
head cold.then it runs for a day or two in front and then down the back.

>any problems with the mouth, Taste, appearance of tongue, dry/moist, =
tongue in morning sometimes white, or lite grey. i brush it daily with
tooth brush, sometime when not well, has a bad taste of chemical or metal
maybe-.when very bad postnasl drip mucus gets caught on uvala and pulls
it down onto tongue. apis helps here.
>
>appetite-good when well, breakfast cereal and fruit with water or rice,
or soy milk, lunch 3-5 different steamed veggies with a protein. usually
have fruit inbetween meals, and light supper of salad or sandwich, with
my homemade rice bread, or flat 9 grain biscuits.(no yeast)
>
thirst/no thirst, quantity drunk, type of drink and temperature. Food,
always warm or room temp, only water, herb tea, rice, or soy milks. or
puried soups i try for at least 6 glasses of filtered water with
minerals.(used to drink distilled,but bones were getting deminerlized.
once got dehydrated after a cough and now drink as often as possible,
morining start with one/two glassses of water, if working in garden take
another 2 glasses if possible.

>ikes and dislikes, cravings.-now i would say fruit of all kinds, years
back candy, cake, etc.,i enjoy my veggies very much with vit. C, and
olive oil, and dash of apple cider vinagar to help digestion as i am
mostly alkaline and digestion not to good then, also take slice of
pinapple after each meal when at home., or piece of fresh ginger.
>
>Stomach
>Acidity or other problems, pain.-if too alkaline i double up with
stomach pains. if allergic to food i blow up like a balloon within half
hour. i try to eat slower, but have hard time sometimes as my day is so
full of things to do. I try to test everthing before i eat it, to prevent
an allergic reaction.

>>abdomen.-lots of gas pains, or soreness at times after eating.-try hard
to separate foods at time to get better digestion of same.

>bowels, pains, digestion, duration.
>o.k. when helped along with bran, salads, fos, or homeo tablets. have
hemrooids in and out since l0 yrs. when i had bad whooping cough and was
very constipated then. then only had a bm once/twice a week. now i try
for daily, when first became a veggie, went 2-3 times a day, which is
what i think we should be doing if we have 2-3 meals a day.but not so
lucky now.
>
Urininary-no real problem, find if i bend forward i can empty bladder
better.
>Quantity frequency and times of day.
>try to go 5-6 times a day, every time i go i try to take another glass
of liquid.
at nite if up for somereason, (not well) i go 3-4 time without even
drinking during nite, guess it nerves.>

Female-started when ll yrs. of age, very painfull each month(till after i
gave birth) lost a few jobs as i had to stay home from work first day.
and heavy the first two days., was the normal 7 days each month, always
on time.. menapause was over by the time i was 51, took premimin for a
very short time and then switched to herb black cohas for flushes no
problems after that. My blood type is O-positive.
>
>Lungs=6 mons. acute bronchites, pluersy, and diptheria as child. recent
xray shows all clear.
>
chest-always needs to gasph a breath, or cough a little, sometime bring
something up. othertimes seems just need a little extra air in lungs,
etc.

>any oppression, pain, weight, that impedes breathing.
>if need to do it too much hacking to bring up mucus often then the right
breast area starts hurting, and then the center of my back feels like its
been punched

>heart.-angina pains when stressed on some issue, or overworking on the
breathing problems., now the added mitral valve prolaps, they just say
take antibotiocs when going to the dentist, which i dont plan on doing
however, friend just had a spell of blood leaking thru the valve, and had
to be hospitalized.(how does one prevent that from happening). enjoy
ballroom dancing for 1-2 hrs. sometimes i feel short breathed and do a
little panting while dancing. also never very good on climbing stairs, or
hills.

>Nerves.right sciatica has been a problem for years on and off. my entire
right side of body is lower than left., shoulder down. have hard time
standing at sink for more than hour sometimes, have to remember to keep
pulling my stomach in to strenghten the back. had lots of
theropy.,massages, acupunture. had 5 whip lashes from car accidents(all
when Im parked at red light), hence cant keep my head in down position to
long, raised up my counter at sink, phone, etc. so its o.k. now that
way.if driving a long time, i might use a neck collar support. xrays show
calcifacation,demineralized on spine, neck,
>
>Skin-more on the dry side, lots of brown little spots, moles, warts
showing up last 5 yrs.. have two little skin tags on lid of left eye.
always have red rings around my eyes , moreso first thing in the
morning. so called dry eyes, but wet and red.

Condition, capacity to heal after injury.-no problem here with
cleanliness and homeo.

>>Sleep.-would love to sleep ll pm to 7 am, but it only happens about
once a week. have more split shifts. ll pm-1am up till 4 am. sleep then
till 9 am. which shortens my day. so i get out of bed at l-2 am. and
doing something that needs taking care of, reading, writing, cleaning,
cooking, etc. why waste the time.

>Quality, quantity and position. Dreams, especially recurring, if any.
>very rarely have dreams, cant eat after 8, as then i keep belching what
i ate all nite. if i do dream its usually about someone i care about who
has passed away.

>Temperature- give me a 65-75 paradise, with sunshine, no santa ana hot
winds, or fog, grey days. sometimes feel better after it rains, and air
is light, and clean smelling.

personality:.
I have yet to find my personality fit real well with any of the remedies.
I am a very well scheduled, fast moving,thrifty, clean,thin, dark hair,
bright eyes and smile, affectionate only to my family and close friends,
but caring to all that i come in contact with. i only had sex with my two
husbands(first 34 yrs, second one 2 yrs) and one l5 yr. relationship. All
my friends today can get all the hugs they or I want( i wear a tee shirt
that says "how about a hug") but I do not kiss any of my friends. My
feeling, in todays world I dont know where their mouth was last.. and
since i am so suseptable to germs, colds, I dont care to take the chance.
I also had that same fear when I was a young girl, and would only indulge
in kissing, etc. when I got engaged.Family is important to me, took care
of my mother for 30 yrs. as she couldnt read or write and dad passed away
in l949.

seems to be the hardest part in homeo. putting the picture in correct
view. one doc. gave me 1M of Ignatia as my similimum. it proved itself
with my eyes twitchilng, and very, heavy deep sighing for a month,( still
get some very deep signing now and then when reading which i dont
remember having before i took the 1M.) and very little improvement in
anything else.

With heatfelt thanks.
Dorothy, dege1@juno.com

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