Wellness

[RescueLover]

@SusieQ_2 🌸


You’re very welcome! If you try it I would suggest starting with just a 1/4 cup. That works like a charm for my family. We love the taste and could easily drink a full glass, but don’t find it necessary.


We buy the Sunsweet brand. It’s 100% prune juice. And It’s a Natural Digestive health juice.


Has 5 Essential Vitamins

4 grams of Fiber

0 added sugar (just the natural sugar from the prunes)


Best of health to YOU !! 🤗🤗🤗

[DottieBlue]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

I bought a rechargeable heated eye mask to help stimulate my oil glands to produce oil. It's basically like putting a warm towel over your eyes. The heated eye mask helps my eyes quite a bit.

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@SilleeMee 

I would like to try a heated eye mask.  Could you recommend a brand?  My doctor suggested a moist washcloth but they cool off so quickly which makes it so inconvenient to use..

TIA.

[ThinkingOutLoud]

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@Q-Checker wrote:

The comments and advice in many of these posts are incredibly scary -- either go to medical school, and then do a residency in opthalmology, or stop self-medicating such a critical and complex area of your body. Egad -- your vision is way too precious to rely on "hot tips" as a treatment source. And, yes, I have dry eyes and have been seen by an opthalmologist, whose recommendations I faithfully follow. I will not share these recommendations as your eyes and mine, and their respective pathologies, may well be quite different. (And I did not go to medical school.) I seriously doubt that a qualified opthalmologist makes recommendations based on financial benefit to him/her. The vast majority are highly trained and entirely ethical. If you do not think that is true of your medical provider, then find one whom you trust. Some of these posts sound more like people shopping for cosmetics or shampoo than seeking appropriate skilled medical care for a critical sensory function. 

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Re: the bolded sentences - this is incredibly naive. Furthermore, I agree that people need to do their due diligence but 'grandma's remedies' do have merit - a lot of it.

[SilleeMee]

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@DottieBlue wrote:

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@SilleeMee wrote:

I bought a rechargeable heated eye mask to help stimulate my oil glands to produce oil. It's basically like putting a warm towel over your eyes. The heated eye mask helps my eyes quite a bit.

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@SilleeMee 

I would like to try a heated eye mask.  Could you recommend a brand?  My doctor suggested a moist washcloth but they cool off so quickly which makes it so inconvenient to use..

TIA.

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@DottieBlue 

The one I got from Amazon is no longer there. I tried to find a brand name on it but there isn't one on it. I would look for one with adjustable heat levels and one with a washable removable cover. Sorry I can't help much beyond that.

[DottieBlue]

@SilleeMee 

THANK YOU for the information.  I will look on Amazon.

[Q-Checker]

@ThinkingOutLoud If the efficacy of grandma's remedies has been researched in a double blind study and then published in a reputable medical journal or they are recommended by a qualified physician, then I am all for it. I am very fortunate to have very good insurance (Traditional, not Advantage, MC, federal Supplemental BC/BS, additional federal vision and dental insurance), and I vet my doctors very carefully with special attention to their training and the quality of the hospitals where they have Privileges. While my insurance covers almost all of my medical expenses (think high insurance bills), I respect the fact that physicians in today's world have staggering overhead expenses and many are also still paying off huge student loans. Most also spend many out of office hours reading medical journals and participating in various forms of maintaining their knowledge and skills. As in all professions, there are some "slimy" creatures - but the vast majority of physicians are ethical. I have experienced their quality both as a patient and also during a forty year career in two allied health professions, where I worked closely with a countless number of physicians, both in hospitals and private practice, and rarely ran into any who were not ethical and professionally competent. And I cannot recall any serious or legitimate patient complaints about their medical care other than those that fell in the area of the  physician failing to give relevant explanations to patients. That, I do not excuse. Some physicians had better bedside manners than others, but that is icing on the cake. 

[JeanLouiseFinch]

Early in this thread I mentioned using castor oil in my skincare.

To be more specific, in addition to treating my brows and lashes, for the past several weeks I've been adding a couple drops of castor oil to my PM moisturizer.  It's thick and sticky on its own so it applies better when mixed  rather than by itself.  When I think of it, one or two mornings a week I'll mix castor oil and another facial oil and do a face flooding treatment.  It takes some getting used to at first, but letting it sit on the face it absorbs over time.  After an hour or so, I'll tissue off what remains on the surface.  I have no problems with breakouts, clogged pores, anything like that.  I enjoy doing my skincare routine anyway and this new addition is a little extra self care. 

[Mom2Dogs]

@JeanLouiseFinch    I use a little argon oil with castor oil on my face sometimes...the argon oil cuts the thickeness of the castor oil for me and makes it easier to apply.