Oct 31, 2003 Posted by Beth on Oct 31, 2003 in General | 0 comments

Green tea

Green tea is in the news again. Over the past several months, there have been several articles published touting the possible benefits of drinking green tea.

From Reuters:

A team at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson had 118 heavy smokers drink at least four cups a day of both green and black tea and measured a chemical called 8 – OHdG, which the body releases in response to DNA damage like the kind that can cause cancer.

Those who drank decaffeinated green tea for four months had a 31 percent reduction in 8 – OHdG. Those who drank black tea had no reduction.

Oct 31, 2003 Posted by Beth on Oct 31, 2003 in General | 0 comments

Bills

I got another bill from the local hospital. This one was for Zometa. I’ve had eight treatments so far. I was under the impression that my insurance covered it all, because I hadn’t received a bill for any portion of it. Each infusion is a little under $1,600.00 here. Thank goodness I have insurance, even if it doesn’t cover everything 100%.

Oct 30, 2003 Posted by Beth on Oct 30, 2003 in General | 0 comments

Thanks everyone!

• I meant to mention that Dan B. called a few days ago after I expressed (again) my transplant fears. Thanks Dan!
• Thanks for dropping me a line, Kim!
• Gia, thanks for always checking up on me, and for burning the candle.
• Thanks to my family for helping me out when I need it. (And even when I don’t!)

Oct 29, 2003 Posted by Beth on Oct 29, 2003 in General | 1 comment

Neuropathy Information

I joined the Life Extension Foundation because I’m interested in a lot of the information they publish. I discovered that most of it’s online. Their writeup on neuropathy is exceptional. Read it here.

Oct 28, 2003 Posted by Beth on Oct 28, 2003 in General | 0 comments

Free blogs for you

I ran across a site, http://www.diaryland.com/ that offers free blogs for people. It looks pretty easy to use. If you set up a blog, please let me know!!