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To: Darksheare
Sorry to hear about your headache problem. With the CAT scan, they were looking for any indication of circulatory impairment, but the problem could be too miniscule to show on that scale.

Basically, you need nanometer scale medical procedures, which haven't been developed yet. So I offer the second best thing, herbal treatment.

The reference work is Left For Dead, I can't fully recall the Author's last name, only that his first name was Dick. His story was that triple bypass didn't do him much good, so he looked for alternative treatment. He found it in Cayenne Pepper, sometimes labelled Capsicum, and available in capsule form.

He suggested that capsicum acts like a roto-rooter in your circulatory system, clearing the accumulation that impedes the flow of blood. My wife claims that she can tell when she needs to take more of it by her sensitivity to restricted blood flow.

I can't tell for sure whether it's helping me, because I don't forget to take it for days at a time like her. I take two capsules daily, and along with vitamins E and C I think it is the minimum that anyone approaching middle age should do.

The biggest advantage to herbal and vitamin therapy is that they are unlikely to do any harm, as long as you don't get extreme with them. The biggest disadvantage is that they are slow acting, taking weeks to do what "miracle drugs" are supposed to do in hours. But if your problem is persistent, you'll have time to wait for the effect to happen.

Worst case, unless you have an extremely sensitive stomach, is that you'll only get better general circulation and a reduced likelihood of heart attack. And capsicum is cheap, about three bucks for a two-month supply. What's to lose?

145 posted on 03/22/2004 8:02:35 PM PST by NicknamedBob (Eureka! I have discovered it! After studying philosophies from all over, the secret to happiness is)
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To: NicknamedBob
Sensitive stomach?
Only to truly spicy stuff.
Other than that, I deal better with rough food than hospital fare.
Baffles the docs a bit when they find that out.

The headache itself first appeared after the skull-noggin meeting incident.
At first, it was like a concussion -complete with dizzyness and various other things associated with such.
But I've never heard of a concussion lasting for 3 years.
Which it'd have to do if hat was the reason for the headache.
At this point, I'll give anything a shot.
(Oddly, if I have chocolate the headache calms down a bit. Another annoying thing: Aspirin, Tylenol, and similar things rarely even dent said headache. And I'm none too keen on heading into anything 'harder' than over the counter Percagesic. Docs usually have to threaten me to get me to take meds.)
243 posted on 03/23/2004 2:08:30 PM PST by Darksheare (Fortune for the day: To trolls, the cosmos is a horrible joke played out on them and only them...)
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