My prayers go out for your son.
I do know the feeling, a month or so ago, I learned that I really could not exist for long, without oxygen, as the electric was out here for 10 hours and my oxygen generator does not work without electric.
I now have back up bottles and a portable set up, but they cost an arm and a leg to rent and I still only have 8 hours of backup.
I did not know that rabbit was good for diabetes, that is good to know and I will tell my brother.
Yesterday, I posted about a herb called fenugreek see
post 1435.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2181392/posts?page=1435#1435
This was also information from Cottonball:
Not just the fenugreek sprouts are useful, but the seeds are apparently quite powerful. I had 3 dwarf hamsters a few years ago and diabetes runs in that species. The vets had no idea what to do for them. When one started showing symptoms, a hamster forum recommended diet changes along with some form of fenugreek - either a tea in their water bottle, giving them 5 seeds a day if they would eat them, or put fenugreek powder on their food. Worked like a charm! They lived long past the expected life span (1 /1/2 years) to a ripe old age of 2 1/2 or so.
1,572 posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 6:31:50 PM by CottonBall
I feel for you. At this moment I'm trying to recover from the first asthma attack that I've had in several years. (Not going to bed for quite awhile now.) Nothing like being without oxygen to clear your head! lol!
And that got me to thinking: There are several medical needs which could be met without too much trouble NOW, but that may be an issue if one doesn't prepare.
Here are some basic meds I'd recommend everyone keep on hand:
- Tylenol (fevers)
- triple antibiotic ointment WITHOUT PAIN RELIEVER (this can actually be put directly into the eye to help fight pink eye or to deal with a scratch eyeball)
- Alieve (Don't know if I spelled that right. Good for aches and pains)
- Peroxide and rubbing alcohol
- dental floss and small curved upholstery needles (stitches) along with an emery board to sharpen the needles
- antibiotics http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Mox-Amoxicillin-250-Caps/dp/B0002YF9UA (This stuff is nothing more than regular amoxicillin.) http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Flex-Cephalexin-250-capsules/dp/B0002YF9UU/ref=pd_bxgy_k_text_b (another type of antibiotic that may help against amoxicillin-resistant strains)
- dewormer (facts of life are facts of life)
- Mucinex (clears the lungs. can help avoid bronchitis or pneumonia.)
- an enema kit (can be used to rehydrate unconscious people. just start a very low drip and you have an old-fashioned IV)
- vodka (antiseptic/pain killer/sleep aid)
- blue cohosh tea (can aid a woman's labor if it's already *in progress*)
- castor oil (don't know what it's good for, but my grandmother forced a tablespoon of that crap down my throat every morning and I'm not dead yet! lol!)
- A good saline nasal wash (prevents a LOT of bad things from happening - sinus infections, viral infections, allergies.)
- asthma inhaler and benadryl (you NEVER know when you might develop a new allergy)
No, we can replace a doctor or a hospital, but there are many things we *can* take care of on our own. Mostly, it's preventative. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Cinnamon helps lower blood sugar but that might not be good for a diabetic. It may stimulate the pancreas but if the individual does not have pancreatic function at all it may not help. However it MAY help those with hypoglycemia.
You might try a search with “cinnamon low blood sugar” and see what you get.