plastic bags,local team wins

PLASTIC BAGS
received an email from a relative about los angeles county
banning plastic bags in their county

think of the number of bags that is
think of the number of bags not blowing all over the
parking lots, freeways, school  yard, parks etc

think of the amount of plastic kept out of the landfills

think of this when you are out fishing in a lake or hunting
on a deer stand or walking in what should be a pristine
clean environment and there is that damn bag hung on
a branch flopping in the breeze or have your fishing
line or bait get tangled in a bag

we use reusable cloth bags when we get groceries
my wife she has them collected from everywhere
we keep them by the back door so as i leave to get
groceries  i want forget them
if i do i just ask the checker for paper please  then i
put the paper bags in my big compost pile and let
my backyard chickens work them over     they are
easily shredded in a few days

if your local government doesnt ban plastic bags
which most do not  then you can just not use them
and bring your cloth bags with you

pollution like with plastic bags, air pollution, smog,
groundwater pollution, plastic bottles  can make an area
almost inhabitable     even the chinese have recognized
this and have began some measures to fight pollution

those of you who live where i grew up talk to your grandparents
or read about the pollution that occurred from producing
oil in that area back in the 1920s-1950s

can remember my dad talking about the oil pollution and
destruction of the ouachita river fishing when he was
a child      it took years for the river to recover

now think about 50 years from now when your children
and your grandchildren are ready to retire and what
will the environment be like if we dont change things

LOCAL TEAM WINS
one of the local teams where i live is in the state playoffs
for football    
you know here football is king
the girls teams tend to be ignored even though the
quality of athletes are as equal to the football team
they just dont get the coverage    guess thats another blog

the local team won and will now advance further

there goes their families thanksgiving and christmas plans

do think though this team has everything that is needed to
go all the way to the final game    they have "it"
even their band has "it"     they are one of the best
bands in this area       the band helps the atmosphere
a lot and can help the football team if they play loud
music at the right time of the game as this band did
at the end of a recent game which interfered with the
other teams calling audibles and calling signals

go local team go

the organicgreen doctor

whats happening in the clinic, football, first freeze

WHATS HAPPENING IN THE CLINIC
whats happening in the clinic this week is a upper respiratory
infection that is causing the kids to cough and wheeze
some have fever and some dont
may of them have been wheezing and have had to use
inhalers or nebullizing treatments to control the cough and
wheezing
adults are getting it also but not as much as the kids

have also seen a few cases of the flu this week
so get your flu shots its not too late

had one child that came in this week
she was sitting on the stretcher looking ill
did not seem to be having any trouble breathing
her blood pressure and temperature was normal
however when her oxygen level(oximeter reading) was checked
it was low-down to 86 (normal should be 98-100)
despite several nebulizing treatments and oxygen supplementation
she could not keep her oxygen level up above 90

she was transferred via ambulance  to the childrens hospital
for admission
the following day she had not improved any
this child had never had asthma or recurring respiratory
problems
am concerned she might have some underlying problem
that we are not aware of

FOOTBALL
the razorback play mississippi state this weekend
hopefully mississippi state paid their players enough this
week so they could be competitive

longhorns play florida atlantic
if the horns loose to them i am not even going to read
the newspaper on sunday

the cowboys looked good against the giants
turns out jason garrett uses the jimmie johnson approach
to discipline     looks like that may help the cowboys
maybe they have found their coach
well see on sunday against the lions

FIRST REAL FREEZE 
we had the first real freeze of the year
covered my stuff with row cover
went ahead and picked most of my tomatoes, peppers,
and eggplants and covered the plants up
we are due to have a warm week next week
so maybe can get a little more growth from everything

now will wrap the tomatoes up with newspapers and
place them in a rack in a dark room      we will eat
them as they ripen

the organicgreen doctor

followup on adni study(alzheimers study)

FOLLOWUP ON ADNI STUDY(ALZHEIMERS STUDY)
well went to the center for the initial evaluation for the
adni study
good thing was that i did not have to do a lumbar puncture
yesterday
bad thing is that when i go back i have to get it done

but after going through 3 1/2 hours of psychological,
neurological, and neuropsychological evaluations the
lumbar puncture doesnt seem quite so bad

was warned by testers that that is how most people
feel who go through the testing

after the complete evaluation is completed in a few weeks then
a decision will be made as to which arm of the study
i will be placed in
bad thing is that for the adni study have to go through the
neuropsychological evaluation again

the mri scan and lab work will also be done after the followup
evaluation probably next month

no matter whether i am placed in the adni study
i will have labs and a mri scan and a neuropsychological
evaluation annually for as long as i live
i will be able to receive those results when they are done

if i am placed in the adni study i will get more evaluations
over a 2 year period
much of the labs and scans that are done in the adni study
are experimental and are not done outside of research
you cant go to a local xray place and get the
scans done or to the lab and get the genetic studies done
these results will never be given to me

the testing done outside of the adni study-routine labs, mris,
neuropsychological evaluations- though are results
that i will receive after they are done and can be used to
plan my future

overall am glad that i went
hopefully i will be able to contribute a small bit of information
to fighting this disease

i will blog in the future  about each visit when i go

the organicgreen doctor