Our healthcare system is so fucked up.
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Feb 21, 2021 8:39:53 am PST #3720 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Topic!Cindy - Feb 21, 2021 9:12:11 am PST #3721 of 30000
What is even happening?
Hey Buffistas, my 20-year-old nephew has been diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma, and his treatment begins this week. I seem to recall people noting different things like ginger candy, that help alleviate nausea.
I want to send him a little gift pack. (I will likely be sending it through Amazon, because that's all the spoons I have right now.) I would appreciate any recommendations you might have for things like ginger tea, ginger candy, OTC remedies, and [other things I'm blanking on right now].
Thanks.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 21, 2021 9:25:04 am PST #3722 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My family has always used ginger ale to settle upset stomachs, and I've found that crystalized ginger from Whole Foods has much the same effect for me.
dcp - Feb 21, 2021 9:27:30 am PST #3723 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Topic!Cindy, see [link]
Topic!Cindy - Feb 21, 2021 9:27:47 am PST #3724 of 30000
What is even happening?
I have never used ginger beyond ground ginger in recipes, or bottled ginger ale. Matt, do you make a tea with the ginger, or eat it, or what? I ask, because I'm pretty sure my s-i-l and nephew wouldn't know, either.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 21, 2021 9:34:49 am PST #3725 of 30000
What is even happening?
Thank you, dcp. Your comment didn't load before.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 21, 2021 9:36:34 am PST #3726 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I've just eaten the crystalized version like candy. I've not used the fresh stuff for nausea (just for palate cleansing after sushi), but I bet eating that would do as well.
DavidS - Feb 21, 2021 9:44:52 am PST #3727 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Trader Joe's has some ginger chews that are very nice.
amyparker - Feb 21, 2021 9:48:36 am PST #3728 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Cindy, I've found this tea really helpful for nausea; there are plenty of decent recipes for homemade ginger tea out there, but if no one has the energy . . . .
Steph L. - Feb 21, 2021 9:50:30 am PST #3729 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I wholeheartedly second the ginger chews for nausea. (I've used them, I mean, and they work like magic.) There's also ginger tea. And ginger ales are kind of sticky sweet and not ginger-y enough for me, but Reed's extra ginger beer (not alcoholic) is very nicely ginger-y.