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Tuesday September 29, 2009

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 ASK LENA HEALTH Q & A EDITION!
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Today's question has never been presented nor did I hear it exactly this way but frequency and urgency  has multiple causes and hopefully have helped Philip with his dilemma.

The answers to questions submitted to me each week come from my 20+ years as a Medical Office Nurse along with many years and ongoing education in nutritional and alternative treatment modes. Add that to many years of friendship with Dr. Wayne Garland, a very knowledgeable naturopath and herbologist, who many years ago, beat his cancer death sentence given by the traditional medical world, has helped along the alternatives path and hopefully help to give hope to those who need it... Also receiving a lot of study reports and try to ascertain if they are good or bad then report them to you, which has increased my knowledge along the way and I pass them on to you to use or not...

I am not a doctor or dentist and you should not think of me as one!! My years observing life and health of the many people/patients around me and the contradictions of the traditional medical world's idea of treating - prescription domino effect - while watching and also was taught those same schooled methods that aren't relieving illness but creating far more health problems than they help. Those same medical professionals aren't telling people how to get healthy or how to prevent illness, which led me to look for something to change that premise for myself and those around me who ask. In looking outside the Westernized medical profession I found and continue to find alternatives that really work to create health and longevity - when adhered to - beyond anything the traditional medical world can do...

Ask Lena Health Questions and Answers is for your information and education only and in some instances to give you a different perspective on a particular problem! My wish for you, in the use of the information gained here, is that you will apply it in a smart and safe manner in order to enhance your life and not harm it! Not to be used in place of your judgment but in  addition to... Even though I daily watch people become healthy with the information imparted here nothing works 100% of the time for 100% of people...

I have always felt that I had to know all sides to a problem and then make a decision for myself and I hope that will be your attitude as well! 

IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH QUESTION 
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Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
Lena

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> QUESTION OF THE WEEK<
> THOUGHT FOR THE DAY<
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QUESTION:
 
 Hi,
 
    I'm a frequent flyer and I find that as soon as I get on a plane my bladder starts working. On average I'd say that I have to make a trip to the toilet every 30 minutes or so, which means that on a 10-hour international flight I'm making some 20 trips! In everyday life I make frequent visits too, compared to people I know, but nothing like 30 minutes. The symptom started about 20 years ago as far as I can recall (I'm 64 now). Is this something I should be worried about? There are no other symptoms such as pain when urinating or inability to actually produce urine. Because it forces me to get up and walk about frequently when I'm on a plane, I've always considered it as a useful way to counter economy-flight syndrome, but I'd like to be sure that it's not a symptom of something. Anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated.
 
 Philip
 
 ANSWER:
 
 I'm so glad you are giving me permission to publish your question Philip, as I have never received one like it and I don't want you to think I know it all either. But it is possibly interesting to my readers! I do have answers but you will have to be the detective and find the definitive one! As to whether to worry? That can only be answered when you consider the following. My first reaction would be to day no, but until all else is ruled out I can't say that for sure!
 
 I do know that pressurization can affect the body in different ways and I would suspect it's affecting you with your bladder? BUT, since you have frequent urination outside the plane you should take a look at what other things may be going on?
 
 You do not say when you had your last physical exam? If I knew the answer to that I could maybe be more definitive but without knowing I am going to give all the causes and you will have to be your problem solver?
 
 Since this has been going on for twenty years I am assuming you have seen a doctor several times and have told him of this problem. If not you should!
 
 At 64, you say it started when you were approximately 44, I would say that most likely you have a very small bladder and you will need to work hard to stretch it, but at the outside chance it could be other problems I'm going to outline those other possibilities and let you be the judge.
 
 First; if you haven't had the following things checked out you should.
 
 1. If you have not done so you should have a 5 or 6 hour glucose tolerance blood (GTT) check done.  Your doctor will have to order it.  Usually a fasting blood glucose is done with normal blood tests during physicals but a fasting glucose can be normal with borderline or new onset diabetes, so you will need a 5 or 6 hr. GTT. That will require you to do a 3 day preparation before the GTT to assure accuracy. Sadly, most labs forget to tell you that necessity, but to get a totally accurate test it should be done.  [This I discovered while working with an excellent Internist for 6.5 years and he found lots of diabetics that other doctors had missed over the years.] PREP: You will need to gorge yourself with a diet high in sugars and carbohydrates for three days prior to the GTT, then fast a full 12 hours before having the first blood sugar drawn.  You may feel really badly those days as your body will not like all that sugar glut but it's necessary to get the proper action from the pancreas. Having a GTT will require six hours of your time at a lab as venous blood draws will occur over and over during that time, some hourly some half-hourly. 
 
 2. If you have already done the GTT disregard number 1. The next suspect would be your prostate. An enlarged prostate will create frequent urination that starts out so subtly that you might not even notice in the beginning and gradually progress until you can't miss it. I will say that a PSA blood test, which would be done if you had a physical lately, but useless as 64% are inaccurate in showing false abnormals and about 22% normal that are borderline or abnormal, so that leaves a really small margin that could be accurate,. I always say to save your money and forget having a PSA test, of course your doctor will totally disagree with me... Your doctor could do a manual exam and tell you if you have an enlarged prostate, of course only if he knows your prostate well and has been checking you for years.

Or you can simply start a natural prostate treatment to assure your prostate stays healthy or shrink if it is enlarged and not worry about the accuracy or inaccuracy of PSA tests. We have lots of men doing that and my 73 year-old husband and 50 year-old son and a 75 year-old good friend, just three of those. My son and our friend had chronic prostatitis in the past and took antibiotics but prostatitis kept coming back as the prostate problem wasn't solved until they started the natural treatment and that stopped the prostatitis reoccurrence. Here is what they do: Daily;

 LIFE TRANSFUSION IONIC LIQUID MINERALS (Follow normal instructions that accompany all orders will eventually be taking 1 teaspoon) twice a day but no later than 4pm as it activates the brains electrical fields and in some creates a problem getting to sleep if taken in late afternoon or early evening.  We have no problem here with that but some do.
 Then the two punch formulas to assure ongoing circulation that will stop the risk of clots in the prostate and other areas...

 A) CIRCULATORY SUPPORT - 3 morning and evening with meals - to assure your circulatory system functions keeping the prostate detoxed and fluids flowing as it should. 
 B) This one is something you should be taking even if you don't have a problem simply because you are traveling such long treks and are at risk of getting blood clots, especially at your age NATTOKINASE PLUS the artery clearer (first month, if you are going to get on a plane, take 2 morning and 2 evening on empty stomach) thereafter 1 morning and 1 evening will suffice to keep your arteries clot free..  You might be interested to know that I was finally able to talk my best friend into replacing her 5 prescribed blood thinners with this and she has had great results and no more clots, which she still got twice a year while taking the prescribed blood thinners. This stuff is murder on blood clot problems.
 
Then the magic formula Called PROSTATE SUPPORT SOFTGELS - 2 Morning and evening with meals. This contains a host of herbs and nutrients that work to keep a healthy prostate as well as to shrink them if they are enlarged. No side effects have ever been reported and these natural prostate treatments have been in use for centuries! More than I can say for the prescriptions Avodart, finasteride, Flomax, etc. these are dangerous alpha-blockers, which leave anyone taking them at risk for heart problems. Taken from their own websites, state;  Side effects include: Back pain; blurred vision; cough; decreased sexual ability; diarrhea; dizziness; drowsiness; lightheadedness; runny or stuffy nose; sinus inflammation; trouble sleeping; weakness. Chest pain; fainting; fever, chills, or persistent sore throat; irregular heartbeat; prolonged, painful erection; severe of persistent dizziness. What I thought is really scary Pregnant women should never handle a single cap/pill? What's that about? They don't actually say... On top of that they say that you should not have a PSA test done when taking these? Too many mysteries for me.
 
 3. If those things have been done then it will be time to start stretching your bladder or simply accept the inconvenience of going so often. Stretching the bladder will be uncomfortable as you will have to forgo emptying your bladder for 5 to 15 minutes (the longer the better) beyond the urge to empty. Each time you are to push your bladder to hold more. Stretching it can take several weeks to months to achieve success.  Over time you will notice the need will be further and further apart.
 
 I don't know if these answers are satisfactory but I can only state what I know or think would cause your problem.
Lena

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Thought for the Day
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According to a National Public Radio (NPR) news flash!
 
When a salad is eaten with fat-free or low-fat salad dressing your body doesn't absorb carotenoids as well as when you use an oil-based salad dressing, such as olive oil?

Carotenoids, of course, are organic plant pigments in colorful fruits and vegetables. And they've been shown to have antioxidant activity that supports immune function, vision health, and protection from DNA damage. So if you're dousing your salads with "healthy" dressings that skimp on fats, you're actually missing out on one of the most important reasons to eat salads in the first place!

The NPR report went on to note that carotenoids are also better absorbed when fruits and vegetables are chopped or grated. And gentle cooking may help release the nutrients in some foods such as carrots.

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MOTIVATOR
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WHAT GREATNESS IS ALL ABOUT

A school music teacher received this essay from an eight-year-old student concerning Johann Sebastian Bach: "He was a GREAT composer. He had 20 children and had an old spinster in the attic to practice on."

Actually, I don't know the exact number of children he had, but it seems to be quite a few. And I don't know what he kept in the attic ... or what he practiced on. But the student was absolutely   right about one thing: Bach was a GREAT composer.

Not all of us can be great at what we do. I try to do some things the very best I can. But that means I cannot give much attention to some of the less important tasks.

But what about just being good at WHO WE ARE? Good human beings? Even being GREAT at who we are?

Author James Michener learned something about greatness on a stormy  night in the South Pacific. His plane was trying desperately to land on the Tontouta airstrip but could not do so. After several attempts in the dark of night, his knuckles were white with fear. When they finally landed safely, Michener went out and walked the length of the airstrip, looking at the dim outlines of the mountains they had so narrowly missed. He wrote this:

"And as I stood there in the darkness I caught a glimpse of the remaining years of my life and I swore an oath when peace came, if I survived, I would live the rest of my years as if I were a great man. I did not presume to think that I would be a great man. I have never thought in those terms, but I could conduct myself as if I were. I would adhere to my basic principles. I would bear public testimony to what I believed. I would be a better man. I would help others. I would truly believe and act as if all men were my brothers. And I would strive to make whatever world in which I found myself a better place. In the darkness a magnificent peace settled over me, for I saw that I could actually attain each of those objectives, and I never looked back."

Michener says that the very next day he started to draft the book TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC.* And if it can ever be said that he became a great man, I suspect it was only because he decided to be a better man than he was before.

Greatness may never have been your goal. But you and I can be a little better today than we were yesterday. We can help others a bit more today than yesterday. We can act more deliberately as if all people are our sisters and brothers. We can leave the world a better place tomorrow than we found it today.

And if that is the way to greatness, then we all can head that direction. One step at a time ... beginning today.
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Steve Goodier Publisher@LifeSupportSystem.com  is a professional speaker, consultant and author of numerous books. Visit his site for more information, or to sign up for his FREE newsletter of Life, Love and Laughter at http://LifeSupportSystem.com

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