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Guys! I was diagnosed with Lyme's Disease!
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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 73413" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>I was just reading about tequila this morning. (Reading is about all I have energy for these days ~ and believe me, a few weeks ago? I could not even concentrate enough to retain anything I was reading! Better now, though.)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, here is an interesting thing about tequila: (You guys are going to love this one! :smile: )</p><p></p><p>Tequila is made from a tall bud that shoots from the heart of a spiky-leaved desert plant, the blue agave. In past years, the plant grew wild in the desert. After seven years, the bud would form in the center and grow out to the surface. HERE IS THE INTERESTING PART: The men would cut the bud off with a machete. The women of the village would be summoned to <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> the juice from the truncated stem with a straw and then, to spit the juice into a container BECAUSE (AND THIS PART IS TRUE) THE SALIVA OF WOMEN IS DIFFERENT THAN THE SALIVA OF MEN, HASTENING THE CONVERSION OF PLANT SUGARS TO ALCOHOL MORE QUICKLY THAN MALE SALIVA COULD EVER DO.</p><p></p><p>So, now we know a little something interesting about cacti and saliva that we did not know before I read that book this morning.</p><p></p><p>Yep. Even when I am sick, so sick, there are so many interesting little factoids out there I hardly have a moment's peace....</p><p></p><p>**************</p><p></p><p>Suz, the chances of having been bitten by an infected tick are pretty rare (except here in Wisconsin, I guess!) It's my understanding that if you are tested too soon, the test will show negative. Sometimes, the tests will show negative even if the results are positive. All of which goes to say that the tests just aren't that reliable. The treatment is relatively harmless and very inexpensive. Another interesting thing is that, while both my father and I picked up a tick-borne illness, neither my mother nor my husband have done so. </p><p></p><p>So, there has to be some genetic something going on too, in whether we are vulnerable or not, wouldn't you think?</p><p></p><p>I hope you are one of the ones who are not susceptible to anything that stupid woodtick may have been carrying, Suz.</p><p></p><p>But if you are? </p><p></p><p>I have a book here about blue agave and the manufacture of tequila you might be interested in reading.... :grin:</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p><p></p><p>P.S. Suz, have them check for ehrlichiosis, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 73413, member: 1721"] I was just reading about tequila this morning. (Reading is about all I have energy for these days ~ and believe me, a few weeks ago? I could not even concentrate enough to retain anything I was reading! Better now, though.) Anyway, here is an interesting thing about tequila: (You guys are going to love this one! [img]:smile:[/img] ) Tequila is made from a tall bud that shoots from the heart of a spiky-leaved desert plant, the blue agave. In past years, the plant grew wild in the desert. After seven years, the bud would form in the center and grow out to the surface. HERE IS THE INTERESTING PART: The men would cut the bud off with a machete. The women of the village would be summoned to :censored: the juice from the truncated stem with a straw and then, to spit the juice into a container BECAUSE (AND THIS PART IS TRUE) THE SALIVA OF WOMEN IS DIFFERENT THAN THE SALIVA OF MEN, HASTENING THE CONVERSION OF PLANT SUGARS TO ALCOHOL MORE QUICKLY THAN MALE SALIVA COULD EVER DO. So, now we know a little something interesting about cacti and saliva that we did not know before I read that book this morning. Yep. Even when I am sick, so sick, there are so many interesting little factoids out there I hardly have a moment's peace.... ************** Suz, the chances of having been bitten by an infected tick are pretty rare (except here in Wisconsin, I guess!) It's my understanding that if you are tested too soon, the test will show negative. Sometimes, the tests will show negative even if the results are positive. All of which goes to say that the tests just aren't that reliable. The treatment is relatively harmless and very inexpensive. Another interesting thing is that, while both my father and I picked up a tick-borne illness, neither my mother nor my husband have done so. So, there has to be some genetic something going on too, in whether we are vulnerable or not, wouldn't you think? I hope you are one of the ones who are not susceptible to anything that stupid woodtick may have been carrying, Suz. But if you are? I have a book here about blue agave and the manufacture of tequila you might be interested in reading.... [img]:grin:[/img] Barbara P.S. Suz, have them check for ehrlichiosis, too. [/QUOTE]
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