My doctor told me to cure my hypertension I should stop smoking. I did. My Mother has had hypertension since she was 50, just like me. Never smoked. Never helped. Saved me lots of money as it was 6 bucks a pack times 3 a day. Bought a van for the 5 kids.

My doctor told me to stop drinking and it would help my arthritis. My Mom is 82 and totally disabled with arthritis that ate up her back, hips, knees, fingers,etc. She started taking wine coolers at 80 to help with the pain. One a day. I quit drinking for 3 months made no difference at all. I keep a bottle for the dram to ward of of the cold, and if my hypertension is bad it drops it, and if the arthritis is unbearable, it dulls it.

My g g g grandfather was a distiller on Islay.
His son carried on with the still. They sold 'cures' out of the post office they ran.
They were prohibitionists. The Presbyterian minister of their gaelic church swore by the 'Morning Glory', the afternoon treatement, and the nighttime cure for the draught and cold. All were basically good old single malt with some herbs thrown in. Just like most potent cough medicines.....LOL.

I am taking (sometimes) a new class of drug called Tramacet for the pain. They took out the molecule that addicts you and the one that makes you high, but it's still a synthetic opiate. I take it at 5 a.m. when I get up. Supposed to be every 4 hours but that type of medication scares me, it still says it's addictive.

John Conley
Musica est vita