Yeah, Steel. Kinda like ginger ale in that sense. Even if now, I prefer ginger beer. It's so much milder than ginger ale. I absolutely recommend everyone trying ginger beer. It isn't alcoholic or anything.

Hummy, yeah. Very sweet. Crystalized ginger can also be called candied ginger. I think so, anyway. That's how my family does it. /shrug

Originally Posted by Lexadis

These days it's simply wonderful. :D
Are you doing good?

i keep avoiding the 'how am i' question.....but i should address it.
my Godmothers husband, my Zio, has liver cancer.
i kept not wanting to bring mene down so i kind of stayed away.
i just want to say, if you pray or have a belief and can send a good wish for him i would truly appreciate it. i don't want to upset anyone or make a big thing about it. i'm sad and worried and upset. my Godmother is being so strong and he is home for now and not in pain thanks to the pain meds. i'm sorry this is so down, i just didn't want to say okay, or 'how are you' instead.

Oh, Hummy... I'm sending good feeling to your Zio.

Originally Posted by Zira Angel

Yeah, Steel. Kinda like ginger ale in that sense. Even if now, I prefer ginger beer. It's so much milder than ginger ale. I absolutely recommend everyone trying ginger beer. It isn't alcoholic or anything.

Hummy, yeah. Very sweet. Crystalized ginger can also be called candied ginger. I think so, anyway. That's how my family does it. /shrug

oh, then i have tried it and yeah it is sweet, but very tastie

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Originally Posted by Zira Angel

Oh, Hummy... I'm sending good feeling to your Zio.

thank you, Zira *hugs*

Ginger has anti inflammatory, procirculatory, and prorelaxant properties which makes it very good for tummy issues. But you have to watch it if you're on an anticoagulant, diabetes, or blood pressure medications. They can interact badly with ginger.

I do love ginger ale, though.

Originally Posted by steelmagghia

Ginger has anti inflammatory, procirculatory, and prorelaxant properties which makes it very good for tummy issues. But you have to watch it if you're on an anticoagulant, diabetes, or blood pressure medications. They can interact badly with ginger.

I do love ginger ale, though.

yikes, ginger interacts badly?

Originally Posted by hummy

i keep avoiding the 'how am i' question.....but i should address it.
my Godmothers husband, my Zio, has liver cancer.
i kept not wanting to bring mene down so i kind of stayed away.
i just want to say, if you pray or have a belief and can send a good wish for him i would truly appreciate it. i don't want to upset anyone or make a big thing about it. i'm sad and worried and upset. my Godmother is being so strong and he is home for now and not in pain thanks to the pain meds. i'm sorry this is so down, i just didn't want to say okay, or 'how are you' instead.

Awww sweety, we'll be sending healing thoughts y'all's way. It's okay to have bad news! We want to support you!

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Originally Posted by hummy

yikes, ginger interacts badly?

Because of the anticoagulant properties. It can cause excess bleeding and clotting disfunction.

I'll be praying for him dear hummy And for you too I'm sorry if I upset you. And we definitely won't feel down hummy! The most important thing is that we share our sorrows and relieve our burden

thank you, maggie, i appreciate it very much.
oh, okay, that is good to know. i drink ginger ale to settle my stomach

I drink plain tea with ginger.

Originally Posted by Lexadis

I'll be praying for him dear hummy And for you too I'm sorry if I upset you. And we definitely won't feel down hummy! The most important thing is that we share our sorrows and relieve our burden

oh you didn't upset me. i just didn't want to upset anyone.
i appreciate all the suppport and prayers very much.

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Originally Posted by Lexadis

I drink plain tea with ginger.

mmmm tea with ginger and honey sounds so good =p

Originally Posted by hummy

thank you, maggie, i appreciate it very much.
oh, okay, that is good to know. i drink ginger ale to settle my stomach

That much is probably okay. Straight ginger in big amounts would be bad.

Yeah, drinking a little for tummy troubles won't do anything to you. Not unless your medication or doctor straight up tells you not to, or something.

There are actually a couple of medications that explicitly state not to take with grapefruit or grapefruit juice because of interactions. I find stuff like that just insane.

Yeah, it seems really weird. Like, what is in grapefruit, specifically, that makes it bad to take?

Grapefruit juice? Here we have something called 'grape mixture' or something which is good for stomach aches. I drink it because it's tasty

Grape mixture? What are the ingredients?

Originally Posted by steelmagghia

That much is probably okay. Straight ginger in big amounts would be bad.

i use it in cooking, but not a lot

Originally Posted by Zira Angel

Yeah, drinking a little for tummy troubles won't do anything to you. Not unless your medication or doctor straight up tells you not to, or something.

yeah no one has said anything.
i learn a lot from maggie <3

I don't know I think it was grape mixture. Or gripe mixture. Not very sure, it looked like water but x100 sweeter

Sugar water, delicious but so bad for you. Hopefully it had nutrients or something. It could be pedialyte?

Originally Posted by Lexadis

Grapefruit juice? Here we have something called 'grape mixture' or something which is good for stomach aches. I drink it because it's tasty

like grape juice?

Originally Posted by Zira Angel

Yeah, it seems really weird. Like, what is in grapefruit, specifically, that makes it bad to take?

Grapefruit blocks an intestinal enzyme, which can cause certain medications to be more easily passed through the intestinal wall. Which means the medications do more intestinal damage than they normally would. They're all labeled though, the ones that have that issue.

Originally Posted by hummy

i use it in cooking, but not a lot

yeah no one has said anything.
i learn a lot from maggie <3

Haha, I'm like a weird medical knowledge encyclopedia.

Alright friend faces, it's time for me to take a shower and head to bed. My muscles are going to cramp up if I don't get up soon. *hugs*

Hummy, I hope your godmother's husband remains out of pain and that he heals.

That is SO NEAT that you know that, Steel. You take your shower and sleep. Take care.

Originally Posted by steelmagghia

Grapefruit blocks an intestinal enzyme, which can cause certain medications to be more easily passed through the intestinal wall. Which means the medications do more intestinal damage than they normally would. They're all labeled though, the ones that have that issue.



Haha, I'm like a weird medical knowledge encyclopedia.

Alright friend faces, it's time for me to take a shower and head to bed. My muscles are going to cramp up if I don't get up soon. *hugs*

Hummy, I hope your godmother's husband remains out of pain and that he heals.

that's one of the things we love about you, you always have some knowledge to share <3 have a nice shower. and thank you so much for your good thoughts *hugs*

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