fasting

There’s a natural gallstone flush that some people have had luck with, so I’m trying that…

During the day I’m supposed to fast, only having apple juice.

Then I drink a solution of epsom salts..

Before bed, I’m supposed to drink a cup of olive oil mixed with lemon or grapefruit juice, and then go to bed, lying on my side.

The thinking is this:

The Epsom salts dialate the bile ducts, and then the olive oil floods the system with oil. The body uses bile to break down oil, so the liver and gall bladder dump all the bile they have. This, combined with me lying on my side, should push gallstones to the bile duct.

Ordinarily, the gallstones would get stuck blocking the bile duct or in the bile duct itself, causing, let me tell you, horrible, horrible, agonizing pain.

But in theory, the Epsom salts have dialated the ducts, so instead of blocking, the stones pass harmlessly into the intestines, where they eventually, ahem, exit the body.

That’s the theory.

In clinical studies of this cleanse, it had limited success, though it didn’t seem like it harmed many people, either.

Guess I’ll find out soon.

This is supposed to be done for 2-3 days, so most likely this is all I will eat:
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hacked?

I just noticed my default LiveJournal image was changed from a photo of me to a girl standing on a park bench.

Hackers?

A glitch in the matrix?

Guess I better change my password.

down

Sigh… I’m feeling kind of depressed… I’ve been eating a super low-fat diet to avoid any gall bladder issues, and my brother was teasing me about it all day. And I’ve had to limit everything I do – no going to many restaurants, and when I do go to one, there’s almost nothing on the menu I can order.

Plus my brother’s been making fun of my diet in general – he’s a gourmand, and views any sort of lower-calorie or lower-fat substitution as the height of stupidity. Every time I mention something I like, he goes on a rant about how inferior it is to “real food”… He wouldn’t allow fat-free milk in his house, even though I was paying for it – he only begrugingly allowed me to get 2% milk.

I’m just feeling down, and like I’m being kicked while I’m down.

If I get my gall bladder out, it’ll be just my luck to be one of the 20% of people who can never eat normally again, and the last couple weeks have just been a preview of what the rest of my life willbe like.

I was feeling optimistic, now I just feel doomed again.

Far Cry 2

The Far Cry 2 demo was pretty amazing. What they could achieve on the 360 was damn impressive.

The level editor was incredible, too.

But one thing kinda stuck in my mind… They have realistic terrain, wind and an unbelievable fire simulator, essentially they have built a digital likeness of Africa… all so I can drive across the savanna to shoot some guys?

I mean, it looks to be a fun game, I just wonder if such fantastic environments couldn’t have some really new gameplay in there… they do have lots of innovative touches, but the main gameplay idea seems a lot like 1000 other games.