I learned many years ago that it’s just as quick to walk between stations and even when it isn’t, as long as I’m in no hurry I will usually walk, sometimes passing multiple stations.
Near where I live there’s a minibus stop at the local railway station which is next to the new part of the town. The minibus route passes by the older part of town which is no more than a few minutes away before going on to its finally destination a few km away. It amazes me to see how at busy times, people are happy to queue for up to half an hour or more only to get off literally 2 minutes later at the first stop along the route. When encountering such a queue I merely walk to the first stop and get on the bus as someone alights, avoiding the queue entirely. Even if the distance to the first stop was half an hour walk away, I’d still rather do that than stand in a queue for a similar amount of time.
Until last summer, I was the same. Am again now that DMSO has worked it magic on my wrenched knee and the temp has dropped below OMG IT’S FAUCING HOT. I love walking and used to love doing so around Tokyo. Stumbled across many places of interest that way. Depressing now with all the closed shops with signs thanking their customers for decades of patronage. Still, better than riding crowded and usually hot trains and busses.
I agree, better to walk 30 minutes than stand in line for the same length of time.
I was wondering how the DMSO experiment was going as I’ve seen various articles on this topic lately. Perhaps you could post an update at some point as I’m sure other people would be interested.
Oh! I thought I had. I stopped using DMSO on my knee regularly early tho is year and my knee is better than it was before the injury. Not perfect, but much much much better. If I continue to lose weight, it will be even better. I have been carrying heavy objects down and up stairs these past 5 weeks with help on With only the heaviest pieces of furniture with zero issues withy my injured knee. The uninjured knee and my back, well, those are different issues. I am sold on DMSO. Get some and keep it on hand and download or buy some print versions of the various books on this magical substance to see how best to use it when needed.
I had mistakenly assumed that you had continued to use it from time to time but it seems after the initial treatment, that simply wasn’t necessary and that’s a very wise decision and there could be a big downside from over use or long term use. You have the right philosophy to try as a last resort and in small doses and allow the body to do the rest.
I use DMSO as I do all medications, well, exempting coffee and beer, only as needed. Knee has healed, no more need to use it. I keep it on hand for whatever situation may call for it. One such has reoccurred. Not sure how explain it. I am not even sure if my understanding of the cause is correct and even if it is, what it means.
While in the navy, my first ship was in the yards getting overhauled. In an unlit passageway, they left a CHT (sewer) pipe on the deck. I walked right into it and it skinned my shin something fierce. Soon thereafter, burning, itching, rash like abrasions with scabs appeared around the ankle of the same leg. Then, they went away. They come back from time to time. I have no idea what causes their highly irregular reappearances but they returned this week along with a common swelling of my lower leg. Both the scabs and swelling were greater than I have yet experienced and they did not disappear as quickly as usual. So, I hit them with the DMSO. After two days application, all but gone. May hit them with it again tonight. We’ll see.
I’m not sure about the “professional help” bit but do absolutely agree that both parents need to stand firm in such situations. Professional help is all part of the system that tries to put us all into one category or another which then creates a medical history and paves the way for a lifetime of “treatment” which all too often ends up with drugs being prescribed. And from what I know of your wife, she wouldn’t even question such treatment.
There is truth in what you say here, but this is going back 8 years. Know different things than I did back then. Even then, though, I was against medication for it as I had seen first hand what it did to a favorite coworker who was diagnosed with ADHD when we were in college. I meant more along the lines of counseling and research for us to determine the best way for our son.
I learned many years ago that it’s just as quick to walk between stations and even when it isn’t, as long as I’m in no hurry I will usually walk, sometimes passing multiple stations.
Near where I live there’s a minibus stop at the local railway station which is next to the new part of the town. The minibus route passes by the older part of town which is no more than a few minutes away before going on to its finally destination a few km away. It amazes me to see how at busy times, people are happy to queue for up to half an hour or more only to get off literally 2 minutes later at the first stop along the route. When encountering such a queue I merely walk to the first stop and get on the bus as someone alights, avoiding the queue entirely. Even if the distance to the first stop was half an hour walk away, I’d still rather do that than stand in a queue for a similar amount of time.
Until last summer, I was the same. Am again now that DMSO has worked it magic on my wrenched knee and the temp has dropped below OMG IT’S FAUCING HOT. I love walking and used to love doing so around Tokyo. Stumbled across many places of interest that way. Depressing now with all the closed shops with signs thanking their customers for decades of patronage. Still, better than riding crowded and usually hot trains and busses.
I agree, better to walk 30 minutes than stand in line for the same length of time.
I was wondering how the DMSO experiment was going as I’ve seen various articles on this topic lately. Perhaps you could post an update at some point as I’m sure other people would be interested.
Oh! I thought I had. I stopped using DMSO on my knee regularly early tho is year and my knee is better than it was before the injury. Not perfect, but much much much better. If I continue to lose weight, it will be even better. I have been carrying heavy objects down and up stairs these past 5 weeks with help on With only the heaviest pieces of furniture with zero issues withy my injured knee. The uninjured knee and my back, well, those are different issues. I am sold on DMSO. Get some and keep it on hand and download or buy some print versions of the various books on this magical substance to see how best to use it when needed.
I had mistakenly assumed that you had continued to use it from time to time but it seems after the initial treatment, that simply wasn’t necessary and that’s a very wise decision and there could be a big downside from over use or long term use. You have the right philosophy to try as a last resort and in small doses and allow the body to do the rest.
I use DMSO as I do all medications, well, exempting coffee and beer, only as needed. Knee has healed, no more need to use it. I keep it on hand for whatever situation may call for it. One such has reoccurred. Not sure how explain it. I am not even sure if my understanding of the cause is correct and even if it is, what it means.
While in the navy, my first ship was in the yards getting overhauled. In an unlit passageway, they left a CHT (sewer) pipe on the deck. I walked right into it and it skinned my shin something fierce. Soon thereafter, burning, itching, rash like abrasions with scabs appeared around the ankle of the same leg. Then, they went away. They come back from time to time. I have no idea what causes their highly irregular reappearances but they returned this week along with a common swelling of my lower leg. Both the scabs and swelling were greater than I have yet experienced and they did not disappear as quickly as usual. So, I hit them with the DMSO. After two days application, all but gone. May hit them with it again tonight. We’ll see.
I’m not sure about the “professional help” bit but do absolutely agree that both parents need to stand firm in such situations. Professional help is all part of the system that tries to put us all into one category or another which then creates a medical history and paves the way for a lifetime of “treatment” which all too often ends up with drugs being prescribed. And from what I know of your wife, she wouldn’t even question such treatment.
There is truth in what you say here, but this is going back 8 years. Know different things than I did back then. Even then, though, I was against medication for it as I had seen first hand what it did to a favorite coworker who was diagnosed with ADHD when we were in college. I meant more along the lines of counseling and research for us to determine the best way for our son.