Bruce
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Sure does sound like it is time for the vet to look at Mel. Poor dog.
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goatgurl
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sure hope mel gets better soon. hot spots are really miserable for a dog.
I also hope that your joints don't go into a full blown attack. I have noticed over time that there are certain things that trigger my hands and back to get worse. one of them is sugar and another is foods with nitrates in them. don't know why, just know they do so I try to avoid them as much as I can but offer me some chocolate or bacon and i'll be right there. I know, i'm bad but who cares.
I also hope that your joints don't go into a full blown attack. I have noticed over time that there are certain things that trigger my hands and back to get worse. one of them is sugar and another is foods with nitrates in them. don't know why, just know they do so I try to avoid them as much as I can but offer me some chocolate or bacon and i'll be right there. I know, i'm bad but who cares.
Baymule
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Maybe putting the "engagement" back on?Wondering what the "terms" will be......muhahaha.....
Baymule
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My husbands hands swelled, hurt and he couldn't close them into a fist when we first married. I asked him to get me a bottle of gin, he thought I'd lost my mind, cause I am not much of a drinker. I sure wouldn't drink gin either. 
I had to remind him a few times, but he finally showed up with a bottle of gin. I got out a box of raisins, filled a pint jar half full and covered them with gin. I put the top on and pushed the jar to the back of the kitchen counter. He asked what that was for. I guess he expected me to mix up some exotic drink and sip it while we watched TV.
I told him to let them soak for 3 days, then eat a spoonful every morning. Haha, when he took that first spoonful I could hear him yell clear to the back of the house. I kinda didn't warn him that it would taste nasty. He complained with a lot of cuss words, accusing me of trying to kill him, but I persuaded him to stay on the program. In 3 days his hands were pain free and he could make a fist. He stayed on them for awhile. In the meantime, I cleaned up his diet, made him eat right and that took care of a lot of the inflammation.
So, go get you some raisins and a bottle of gin. It is a pain killer, it reduces inflammation and if you eat enough of the gin soaked raisins, you might still hurt, but you won't care.
I had to remind him a few times, but he finally showed up with a bottle of gin. I got out a box of raisins, filled a pint jar half full and covered them with gin. I put the top on and pushed the jar to the back of the kitchen counter. He asked what that was for. I guess he expected me to mix up some exotic drink and sip it while we watched TV. I told him to let them soak for 3 days, then eat a spoonful every morning. Haha, when he took that first spoonful I could hear him yell clear to the back of the house. I kinda didn't warn him that it would taste nasty. He complained with a lot of cuss words, accusing me of trying to kill him, but I persuaded him to stay on the program. In 3 days his hands were pain free and he could make a fist. He stayed on them for awhile. In the meantime, I cleaned up his diet, made him eat right and that took care of a lot of the inflammation.
So, go get you some raisins and a bottle of gin. It is a pain killer, it reduces inflammation and if you eat enough of the gin soaked raisins, you might still hurt, but you won't care.
B&B Happy goats
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I have heard of the rasins and gin also..
Bruce
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Get "uncured" bacon. To my surprise it is cured exactly the same as "cured" bacon but they use regular salt but no "pink salt", it is the source of the nitrates. Of course by NOT adding in that stuff, they charge more per pound. I guess it is the "small batch" thing. The only thing the nitrates do for the meat is keep the color. BUT any bacon I've seen is vacuum packed so no air gets to it to change the color anyway.
Baymule
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When I "make" bacon, I don't use the pink salt. I brine it in the refrigerator in regular salt water, then smoke low and slow on the BBQ pit. Darn good stuff.
greybeard
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Not always. Many bacon makers
use natural sources such as celery juice to do the curing.and, with the exception mentioned above, nitrates are forbidden to be used in the curing of US made bacon..
Nitrites are used. USDA/FSIS is very clear about this, but many news and internet articles freely substitute the word 'nitrate' for 'nitrite'
.https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/porta...at-preparation/bacon-and-food-safety/ct_index
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