Paul's Journal

02/01/2011 18:43 #53532

My geographic tongue doesn't have AIDS
Category: orange tongue

The other day part of my tongue decided to attack itself again. The doctor had said it looked like geographic tongue

when I went a couple months back.

Of course its just another disease with no known cause or cure and yet another form of my body attacking itself like the crohns. Interestingly, I read this specific condition could be a vitamin deficiency caused by the crohn's. It's weird because I haven't really had any crohn's symptoms since my appendix came out like three years ago.

This week it hurt a bunch so I went to the doctor again today. Before I left, I looked it up online and found a great article about geographic tongue. Then I scrolled to the top and saw it was a freakin AIDS information site!!!

This of course made me totally paranoid. Luckily, it just happened that today was also free instant AIDS testing downtown. Really, there is no reason for me to have AIDS but I figured better know for sure as the last time I was tested was 1999 and there were some sketchy years in the early 2000s.

It came back negative but I am still concerned for my tongue's future although peroxide and tongue scraper seems to be helping.

The whole thing really blows my mind because I could not possibly eat healthier food. I blame it on flossing. I never had trouble before I started flossing every day as the dentist suggested.

paul - 05/01/11 13:21
This wasn't really orange tongue yet but I changed the category to keep it along with the history of my tongue drama.

leetee - 02/04/11 11:17
oh ehm gee. i had that a few months ago, for such a long time. it was painful. i didn't go to the doctor... i thought it was a reaction to new meds. (e:uncutsaniflush) didn't get it though.

don't you have a primary care doctor? it took me a while, but i found one that isn't an idiot and actually listens to me...

paul - 02/04/11 00:10
The doctor said pityriasis rosacea the minute he saw it. (e:Mike) got it right after me. So much for not being contagious. That being said neither Matt nor terry got it nor were their any blood tests to make it conclusive.

The new doctor gave me a mouthwash of nystatin, tetracycline and steroids to swish with and to follow up in two weeks. She said it could have been a secondary infection that took advantage of the geographic tongue.

I would really like to see an actual doctor with exoerience. No matter where I go I always manage to get new or inexperienced doctors.

tinypliny - 02/03/11 02:43
Btw, whatever happened to those papular skin lesions you had? Did your doctor ever reach a conclusive diagnosis?

tinypliny - 02/03/11 02:40
Sorry to hear you are having to put up with all these annoying conditions that don't have a specific cure. :/ :::link:::

I doubt you have a vit b12 deficiency, though...

heidi - 02/01/11 21:40
I'm glad your tongue doesn't have AIDS.

paul - 02/01/11 19:16
The doctor that said it was geographic tongue said it was not thrush. Here is the wiki article :::link:::

flacidness - 02/01/11 18:51
Oh man!! Isn't that called thrush???? That looks so scary. I'm do glad your tongue doesn't have AIDS. That's really scary. You could go around scaring children with that :) I hope they have you something for it.

01/30/2011 21:42 #53520

Where clam meets beef and egg
Category: food

I am obsessed with veggie, meet, and noodle bowls now. I have been eating them everyday. Small portions of each thing but lots of flavors. This one had some beef slices, four clams, an egg, Swiss Chard, peas, and carrots in a lemongrass broth.

The nice part is that it only tale like 5 minutes to make too and the noodles are cheap when you buy them in a big package.

tinypliny - 01/30/11 23:47
What kind of noodles?!

01/30/2011 21:28 #53518

Buffalo Botanical Gardens
Category: nature

I love going to the buffalo botanical gardens on a sunny winter day. Its so nice to feel the rays on your face in the Cactus room and the humidity in the rest of it.

I signed up for another membership last time. I gotta get back soon because the ponderosa lemon tree is starting to blume. I think that might be my favorite smell in the world.

lilho - 01/31/11 18:41
i'll seriously put one of those lemon trees in my backyard... just come visit it's so nice here and i need an outdoors friend. :o(

metalpeter - 01/31/11 18:36
Nice Photos ....... I'm kinda Surprised (e:tinypliny) has never been to the gardens... I know in the past they also have outside stuff as well....

tinypliny - 01/30/11 23:42
I have yet to go to the gardens. :/

tinypliny - 01/30/11 23:41
I love that third picture - some petals in focus and others are not. So trippy!

01/30/2011 21:15 #53517

Ortiz Tuna at Wegman's
Category: food

For some reason our Wegmans on Amherst St in the city went from having Ortiz brand tuna in two separate areas to not having it at all.

Luckily, my new favorite Wegmans in West Seneca had it in all three varieties. I love the one in the glass jar so much.

The one in the box is actually the tastiest but I am convinced that its extra delicious fattiness makes it higher in mercury content. Not that I am too worried about that after my mercury test turned up nothing crazy.

KeithT - 01/31/11 17:31
You owe me your life for showing you "fancy wegmans" lol :P

tinypliny - 01/30/11 23:47
And you don't have anything to say about the Bumble Bee crabmeat?

01/29/2011 17:00 #53512

Cleaning out the kitchen
Category: food

Cleaning of the kitchen I threw out anything I hadn't used in a year, anything I had a better version of, and any food that expired.

Six garbage bags later I feel much better about the state of the kitchen. We were borderline girders with all the crap that was stacking up.

Emptying the jello boxes for recycling I noticed sugar free jello is practically an empty box. Why don't they adjust the box size for that.

(e:tinypliny). I have both a food processor and wand blender that ate slated for trash. Want either of them? There are also two forms of popcorn Popper if anyone is interested.

flacidness - 01/31/11 15:48
hope you didnt throw out the jello!! havent you heard there is always room for J-E-L-L-O. :)

paul - 01/31/11 09:23
Sure. The only thing that's taken so far is the air Popper.

tinypliny - 01/30/11 23:49
I am taking that blender and food processor if my department mate says he wants them. Can I let you know tomorrow? Stop by in the evening, maybe?

dcoffee - 01/30/11 21:14
Food Processors are handy, I'd take it, but I have an extra one just like that :) I hope you send them to the Salvation Army or St Vinnie's if you can't find a better home for them.

metalpeter - 01/30/11 10:08
In Terms of the Jello I say Make Jello Shots!! In terms of the box size I bet if they make all the boxes the same size it is most cost effective you could use the same box for both products... Of course that assumes they do all the printing and art work in house as opposed to some other company doing it but it still might be cheaper.. But what I'm guessing is the real reason is a smaller box would be less text and less pretty pictures on the outside.... Also if other companies (do they make no name Jello?) have the same size box a smaller box might not get noticed on the shelf..... Again these are all just guesses......

tinypliny - 01/30/11 08:37
Electric stoves make awful popcorn... atleast mine does.

paul - 01/29/11 19:30
I don't know why. I hate appliances. One is a air popper that uses no oil and the othet uses oil.

For me the best way to make popcorn is with oil on the stove. I really don't think the tbsp of oil is that excessive and it means not needing to have an extra appliances

tinypliny - 01/29/11 19:19
BTW, why do you have two poppers and why are you getting rid of them?

tinypliny - 01/29/11 19:14
I just bought a wand blender last month and really like it! :)

But I do know of someone that might make good use of both the wand blender and the food processor. It my department-mate who started all the debate because he apparently makes do with one blunt knife in his kitchen. I was appalled when he said that. I could take them from you and give it to him if you are sure that you are getting rid of them.

I would be interested in trying out both the popcorn poppers though. I am still trying to find the best way of popping plain corn without any butter or oil. I have tried stovetop - too messy, microwave bowl - iffy plastic, paper bags in microwave - eh...