Update (back on Entocort but ok)

[MaggieRedwings]

HI All,

Ant you are such a wonderful person to respond to each and every comment. In fact, you are a very special person and we are blessed to have you in the family.

Polly - here is the great Wikipedia explanation for galangal.


Galangal (galanga, blue ginger) is a rhizome of plants of the genus Alpinia with culinary and medicinal uses originated from Indonesia. (Lao: ຂ່າ "kha"; Thai: ข่า "kha"; Malay: lengkuas (Alpinia galangal); traditional Mandarin: 南薑 or 高良薑; simplified Mandarin: 南姜 or 高良姜; Cantonese: lam keong, 藍薑; Vietnamese: riềng).

It is used in various Asian cuisines (for example in Thai tom yum soups and tom kha gai, Vietnamese Huế cuisine (tre) and throughout Indonesian cuisine, for example, in soto). Though it is related to and resembles ginger, there is little similarity in taste.

In its raw form, galangal has a citrusy, piney, earthy aroma, with hints of cedar and soap (saponins) in the flavor; its flavor is a complement to its relative ginger, but galangal has little of the peppery heat that raw ginger has. It is available as a whole root, cut or powdered. The whole fresh root is very hard, and slicing it requires a sharp knife. A mixture of galangal and lime juice is used as a tonic in parts of Southeast Asia. It is said[by whom?] to have the effect of an aphrodisiac, and acts as a stimulant, and has been said to cause mild hallucinations.[citation needed] In the Indonesian language, greater galangal is called lengkuas or laos and lesser galangal is called kencur. It is also known as galanggal, and somewhat confusingly galingale, which is also the name for several plants of the unrelated Cyperus genus of sedges (also with aromatic rhizomes). In Thai language, greater galangal is called "ข่า" (kha) or "ข่าใหญ่" (kha yai), while lesser galangal is called "ข่าตาแดง" (kha ta daeng).

Loved the aphrodisiac effect. Sounds like the 60s and 70s with the mild hallucinations.

Love, Maggie

[MBombardier]

Hi Ant! Thank you for the welcome. I have been depressed lately, but reading your story and the input of others has encouraged me that I am not alone, and that others have been living valiantly with this disease much longer than I have.

Speaking of WWII on this Veteran's Day... My father was a B24 pilot with the 8th Air Force 448th bomb group stationed at an air base just outside Seething. He flew 21 of his 35 missions before his 21st birthday. There is a museum in Seething commemorating the brave boys of the 448th bomb group maintained by grateful citizens who were children during WWII. I suspect there are small museums all over England like this. I think it is very touching, and so does my father.

[ant]

Dear Marliss

On this Veterans' Day I agree we should remember all who fought, and still fight, for freedom. Like your father and my parents (my Mom drove ambulances in the WWII). And, in WWI, my grandfather and great uncle were pilots in the Royal Flying Corp (part of the Army before the RAF was created).

We should never forget the bigger picture and what history teaches could happen again.... if so I hope, in a small way, I could honor their deeds.

Best, Ant

[Gabes-Apg]

Ant
Firstly sorry i have not posted sooner
secondly - what a bugger re the flare and entocort ..... i hope things have settled down and you are feeling ok.
not being an entocort user i cant offer much advice other than hang in there!!!


thirdly - belated ditto re rememberance day, my grandfather was a POW in WWI and my uncle fought the Japanese in Papua New Guinea in WW2


Ant, good luck taming that cheeky MC monkey, keep smiling, take care
have you tried aussie shiraz as a magic potion?

[ant]

Dear Gabes

Good to see you back and thanks for your support. Things r ok at the moment.. will do an update soon.

Interesting your dad was in PG. My Dad was in Burma in WW2, but he did not talk about it much.

Best, Ant

Auzzie Shiraz still keeps me smiling.!

[Joefnh]

I think Aussie Shiraz needs to be studied as an MC med.

--Joe