Yes I'm going to chat about urine for a minute LOL! [img]graemlins/laughsaywhat.gif[/img]
My boss' wife, who is 80 years old, just underwent a hand operation that is supposed to take away all pain of arthritis, well once it heals in a year or two [img]graemlins/awcrap.gif[/img] Not sure what they did exactly, but no doubt they took out some bone from her wrist area. Well her hand keeps swelling. They tell her to keep her hand up, but also give her pain meds which make her sleep, so how can she keep her hand up while sleeping? She was telling me about her dilemma this afternoon, I suggested trying ice. Then our new secretary, who used to live in Russia, chimes in. She says "Maybe you should try oooren." Well neither of us knows what she means at first (accent and all), but eventually we figure out she is saying "urine" LOL! I started laughing and asked her "What?! Urine!? What in the world are you suggesting, having her husband pee on her hand LOL?" [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img] I also asked what it is supposed to do to help with swelling. She tells me it has been a long used practice, well mostly before the days of modern medicine, but still used today in her country. She claims if you soak a rag or piece of cloth with it and wrap it around the swelling it will take the swelling down.
Well I have NEVER heard of this before. I still say ice would be her best bet LOL. So my question to you all out there is, have you ever heard of this before?
I did find a few things on the net. Seems urine is used for all sorts of ailments LOL! Here is one link as an example:
http://www.healthseva.com/content/book_cd_review.php3
Crazy stuff LOL. And NOOOO, I'm not "interested" in using Urine for myself LOL, I'm just curious about it cause that is the first time I have ever heard of such a thing!
[ 05-30-2003, 06:31 PM: Message edited by: ladyzekke ]