Whiterabbit if you happen to have a cassette deck or video cleaner then you already have a source of rubbing alcohol. The other name for it is Isopropyl alcohol I hope this makes it easier for you to find some. Yours Mike.
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Found this article from PC World about sanbox just a bit ago Stephen. I thought you might find it interesting.
Off subject-I read were ya'll were talking about the game America's Army, but couldn't find it again. I remember hearing about years ago. I have the website bookmarked, but I wanted to your opinion on it first.
Had to come and edit forgot the link
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151706-1/sandbox_security_versus_the_evil_web.htmlPosted 16 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruThanks for more tips regarding the nausea thing. The doctors initially prescribed me Stemetil, which didn't help at all. They now have me on cinnarizine, which seems to be helping, but if I exert myself to much (and when I say exert myself, I only mean really light duties like putting my cloths back into my wardrobes), I still get really sick
As for America's Army; it's a superb game, especially for free. I’d say it’s a lot better than many commercial FPS games.
I thoroughly enjoyed playing it for a couple of years with a group of friend from all over the world. We formed a clan at one time used to play every night. My work started to suffer due to the lack of sleep as I'd often play the game from when the kids went to bed till around 4am. Then have a couple of hours sleep before cycling a round trip of 40 miles everyday.
I'd definitely recommend downloading and trying the game out. You can't play any of the maps until you've completed a certain proportion of training exercises, which is your typical boot camp. You have to take your character through an obstacle course which will familiarize you with how to move your character, and then you'll go to the ranges and fire several types of weapon. There are also optional training courses that will need to be taken before you reach level 15, which is the level at which you are able to wear the Special Forces uniform and select better weapons while in game. There's a first aid training session, another one where you are shown a series of pictures of tanks, planes etc with the names included, then you have to take a test and be able to name a certain percentage to pass. Then the best one is a night exercise where you have to get from point A to point B via several way points without being spotted by enemy sentries. Once you've completed the training sessions you are then able to log onto the many servers that operate. I'd suggest going for one of the cooperative maps first, though all of the maps in my opinion have their merits.
The reason I stopped playing was partly because of the accident, but also, there was only two of us out of the clan paying for a private box server. We decided to shut it down after repeated attempts at getting help from the other clan members; though that shouldn’t really have stopped us from playing because at the time there were over a thousand other servers running America’s Army. Our clan was called ‘The Pointmen’. For me the accident was the final nail in the coffin with respect to playing the game. Though I remember having bought a big pile of games just before my accident, then once I’d recovered from the initial injuries I started buying games online. Ever since then I buy what I fancy when it’s released.
Let us know how you get on. If you get into it I may just reinstall it and start playing again.
Posted 16 years ago # -
copmom
Membertxnnok.. I picked up that breathing rubbing alcohol tip from my brother. He's an anesthesiologist. He said that it tricks the olefactory? sensors.. if that's the right word. And yes, penegrin also helps. I had an Rx for that back when I was taking chemo, but never did have to use it because they injected me with something to help prevent nausea.
And Stephen.. how in the world can you remember ALL the details about all the games you've played, especially when they're a long time ago? Do you have a photographic memory or keep a journal for each one?? Just curious as I'm amazed at all you do know!
Posted 16 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruHi Copmon,
I don't know - lol.
I think it's because I enjoy playing them so much. Before computer games were available back in the 70’s, I used to play lots of board games such as Backgammon, Chess, Mahjongg, Monopoly and Risk (to name just a few), and when the role playing games called Dungeons and Dragons and later the easier to play Tunnels and Trolls phenomena hit the UK (around 1978-79), a group of friends and I used to gather at my home and play virtually all weekend. I'd think nothing of spending weeks designing a dungeon for my friends to explore. We used to take turns at being Dungeon Master.
As for remembering so many games; I can't explain it. I seem to have a knack for remembering such things, yet ask me where I put yesterdays post or my house keys and I’ll have great difficulty in remembering. I reckon it's simply because I enjoy playing them so much, and since my accident, playing games on the computer has become an alternative analgesic to the opiates I take, and helps with my pain management just as much as the drugs do. It's a similar story with my main hobby photography, which until my accident had ‘nearly’ always been a passion. If you ask me about any photograph I've ever taken (well almost) I could easily point out exactly where I took it, even 40 or more years ago using Google Earth, (I've had a camera since I was 8 years old thanks to my grandfather, who gave me a kodak camera to start with. It even had a built in light meter, which was brilliant - I then went onto the Russian Zenit, then Pentax cameras{my favorite was the Pentax MX}, except for a twin lens reflex, that I used when I worked briefly as a wedding photorapher back in the late 70's). I could even give you some back ground as to why I took the picture, whether I’d planned it in advance - which I used to do all the time - I'd think nothing of getting up at some unearthly hour and cycling to a particular spot, sometimes 15 to 20 miles from home, just to get a sunrise at a particular spot, because I'd surmised that the lighting would improve the photo if I took it at a particular time of year. I was always interested in the effects the time of year had on lighting, and ultimately it's effect on the subject matter. I also used to love night photography. The last time I went out specifically at night (several years ago) was to try and catch some lightning during a big thunderstorm. I sat in the middle of a field in torrential rain for three hours waiting for a good shot, which I kept missing, lol.
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Stephen - here's my 2 cents on the nausea thing - I nursed my last roommate thru cancer. She was already very ill and bedridden before the diagnosis and nausea was a big part of it - I would give her cotton balls soaked in essential oils in one of those little self - zipping kind of plastic bags used for coins - lavender in one, and peppermint oil in the other. That way she would have them right there and ready to go when she needed it. When she got nauseous, she would open one, and inhale from it for a minute or two. (I'm Wiccan, and we were trying all kinds of alternative approaches to illness) and she said it helped immensely. It sounds a little like copmom's explanation of the alcohol - peppermint oil is pretty strong. The other thing to do is keep some dry crackers, or melba toast by the bed. When you wake up, DON'T sit up, just reach over, grab a couple crackers, and eat them. Wait a minute and then get up - this is an old trick for morning sickness, LOL, but hey, nausea is nausea, right (now stop laughing...if you can ;) ) and I can vouch that it worked for me...
Posted 16 years ago # -
copmom
MemberGee hamstergirl.. I'd forgotten about the saltines with morning sickness. They sure did help when feeling 'green'. Boy, I sure ate a LOT of those with 4 kids! But, I think you hit it on the head, regarding the alcohol.. it's not that smell particularly, it's any strong odor like the peppermint oil.
Posted 16 years ago # -
copmom - ONLY 4, LOL?!! Why I dropped four times that many my first litter,(and now you know why we eat our young, heh, heh)...Seriously, four kids - you have my MAJOR respect....(and the cracker companies must have grown verrrry fond of you as well, heh, heh).
Posted 16 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruThanks again ladies. All are worth trying, if only to stop the darned nausea, which seems to be happening more and more each day. I’ve even tried dropping the dose of my opiates by 5Mg, but that hasn’t helped. .
I still have bottles and bottles of essential oils because we were into it in a big way years ago. I used to put oils everywhere (such as on light bulbs and special holders that hung over radiators, so when the central heating or lights were turned on, you’d get the essential oils giving off increased amounts of fragrance - it was probably overpowering to visitors, but we were so used to them we didn't notice) Though the main use was for meditation and massage. However since the IRA bomb, which blew up the Corn Exchange in Manchester where I used to buy most of my oils from, I've not bought many. Also, as I wasn't an expert, but knew that some oils were dangerous to pregnant women, we stopped using them just as soon as Michelle became pregnant the first time. We never got back into using them. It's amazing how long some oils last. Though all the common ones such as peppermint oil, chamomile, tea tree and lavender have long since gone. There's nowhere nearby that sells oils unfortunately. I even bought a distillation apparatus with a view to getting my own oils from the various plants that grow wild hereabouts. (Originally I had to do it as an exercise when doing first year undergraduate chemistry at uni’)
I agree with you both that it’s probably the overpowering smells that work. I’d forgotten the power of nature.
Regards
Stephen
Posted 16 years ago # -
I've got a replacement for the rubbing alchol(-ether instead). JK though, It would work, but it could end up killing you if you falls asleep with the rag over face. I know guy far worse off than me and he uses crackers for the nausea and has for the the past 15 years.
Please don't ake me seriously about the ethr, I was just kidding around, its not worth the price you pay to your body to do it. And no I never have, the closest I've seen to ethr is starting fluid and I htink ya'll all now what means a s replacement.
Stephen , Get the Doc to wright you phenigran instead of that other. I love Phenigran.Don't get the rear entry ones make sure they are edible. Like I said in post, if it doesn't get rid of the nausea
Posted 16 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruI'll be posting one that'll keep you occupied for more than a month fairly soon. :)
Posted 16 years ago # -
ibwebb
MemberHey all..
I was browsing through the forum and came across this thread. I dont know if this info is helpful to any of you anymore but thought I would pass it on. Ginger (regular, candied, crystallized, etc)is really good for nausea as well. They sell it in suckers (lollipops), lozenges, teas, etc for people. I too am disabled and try to find more natural ways to deal with stuff (trying to avoid side affects mostly)and I found out about this long before I became disabled. It happen to stick in my head from when I was a phlebotomist (worked in the lab drawing blood, preparing lab samples, and assisting in autopsies) and worked in the CTS (cancer treatment center). Many of the people on chemo said it was the best thing ever for their nausea. Many said they would just buy the candied or crystallized ginger (it comes in small pieces when you buy it; usually) and they would just put it in their mouth and let it melt. Some swore that if you put it under your tongue it worked better and others said between your cheek and gum, but I didnt notice it working better than the other in either way. It does work well and without the side effects of the meds. WARNING it does have a very strong flavor that will stick in your mouth. It is for that reason that I do recommend small pieces and to use the candied or crystallized over straight. Also, the teas work well if the flavor is too potent to use straight out.
ibwebb
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