Mom, it’s time for the quiz!!
Wow! Again? So soon?
I’m not sure how many announcements I have to make this month, so we may as well go straight to the Death Report.
Well, if we have to….
I am sad to announce that Valerie Harper (“Rhoda” on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”) passed away in August at 80.
Oh no! Not Rhoda!
I believe she was fighting cancer.
I know, brain cancer, for years.
At one point there was a gofundme set up for her as apparently insurance didn’t cover all of her medication, and she must’ve been on a lot of it.
That is terrible! What an indictment of our so-called “health care” system! So Shana, get me an episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”!
Actually Mom, if you’ll remember, we did a Mary Tyler Moore Show quiz where we asked our listeners to find the remedies of Mary, Rhoda and Rhoda’s mother:
Thanks for reminding me, Shana!
The next death is kind of sad too but maybe less traumatic? I learned a lot when reading about a producer, engineer and session guitarist who just died named Jimmy Johnson. He is seated below next to Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones.
Turns out he co-founded Muscle Shoals Sound Studio located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, although it seems like he was also involved with FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals.
He was a session guitarist at Fame. You can hear his guitar on songs by Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Clarence Carter and others.
Anyway Muscle Shoals gave birth to songs like “I’ll Take You There” by the Staple Singers, “Careless Whisper” by George Michael, “When You’re In Love With a Beautiful Woman” by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show….
I know you’re probably gonna say, Who’s Dr. Hook?
No, Shana, that’s what everyone else is saying!!!!
Dr. Hook sang “On the Cover of the Rolling Stone”. By the way I’m starting to think that FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio are one and the same.
That’s understandable. They all started at Fame; then, in 1969, Jimmy Johnson and three others–the rhythm section at Fame– left to start their own studio, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio.
The list of Jimmy Johnson’s accomplishments in music is never-ending.
I was afraid of that….
But it includes, though not limited to, engineering three songs on the Rolling Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” album. (One of which is “Wild Horses”, though “Brown Sugar” was the famous one.)
The Rolling Stones again??? Have you noticed that no matter what we’re talking about, we’re talking about the Rolling Stones?
Apparently three of Glenn Frey’s solo albums…
Oh! And Glenn Frey! That’s another thing we’re always talking about… even when we’re not!
….were recorded at Muscle Shoals: “No Fun Aloud”, “The Allnighter”, and “Soul Searchin”. Also, guess what? Turns out there was a documentary about Muscle Shoals/FAME in 2013 which I just ordered from ebay. Wilson Pickett was in it, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards too. Obviously the presence of Mick and Keith means I have to see it.
Good grief!
I can’t wait until it comes.
Oh well, I suppose we should play a song recorded at Muscle Shoals/FAME.
Let’s play it at the end. Right now, we have to start
The Quiz!!!!!
Who is it this time?
Mrs. Eleanor Rosie Velt.
Mom! That sounds an awful lot like Eleanor Roosevelt!
Who’s she?
Uh, Mom? The late president’s wife?
Well, whoever she was, I asked her to fill out the questionnaire:
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Questionnaire
Name: “Eleanor Rosie Velt”
Age: 60
Male or Female: female
Weight: 173
Height: 5.5 ft.
Date: 8/26/19
Email Address:
- Describe the complaint
I feel really sick
Like im getting a bad cold in my chest
So tired
My voice is all deep and raspy
I feel like I’m going to throw up
I feel so strange
So tired, so really weird
- Etiology–
Saturday lip swelled up like it did last week. I’m thinking its detoxing parasites maybe.
Then Sunday I had rapid heartbeat, 120 beats, felt weird, thought I was having a heart issue but when i took a big glass of water and Dr. Schulze’s heart liquid herbs I felt way better.
Have had major bad indigestion for a month now with my voice getting deep and raspy and my throat hurts and it feels like im going to lose my voice. When I swallow it feels like a lump way down in my throat.
- Sensation–
Tired
My temp was 99.6 at doctors office today.
I asked doc if i could get ultra sound or MRI for indigestion pain and she said only endoscopy could be the test for that.
Super anxiety over my son who has opioid addiction. Terrifying situation.
Super stressful. It hurts to speak
I feel nauseous
Want to lay down but indigestion
I want to cry and I am scared.
Hate being alone when sick.
- Appearance–
Tired
WELTS ALL OVER ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING
- Location–where on the body is your complaint located?
INDIGESTION
CHEST
THROAT
WELTS ON LEGS AND ARMS SPORADICALLY
- Modalities–
[no answer]
- Concomitants
Burping
Ears ringing
Chills a little today
Dizzy a little
Feel need to lie down and not talk
Feel like i am losing my voice
This afternoon I felt like I couldn’t catch breath hard to breathe.
I felt like i used to feel when I was getting a cold in my chest and I would wind up in hospital with asthma attack .. scary feeling.
- Discharges–
Right now i feel like i want to throw up
And burping
And feel like stuff is stuck in my esophagus
Diarrhea too.
- Generals–
I’m scared; weak.
I’m tired.
- The mentals:
Freaked out over my son possibly dying from doing Fentanyl.
Anxiety awful.
- What have you been saying?
Trying to stay positive.
I can do all things thru God who strengthens me.
I hate being alone.
- What are you doing?
Lying down and going to bathroom.
- Describe your thirst and appetite–
Taking Juices
Want cold water
Don’t feel like eating
Ears ringing
- Fever?
Very hot outside
Doc said my temp was 99.6
And I did feel hot today.
- Sweating?
Sweating when outside or inside when in a warm room.
- Odors?
No
- What is most striking, peculiar or identifying about your condition?
It’s just WEIRD!
SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS!
VOICE CHANGING, DEEP HUSKY MAKING ME NERVOUS
INDIGESTION
TIRED
- Is there a diagnosis?
STUPID DOCTOR TOLD ME TO TAKE TUMS OR PRILOSEC WHICH I AM ALLERGIC TO
- Describe your energy–
TIRED
QUIET
WANT TO LAY DOWN THROAT HURTS
- What does your tongue look like?
Tongue is coated with white stuff
Cracked in places
- If you have a cough…
NO COUGH
- If you haven’t already said if you’re hotter or colder than usual, say it now.
Felt hot then cold
Want to put sweater on then get hot
Just want all this to GO AWAY !
She the doc said my right ear full of wax
- What are you eating?
Had grassfed GRASS-FED MILK, YOGURT
SALMON
Green tea
Steamed clams and shrimp
Green beans
Rice noodles
GREEN JUICES
PINEAPPLE JUICE
ROLL WITH BUTTER
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OK Eleanor, I think you need a dose of ______________ 200C. Let me know what happens.
Thank you so much, I was sooooo sick.
Wow, it worked. I’m amazed.
It was like I became a new person!
I went from awful sick to very well!!
It was shockingly great!
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So, everybody, what do you think the remedy was, and what do you think was wrong with her? Write to me and let me know.
My email address is [email protected]. The answer will be in next month’s ezine. Actually, the answer is ready now, click below:
And now! What kind of music is associated with Muscle Shoals, Alabama? Here we go. “I’ll Take You There!” The Staple Singers.
Hi Elaine,
Here’s my take on Eleanor: I think the most important part of the case is the “mentals.” Mainly, she feels so much anxiety over her son’s drug use that it’s making her feel sick in various ways. Arsenicum is a commonly used remedy for anxiety and it is the first remedy I think of when my friends and family members feel anxious. I know too, though, that bird remedies can also have this anxiety over their children’s well-being because that’s what my homeopath prescribed for me many years ago. So maybe what Eleanor needs is a bird remedy but for now, I’m going to stick with Arsenicum.
Thanks, Linda! I’ll reveal the answer in next month’s ezine.
Scroll up to “Related Posts” and click on “Revisiting: From Really Weird To Shockingly Great” for the answer.