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To: Mike McFarland who wrote (42)	10/12/2004 7:18:04 AM
From: daffodil	Respond to of 577

Mike, I don't know about the Fleet--> flu connection, but I have read that it's important to eat yogurt after any intestional cleansing (even after a bout of diarrhea), in order to help restore the "good" bacteria. Since the prep is the worst part of the procedure, it's a shame that you'll have to do it twice. I don't mind the cleansing, which is just an annoyance, but I hate having to starve for a day. I've learned to schedule them in the morning because the fasting is easier. The procedure itself is fascinating to watch (they give you great drugs so there's no pain or anxiety). The other thing about the prep is that there are two kinds: one with lots of liquid to drink and the other with very little volume. The latter is far preferable; often, people who have to drink the high-volume stuff feel nauseous. On the other hand, the low volume stuff doesn't taste great but it's over quickly. I don't know why doctors don't always request the low-volume prep. As you can tell, I've done this several times. I hope that you have a good result! }=>--------->>>>

To: Mike McFarland who wrote (42)	10/13/2004 12:32:35 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 577

<getting sick to prevent getting sick> Nova last night: pbs.org The woman they got to play Mary did a good job, and it was fairly entertaining. The photos of NYC squalor were probably the most interesting. But I would like to have heard a little about how this woman (and many others) could carry the typhoid bacteria in their gut for so long and remain disease free. You wouldn't think the bacteria would fit very well into an ecological niche in the gut. NARRATOR: In most cases of typhoid fever, the body is host to a microbial battle where there is a clear winner. If the bacteria win, the patient dies; if the immune system wins, the typhoid bacteria die. But in the case of a healthy carrier, there is no clear winner. The immune system protects the body from infection, but the bacteria continue to live. Mary, with no symptoms at all, is as contagious as someone sick with the disease. Not much of an explanation, but easy to find more stuff on the web... And I rather doubt Mary was as contagious as somebody running a fever... NARRATOR: Mary goes into court with some ammunition of her own. Using her boyfriend Briehof as a courier, she has been sending specimens for months to the Ferguson Laboratory in Manhattan. The results contradict the Health Department's. MARY MALLON: The Health Department report always comes back stating that typhus bacilli have been found. But my specialist, who is the head of his profession, reports that he has found none.