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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Lynn Commented:
I think you need to give the turmeric more time to work. Is it just supposed 
to help with the inflammation, or is it supposed to work on the root of the 
problem? I think anything that is benign and can cut down on the amount of 
commercial drugs  is a good thing. I don't know how you can get so much done 
when you are in pain.

Jeanne's reply:
Here is my take on how the Turmeric works. From the experience of not having 
any on hand for about a week, the pain returned, especially in the knees.  So 
my guess is that it is for sure an into inflammatory and that it eases pain.  
My other guess is that it does not cure the cause.  One knee was badly 
damaged in a fall when I wa younger and ignored the damage.  Then I spent 
much time favoring the knee and thus put a lot of strain on the good one.  
Now thy are both bad, but so far I have held out against knee surgery.  This 
past year I regained about 15 pounds and that alone has put much added stress 
on the knee joints,  This year I am working on taking that excess weight off. 
 According to  what I have read loosing one pound takes 4 pounds worth of 
pressure off the knee joints.   The turmeric does its job, especially when I 
get the extra weight off the joints.  Another observation is that even when I 
was on the thin side my knees bothered me too, so when at the proper weight 
the turmeric seems to do the best job.  My body seems to respond the best 
when I put the powder directly into a drink.  It seems to be absorbed much 
better .  Before I discovered the way I do it now I was taking a huge pill 
and do  not think I was absorbing the dosage very well.
Bev you have RA and I have osteo arthritis!  There is a big difference!  
Changing all the things that your body has been used to will take time.  My 
thoughts would be to give yourself 6 months.
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
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Bev writes:

> ...is the Dark Cornish breed the same Cornish of the 'Cornish cross'/Giant
cornish...are those birds the product of a cross between a Dark Cornish
rooster and maybe a White Rock or something similar?  If so, is there some
reason why it would not make sense to have a Dark Cornish mating
pair/rooster?

The Dark (or any other color) Cornish has so little relationship to the
modern meat bird called a "Cornish cross" that it's misleading to use the
same name. It leads to one of the most frequently asked questions: "If I
cross a Cornish and a Rock, will I have a Cornish cross?" to which the
answer is, "You'll have the variable slow-growing bird of sixty-odd years
ago, not the thrifty, large-breasted, fast-growing bird of today."

I have not raised Cornish breed chickens, so I can't give you any first-hand
information. I have heard that, like other giant breeds, they take a long
time to reach full size. I have heard that, like other game-type chickens,
the males are "more aggressive." I've heard that they lay smaller eggs and
not too many of 'em. I've never heard anyone claim they are a utility breed
;-).

Karen Black
Norton Creek Farm
Blodgett, OR