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[nihilistech]

Okay, I think that physiological and behavioral indicators make it safe to say that Pepper really is better now. She is eating, and bouncy and wiggly and killing her toys again.
The evil evil rimadyl* has left her system and the medication she is now on is successfully managing the residual digestive issues

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[aimgrrrl]

THANK GOODNESS that Pepper's better!! We were really worried, and I know you were too

[nihilistech]

Cool. Thanks.

I found that I really liked my little glass teapot with glass infuser, because it was so easy to clean (and to tell that it was clean). My biggest annoyance with looseleaf teas has been dealing with meshh type infusers, and getting bits o' tea leaf out of them.

Maybe I'll go see what Sbux has.

And thanks for the good thoughts for Pepper. This whole thing has been amazingly stressful. I have now told her that she is not allowed to damage any more teeth. And to think, I chose extraction because I thought it would be more straightforward than a root canal.

[nihilistech]

The Sbux I went to didn't have any teapots on display so I couldn't see what they're offering.
I will have to find another store. (This is one of those things I don't think I will order online, because I'm picky about the design and descriptions dn't usually explain handle position and the like.)

[aimgrrrl]

I completely get it! It's important for me as well to have just the right feel in my hands.

U-Village (the big store) should have a good display in the back right corner from the door. Also I know the SODO store has quite a bit, since I was just in there on Friday.

[leadinglabbie]

I'm really glad she's better. And, yeah...I gave rimadyl to G after her surgery about a year and a half ago, and I was pretty much in a panic the whole time. Fortunately, she didn't have any side effects

[nihilistech]

So you can imagine the state I was in when Pepper was exhibiting some unexpected side effects

Also, I really don't need to be corrupted. :) Part of the tea experiment is to get me to prepare all of the very nice looseleaf teas I have that I never make for myself. I'm not trying to quit coffee completely and permanently. I'd just like it to be less of a morning requirement, you know?

And I'd like to see the full article -- or better yet, the actual study it was based on.

[leadinglabbie]

Yeah--I bought some loose leaf teas and never finished them off either. I really liked them, but somehow it just never happened. Sadly, I don't know exactly where they are (this moving three times a year has got to stop...).

Googlilng the first part of that excerpt produced only one result:

Coffee Strong Enough to Ward Off Dementia? - Alzheimer's Disease Information on MedicineNet.com

It also says:

Researchers in Finland and Sweden examined the records of 1,409 people whose coffee drinking habits had been recorded when they were at midlife.

Those who drank three to five cups of coffee per day in midlife were much less likely to have developed dementia or Alzheimer's in follow-up checks two
decades or more later, the researchers say in the January issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

[nihilistech]

The moving three times a year thing stops this summer, yes?