COPD & Emphysema Support Group
COPD is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. Emphysema is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue, destruction of structures supporting the alveoli and of capillaries feeding the alveoli. Both have symptoms that include shortness of breath, among other respiratory troubles. If you are a COPD or Emphysema sufferer, join...
this is a pamphlet we used at my work from the Liver Foundation
HI IM YOUR LIVER!
Let me tell you how much I love youin 9 ways
1. I store the iron reserves you need, as well as a lot of vitamins and other minerals.Without me, you wouldnt have the strength to carry on!
2. I make bile to help digest your food. Without me, youd waste away to nothing.
3. I detoxify poisonous chemicals you give me, and that includes alcohol, beer, wine and drugs (prescribed and over-the-counter) as well as illegal substances. Without me, your bad habits would kill you.
4. I store energy, like a battery, by stockpiling sugar (carbohydrates, glucose and fat) until you need it. Without me, the sugar level in your blood could fall dramatically and youd go into a coma. You couldnt have gotten out of bed this morning if I werent on the job!.
5. I make the blood that got your system going even before you were born.Without me, you wouldnt be here!
6. I manufacture new proteins that your body needs to stay healthy and grow. Without me, you wouldnt grow properly!
7. I remove poisons from the air, exhaust smoke and chemicals you breathe. Without me, youd be poisoned by pollutants!
8. I make clotting factors that stop the bleeding when you accidentally prick yourself. Without me, youd bleed to death!
9. I help defend you against the germs going into your body all the time. I take those cold germs, flu bugs and other germs you encounter, and knock them dead or at least weaken them. Without me, youd be a sitting duck for every infection known to man.
Thats how much I love you but do you love me?
Let me tell you some ways to love me.
1. Don't drown me in beer, alcohol or wine! Even one drink is too much for some people and could scar me for life.
2. Watch those drugs! All drugs are chemicals and when you mix them up without a doctor's advise you could create something poisonous that could damage me badly.
I scar easily.. and those scars, called "cirrhosis" are permanent.
Medicine is sometimes necessary. But taking pills when they aren't necessary is a bad habit. All those chemicals can really hurt a liver.
3. Be careful with aerosol sprays! Remember, I have to detoxity what you breathe in, too. so when you are cleaning with aerosol cleaners, make sure the room is ventilated, or wear a mask.
That goes double for bug sprays, mildew sprays, paint sprays and all those other chemical sprays us use. Be careful what you breathe!
4. Watch what gets on your skin! Those insecticides you put on trees and shrubs not only kill bugs they can get to me right through you skins and destroy my cells, too. Remember they're all chemicals. Cover your skin with gloves, long sleeves, a hat and mask every time insecticides are in the air or is you're handling them.
5. Don't eat to much FATTY FOOD! I make the cholesterol you body needs, and I try to make the right amount.
Give me a break. Eat a good, well balanced nourish diet. If you eat the right stuff for me, I'll really do my stuff for you!.
WARNING:
I CAN'T AND WON'T TELL YOU I'M IN TROUBLE UNTIL I'M ALMOST AT THE END OF MY ROPE...AND YOURS.
Remember. I am a non-complainer. Overloading me with drugs, alcohol and other junk can destroy me! THIS MAY BE THE ONLY WARNING YOU WILL EVER GET!
...
My life , and yours, depends on how you treat me.
Your Every Loving Liver
HI IM YOUR LIVER!
Let me tell you how much I love youin 9 ways
1. I store the iron reserves you need, as well as a lot of vitamins and other minerals.Without me, you wouldnt have the strength to carry on!
2. I make bile to help digest your food. Without me, youd waste away to nothing.
3. I detoxify poisonous chemicals you give me, and that includes alcohol, beer, wine and drugs (prescribed and over-the-counter) as well as illegal substances. Without me, your bad habits would kill you.
4. I store energy, like a battery, by stockpiling sugar (carbohydrates, glucose and fat) until you need it. Without me, the sugar level in your blood could fall dramatically and youd go into a coma. You couldnt have gotten out of bed this morning if I werent on the job!.
5. I make the blood that got your system going even before you were born.Without me, you wouldnt be here!
6. I manufacture new proteins that your body needs to stay healthy and grow. Without me, you wouldnt grow properly!
7. I remove poisons from the air, exhaust smoke and chemicals you breathe. Without me, youd be poisoned by pollutants!
8. I make clotting factors that stop the bleeding when you accidentally prick yourself. Without me, youd bleed to death!
9. I help defend you against the germs going into your body all the time. I take those cold germs, flu bugs and other germs you encounter, and knock them dead or at least weaken them. Without me, youd be a sitting duck for every infection known to man.
Thats how much I love you but do you love me?
Let me tell you some ways to love me.
1. Don't drown me in beer, alcohol or wine! Even one drink is too much for some people and could scar me for life.
2. Watch those drugs! All drugs are chemicals and when you mix them up without a doctor's advise you could create something poisonous that could damage me badly.
I scar easily.. and those scars, called "cirrhosis" are permanent.
Medicine is sometimes necessary. But taking pills when they aren't necessary is a bad habit. All those chemicals can really hurt a liver.
3. Be careful with aerosol sprays! Remember, I have to detoxity what you breathe in, too. so when you are cleaning with aerosol cleaners, make sure the room is ventilated, or wear a mask.
That goes double for bug sprays, mildew sprays, paint sprays and all those other chemical sprays us use. Be careful what you breathe!
4. Watch what gets on your skin! Those insecticides you put on trees and shrubs not only kill bugs they can get to me right through you skins and destroy my cells, too. Remember they're all chemicals. Cover your skin with gloves, long sleeves, a hat and mask every time insecticides are in the air or is you're handling them.
5. Don't eat to much FATTY FOOD! I make the cholesterol you body needs, and I try to make the right amount.
Give me a break. Eat a good, well balanced nourish diet. If you eat the right stuff for me, I'll really do my stuff for you!.
WARNING:
I CAN'T AND WON'T TELL YOU I'M IN TROUBLE UNTIL I'M ALMOST AT THE END OF MY ROPE...AND YOURS.
Remember. I am a non-complainer. Overloading me with drugs, alcohol and other junk can destroy me! THIS MAY BE THE ONLY WARNING YOU WILL EVER GET!
...
My life , and yours, depends on how you treat me.
Your Every Loving Liver
Hugs Joanne xx
Linda
but then i think...bla bla bla. you just dont' want us to have any fun...huh? j/k
margaret