THINGS YOU GET IN YOUR INBOX

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This is a written form of what went through my mind this morning. I shall not be liable for any idiotic action you take after reading my musing. I'm not worth suing either. Arresting me will not make this country safer. Letting me go free does not make this country any more dangerous. If you're not 18 or unable to make a sound decision on your own, please go to another website.

This came in this morning from a friend. I have no doubt about the intent; it's good and noble but please, think real hard with an open but rational mind before believing everything that comes through your Inbox.

Below is an example; do not take Panadol. Read my response below the story. I wonder if the email writer works for Permanis or 100 Plus. Can't even spell paracetamol correctly. Bah!

"TRY 100PLUS & WATER - NOT PANADOL!!! it kills
DON'T TAKE PANADOL AND PANADOL ACTI FAST AND PANADOL SOLUBLE especially if you have gastric problems FYI... One real story from a friend.... My husband was working in a hospital as an IT engineer, as the hospital is planning to set up a database of its patient. And he knows some of the doctors quite well. The doctors used to tell him that whenever they have a headache, they are not willing to take PANADOL (PARACETMOL ).

In fact,they will turn to Chinese Herbal Medicine or find other alternatives. This is because Panadol is toxic to the body, and it harms the liver. According to the doctor, Panadol will reside in the body for at least 5 years. And according to the doctor, there used to be an incident where an air stewardess consumes a lot of panadol during her menstrual as she needs to stand all the time. She's now in her early 30's, and she needs to wash her kidney (DIALYSIS) every month.

As said by the doctor that whenever we have a headache, that's because it is due to the electron/Ion imbalance in the brain. As an alternative solution to cope with this matter, they suggested that we buy 1 or 2 cans of isotonic drink ( eg.100PLUS), and mix it with drinking water according to a ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 (simply, it means one cup 100plus, one cup water.or 2 cups water).

Me and my husband have tried this on several occasions, and it seems to work well. Another method will be to submerge your feet in a basin of warm water so that it bring the blood pressure down from your throbbing head. As Panadol is a pain killer, the more Panadol you take, the lesser would be your threshold for pain (your endurance level for pain).

We all will fall ill as we aged, for woman, we would need to go through childbirth. Imagine that we had spent our entire life popping quite a substantial amount of Panadol (Pain Killer) when you need to have a surgery or operation, you will need a much more amount of general anesthetic to numb your surgical pain than the average person who seldom or rarely takes Panadol ..

If you have a very high intake of Panadol throughout your life (Migraine, Menstrual cramps) it is very likely that normal general anesthetic will have no effects on you as your body is pumped full with panadol and your body is so used to pain killer that you would need a much stronger pain killer, Morphine?? Value your life, THINK b4 you easily pop that familiar pill into your mouth again. Please send this to people you care about."

My response;

• Human body is Allah’s creation. It’s not perfect since Allah intended it that way but scientists all around agreed that our body combined with our brain, akal and emotions result in the most complex and sophisticated piece of machine mankind has ever seen. It can survive under the most extreme conditions, if our mind really believe we can do it. No robot has come close to our level of performance yet.
• Panadol/paracetamol is a painkiller – what it does is block our nerve cells in the brain from receiving signal of the pain itself. Technically the pain is still there but we don’t feel it, because the signal was blocked, hence not interpreted as pain by our brain.
• Panadol is a typical modern medicine phenomena; most modern drugs/medicines are for eliminating symptoms, not curing the cause of the illness. Panadol/paracetamol ‘eliminates’ pain, not eliminating the root cause of the pain.
• Most things we consume can be toxic/harmful, if consumed excessively or wrongly, beyond what each person’s body can tolerate. For example, oxygen from air (which consitutes about 12% of air) is necessary for us to breathe and live. However, inhaling pure oxygen will burn your lungs, literally. We can drink water (2:1 oxygen:hydrogen ratio) orally but if you breathe in enough H2O through your nose, you’ll drown.
• Each person have different tolerance/threshold level to anything we take. For example, a cup of coffe can keep some people awake all night but for me personally, no amount of of black coffee can’t keep me awake if I’m want to go to sleep. How do you explain some Indians sleeping/walking on broken glasses and barely bleed?
• Same thing with panadol. For most people, taking it in the right dosage will not be harmful or lethal. Our liver is designed to dispose of toxins, natural or otherwise, including panadol. Everyday our body is exposed to millions of germs (virus/bacteria) and some produce toxins in our body. Most of the time our defense system is able to counter it, hence the toxins from these pathogens are disposed of through the liver system.
• As for menstrual/labor or any other excruciating pains like when we break a leg, our body produces a natural painkiller called endorphin. The common name for this is MORPHINE. That’s right, the morphine some people are addicted to.
• This is not to be mistaken with Power Rangers MIGHTY MORPHIN because that “morphin” in Power Rangers is actually an American slang for “morphing”. In BM, “morphing” simply means “bertukar”, like Power Rangers always do when baddies like Zorg appear to take over earth. Those idiots in Kementerian Penerangan who banned Power Rangers Mighty Morphin a few years ago should really take SRP (now PMR) English paper again.
• Back to the subject matter; how many times have we heard a woman asking for panadol/painkiller when they deliver? My wife gave birth to 2 children (5 years apart) but never asked for it.
• I had a friend on college who passed out after taking 40 panadols in one go. Now that’s an idiot. Smart enough to get admitted into college but not smart enough to handle the “pressure” of 1st year university workload. Whew!
• Speaking of traditional medicine, I believe it works. For prevention, someone advised me long ago to wash my feet first before showering to prevent from getting headaches easily. I hardly have headache. Whether washing my feet first or the fact that I have an easy job and hardly think is the reason for rarely getting a headache is open for debate.
• Even if I do, I try my best not to take panadol/painkiller. I usually take a cold shower and massage my head (coz my wife somehow wouldn’t do it), then lie down. It works so far.
  Another thing one can do to get rid of a headache is to increase blood flow. A few ways to increase blood flow;

1. Exercise; a light one would suffice
2. Have sex, or if partner is not available, tengok cerita blue
3. or watch horror movies if it’s at night but if you’re a ‘penakut’ type like me, you won’t sleep all night and your head will be pounding like a merdeka parade drum the next day.
   

• The million ringgit question would be; how about those millions of people who’ve been taking panadol all these years? I’ve taken a few myself in my 36-year existence but I feel ok. And I’m not addicted to morphine.

Thanks for reading.

LIFE'S TOUGH, GET A HELMET.