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Is there a doctor on "House"

Tuesday nights usually finds me watching "House" on the Fox network. I love the way Dr. House treats (or maybe mistreats!) his patients.

The episode this week was about a couple who had been to Mexico recently for a vacation.  When they came back he started having mysterious symptoms, like a swollen tongue, difficulty breathing, kidney failure, lung problems and the list went on and on! After eliminating everything under the sun, Dr. House figured out that the wife was sprinkling something on her husband's favorite food....Corn Flakes! It was something called gold sodium thiomalate. Gold, huh! So this inquiring mind checked it out for you.

What is gold sodium thiomalate?

Gold sodium thiomalate is a form of gold. Gold suppresses the inflammatory process. Gold sodium thiomalate is used as an injection to treat adult and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Gold shots were in the past the standard of care in treating moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis. As newer treatments have become available with superior benefit and less risk, gold injections are rarely initiated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

On the other hand, there is evidence that gold injections have placed some patients into permanent remission. As a result, if a patient has gotten a good response to gold injections, they are typically continued. Stopping the gold in these patients may trigger a recurrence of arthritis activity which may not respond to resumption of therapy with gold.

Unfortunately, as gold shots have become less utilized in treatment, companies have stopped making the medication. Previously there were two formulations of gold, Solganol and Myochrysine. Only Myochrysine is now available and often patients will develop a reaction to this formulation making it unacceptable to continue treatment.

Oral gold unfortunately had only minimal benefit in treatment so it was uncommonly prescribed. Ridaura is the oral gold preparation. As far as I know, it is still available but rarely used here in the

U.S., but is still popular in Mexico. Ah ha!!! That's where she got it!!! But this is where I got the best information about gold:

http://arthritis.about.com/od/injectablegold/f/gold.htm

And if you want to read about the episode of "House" that I'm been writing about, go to:

http://www.fox.com/house/episodes/

I'm sure that the gold I sell heals many a heart just as well. My website is:

http://stores.ebay.com/Tupelo-Jewelry-and-Gifts

You can shop there 24/7

Patti

10 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Diamonds

David Letterman is not the only one with a "Top Ten" list. I found this list from Nancy Pier Sindt and thought you might enjoy it! See how many you already knew.

Patti

Your Top Dozen Facts About Diamonds By Nancy Pier Sindt

• Diamonds are the hardest known substance on earth.

• A diamond is the simplest of all gems in chemical terms; it is composed of the single element carbon.

• The word "diamond" comes from the Greek word "adamas," meaning "unconquerable."

• No two diamonds can ever be exactly alike because each stone's complex characteristics cannot be duplicated.

• More than 250 tons of ore need to be blasted, crushed and processed to yield one carat of rough diamond.

• Only 20% of all rough diamonds are suitable for gem cutting.

• Most of the diamonds used in fine jewelry today are more than 100 million years old.

• Approximately 70% of all brides receive a diamond engagement ring; 75% of all first-time brides receive one.

• The melting point of a diamond - 6900� F - is two-and-a-half times that of steel.

• The word "carat" for the measurement of a diamond's weight is derived from the carob seeds that were used to balance scales in ancient times.

• Not all diamonds are white. Colored diamonds, known as "fancies," are valued for their depth of color, just as a white diamond is valued for its colorlessness.

• Interstellar space is filled with trillions of microscopic diamond crystals that astronomers believe are the byproducts created by the expansion, contraction and explosion of dying stars.

That's all for now folks!

I'm having fun!

I am having so much fun these days. It seems that a little publicity and lots of great service has turned our EBAY store into a right nice little cottage industry. So this weekend, I plan to make some upgrades to the EBAY store and make it even more user friendly. So don't change that dial....I'll be back!

Patti

Blogging Buddy

My good friend and mentor Paul Chaney, the grand high pooh bah of the blogging world is about to tie the knot. I wanted to take a moment and wish him and his bride to be, all the best life has to offer.

They met over the Internet, made contact over Christmas and got engaged on Valentine's Day. Don't you just love mushy stuff like that? It makes you know that romance is still around.

Sometimes, I think that men have completely forgotten about romance. I mean, every day someone comes into my shop wanting me to appraise a diamond for them, but not necessarily for insurance purposes, most of the time it is for confirmation of price or the quality of the diamond. They have "researched" all the diamond web sites, grilled every jewelry salesperson for ten miles around town, and then end up on my doorstep, because "they trust me to be honest with them".  Why is all this technical information so important to them? Whatever happened to buying a diamond you could afford and making a proposal she'll never forget?  You are not buying this diamond for a quick turn investment (I hope!) and if you didn't trust the person you bought it from, why did you buy it? It takes a long time for a diamond to appreciate to the "make a profit" stage. And any woman that truly loves you, would rather you cut off her arm, than give up her engagement ring. To most women, it really could be a cigar band as long as you gave it to her with love.

I see many older couples celebrating 50Th anniversaries and this is the first time he's been able to get her a diamond ring. But you know what always gets to me? She'll be standing across the counter twisting a worn, thin, wedding band around her finger, saying that the new ring is very beautiful, but it could never mean as much to me as the love and the life they've shared with this little wedding band.

By now you think the diamond diva has gone off the deep end! Oh no, I just think there should be a return to romance and love in the acquiring engagement rings.

Thanks Paul, for making me know that romance still lives....congratulations to you both.

Getting Ready!

Wow, been a while since I've posted. I won't let that happen again. Big doings here at Way-Fil Jewelry. As you know we moved into the tire store after the fire last November. Now the building next to us is available. We start renovations next week...I hope!! Let me tell you the best part. After the fire I was really sad because we lost our beautiful custom made counters and I just didn't have the heart to start over picking colors and sizes and such. In January, the Southern Jewelry News featured our tale of woe on their cover. As luck would have it, a kind gentleman in North Carolina read it and called me. He was retiring and wondered if we would like to buy his custom made counters, displays, lights and a safe!!! In essence...a Jewelry Store In A Box!!! The counters were only four years old and in excellent condition. You guessed it. I wired him the money before he could change his mind!! Right now everything is being stored in a warehouse there in North Carolina until we are ready to set up in the new building. Here's a big hug and kiss to Jim Kennedy who wrote the article for Southern Jewelry News AND a really big hug and smacky smooch to Mike from Precision Custom Jewelry in Cornelius, North Carolina. I'll post some photos when we get off an running. Keep checking back with the diamond diva online!!!

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