Detox Treatment: How Effective?

It's a big decision and a lot of support is involved in order to go through opiate detox treatment. Support from immediate family as well as friends is a must if someone wants to be successful with this kind of treatment. This is my personal belief.

In order to be able to go through the treatment plan, the person must undergo detoxification process. This is the process of removing/getting rid of the drugs/alcohol of the addicted person body and getting the person physically stable.

This process is best achieve under the care of a health care professional because of the danger to the person detoxing. There are many health concerns when a person is undergoing detox. A few things that can happen are:

- the person may experience delirium or in medical term DT's or delirieum tremens. According to PubMed Health "Delirium tremens is a severe form of alcohol withdrawal that involves sudden and severe mental or nervous system changes. Symptoms most often occur within 72 hours after the last drink..."
- seizure can occur
- nausea and vomiting
- rapid heart rate (hyperventilation)
- tremors

If the person is addictive to a certain medications or prescription drugs, the doctor can safely detox the patient by prescribing lesser dosage until the body will get used to lower dosage. But there are times that this process is not effective.

If you know a love one that are going through some type of addiction, its best to intervene as early as possible. Find some support system that will be able to help and consult a professional in order for this process to be effective.

Passion for Music

I have a 5 years old daughter who loves music, loves to sing, loves to dance and there are times that she even knows the lyrics better than I do. Last night we were singing a song from a famous band, which I am not going to mentioned :) but from out of nowhere she just said, "Mommy we should start a band, I will be the singer and you can play the drum" and I was like, "We can totally do that!"

I've always wanted to learn how to play the drum. But it looks like it's so complicated. I can use one drum and that's about it.

My question is do I need to encourage her love of playing musical instrument while she is young or maybe wait a few more years to see if she is really going to love it. In this way I don't waste money and time. Or maybe I can go ahead and buy one of those electronic drum set and let her just have a go with it. She may not be the only one that will love it. I know I will definitely have a turn with it and maybe even my husband.

photo credit : thevintagecupcakephotography

Easy way to send flowers

One of the thing that I really like about the latest technology today is you can do your shopping without living your home. Take for example, you want to send a gift for someone, let's say a flower. All you have to do is turn your computer on, make sure that you are connected to the internet of course, type in send flowers online on your search box, or just type in flowers and there's hundreds of website that you can visit and search for flower arrangement. Now if you want to be specific on what you're looking for, just change your keyword search. You can also narrow your search to your local area by adding your city.

I found this website that don't charge a service fee and delivery is included on the price and they also have a collection that when someone order they donate 18% of the gross from each item purchased from that collection. Here's a sample of an arrangement from the collection.

Here's another one that I really love because of the pop of color. It's cheery and fun, lavender roses, hydrangea, calla-lily, hyacinth, and more.

HP NetBooks

As an older student, there are times that I still prefer to write using a pen and paper during lecture instead of using a computer to take notes. But there are a lot of students now a days that prefer using a laptop to take to school to do note taking and pretty much everything else. Well instead of using a bulky laptop why note use an hp netbooks.

Let me give you some of the benefits of using a netbook.

I'ts lightweight. Netbooks tend to be smaller, lighter and have smaller screen.

They are super compact. You can easily whip out your netbook and take notes without annoying student next to you, compare to pulling a full 17 inch laptop inside a crowded lecture hall.

I'm only giving you 2 but if you want to find out what other benefits you can get, all you have to do is check out the features of netbook.

Stadiometer??!

Before I went to nursing school, I have absolutely no idea of the terminologies, let alone the names of the different instrument used by the hospitals, clinics, nurses, doctors or any other medical personnel. When I came across the word stadiometer I immediately thought it's something that you used for measuring something... because it has meter on the word. Well, it turns out it is "a device for measuring height that typically consists of a vertical ruler with a sliding horizontal rod or paddle which is adjusted to rest on the top of the head" that's according to merriam webster dictionary.

Here's a picture of it.



There you go folks, you learned something new everyday.

Gadget for an Avid Golfer

Are you the competitive type of person who want to get an edge when your playing golf. If you are then this handheld garmin gps is perfect for you.

Some of the features of this gadget are:
High-sensitivity GPS receiver and sport watch in one
More than 15,000 preloaded U.S. and Canadian course maps
64 x 32 LCD display
Records individual shot distances
Waterproof
Built-in Odometer and alarm clock
USGA and R&A compliant (legal under the Rules of Golf)

This full featured sports watch has a built in GPS. It combines a high sensitivity GPS receiver with a lightweight and flexible watch. It gives you a precised yardage with no set up or subscription fee.

For more information and to check out this handy gadget, visit the link above.