Cock a doodle..huh?

My dentist appointment is tomorrow and that squawking tooth will be history!

When 'Holy Communion Helen' was here this morning, she told me to put it under my pillow for the tooth fairy! Haha. We were reminiscing about life and we were amazed that neither one of us could remember someone's name from school. I have said all along that the 'weapons of mass destruction' were indeed released airborne and they are the reason that no one remembers anything...young, middle-aged, or old. It's a flippin' epidemic!!

Anyway, her hip is really bothering her and we got talking about solutions. After she left, I was reading the newspaper and there is a doctor's column[ Dr. Gott] where people write in and ask questions and/or share remedies for problems. So, today's column was:

"Relief for hip pain without surgery".

The tried, true, and popular answers were explained. And then it said,

"As to the injections that you heard about, your friend may have been referring to viscosupplementation, which involves injecting hyaluronic-acid derivitives into an affected knee to provide some cushioning. Created from rooster combs [that brightly colored, fleshy 'crown' on the top of a rooster's head], the product is similar to one of the components of normal joint fluid. It is currently only approved for osteoarthritis of the knee, but is being studied in other joints."

Well, that's great news, but can you predict my reaction??

Rooster combs???

Who would ever entertain the idea that rooster combs could have a beneficial secret??

Shockingly true, though, I was probably less aghast than most people would be...because of my prior experience with bizarre yet effective medical breakthroughs.

I remember that I was driving along in my car listening to [talk] radio about science, health, insurance companies, whatever! And the conversation went in the direction of ...'the latest rheumatoid arthritis break thru...and people would be surprised...back after this commercial word from...'

Well, perspective is everything, and they certainly had my attention!

A break thru drug, Enbrel, [ hey! That's what I am taking!] has undergone many years of testing. [yeah, yeah] and scientists achieved this new success working with recumbant DNA technology using the living cells... of small hamsters...WHAT???

It's a wonder that I didn't drive into a tree!

And I repeat my question:

Who would ever entertain the idea that hamster cells could help anyone...anyhow??

60 Minutes spoke of interspecies cloning to avoid the extinction of current ones. So many living animals are threatened, a 'frozen zoo' would preserve their DNA! An extinct wooly mammoth 40,000 years old frozen in permafrost had DNA intact where there was talk of resurrecting the wooly mammoth!! Can you believe it?

And this morning on CBS Sunday Morning, one of their stories ended with a statement about recognizing the talents of discovery, and science instead of celebrating today's stars, or the winners of television shows.

I agree.

And I would also like to personally acknowledge the hamsters and roosters, too!