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Friday, August 28, 2009
MileStone
I am a milestone over the highway.
Cars and vans, bikes and trucks
Men and women, boys and gals
They all passed me in ones and groups.
Some looked at me; some did not
Some stared at me; some did not
‘Yes!, we are almost there’ some
Shouted with cheer; and some
Said ‘Oh No ! long way to go’.
And Some? Some did not see me
And they lost their way, somehow.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Creatine and Migraine..
Can supplementing with Creatine monohydrate result in migraine headaches?
Well, I think it can. It has something to do with the body type also. Some people require more water than many others (like me). If such people has the history of migraine too, one has to be a little more careful with Creatine. Why coz, the presence of creatine forces the muscles to draw more water into it. If there is not enough water, it draws it from blood causing a pressure imbalance that can trigger migraine (remember that migraine is a vascular issue). And hence one has to drink lots of water. For people with the history of migraine plus need more water should drink at least 3-4 liters of water if supplementing with creatine. Says who?
Says me. I did not read any research paper on this but I did a research on my body at my cost. And it’s a fact. When I started getting migraine on a regular basis, I started keenly observing my diet. And found that the nutritional supplement I was taking had creatine. Then one can ask, a supplement can contain many things and creatine is just one among them. So, how can we conclude that creatine is the culprit?
Easy. Stop that supplement and take creatine alone for a short period. And I did that. I took 5 gram of creatine per day and experimented with different quantities of water intake and found out that the quantity of water we drink has a lot to do with the migraine we get (and the muscle cramps, obviously). When I tried very little of creatine and lots of water, it did not end up in migraine. That means creatine may not be a direct trigger for migraine.
Well, I stopped playing with creatine when my doc told me that I am playing with my own kidneys since creatine is excreated through kidneys (urine) and not through stools. So, if you are supplementing with creatine, drink lots and lots of water, plain water. IT IS A MUST. Else you might end up damaging your kidneys (yes, I know, the manufacturers too ask us to drink enough water).
And there is one very important thing about supplements. If you have doubts about supplements, ask a medical doctor and not your fitness trainer.
Well, I think it can. It has something to do with the body type also. Some people require more water than many others (like me). If such people has the history of migraine too, one has to be a little more careful with Creatine. Why coz, the presence of creatine forces the muscles to draw more water into it. If there is not enough water, it draws it from blood causing a pressure imbalance that can trigger migraine (remember that migraine is a vascular issue). And hence one has to drink lots of water. For people with the history of migraine plus need more water should drink at least 3-4 liters of water if supplementing with creatine. Says who?
Says me. I did not read any research paper on this but I did a research on my body at my cost. And it’s a fact. When I started getting migraine on a regular basis, I started keenly observing my diet. And found that the nutritional supplement I was taking had creatine. Then one can ask, a supplement can contain many things and creatine is just one among them. So, how can we conclude that creatine is the culprit?
Easy. Stop that supplement and take creatine alone for a short period. And I did that. I took 5 gram of creatine per day and experimented with different quantities of water intake and found out that the quantity of water we drink has a lot to do with the migraine we get (and the muscle cramps, obviously). When I tried very little of creatine and lots of water, it did not end up in migraine. That means creatine may not be a direct trigger for migraine.
Well, I stopped playing with creatine when my doc told me that I am playing with my own kidneys since creatine is excreated through kidneys (urine) and not through stools. So, if you are supplementing with creatine, drink lots and lots of water, plain water. IT IS A MUST. Else you might end up damaging your kidneys (yes, I know, the manufacturers too ask us to drink enough water).
And there is one very important thing about supplements. If you have doubts about supplements, ask a medical doctor and not your fitness trainer.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
No reason..Wrong reason
Sometimes, we lose our friends for no reason. And sometimes it is for wrong reasons.
A close friend of mine started walking away from me for no reason. Another friend (?) of mine kept me at bay thinking that I am not educated and knowledgeable. Third one kept away from me for years thinking that I am physically handicapped !
All that required to reason could be a few open moments…
A close friend of mine started walking away from me for no reason. Another friend (?) of mine kept me at bay thinking that I am not educated and knowledgeable. Third one kept away from me for years thinking that I am physically handicapped !
All that required to reason could be a few open moments…
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Understanding H1N1
The WHO declared swine flu as a pandemic (an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world). So far it is the pandemic of 2009.There was panic around the world. What is this H1N1?
I am NOT talking about the symptoms or treatments or precautions to be taken or what one should do or what one should not do or when to meet a doc or diagnose or treat the flu or anything like that. What I discuss here is some very basics about the virus that cause swine flu.
What is A(H1N1)?
That is the technical name given to a virus that cause flu or what is called ‘swine flu’. There are basically three categories of virus that can cause influenza or flu in humans and they are Influenzavirus A,B and C. The swine flu virus belong to Influenza A virus family (Orthomyxoviridae family, to be specific).
Why is it called swine flu?
Swine flu has three stages. This virus can cause flu in pigs. This flu can spread from pig to pig and that is the first stage. Then this flu virus enters into humans (and undergoes some modifications) who are taking care of these infected pigs and that is the second stage. At the third stage, virus spreads from to human to human and that is what we are facing now. As we can see, the roots points to pig and hence somebody named it swine flu. But the cause of infection is NOT eating (cooked) pork.
Why this virus is named H1N1? Or what dose those number mean?
H (or HA) stands for hemagglutinin and N stands for neuraminidase. These two are proteins found on the surface of the virus. The number was given on the basis of its form/type. So far, 16 variants of HA has been identified (H1 to H16). Same is the case with N. There are 9 types of neuraminidase (N1 to N9). Swine flu virus has H1 type of hemagglutinin and N1 type of neuraminidase (other than these two proteins, an Influenza A virus has 9 more proteins in them).
Why does H1N1 cause pneumonia?
Not just the H1N1 but the all the viruses that comes under Influenza A category are said to be pneumotropic. That means these viruses have some special affinity for lung tissues. That is the reason why some people developed pneumonia after getting infected by H1N1 flu virus. People who had earlier history of lung related diseases are more prone to develop pneumonia and not every one who gets infected by H1N1.
Finally, how serious is H1N1 infection?
A very healthy person might not require any antiviral medicine (like Tamiflu). A combination of rest and nutrition is what our body needs to fight it out in most of the cases. It is like any other seasonal flu and mortality ratio (about 1%) is not very high (or that is what I understand from the statistics given by W.H.O). In MANY of the death cases, it is said that, those died had some history of other illness (like pneumonia, high blood sugar, asthma, bronchitis, hypertension etc or people who are less immune – means who used to catch seasonal diseases almost all the time).
I am NOT talking about the symptoms or treatments or precautions to be taken or what one should do or what one should not do or when to meet a doc or diagnose or treat the flu or anything like that. What I discuss here is some very basics about the virus that cause swine flu.
What is A(H1N1)?
That is the technical name given to a virus that cause flu or what is called ‘swine flu’. There are basically three categories of virus that can cause influenza or flu in humans and they are Influenzavirus A,B and C. The swine flu virus belong to Influenza A virus family (Orthomyxoviridae family, to be specific).
Why is it called swine flu?
Swine flu has three stages. This virus can cause flu in pigs. This flu can spread from pig to pig and that is the first stage. Then this flu virus enters into humans (and undergoes some modifications) who are taking care of these infected pigs and that is the second stage. At the third stage, virus spreads from to human to human and that is what we are facing now. As we can see, the roots points to pig and hence somebody named it swine flu. But the cause of infection is NOT eating (cooked) pork.
Why this virus is named H1N1? Or what dose those number mean?
H (or HA) stands for hemagglutinin and N stands for neuraminidase. These two are proteins found on the surface of the virus. The number was given on the basis of its form/type. So far, 16 variants of HA has been identified (H1 to H16). Same is the case with N. There are 9 types of neuraminidase (N1 to N9). Swine flu virus has H1 type of hemagglutinin and N1 type of neuraminidase (other than these two proteins, an Influenza A virus has 9 more proteins in them).
Why does H1N1 cause pneumonia?
Not just the H1N1 but the all the viruses that comes under Influenza A category are said to be pneumotropic. That means these viruses have some special affinity for lung tissues. That is the reason why some people developed pneumonia after getting infected by H1N1 flu virus. People who had earlier history of lung related diseases are more prone to develop pneumonia and not every one who gets infected by H1N1.
Finally, how serious is H1N1 infection?
A very healthy person might not require any antiviral medicine (like Tamiflu). A combination of rest and nutrition is what our body needs to fight it out in most of the cases. It is like any other seasonal flu and mortality ratio (about 1%) is not very high (or that is what I understand from the statistics given by W.H.O). In MANY of the death cases, it is said that, those died had some history of other illness (like pneumonia, high blood sugar, asthma, bronchitis, hypertension etc or people who are less immune – means who used to catch seasonal diseases almost all the time).
Monday, August 17, 2009
Swine Flu and Helmet !
Finally swine flu reached here in my city too. When I mentioned death in my earlier blog, I had no idea that death in the form of H1N1 is going to visit my city.
The first H1N1 death here happened to be a teacher from my son’s school. This was a slight shock for many of us.
Is H1N1 that serious? I read lots of stuff and finally got fed up. The reality is no one exactly knows. This is because it’s said to be a new strain of virus. It will take some time to understand the virus and develop a proper vaccine (the vaccine just got developed is said to have some serious known and unknown side effects like paralysis or even death) There are doctors and experts who think that it’s not serious. And on the other side too stands a set of qualified doctors and experts who say it is serious. After all, those who died include medical doctors too.
There was this statistics showing normal flu death is more than H1N1 related one. Is that true? For me, it looked clever. Because in that representation, this particular strain [A( H1N1)] stands at one end and all other flu viruses stand at the other end as a single entity.
(There are lots of viruses that cause flu. Flu causeing viruses in human are mainly classified into Influenzavirus A, B and C. H1N1 is a subtype of Influenzavirus A. There are many other members in the same family like (H2N2 [caused Asian Flu), H3N2 [caused Hong Kong Flu], H5N1 [caused Bird Flu] etc). H stands for Hemagglutinin and N stands for Neuraminidase. These two are proteins found on the surface of the virus. H number and N number is assigned based on the structural form of these two proteins. The structure differes from strain to strain)
How is the government handling the issue? The government should be ashamed of themselves. One needs to understand that H1N1 came to India after many deaths in the Americas. India should have taken it seriously when we saw the reality that a country likes US had hundreds of victims. This is very important coz the US is a developed country and it has all the machineries to handle such issues where as India is a developing (since ages) country which do not have any such system to handle such emergencies.
The most stupid decision the government came out with was approving ONLY government hospitals to handle H1N1 cases. We all know what government hospitals are known for – dirtiness, lack of facilities, rude staff, lack of staff, no accountability, irresponsibility…. The Indian government should have taken a lesson from Philippines. They allowed major private hospitals to screen and admit H1N1 cases (India too did it at last, when things went worse).
What is the ‘cure’ for H1N1? Around the world, docs depended on one brand of anti-viral tablet – Tamiflu. What was the procedure to get Tamiflu in India? One need to get it confirmed by the labs, even if one had classical H1N1 flu symptoms. How long will it take to get it confirmed by the lab? Initially it took even 5 days. Most of the people who died here got the test result after their death ! (And the souls hesitated to take Tamiflu !; am kidding)
Why is this? Coz there were one or two labs who can do the test. At this point, the government needs to consider one thing. India has the second largest population in this world and keeping just one or two virology lab is ridiculous. This is more important than sending a mission to moon.
Yes, the government came out approving more labs and more hospitals when their initial facilities failed to meet the situation. When the death toll crossed 20, government came with a new norm for Tamiflu. Now the doctors can start the drug before the lab result arrives.
Is the government and the beaurocracy committed to people as they swear? When the government implemented the helmet rule, they said its for the safety of the people. What they wanted was to save people’s life !!! HAHAHA
Now that we got a chance to see how the government and beaurocracy love their people. Why is it so?
Its all coz of the thrash politicians and their system.
The first H1N1 death here happened to be a teacher from my son’s school. This was a slight shock for many of us.
Is H1N1 that serious? I read lots of stuff and finally got fed up. The reality is no one exactly knows. This is because it’s said to be a new strain of virus. It will take some time to understand the virus and develop a proper vaccine (the vaccine just got developed is said to have some serious known and unknown side effects like paralysis or even death) There are doctors and experts who think that it’s not serious. And on the other side too stands a set of qualified doctors and experts who say it is serious. After all, those who died include medical doctors too.
There was this statistics showing normal flu death is more than H1N1 related one. Is that true? For me, it looked clever. Because in that representation, this particular strain [A( H1N1)] stands at one end and all other flu viruses stand at the other end as a single entity.
(There are lots of viruses that cause flu. Flu causeing viruses in human are mainly classified into Influenzavirus A, B and C. H1N1 is a subtype of Influenzavirus A. There are many other members in the same family like (H2N2 [caused Asian Flu), H3N2 [caused Hong Kong Flu], H5N1 [caused Bird Flu] etc). H stands for Hemagglutinin and N stands for Neuraminidase. These two are proteins found on the surface of the virus. H number and N number is assigned based on the structural form of these two proteins. The structure differes from strain to strain)
How is the government handling the issue? The government should be ashamed of themselves. One needs to understand that H1N1 came to India after many deaths in the Americas. India should have taken it seriously when we saw the reality that a country likes US had hundreds of victims. This is very important coz the US is a developed country and it has all the machineries to handle such issues where as India is a developing (since ages) country which do not have any such system to handle such emergencies.
The most stupid decision the government came out with was approving ONLY government hospitals to handle H1N1 cases. We all know what government hospitals are known for – dirtiness, lack of facilities, rude staff, lack of staff, no accountability, irresponsibility…. The Indian government should have taken a lesson from Philippines. They allowed major private hospitals to screen and admit H1N1 cases (India too did it at last, when things went worse).
What is the ‘cure’ for H1N1? Around the world, docs depended on one brand of anti-viral tablet – Tamiflu. What was the procedure to get Tamiflu in India? One need to get it confirmed by the labs, even if one had classical H1N1 flu symptoms. How long will it take to get it confirmed by the lab? Initially it took even 5 days. Most of the people who died here got the test result after their death ! (And the souls hesitated to take Tamiflu !; am kidding)
Why is this? Coz there were one or two labs who can do the test. At this point, the government needs to consider one thing. India has the second largest population in this world and keeping just one or two virology lab is ridiculous. This is more important than sending a mission to moon.
Yes, the government came out approving more labs and more hospitals when their initial facilities failed to meet the situation. When the death toll crossed 20, government came with a new norm for Tamiflu. Now the doctors can start the drug before the lab result arrives.
Is the government and the beaurocracy committed to people as they swear? When the government implemented the helmet rule, they said its for the safety of the people. What they wanted was to save people’s life !!! HAHAHA
Now that we got a chance to see how the government and beaurocracy love their people. Why is it so?
Its all coz of the thrash politicians and their system.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Fragmented thoughts..
“You are not bothered, are you ?” asked my wife to me.
She is going through some BIG stress. She talked her issues at office to me since I can understand it. Yes, things at her work looked something stupid but at the end, I told her some silly thing that happened to me that day. That was when she asked me that.
Well, she had genuine reasons to get stressed or worried, I understand. But sometimes I (unnecessarily?) go logical and here too I saw some logical reasons. Well, I can’t tell that to her, so I just shared her concerns and tried to dilute the stress.
We can be philosophical with others but when something happens to our dear ones, we worry. Its natural, I guess. Its kind of bad time, it looks like. Stress stress and more stress.. I just got a news letter I subscribe and it read like this:
“These are stressful times. Whether it’s the latest economic news, personal health issues, family problems, or world events, you are faced with challenges that can cause stress. Stress has been linked to heart disease and stroke, influences cancer and respiratory diseases, and can trigger asthma, arthritis, and gastrointestinal problems…….”
The swine flu finally reached my city too. Today, I sent my son to school, as usual and then I came to know that they closed school for 5 days (I got the SMS message from school bit late. He waited for his school bus and finally came back since the bus did not come). Death of couple of kids can add stress to parents.. Death is the ultimate reality (though we can come back) but its very hard to digest when someone close to us dies.
Sometimes some kind of people can give us more stress that too at bad times. I have a friend who goes very philosophical (but lives truly materialistic) and says ‘everything has a reason’ whenever I fell ill or shared my worries. But the typhoons in her country, her illness, her family issues…..such things were ‘big issues’ for her. She was sad the other day when her country’s former president died of colon cancer (she was 76). That time, I deliberately went philosophical and said :
“people die and it needs a reason”.
As I expected, my friend did not like that and avoided me for couple of days. I was thinking of my father that time. He was damn healthy. I have never seen him falling sick with flu or cold or any such seasonal diseases (at least I don’t remember not even a single instance other than his last days). But he died at the age of 55 !.
Anyway, I think it is better we don’t go philosophical when somebody is in heart mode than head mode. Now I think it was good that I wasn’t in touch with that friend when my mother died.
This thought reminded me of another friend of mine. We weren’t in good terms when my mother died. But even after two years I can tell that she gave me one of her most memorable moments for me. A total contrast to the other friend, though both share many identities….
I was thinking of death, the other day…
Death, dead body, graveyard or even the thought of such things can give us fear, in general.
It was night and I was waiting for the lift to come….
(There is a glass covered area near out lift. And from there we can see a part of our own car parking lot to kilometers and kilometers. Next to our boundary, there is a temporary colony of workers. They are from far away places and they work for a construction company which is building an apartment just about half a kilometer away from our apartment. Once the work is over, these workers will move to new location.)
I saw a dim light in that colony. And in that dim light, I saw a new grave. Somebody died there and they buried the body there itself. It was decorated with orange and yellow colored flowers. It looked really spooky.
“……look, I have seen an accident spot where the skull got crushed and brain came out…I have been to mortuary and seen bodies of some accident victims…it was just in front of my eyes that blood started oozing out of my mother’s mouth…” : me
“OK OK, will you please stop this?” : my wife
I stopped...
She is going through some BIG stress. She talked her issues at office to me since I can understand it. Yes, things at her work looked something stupid but at the end, I told her some silly thing that happened to me that day. That was when she asked me that.
Well, she had genuine reasons to get stressed or worried, I understand. But sometimes I (unnecessarily?) go logical and here too I saw some logical reasons. Well, I can’t tell that to her, so I just shared her concerns and tried to dilute the stress.
We can be philosophical with others but when something happens to our dear ones, we worry. Its natural, I guess. Its kind of bad time, it looks like. Stress stress and more stress.. I just got a news letter I subscribe and it read like this:
“These are stressful times. Whether it’s the latest economic news, personal health issues, family problems, or world events, you are faced with challenges that can cause stress. Stress has been linked to heart disease and stroke, influences cancer and respiratory diseases, and can trigger asthma, arthritis, and gastrointestinal problems…….”
The swine flu finally reached my city too. Today, I sent my son to school, as usual and then I came to know that they closed school for 5 days (I got the SMS message from school bit late. He waited for his school bus and finally came back since the bus did not come). Death of couple of kids can add stress to parents.. Death is the ultimate reality (though we can come back) but its very hard to digest when someone close to us dies.
Sometimes some kind of people can give us more stress that too at bad times. I have a friend who goes very philosophical (but lives truly materialistic) and says ‘everything has a reason’ whenever I fell ill or shared my worries. But the typhoons in her country, her illness, her family issues…..such things were ‘big issues’ for her. She was sad the other day when her country’s former president died of colon cancer (she was 76). That time, I deliberately went philosophical and said :
“people die and it needs a reason”.
As I expected, my friend did not like that and avoided me for couple of days. I was thinking of my father that time. He was damn healthy. I have never seen him falling sick with flu or cold or any such seasonal diseases (at least I don’t remember not even a single instance other than his last days). But he died at the age of 55 !.
Anyway, I think it is better we don’t go philosophical when somebody is in heart mode than head mode. Now I think it was good that I wasn’t in touch with that friend when my mother died.
This thought reminded me of another friend of mine. We weren’t in good terms when my mother died. But even after two years I can tell that she gave me one of her most memorable moments for me. A total contrast to the other friend, though both share many identities….
I was thinking of death, the other day…
Death, dead body, graveyard or even the thought of such things can give us fear, in general.
It was night and I was waiting for the lift to come….
(There is a glass covered area near out lift. And from there we can see a part of our own car parking lot to kilometers and kilometers. Next to our boundary, there is a temporary colony of workers. They are from far away places and they work for a construction company which is building an apartment just about half a kilometer away from our apartment. Once the work is over, these workers will move to new location.)
I saw a dim light in that colony. And in that dim light, I saw a new grave. Somebody died there and they buried the body there itself. It was decorated with orange and yellow colored flowers. It looked really spooky.
“……look, I have seen an accident spot where the skull got crushed and brain came out…I have been to mortuary and seen bodies of some accident victims…it was just in front of my eyes that blood started oozing out of my mother’s mouth…” : me
“OK OK, will you please stop this?” : my wife
I stopped...
Monday, August 10, 2009
Windows 7 Beta RC RTM Crack Keygen...
I deleted my older blog about windows 7 (which can be found below this blog). Because, it is not the truth now (as on this date)…the scenario changed and I don’t want to mislead people. I was talking about the genuine Windows 7 release when I wrote my first blog about Windows 7.
Now that the RTM (Release To Manufacturers or Release To Marketing – given to PC manufacturing companies to be given along with Windows 7 preinstalled PCs. This kind of version comes after RC) got leaked from somewhere. One is said to be from Lenovo and other one from MSDN. Both these versions are available in the net. Not just that, serials, keygens, timer nukes and loaders too are there to heat up the Windows 7 thrill. If this is the way Microsoft is handling things, we can expect a Gold version too in the net, very soon.
Anyway, I liked Windows 7. And I recommend PC people to give it a try. Just go for the genuine one available with Microsoft (but it will stop working by March 2010).
OLD BLOG:
I happened to see in some forums people asking for a crack or keygen or a serial to activate the all new operating system from Microsoft, the Windows 7. As a user of Windows 7, I wonder why people need a crack to activate it. Why? Let us check out some facts.
Windows 7 which is available to the public is still RC (Release Candidate) and not the Gold (final) version.
The RC is available for download till August 20 2009. And can be activated within 30 days.
RC will work till March 1 2010 (then it will shut down every two hours till June 1 2010)
Microsoft will give you a product key for free and all you need is some (free) account with them like a hotmail or windows live.
What we are getting now is the fully functional version of Windows 7 ultimate and they started providing updates too.
Check this out :
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/download.aspx
If somebody is looking for a crack, that means that person already has a copy of windows 7 and what is needed is just a product code to activate it. Microsoft says:
Just need a Product Key? It's easy to get. If you've already downloaded the RC or have an installation disc, start the download process above by selecting your version and language. You'll be asked to enter your Windows Live ID, and to answer a few registration questions. Then you'll see the product key you can use to activate the RC, and you won't need to go through the download process again.
There is no final release available now. So how can these cracks convert the RC into a final version? Why one need a keygen when Microsoft gives you a valid key for free? So, why one need to take the risk and tamper with a genuine operating system for no reason at all?
Well, I don’t see any reason at all.
Note: RC or Release Candidate is very close to the final release but not yet ready for sale. Usually it will undergo some more final testing process and then gets officially released.
Now that the RTM (Release To Manufacturers or Release To Marketing – given to PC manufacturing companies to be given along with Windows 7 preinstalled PCs. This kind of version comes after RC) got leaked from somewhere. One is said to be from Lenovo and other one from MSDN. Both these versions are available in the net. Not just that, serials, keygens, timer nukes and loaders too are there to heat up the Windows 7 thrill. If this is the way Microsoft is handling things, we can expect a Gold version too in the net, very soon.
Anyway, I liked Windows 7. And I recommend PC people to give it a try. Just go for the genuine one available with Microsoft (but it will stop working by March 2010).
OLD BLOG:
I happened to see in some forums people asking for a crack or keygen or a serial to activate the all new operating system from Microsoft, the Windows 7. As a user of Windows 7, I wonder why people need a crack to activate it. Why? Let us check out some facts.
Windows 7 which is available to the public is still RC (Release Candidate) and not the Gold (final) version.
The RC is available for download till August 20 2009. And can be activated within 30 days.
RC will work till March 1 2010 (then it will shut down every two hours till June 1 2010)
Microsoft will give you a product key for free and all you need is some (free) account with them like a hotmail or windows live.
What we are getting now is the fully functional version of Windows 7 ultimate and they started providing updates too.
Check this out :
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/download.aspx
If somebody is looking for a crack, that means that person already has a copy of windows 7 and what is needed is just a product code to activate it. Microsoft says:
Just need a Product Key? It's easy to get. If you've already downloaded the RC or have an installation disc, start the download process above by selecting your version and language. You'll be asked to enter your Windows Live ID, and to answer a few registration questions. Then you'll see the product key you can use to activate the RC, and you won't need to go through the download process again.
There is no final release available now. So how can these cracks convert the RC into a final version? Why one need a keygen when Microsoft gives you a valid key for free? So, why one need to take the risk and tamper with a genuine operating system for no reason at all?
Well, I don’t see any reason at all.
Note: RC or Release Candidate is very close to the final release but not yet ready for sale. Usually it will undergo some more final testing process and then gets officially released.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Tinidazole Side Effects / Reaction
This is a first hand (personal) experience on the reaction/allergy/side effect aspect of Tinidazole, a commonly prescribed anti-protozoa/antibiotic drug.
I was advised to take ZOXAN-TZ tablet (ciprofloxacin 500 mg, Tinidazole 600 mg) for a suspected Amoebiasis.
Day 1 (24-Jul-2009)
I took the first tablet at 8.30 pm on 24th (24-Jul-2009). Within 2 hours, I felt tingling under the skin in my mouth.
Day 2 (25-Jul-2009)
I woke up with swollen lips and penile itching (with slight swelling). Inside the mouth also, I felt some discomfort, especially in the palate. I felt the skin under the lips very sensitive (as if it’s getting thinner). Eyes became blood red, watery, itchy and painful. There was headache too. Felt like I am facing some vision problem too. The white coating on the tongue became thicker.
I met the doc and he asked me to discontinue the tablet and put me on Citrizine.
Eating/drinking became difficult
Day 3 (26-Jul 2009)
There developed ulcers/sores inside mouth, throat and under the lips. Lips and angle/corner of lips became very dry (when I sneezed, lower lip got broke and blood started oozing) and there was hyper-pigmentation (became dark/black).
It was very difficult to have food.
Day 4 (27-Jul-2009)
Wasn’t able to open my mouth (because of the dryness of corner of the lips, if I force open, it would tear and result in ulcer/sore).Hyper-pigmentation in lips became more prominent. But the penile itching almost went off.
Eating and drinking became more difficult mainly because of the pain. Wasn’t able to eat any solid food and hence was on a porridge diet. Was unable to eat anything hot (even slightly hot).
Called up doc and he asked me to take Folic Acid.
Day 5 (28-Jul-2009)
When I woke up, my lips were sealed. This was due to the odema in the ulcers on the lips. Lightly applied water and managed to open my mouth. It was a painful affair.
I felt the ulcers in the mouth more viscous/slippery and more spread than deep. Coffee, tea, health drinks, milk, even water was difficult co consume due to ulcerous pain
Day 6 (29-Jul-2009)
White coating on the tongue reduced. Overall pain looked like a little more stinging. But started reducing as hours passed. Skin on lips started coming off (yes, the entire skin that went hyper- pigmentation has to go and new skin has to replace it). Was able to open my mouth without much trouble. Started eating solid food.
Day 7 (30-Jul-2009)
Some relief, finally! Pain got reduced and now its (the pain) mainly from a particular ulcer which was the biggest ulcer in size. There is slight difference between the regular mouth ulcer (aphthous ulcer/canker sore) and this ulcer caused by reaction. This ulcer did not show any tendency to go deep but it was more wide or spread. Under the lower lip, it was a group (about 15)of small ulcers. Later on some of them joined together and gained some size.
Today, the skin on the lips started coming off more easily. But the new skin looked like darker than the one I had before this reaction. It was tight (if I smile, I could feel the stretch) and shiny/glossy but very soft.
Day 8 (31-Jul-2009)
I am sporting a new skin on my lips since the old one got peeled off. But still, I am feeling the tightness. I feel the stretch when I smile too. Hyper-pigmentation is there in the new skin too. looks like this skin too should go and new one should come. But the skin is very soft and hence there is no possibility of this getting peeled off today.
Ulcers under both the lips are still there but the pain reduced. I am getting a feeling (when I touched it with the tip of my tongue) that it’s on the healing process. The main pain generator still is the one big sore on the palate somewhat near the left tonsil.
Day 9 (1-Aug-2009)
Today, the new skin on the lips started coming out. And the hyper-pigmentation started getting lighter. There is less tightness of skin on the lips. I can smile without much trouble. Still there are ulcers under the lips but they are not that painful. The BIG ulcer on the palate too became less painful.
Day 10 (2-Aug-2009)
99% of the ulcers under the lips disappeared. The Big ulcer is in healing mode and became painless, though it’s still visible as an ulcer. The skin on the lips are still coming out. Color of the upper lip is almost back to its original stage and the lower one is still undergoing some peeling off process (that I don’t know) to get back its original color.
Hope the pain days will end and everything will be back to normal in a couple of days.
(NB:The doc gave it in writing that its 'Allergy to Tinidazole)
I was advised to take ZOXAN-TZ tablet (ciprofloxacin 500 mg, Tinidazole 600 mg) for a suspected Amoebiasis.
Day 1 (24-Jul-2009)
I took the first tablet at 8.30 pm on 24th (24-Jul-2009). Within 2 hours, I felt tingling under the skin in my mouth.
Day 2 (25-Jul-2009)
I woke up with swollen lips and penile itching (with slight swelling). Inside the mouth also, I felt some discomfort, especially in the palate. I felt the skin under the lips very sensitive (as if it’s getting thinner). Eyes became blood red, watery, itchy and painful. There was headache too. Felt like I am facing some vision problem too. The white coating on the tongue became thicker.
I met the doc and he asked me to discontinue the tablet and put me on Citrizine.
Eating/drinking became difficult
Day 3 (26-Jul 2009)
There developed ulcers/sores inside mouth, throat and under the lips. Lips and angle/corner of lips became very dry (when I sneezed, lower lip got broke and blood started oozing) and there was hyper-pigmentation (became dark/black).
It was very difficult to have food.
Day 4 (27-Jul-2009)
Wasn’t able to open my mouth (because of the dryness of corner of the lips, if I force open, it would tear and result in ulcer/sore).Hyper-pigmentation in lips became more prominent. But the penile itching almost went off.
Eating and drinking became more difficult mainly because of the pain. Wasn’t able to eat any solid food and hence was on a porridge diet. Was unable to eat anything hot (even slightly hot).
Called up doc and he asked me to take Folic Acid.
Day 5 (28-Jul-2009)
When I woke up, my lips were sealed. This was due to the odema in the ulcers on the lips. Lightly applied water and managed to open my mouth. It was a painful affair.
I felt the ulcers in the mouth more viscous/slippery and more spread than deep. Coffee, tea, health drinks, milk, even water was difficult co consume due to ulcerous pain
Day 6 (29-Jul-2009)
White coating on the tongue reduced. Overall pain looked like a little more stinging. But started reducing as hours passed. Skin on lips started coming off (yes, the entire skin that went hyper- pigmentation has to go and new skin has to replace it). Was able to open my mouth without much trouble. Started eating solid food.
Day 7 (30-Jul-2009)
Some relief, finally! Pain got reduced and now its (the pain) mainly from a particular ulcer which was the biggest ulcer in size. There is slight difference between the regular mouth ulcer (aphthous ulcer/canker sore) and this ulcer caused by reaction. This ulcer did not show any tendency to go deep but it was more wide or spread. Under the lower lip, it was a group (about 15)of small ulcers. Later on some of them joined together and gained some size.
Today, the skin on the lips started coming off more easily. But the new skin looked like darker than the one I had before this reaction. It was tight (if I smile, I could feel the stretch) and shiny/glossy but very soft.
Day 8 (31-Jul-2009)
I am sporting a new skin on my lips since the old one got peeled off. But still, I am feeling the tightness. I feel the stretch when I smile too. Hyper-pigmentation is there in the new skin too. looks like this skin too should go and new one should come. But the skin is very soft and hence there is no possibility of this getting peeled off today.
Ulcers under both the lips are still there but the pain reduced. I am getting a feeling (when I touched it with the tip of my tongue) that it’s on the healing process. The main pain generator still is the one big sore on the palate somewhat near the left tonsil.
Day 9 (1-Aug-2009)
Today, the new skin on the lips started coming out. And the hyper-pigmentation started getting lighter. There is less tightness of skin on the lips. I can smile without much trouble. Still there are ulcers under the lips but they are not that painful. The BIG ulcer on the palate too became less painful.
Day 10 (2-Aug-2009)
99% of the ulcers under the lips disappeared. The Big ulcer is in healing mode and became painless, though it’s still visible as an ulcer. The skin on the lips are still coming out. Color of the upper lip is almost back to its original stage and the lower one is still undergoing some peeling off process (that I don’t know) to get back its original color.
Hope the pain days will end and everything will be back to normal in a couple of days.
(NB:The doc gave it in writing that its 'Allergy to Tinidazole)
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