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cellboy1. Saturday morning, I think I was about to get a cold sore. That would be the second one since November.
2. The small lump under and the redness of the area of the lip, might be a sign
3. So I immediately put an ice cube on it for 15-20 minutes. Then later put some Alum on it for 10 minutes. I have been doing this 2-3 x's daily. I also started my regiment of 1000 mgs of Lysine daily (or twice daily). Think, it worked. It is much smaller, and seems to be going away (I hope).
4. With this was a returning onset of a buzzing sound in my right ear. It started to happen when I had my cold in November. Would later disappear. Then sometime reappear weeks later, with a clogged feeling up in the ear canal. It was gone for about 3 weeks, now it returned over the weekend
5. My doc, at Kaiser, said it is probably a slight ear infection, due to my cold, and the allergies. Once I get to Kaiser for my physical this month, he'll check it out (Kaiser seems to be lax about most things.... Oh well, must be no biggie I would think).
6. Anyway I emailed my Doc about the possibility of a cold sore, so he will probably prescribe antibiotics, which should help the ear too.
7. Prepping for next weeks party, I was digging though my packed boxes from my previous move, looking for my serving trays and all. I stumbled upon my nice silver plate ice bucket, that I got at an estate sale year ago. It was a steal then. But sadly, last night, it was badly tarnished.
8. After 3 times of trying to clean and polish, with silver polish, the clouds of tarnish, and black dots were still annoyingly there in several spots.
9. So after Googling, I found that toothpaste can be used (carefully) to remove stubborn tarnish. One article said it can scratch the silver, another said it was perfectly fine. So I took my chances, and took my Colgate toothpaste, with Whitening Bubbles, and gently rubbed.
10. Within minutes, the tiny spots that I had not been able to remove for years were gone!
11. Plus my kitchen smelled of toothpaste! :)
12. So as a last step, I re-polished with silver polish. Who would of known that toothpaste can do that? I just have to redo the arms tonight, and it should be fine.
13. Humm. Wonder how toothpaste works on chrome car bumpers?
14. Just call me Suzie Homemaker!
2. The small lump under and the redness of the area of the lip, might be a sign
3. So I immediately put an ice cube on it for 15-20 minutes. Then later put some Alum on it for 10 minutes. I have been doing this 2-3 x's daily. I also started my regiment of 1000 mgs of Lysine daily (or twice daily). Think, it worked. It is much smaller, and seems to be going away (I hope).
4. With this was a returning onset of a buzzing sound in my right ear. It started to happen when I had my cold in November. Would later disappear. Then sometime reappear weeks later, with a clogged feeling up in the ear canal. It was gone for about 3 weeks, now it returned over the weekend
5. My doc, at Kaiser, said it is probably a slight ear infection, due to my cold, and the allergies. Once I get to Kaiser for my physical this month, he'll check it out (Kaiser seems to be lax about most things.... Oh well, must be no biggie I would think).
6. Anyway I emailed my Doc about the possibility of a cold sore, so he will probably prescribe antibiotics, which should help the ear too.
7. Prepping for next weeks party, I was digging though my packed boxes from my previous move, looking for my serving trays and all. I stumbled upon my nice silver plate ice bucket, that I got at an estate sale year ago. It was a steal then. But sadly, last night, it was badly tarnished.
8. After 3 times of trying to clean and polish, with silver polish, the clouds of tarnish, and black dots were still annoyingly there in several spots.
9. So after Googling, I found that toothpaste can be used (carefully) to remove stubborn tarnish. One article said it can scratch the silver, another said it was perfectly fine. So I took my chances, and took my Colgate toothpaste, with Whitening Bubbles, and gently rubbed.
10. Within minutes, the tiny spots that I had not been able to remove for years were gone!
11. Plus my kitchen smelled of toothpaste! :)
12. So as a last step, I re-polished with silver polish. Who would of known that toothpaste can do that? I just have to redo the arms tonight, and it should be fine.
13. Humm. Wonder how toothpaste works on chrome car bumpers?
14. Just call me Suzie Homemaker!
