26-08-2003, 11:22 AM
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For Brian Sandle - Allergy to Bt cotton?
In sci.agriculture wrote:
A problem with some farms is the back-breaking work.
My oh picked cotton along with his siblings and parents as long as he
can remember in the hot Texas sun every summer.
Picking cotton was a financial necessity for the family and for the
many other families who also did it.
They got 5c a pound - and if you have handled cotton bolls you know
light it is.
Yeah, it beat the shit out of their hands and they had achy backs
every night but years later, and his Dad is nearing 90, none have
suffered any disability - they all have very good backs for their age.
Howe much of the year were they out in the sun so we can judge their
vitamin D level?
Last Thursday we stopped and watched the mechanical pickers not far
from us as they scooped up what is expected to be a bumper new
season's crop and not due to any spraying.
What sort is it and how long has it been used?
There is room for ingenious inventors of hand-tools.
My back was bad when I was young, but I wasn't doing bend over work.
From what?
Were you taken to a doctor by your parent/s/caregiver/s?
If so, what was the diagnosis and what treatment/s were recommended?
If not taken to a doctor, is there any particular reason why you
weren't?
As a young adult or an adult, have you sought any advice et al?
It wasn't till I was a young adult. I suppose I thought it just a
part of life.
Now I am experimenting with not eating grain, even rice, and my lower back is much better.
Again, have you been diagnosed with any condition?
When I spoke to the doctor some years back he referred to the sorts
pains everyone was getting.
There is a lot about me on Usenet.
Stopping turkey eating has seemed to help some discomfort recently.
Perhaps it has been grain-fed and has heart-troubling arachidonic
acid.
Yesterday evening I tried some sunflower seeds again. I woke with a
rather sore lower back this morning. It has gone off during the day.
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