Listeners are welcome, as long as they DON'T give advice, and DO applaud enthusiastically...which means they gotta recognize what it is. Carry a sign, I think would be good.
No references to anyone's looks, intelligence level, or the way one's mother dresses you.
All rants to be kept to 15 minutes, unless the ranter gets the giggles earlier.
Oh yeah, no missiles, of any size.
That should do it.
To tell you the truth, Frank, I was pretty sure in what I posted, but I still hoped you wouldn't get p'd off and ignore me. The point is to recognize the validity of your complaint, without causing you fear...we've all already got enough of that!
Babe, you are strong! Anyone who can fast for thirty days, AND hold their own against nay-sayers, needs applause.
Okay, I don't know a thing about what to do next, but I'm guessing that it would be best to get as close to small amounts of nutritious food as you can get.
I'm also guessing that the 1/4 tsp. daily of the good things R.G. suggests would be useful. Maybe a little heavier on the onions and garlic...basics in our kitchen.
I know that I made mistakes with cayenne, before my cleanse...that just stirred up the nasties. I'm also guessing that cayenne needs to be balanced by the other good things in Humaworm...else why have a 'formula'?
We've been eating about one soupspoon a day of raw pumpkin seeds (in the cooler at your healthfood store) for a long time. Some say it takes much more than that to really zap a tapeworm, but I guess a few a day would keep him groggy. Ask R.G.
Raw cashews, or almonds (with or without skins), or coconut make a good creamy milk. Whiz them with a 1/4 to 1/2 cup water, at first, so they don't just swim around.
Cottage cheese is nice. Maybe run a little flax seed through a coffee grinder, and pour on a tiny drizzle of blackstrap molasses, or one of those superior honeys.
I don't know, as I say, but I would think that tiny bits of food, and warm drinks or soup, often, would coax Frank's delicate system.
That's how I'd baby you, Frank, if I were your momma. And chickensoup, with bits of celery, carrot, onion, garlic, parsnips, parsley/cilantro, and a drop of olive oil/coconut oil. Sprouted grain bread, maybe as thin toast...with sweet butter. A little forkful of alfalfa sprouts, mung bean sprouts. A little nice steamy cuppa herbal tea.
Easy does it, and often.
For your friend, fill the house with goodwill...no matter what. This is a time to bless your home, unconditionally. The last thing either of you need is worry or scratchiness. Offer him the food you are having...even just the offer is a good thing, whether or not he accepts.
Just think the words. The house fills up with wholesomeness automatically. Smile, and have a little laugh once in a while, even for no reason at all. That's the stuff of miracles.
Walk in the park, or run or skip around outside for a minute or two. Toss a handful of snow, if you've got some.
In the north country they have a pipe that runs from the outside, all the way across a bedroom. There's a little cap on the innermost end. They open that cap for one minute, once a day, to get fresh air inside, in winter. Winter is pretty cold there.
They measure the cold by how high the ice rises on the inside of the kitchen door. The milkman put his bottles directly in the icebox...careful not to slide on the ice on the kitchen floor. The kids went to school looking like moving beehives of woolen outerwear. I guess they spent most of their schoolday getting out, and back in.
Somewhere, there are always good things happening. Get yourself some, several times a day, Frank, everyone...even if it is just a picture in your head. Very bracing.
Have you noticed that changes for the better happen in small increments? You take a little walk around your neighborhood, and you see the green shoots of daffodils and tulips. You share a smile with the expectant gardener. Before long you find yourself sharing a cup of tea with an interesting friend. Life is always full of promise.
Now that you are thoroughly tired of reading my ramblings, tuck yourself down for a cosy nap.
Grin!
Fledgling
Oh yes, notice every good thing about both yourself and your roommate. The rest may slip away in good cheer.
F.