Ed, sorry to hear that you are having a rough go of it at the moment. Hopefully you will be feeling better in a month for your trip.

Thanks, I hope so, too! I was in bed most of the day and I have chills that come and go. My appetite was not so good this afternoon and evening, either. I started feeling stronger as I was watching the Walking Dead, but a couple of hours after that, I started going downhill again. I drank a pot of green tea, so I should be hydrated and up during the night to send it on its way. My joints don't ache like they did yesterday. I feel very tired now even though I was in bed for about 17 hours today, though not all at the same time. I hope I am not becoming anemic. I really don't know how to tell.

Good idea to lay off the beer till your trip big man. Have a blast my friend

Hope you're doing alright, Ed.

This stuff is pretty good. I like the blackberry myself but they have this grapefruit version as well. They sell them at Costco.

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They sell them in bottles at Price Chopper and HyVee too, in the health food area. They're pretty good.

Thanks to being on Xarelto, I can't have grapefruit, grapefruit juice, and should even avoid grapefruit sodas. Damn! Oh, well. Over in Denmark, I like the orange sodas the best, in particular Nickoline brand with 15% juice. The lemon-lime is also terrific. They get Schwepps lemon as well and that is awesome.

I just knew you were gonna say this...

The thing that bugs me most about it is that in the summer when I come in from mowing or whatever, there is NOTHING that makes me feel better than a huge glass full of cold grapefruit juice. I can't get it into me fast enough. Hopefully, I will be off the Xarelto before I die. Blasted blood clots...

sassafrass tea. its good for the gut.

Consider mixing vodka and grapefruit juice. You will thank me later.

What happens if you drink the grapefruit juice?

MNT explains that furanocoumarins found in grapefruit inhibit the body's CYP3A4 metabolizing enzyme from properly breaking down medications. As a result, more of the drug winds up in the bloodstream, and toxic drug levels or overdose can occur, resulting in:

•respiratory failure
•gastrointestinal bleeding
•bone marrow suppression in patients with weak immune systems
•renal toxicity
•acute kidney failure
•sudden death

where can i find sassfrass tea at?

I haven't really looked for it, but doubt it is available at my local Price Chopper. Google it and see what pops up for online ordering. You might find some good prices that way, too.