Make the Pain Stop!

Ramblings of a hurting women. 
Ha and I mean rambling I just re read it and it made me laugh

Ok so I just went through some major surgery. 

But what can I learn from it? 

I am in major pain. I personally do not like taking pain killers they make my stomach ill. But lets just say that I have a major wound and I have no pain killers. It made me think what would I do if there are no doctors around. Because pain like this needs to be dealt with.

First would be to keep the wound clean. Because getting a wound clean hurts at first, but after it does make it feel a bit better.

Water and clean bandages and some kind of an antiseptic.
First aid kits musts...bandages...and guest what guys women's pads are sanitary.  And great for large wounds...and a cheaper than bandages that are equal to them.  And go to the dollar store and get some neosporin and tape. You are better with witch hazel than rubbing alcohol it is less painful for cleaning wounds. Iodine is really the best stuff to have to clean a wound and it is cheap so grab some of that.

OK but here is a surprise one,  hemorrhoid cream get the kind with benzocaine. or Anbesol Maximum has it to 20%. But the hemorrhoid cream seems to last longer. But it is a great numbing med  It is gentile on your wound. Our Canadian Prepper have it even better the can get Hemorrhoid cream with  Bio-Dyne/  You can not get this in the us. It is actually a healing yeast. ****but banned in the USA) .........And do not forget iodine. Been used for decades and works the best. .

Then the pain. I am sitting here and thinking what the fudge would I do if I had to heal from a wound this bad in a SHTF situation. I would lose my mind. Or I can have some pain pills in my first aid kit. But what if those are gone.

I personally feel that marijuana is the best and safest pain killer.  Vicodin do the same thing, but have to be made. And will be hard to get right off the get go. MJ can be grown and has the same benefit and then some.

Because it is not legal in most states it will be hard to get if something happens right now. If you have that "friend" see if they can get you some seeds for your first aid kit.

It is the ONLY natural herb that controls pain without becoming addictive.  You can go with poppy's for pain but it is very addictive. Alcohol is a great antiseptic but for pain it thins the blood while getting rid of the pain, but is better than nothing.

My list of smoke-able herbs Click Here  has some herbs that will take the edge off in a tea form. You can get the extracts of them at many health food stores; so grab some while you can for your first aid kit...I would also make sure to have the seeds in my seed bank for them..Some are hard to find. I have started growing some in my garden.  Many come back every year and are pretty in the yard. So why not plant them.

Any way that's it...remember I wrote this while medicated and decided to post it anyway, cuz it does make sense.

Song for this post is Ramones - I Wanna Be Well

Soup Time! (mre style)

Well as winter comes and so does my favorite food. Soup!

But soups are the easiest MRE's to make ........
You can make them in a jars;  you can make them in mylar...You can keep them in your car,  so you can bug out real real far. You can wrap them in a bow and give to people you know. You can keep them for many years to help lessen the worst of prepper's fears. Ok I am no poet that's for sure...


Ok, first thing canning fresh soup is great, but dehydrated soup makes for light weight travel and less storage space. And for those of you who have not yet canned meat you can buy so many canned kinds at the store Click Here to the the variety. You can go to The Ready Store and order freeze dry meat to add to these mixes. I bring this up because bean are a great protein sub.but many call for meat. I find the little cans of chicken meat (tyson and bumble bee make them) work great for a fast cheap soup.

 

Pasta Soup Mix in a Jar or bag

Now you can skip the mushrooms or the lentils and add replace with peas or a bean if you prefer. Or by pass any of them and add what ever you want.  

1/2 cup macaroni
1/4 cup dried lentils (optional)
1/4 cup dried, chopped mushrooms (optional)
2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated
1 tablespoon onion flakes
3 tablespoon chicken bullion powder  (4 cubes)
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 dash garlic powder



Mix Parmesan cheese, onion flakes, soup base, parsley, oregano and garlic powder together in a small bowl.

In a one pint jar, layer ingredients in this order: (but you do not have to because they will all be mixed this is just if you want it to look pretty for a gift)

Spice mixture
Macaroni
Lentils
Mushrooms

Stick a label on the jar for future cooking instructions.

Combine contents of jar with 3 cups water in a 2 quart saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally.

Onion Soup!! 

4 teaspoons beef bouillon powder
8 teaspoons dried onion flakes ( easy to make your own!)
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon seasoned pepper 
i teaspoon of dried chives

Add mix to 3 cup of boiling water let rest for a few min.s and done! 

That simple just add hot water! makes 3 cups of soup takes 5 min.

Taco Soup

 Soup Mix:
1 cup converted long grain rice
2 1/2 cups slightly crushed tortilla chips or small bag of Frito or Doritos
1 (5 ounce) can chicken
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles or dried tomatoes and chiles. I also add dried corn and carrots to mine.

Seasonings:
2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
1 teaspoon lemon pepper
1 teaspoon dried cilantro leaves
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup dried minced onion

Mix seasonings ingredients and place in a zip-type sandwich bag.

Place soup mix ingredients in jar in this order: Add rice to the jar first. Add the seasoning packet into jar. Fill jar with tortilla chips. Add the lid to the jar.

Remove tortilla chips and seasoning packet from the jar into a dish and set aside.


 Label:
In a 1-gallon soup pot, add the rice and 10 cups of water. Add the can of diced tomatoes and green chiles, the can of chicken, and the seasoning packet from the jar. Bring to a boil; lower the heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

Add tortilla chips, replace the cover and simmer 5 more minutes. Makes 3 quarts soup.

 

Potato Soup Mix in a Jar

1 3/4 cups instant mashed potatoes
1 1/2 cups dried milk
2 tablespoons powdered chicken bouillon
2 teaspoons dried minced onion
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon turmeric
1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Label
Combine all ingredients in a bowl; mix well. Put ingredients in a 1-quart jar.

Place 1/2 cup mix in soup bowl; add 1 cup of boiling water; stir until smooth.

Tortellini And Sun Dried Tomato Soup


1.5 oz.packet sun-dried tomato pesto; sauce
1 tb. chicken bouillon granules
1/2 tsp salt
8 oz. dry tortellini

 Label:
Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a large pan. Empty jar of
soup mix into
boiling water, stir well. Bring back to boil. Cover. Lower heat and
simmer for 25 minutes.

Or another idea with the tortellini is to just mix the knorrs tomato soup mix with the tortallini and bam simple soup that is yummy and filling.

Song for this post has to be....short and cheezzeee  The Mighty Boosh- Soup Song