Conversation About Sigmund 1

Welcome to the Effortless English Podcast. This podcast includes a study guide. The study guide is available on my website, www.effortlessacquisition.blogspot.com. You can also go to my website to subscribe to the new feed. Just click on the iTunes symbol, and you will get a subscription to the new feed. This podcast episode is titled "Conversation about Sigmund", study guide and podcast. This podcast presents a real, unscripted conversation I had with my best friend, Kristen. I recorded the conversation in her apartment. Kristen has a cat named Sigmund, nicknamed Sigmund. Sigmund was diagnosed with an incurable form of sinus cancer. My brother-in-law is a vet, and he said that there is no cure for this cancer. Neither surgery, nor drugs, nor chemotherapy can cure it. He said that most cats only live about three months once this particular kind of cancer is diagnosed. Sigmund has a very close connection with Sigmund. She's had him for over 13 years since he was a kitten. She was very upset about Sigmund's diagnosis, but she has decided not to give up. Since traditional medical science has no cure, Kristen has decided to try to treat Sigmund with natural herbs, supplements and remedies. She researched cat sinus cancer on the internet and found a few suggestions for natural treatments. Here is Sigmund's standard treatment plan, transfer factors. These are immune boosting components taken from cow colostrum in the milk and chicken egg yolks. This supplement is supposed to boost the immune system. Flaxseed oil. Many natural vets recommended flaxseed oil as an overall health booster. Some claim that flax oil has anti-cancer and immune boosting properties. Sigmund said thistle. This is an herb. It increases appetite and boosts general health. Kristen got a liquid tincture and adds it to Sigmund's water. Licorice root. This herb, also a liquid concentrate, thins mucus and thus helps Sigmund breathe, since the tumor partially blocks his nose. Digestive enzymes. Cooking food destroys natural enzymes in it that aid digestion. So Kristen gives Sigmund a digestive enzyme capsule after every meal. Full Vic minerals. This is a multimineral and trace mineral liquid supplement that Kristen adds to his water, which is supposed to boost his general health and immune system. Raw food. Kristen adds a bit of raw cat food, not cooked, bought at a pet store, to Sigmund's canned food. The raw food is supposed to contain a lot of healthy enzymes, vitamins, minerals, etc. Other supplements she sometimes uses. Q10. This is an antioxidant that boosts the immune system. Shitake mushroom capsules. Shitake mushrooms have anti-cancer properties. Cat's claw. This is an herb that boosts the immune system. This is an herbal blend that is rumored to have immune boosting and anti-cancer properties. Terramin clay. This clay is rich in minerals and is also supposed to have detox properties. It is added to the water. Kristen has been following the standard plan for about a month. It seems to have helped Sigmund. His general health seems good and he seems generally happy and comfortable. The swelling around his eye and nose caused by the tumor has not increased. However, it has not decreased either. So Kristen bought the additional supplements. Q10, Shitake, Cat's claw, Clay and SCAC. This Monday she gave him all these new supplements on the same day. It was too much. Sigmund vomited through up shortly after getting all these pills. So when I went to Kristen's apartment, we discussed this problem and what to do about it. Here is the discussion. Yes, anyway. I think that we established a pretty good routine with the raw food. The blessed vessel in the water, the licorice stuff in the water, the trans factors are pretty good. Flaxseed oil is supposed to be really good. What else did you give him everyday? The minerals. Oh yeah, the minerals in his water. He's still there. You got those in his water again? Not right now. I have only the clay. Ah. That's why yesterday I gave him a syringe full of minerals, the blessed vessel in the licorice fruit. I mean, he barfed. Man, I think this. It wasn't just that. It was everything. Yeah. I think the minerals are supposed to also be diluted in water maybe. Oh, maybe. Because he was. That's the first time I've done that. Because I hadn't given him any in a few days. He was drinking it all down fine before I was in his water. So you know, maybe go back to all that routine. And then just the other stuff is just kind of maybe a little extra supplement, you know. One extra thing a day, either the cat's claw or the mushrooms or the cute tin, that's probably plenty. After a few days, yeah, maybe tomorrow just do the standard thing. Maybe when the clay is done with that, go ahead and put the minerals back in his water. And then yeah, just do the basic stuff for tomorrow and then maybe after that you can test him with one thing. One of the pills. Other pills. With food. Does he ever eat the catnet? He has been. Oh, really? So all this time he's been throwing up in the past several days? Yeah. Maybe he's started eating it a little bit to get crazy. No, I don't. I mean, he just pulls it off and chews at it, but it doesn't really take it in and adjust it. Maybe it's your segment, but you're doing boy. No boy. Nope, he's going to eat some catnet. Notes. One. Catnet is a plant that many cats like to eat. It has a calming effect on many cats. Cats also love to roll around and play after eating it. Some people call catnip "Kitty marijuana." Two. As always, I recommend a specific study method for using this podcast, especially if you are below the advanced level. First, read the text, which is located on my blog at www.effortlessacquisition.blogspot.com. Use an online dictionary to find words you don't understand. Second, listen to the audio podcast while reading at the same time. Do this many times, the more the better. Third, listen only without reading. Do this once you can understand all the vocabulary quickly. Listen many times, download this file, and put it in your iPod or other MP3 player. Finally, fourth, listen, pause, and then imitate the pronunciation, including individual sounds, words, phrasing, and rhythm of the speakers. Try to sound exactly like them. Good luck. The adventures of Sigmund will continue in later podcast episodes. You can see a study guide for this podcast at my website. I have got the transcript for the entire conversation, and then on the right side of the transcript, I have explained some of the more difficult vocabulary. These are presented as JPEG files, and the future I hope to offer them as PDF files or Word files for those who subscribe to that service. Okay, I'll see you next time, and hopefully next time I can report that Sigmund is doing much better.