The Health Shop

A couple of weeks ago I went to the health shop in the mall here to look for something that may help Lib. She hadn't been feeling well for weeks. Nauseous, tired, mild headache more pressure than ache, she described it. This affected her mood. You could say it was like she was in a mild depression.

We suspected it was long Covid symptoms. Lib had Covid in June, as me and Gord had too. I had offered a few times to go to the health shop and ask for something that may help but Lib was not keen on this. She expected it would pass. It lingered. She relented. I'm a good customer at the health shop, I buy my vitamins and eggs and other stuff there. For a fee of about $20p.a. you get membership and 20% discount of most things.

I was at the desk talking to the son of the elderly couple that own it, asking about some saffron tablets that were said to be good to lift mood. He said yes that might help after I explained a little of the Covid suspicion and Lib's history with the breast cancer, chemo and radiation, hormone drug, painkillers etc. He agreed it would be worth a try and suggested a thing called 'Zeolife'. Micronized zeolite, it's said to aid removal of heavy metals and toxins, balances pH and promotes a healthy gut and boost the immune system.

As he said this a big, tall bloke walked from behind me to my side and held up a container of Zeolife and said to me with a big friendly smile, "That's exactly what I came in looking for." He went back over to the display. He reminded me of someone immediately. I thought he was a bit like Doc Roet who played In Melbourne's 1964 premiership team, who later became a friend of mine. But Doc Roet is in his eighties, and lives in England, this chap would have been half that age. Nevertheless, I thought, footballer. I got some Zeolife and paid for that too with the Saffron capsules. The big guy was over looking at stuff on the shelves, so I went over to him and apologized for intruding, asking. "Did you play football? You would have been a ruckman." 

"Yes, I did." He looked hesitant to continue.

"Who for, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Pt Adelaide, Carlton."

"What's your name?"

"Barnaby French"

"I remember you well, I somehow knew you were a footballer. Are you still involved?"

"No, I'm a fireman now." I think he said at Goolwa. He said he was shopping to help his daughter who had lingering virus trouble. A very nice bloke he was. I thanked him for his help and wished him well.

Lib has been on the saffron and the Zeolife for a couple of weeks and has definitely improved. She went to the doctor, he said it's long Covid, her symptoms are exactly like those of so many. I'm taking it myself too. A third of a teaspoon in liquid two or three times a day. We are exposed to so much pollution and crap in daily life, it's worth a trial, not that I have symptoms. I do feel fit and well.