Why Floradix? (and Where to get good ICE for MUNCHING ;) ) - Page 2

[ShwarmaQueen]

Originally Posted by RunnerDuck

Well it seems there is a sonic 7 miles from me so we will have to try it out. Never been to one, do you actually sit outside in your car to eat? Is it THAT kind of drive in??

You can either eat in your car or take it to go. I've never seen one with an inside place to sit, only tables/chairs on a patio. Oh and they also make some of them with a drive-thru now.

[RunnerDuck]

Originally Posted by ShwarmaQueen

You can either eat in your car or take it to go. I've never seen one with an inside place to sit, only tables/chairs on a patio. Oh and they also make some of them with a drive-thru now.

I have always wondered what would happen if I were to go through a drive thru and hand them a large sack and say "Give me all of your... ice."

To clarify - I didn't say "I have never been to a sonic" as a means of implying that I am one of THOSE people who never ever eats junky food.... Sonic is just not a place I have ever tried.

Limabean - actually taking any thing with metamucil is not a good idea... so I have heard... the pills or whatever can get bound up in the fiber part and you won't absorb what's in them. But if it worked that way... hmmmm. I take metamucil anyway so... I personally wouldn't take them at the same time but maybe the met. would keep the iron from clogging the works. I just need to get a good iron supplement...

[Limabean1975]

Hmm, I did take them all together so that I'd get the o.j. in with the iron...and my levels did go up, and I felt better (took 4-5 weeks).

Should I change the title of this thread to "Where to get good ice!"?

[bntamin]

Forget the cups filled with ice. Ice-lovers, if you're heading to Sonic, you can ask for a 5 lb. BAG of their ice for under $2. It's not on the menu, but you can ask for it (or at least here in my city).

[Sasharna]

Originally Posted by bntamin

Forget the cups filled with ice. Ice-lovers, if you're heading to Sonic, you can ask for a 5 lb. BAG of their ice for under $2. It's not on the menu, but you can ask for it (or at least here in my city).

[RunnerDuck]

I have heard you can actually buy the ice ...

I will have to try it. I found Sonic a few days ago when I was driving around to keep the kids asleep in the car - but I was afraid to stop... not even my love of ice will tempt me to wake up 3 sleeping kids... but now I know where it is...

[Storm Bride]

Originally Posted by RunnerDuck

This Palavar stuff only seems to be available in Canada? Maybe I will have to make a run for the border to get some, LOL Is it constipating? That's always made me less than compliant about taking iron. I was hoping the liquid would be less so, which is why I was considering.

Originally Posted by Limabean1975

Palafer. I didn't know it was only in Canada. Pity. (Canadians remember those tea commercials?). Anyhoo, I don't know about the constipation factor..I used to have mild problems with the generic ferrous gluconate, and would take Metamucil daily (which aslo took care of the combine-with-vit.c thing, as I mixed my metamucil with orange juice!). But I have not made any special effort to avoid constipation with the Palafer and have not had any problems. If you do find it, I think there's a couple of different ones - the one I have is "Palafer CF" which means it has vit. C and folic acid as well as the ferrous gluconate.

Yeah - Palafer CF is the stuff I'm taking, too.

I honestly can't tell for sure if it's constipating, as I've had trouble with that this whole pregnancy, but it doesn't seem too bad. I don't think it's been any worse since I started the Palafer.

[ShwarmaQueen]

Originally Posted by bntamin

Forget the cups filled with ice. Ice-lovers, if you're heading to Sonic, you can ask for a 5 lb. BAG of their ice for under $2. It's not on the menu, but you can ask for it (or at least here in my city).

Thanks!

[Mrs-Mama]

Originally Posted by bntamin

Forget the cups filled with ice. Ice-lovers, if you're heading to Sonic, you can ask for a 5 lb. BAG of their ice for under $2. It's not on the menu, but you can ask for it (or at least here in my city).

If only I had known this when I was pregnant! Oh well, there's always next time :

[justmama]

Originally Posted by RunnerDuck

My hospital had this like... they were like little cylinders of tightly, tightly, tightly compacted snow. Soft and easy to crunch but still very much ice. Little solid snow cone worms. Oh, it was heaven. It is the ice by which I now judge all other ice. Sometimes Ikea's ice comes out that way.

OH.MY.GOODNESS!!!!!! My hospital with my last birth was like that too. I was in love with the ice.



But my ice issues were symptomatic of severe anemia(like, blood transfusion low type of anemia). I still love ice but my desperate need for it is gone.

[Erinz]

Just had to pop on to say I have tried ALL KINDS of iron supplements and Floradix is the only one I have found that doesn't constipate me and work my digestive system. My system must be very sensitive or something. Finding the Floradix Iron for me was a complete life saver this pregnancy. I've switched us to all the Floradix vitamins now and I really like them. (for what it's worth )

[BetsyS]

Popping in to say that Sonic ice is by far the best! Better than our hospital, even. LOL

[Pookietooth]

I used to eat ice a lot when I was younger and a vegetarian (wonder if I was anemic), but then my dentist told me never to eat ice, because it causes tiny cracks to form in the teeth, which then become cavities. He showed me the cracks in my teeth, said they were from chewing ice. It causes the teeth to be cold, which makes them more brittle then as it crunches, it puts an enormous force on them that cracks them. I have extreme sensitivity to cold now that may be from the cracks.