Hypervitaminosis A and D

This place is not for medical advice and nowadays, I rarely give medical information even when requested.

There are so many pseudo-experts in the Internet and in the YouTube presentations and one should not listen to them.

Most of the advice is half baked!

If one is taking a balance diet (is a non smoker and abstain from alcohol) and is relatively healthy one need not take supplementary vitamins.

I used to see all the types of vitamin deficiencies (1973 Middle East War) in adults and children.

It may be true in Ceylon, currently due to many reasons.

But ad hoc vitamin supplementation in children could be hazardous.

Basically two types of vitamins, water soluble B vitamins and fat soluble A and D.

Vitamin K which is found in leafy vegetables is essential in blood clotting and bone formation. Half of Vitamin K is produced by microflora of the gut.

This piece is about hypervitaminosis.

Vitamin A excess can cause convulsions, drowsiness and abdominal cramps.

Coarse dry skin is seen in chronic toxicity.

Vitamin D excess can cause hypercalcemia, kidney stones and even renal (kidney) damage.

It is better you let the doctor decides whether one needs vitamin supplementation.

Vitamin A and D is stored in the liver and it may take months for the excess vitamins to be excreted from the body.

Why I LEFT New Zealand?

Reasons are many.

1. Number one it is a racist country especially for Asians.

2. Guys and Girls there are lazy by nature.

3. Salaries are one third of England.

4. New Zealand is a very stingy country.

They want only money to be deposited in their banks, which was a hugh deposit.
I did not deposit any money but kept the money equivalent in a British Bank.

5. It was then, a Labour Government and one has to mandatorily retire at 50.

I just turned 40 and I had less than a decade of working life left in NZ.

6. I left NZ after 2 years and joined the university in Ceylon and worked until 66 years of age.

I added 25 years to my Service Record.

I am still active and alive!

7. I missed the retirement plan that I was entitled due to inordinate delay in processing my Visa Application.

8. Had I entered  6 weeks earlier, I would have qualified by default for a retirement pay and Immigration Guys deliberately delayed my entry to disqualify me.

Before I enter into any contract, I study the rules and regulation in depth.

9. I had a job offer confirmed in my hand and I threatened to sue the guys, if I lose my job.

10. They are jealous of medical guys.

11. While I was discriminated in broad day light, South African Apartheid guys were given priority in Visa.

In action and intent New Zealand practice an Apartheid Policy.

12. I was the last one to be cleared from the airport and that was after I made a complaint to the senior Immigration Officer.

I waited 3 hours in the lobby patiently and did not want to create a scene at the entry point.

13. The VISA was generally processed at Singapore at that time and the Chinese woman deliberately delayed the processing.

This office is no more.

I  immediately booked a ticket to London and put a new Visa Application there.

In other words I paid twice.

13. Woman in London stamped the Multiple Entry on my old Passport instead of my new passport.

That was an act of vandalism.

14. I had Indefinite Visa for UK.

I had already decided to quit UK.

I could have applied for a job but I hated English weather.

15. In retirement in NZ Ceylonese guys play poker to support their income.

I could never put a poker face and I was the first to be thrown out of a poker table.

16. Some of them play golf and golf equipment are expensive for a retiree.

17. Play Grounds were soggy and within two years with the help of Mr. Graham Bone we managed to lay an artificial surface, play hockey.

18. I trained young NZ kids to play hockey.

19. No Clubs and I could not play a single snooker game in New Zealand and that is the main reason for leaving this stingy country.

20. They have enough Chinese brothels.

There are many other reasons and I have included them in details with names in one of my books at Amazon's.

21. An average New Zealander both male and female is not bisexual but homosexual..

I missed a case of massive perianal abscess (presented as knee and hip pains) of a young guy of 25.

I failed to do a Per Rectal Examination and failed to look at his back.

Couple of days later on a Sunday, he was admitted and the young New Zealand consultant discovered the a huge perianal abscess.

I was told that the guy was a homosexual.

By the way, same nerves that supply knee and hip have branches supplying the perianal region.

This is generally called referred pain and this young guy presented with referred pain.

If you do not put your finger in (Per Rectal Examination) you have to put your foot in, is a medical jargon, which I knew in theory but did not practice!

That is the bottom line.

22. I am making this entry on the 16th November after the semifinal match which NZ lost.

I am a sportsman and I play the game fair unlike Angelo Matthews.

This is to illustrate REAL lifetime incidents.

Number 1 Episode
I was doing shopping in local NewWeek (did not have good shopping centers) shopping center with my family and kids.

I wanted to buy a little present for my daughter and was doing window shopping and found a little  language dictionary in the tradition of a calculator but bit bigger.

I paid the sum and did not forget to buy a present for my son,too (I cannot remember, may be a musical pod).

Having come out, when I checked the shopping bags to give it to my daughter and it was not there.

Double checked, no luck.

It dawned on me that the young sales woman forgot to put it to the bag.

I reported the missing item to the manager and they could not find it.

I distinctly noticed that the sales woman was bit fidgety and told him that she had stolen it and you better do an investigation and I need my money back.

He refunded the money.

I said if this woman is there when I come next time round, I would boycott your shop.

I did not get the "language modem" but she was not working there anymore.

That moment I decided I would not ask for full immigration in NZ.


Number 2 Episode

I bought a ticket by Singapore Airline for my mother in law from Colombo to Christchurch.

She was supposed to attend to her Visitor Visa and the same Chinese woman stopped her at Singapore.

We had a friendly Singaporean lady and she took my mother in law home and gave a call about her plight.

I took a call to the Immigration Office in NZ.
The woman answered was by the name of Williamson (hope she not related to the cricketer) and she gave me a cock and bull answer.

I said I will give (you may record) verbal and written assurance that she would return in  6 months.

She refused and I blasted her for about half an hour and gave a call to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and he said he does not get involved in immigration matters which was a BIG Lie.

From Minister to the Head of Immigration to Immigration documentation officer in Singapore were biased and racist and I decided not to extend my stay after two years.

At Christchurch the pile of files at the Immigration Office was the biggest pile.

My job contract was for two years and the South African Recruiting  Consultant who offered me the job was sacked.

He told me so (Dr.Van Dyke).

My wife and I did travel to UK (my annual holiday) at least once during this period to do shopping in London.

My favorite places were Summerfield Stamps center and Foyles Bookshop.

By the way, Singapore Airline gave the full refund and I booked a ticket for her to return after 2 weeks.

I do not think I will ever visit NZ again.

By the way, many years later after my retirement from the University I decided to pay a visit to England.

I went through the VSQ formalities and send the Visitor Visa Form to the Office in Madras and for 3 months I did not here anything.

I did a survey and I found that the L.T.T.E guys at Madras Office deliberately delay Visa application forms from Sinhala guys from Ceylon.

I did give a call to Assistant Secretary of Immigration in Ceylon and told him the above issues and if you all are acting as racists, I do not need to travel to UK and there are other countries I could travel but please give a call to Madras and get my passport back within two weeks lest you get a notice from my lawyer.

My Tamil lawyer Arudusothie is no more.

Yes, I got my passport back in double quick time and I made alternative travel arrangements.

My favorite Airline towards London is Emirates and its services are pretty good, if one is travelling towards London.

By the way, I got an email yesterday, from Emirates quoting the prices from Auckland to London.

The prices have gone up by 3 to 5 times and for old age people discrimination is the norm.

Age discrimination is a criminal offense.

After the landmark decision by the Supreme Court on the 13th it is high time that judges give due concern for old people.

Lalith Kotalawala case and his death under suspicious circumstances is worth probing including Shafter case.

I do not think, Brian Thomas had anything to do with this murder and this Shafter guy was trying to frame (insurance guys  should not be trusted) for his own gain and ultimately paid the full price!