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THANK YOU, Denny, for taking on that task. If I ever have free time again (maybe early next year), I'd be willing to work on updating the O2 doc and just tidying up the D3 post. As we always say, "If we can help just one person . . . " Maybe instead of a general start-here type post, it could just be "things you can do right now." This might actually have been the original idea Moxie was presenting.

G'mornin folks! Many good points and concerns Chf....AND....I totally understand your frustrations!!! Unfortunately, in my opinion.....and it makes me incredibly sad at times........the passage of time and advances in technology, the advent and popularity of social media and the manner in which it has become an integral part of so many folks fast paced lives, and the inherent fact that social media is such a dynamic platform for a support group versus an "old school" static message board or forum like ours! And it's not just us, our sister site ch.com has suffered the same decline in both newbies and active supporter/posters although I would imagine their active membership is larger than ours as it always has been. I know BobW had hoped that the board upgrade would help drive folks back from social media.....I have made personal plea's toward that goal but they've unfortunately been met by deaf ears for the most part......not bitching or pointing fingers in any way, just stating the facts as I see them....it's just the way of the world we live in today I reckon ya'll!! But, we are still quite relevant in my opinion.......we do still see a few new folks, particularly around the season changes and conference time....we do still see old familiar faces check in from time to time........and many, many folks in the Facebook groups that got to clusterbusters first, and who love clusterbusters and testify about it having saved their lives, post links on a very regular basis to our files!! For the most part though, they're no longer active here and quite possibly have no idea that they're linking to hard to read, corrupted files, full of broken links. So, I've been in contact with BobW and Jeff this week about the files issues and have taken on the task of editing all of the "Busting Files" to remove the place holder corruption from the upgrade and replacing all of the old yabb links to other internal files.........that process will begin in the next few days (gotta go buy a new laptop first).....its not going to be an overnight fix but we're going to attempt to get the issue addressed as soon as possible ya'll!! Along with that, let's continue this conversation here in regards to the thread topic, come up with a concensus outline of what the content needs to be, and I'll submit those ideas to Bob for his input! My heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all ya'll still manning the ship and being here to support those clusterheads who do find their way here! Much love and respect to all! Dallas Denny

The following link to a post I made in 2012, should help explain how and why a baking soda tonic helps prevent CH. Seltzer Water and the Baking Soda Tonic both produce the same bicarbonate ion, HCO3- per the following chemical formulas, but that's where the similarity ends. Seltzer Water has a pH between 3 and 4 due to the carbonic acid formed when CO2 is dissolved in water under pressure. A solution of sodium bicarbonate (Baking Soda Tonic) has a pH of 9.3 making it far more alkaline. In fact, the carbonate concentration of the baking soda tonic is 100 times that of the carbonic acid making it more effective in elevating a low systemic pH and in the process, preventing CH. Seltzer Water (Carbonic Acid) has the chemical formula CO2 + H2O <-> H2CO3 <-> H+ HCO3- Baking Soda Tonic (Sodium Bicarbonate) has the chemical formula NaHCO3 <-> Na+ HCO3- http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1291969416/1025/#1025 In case you're wondering... I majored in Chemistry... Take care, V/R, Batch