You haven't offended me at all. Actually, what you quoted me as saying was the reason I started this thread. I am glad you brought it back up. My stomach began gurgling about 4 days ago for the first time in years, so I did a little digging on the web to find out if it is supposed to gurgle or not. A healthy intestinal tract is supposed to gurgle some but not excessively. Enzymes, bile, hydrochloric acid, bacteria and other juices are added to the mix by your own body in order to facilitate digestion. The movement of all this STUFF is achieved through peristalsis.

In reality, the little story I wrote in the beginning never happened to me. I just made it up in order to approach this somewhat serious subject with a bit of humor. lol, please forgive me if I gave you the impression that I was chastizing you. That definitely was not my intention. Oh me oh my, I'm glad that cows can't fly.

michael b.