This is a funny hiatus. I am writing more. My confidant is missing. With whom do I confide? The funny thing about secrets is the need to share them. I can't share this with my daughters, and my sisters would harangue me. Other friends also would lecture me. This forum is too public, but it also has false anonymity. If I write enough, it might slip ( Read more... )

About midnight, pain was a 10, and my daughter, who doesn't have a driver's license, almost tried to drive my 6-speed to the ER while I whimpered in a fetal position. I kept asking for ten minutes until we both fell into fitful sleep. When I woke, the pain was down to dull ache, so I thought I was through the worst of it ( Read more... )

While dealing with the beans and rice I so foolishly ate on Friday, I coined a new phrase for myself: gut bombs. WebMD told me to replace lost electrolytes. In chemistry, water and 'salt' make electrolytes. The human body specifically needs NaCl to live. While most medical sites say to drink juice, I found a natural site that bluntly says to eat ( Read more... )

Essential Oils: Mommy My Sniffles Are ALL GONE!

We keep these two oils around all the time. Whenever we can avoid chemical medications, it is a GOOD DAY.

My baby and I have been sick for more than a month! I've been to the doctor twice for antibiotics, steriods, inhalers, and other drugs to handle symptoms. I'm tired of it!

On September 17, my 11yo daughter aquired H1N1, so we set up our version of intensive care: turn the couch into a bed with a selfservice tray of grapes and other finger food ( Read more... )

Called the doc today, and told him about the continued asthma and other lack of healing. He told me to make haste for his office. He prescribed Prednizone and a new kind of inhaler. That inhaler is damned expensive! More than I had with which to cover everthing. I bought the Prednizone, but passed on the new inhaler. That let me buy some ( Read more... )

This is a continuation from something another asked me today:

The Monday of 10th grade finals, I woke with my left forearm still asleep. I thought I had simply slept on it too long and ignored it. The numbness stayed all day. By afternoon, I knew that something was very wrong. All I could think was that if I told anyone, I would not be able to take ( Read more... )

When I'm sick, nothing tastes better than mass quantities of warm, salty water. I take mine with beets, cabbage, and carrots. Then, I alternate with Jewish penicillin until those cursed germs are dead!

Who needs another medical plan?