Still sick. Does anyone know a way to unstuff your nose? My sinuses are driving me crazy. Sudafed (either version, OTC and semi-otc) has stopped working for me. I am too afraid of addiction to try nasal spray. I got addicted to it before and it was so hard to stop using it. That rebound stuffiness is a bitch! I just want to breathe though!

Just read a disturbing report by Consumer Reports about arsenic in rice and rice products. I don't eat rice or rice products since I went off of carbohydrates, but I know a lot of you do. This article is very interesting and there is a linked PDF that has the measurements of which rice is the worse, also their recommendations on how much you can ( Read more... )

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/20/health/he-allergies20Read more... )

I used to laugh at George Jetson when he complained that he had "pushbutton finger" from doing his work all day, now I sympathise. (Although mine is sore from texting, still...)

I've lost 1½ pounds this week! That's 12½ pounds all together :) My necklace even looks longer, haha!

So I found intermittent relief by bringing some water with some oregano and thyme just to a boil then making a tent with a towel and breathing in the steam. Standing in the shower for a while helped too. The weirdest thing is that it gets a bit better if I'm standing up and worse if I'm sitting. Even when I'm careful to hold my head the same way ( Read more... )

I hate my sinuses so much. I am so stuffy today, and this has been going on for some time now. I know the pollen is awful this year but I am just ready to rip my sinuses out by the roots. (That is, if they weren't just empty spaces, although mine aren't empty they are blocked.) I don't even know what I'm saying now, I'm just babbling because I ( Read more... )

I've lost 3.4 pounds! Woohoo ( Read more... )

The good: I've lost 2 pounds this past week so my low-carbing is working. YEA! I like the low-carb diet (I'm doing Atkins, specifically) because I'm not hungry all the time.

I finished The Hunger Games and have started the second one. Catching Fire I think is the title. I did enjoy it, more than I thought I would. The second one is starting ( Read more... )

My period, which waited such a long time to arrive, has decided to make up for lost time and I'm sooo heavy! And also I woke up with a massive headache this morning. I took 2 migraine tablets, an allergy tablet and 2 sudafed. Let's see if that will work. I feel like there's a little guy in my head pounding with a sledge hammer ( Read more... )