“Everyone gets a little bloated and puffy feeling, right? It’s a bit annoying to get up and use the toilet all night long, but no worries…..right?”
If your doctor isn’t concerned, why should you be?
It’s just a little water retention.
Reasons to be concerned about excess fluid: Read the rest of this entry »
Before you reach for a bottle of pills or alcohol, think of simple and wholesome ways to relieve that deep down tired feeling.
The woman of the house is the most prone to suffer post holiday fatigue. Please, if you don’t need a bit of nurturing today, then find someone near and dear to you who does, and make sure she takes care of herself.
Ten years ago, when I first began my struggle with auto immune disease, I was forever looking for pain relief that was natural and wouldn’t knock me out.
I was taking a class on the weekends with a group of women from my daughters’ school. The subject of pain relief came up and one of the ladies suggested I try a hot bath with plenty of Epsom Salt.
It seemed a bit too simplistic to possibly help with the extreme pain that I had been coping with, but hey, I would have tried anything at that point.
You would not believe the amount of pain that you can soak away in 20 minutes!
You need to use 2 full cups Read the rest of this entry »
Do you literally have a pain in the neck most of the time?
Are you often tense?
You are in good company.
It seems to be going around.
If you have had head, neck, shoulder, or back pain lately answer the following questions:
Now ask yourself one more question. Are you ready to take action to reduce your pain? Sick of that stiff neck? Read the rest of this entry »
Are you feeling isolated and alone?
Would you like to feel connected to the world outside your door?
It doesn’t matter if you are young or old, building a support system can be challenging.
If you have reached the point of feeling isolated, you need to take quick action to plug yourself in and get the support you need.
Community Resources may be the answer.
Online communities like this one, can offer great resources and contacts that will enrich your life.
The inter-net has the amazing ability to connect you with people all over the world. There is, however, no substitute for real, flesh and blood, people in your life.
This blog offers education and resources to help you make positive change in your diet and life style.
Has your health care practitioner encouraged you to make changes?
Do you know what diet and lifestyle changes look like?
You know that you should be eating less junk food and more fruits and vegetables. The couch potato lifestyle is certainly not health building.
So how do you get from the couch to activity, and McDonald’s to the produce isle? Read the rest of this entry »
It is a gray and rainy day on the Big Island of Hawaii.
I started the day with a conversation with a depressed (and depressing) friend.
It really set the mood for the morning. My friends dark energy just seemed to cling to me.
When I took my daughter to the bus, the cold wind and pounding rain seemed to match my mood.
Last week when we were traveling down our road on the way to the school bus stop, my daughter was awe struck by the beautiful view, and grabbed the camera to take a picture through the wind shield, which was over due for a cleaning.
I was so surprised when I got home and took a look at the picture.
Through that dirty window, she had captured the awesome beauty of the morning.
I chuckled, and thought, “wow, awesome beauty shines so brightly, ya don’t notice how murky your field of vision is.”
It reminded me of life. No matter how stuck in the mud you are, just keep your eye on awesome, and you will be transformed.
Today, just the memory of that beautiful morning shines a light on my dark mood.
I am blessed.
Leave your email address in the box at the right. Let’s focus on awesome together. You don’t have to be depressed.
Let’s stay in touch.
Many blessings,
Carrie
PS– Remember everyday:
Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter
Good question.
Your doctor will diagnose you with asthma when you have wheezing that reoccurs over an extended period of time.
You just have “reactive airways” when you wheeze with a cold, and it goes away. When you return to your doctor complaining of ongoing wheezing, you are eventually considered “asthmatic”.
Asthma is considered to be a disease that “inflames and narrows the airways”.
It is commonly accepted that asthma is not curable, and it lies dormant waiting to flare up at anytime.
The treatment for asthma is a combination of oral and inhaled medication to make your airways less inflamed.
Recently advisors to the FDA recommended that the drugs, salmeterol (Serevent) and formoterol (Foradil), not be used for young children and there is concern for young adults.
They want the drugs used for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but not asthma.
These drugs are considered to carry too high a risk for asthma-related complications and death!
These drugs have been used routinely to TREAT asthma and COPD for years. Now they are saying that they are just too dangerous when used without steroids.
Steroids are used to reduce inflammation.
Does any of that make sense to you?
Heck, doesn’t make any sense to me, and I have been taking care of asthma patients for 23 years.
So if you wheeze, DO you have asthma?
Do you have a disease you will have to medicate the rest of your life?
Maybe you do, and maybe you don’t.
You can certainly reduce inflammation, and you can do it without dangerous drugs!
Less inflammation is always a good thing.
However,
There is a bigger issue here that we need to talk about. Read the rest of this entry »
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