illness

  • Achoo!

    Achoo!

    First thing, yes, I am back up and stumbling, however, I may not be posting every day like I was before my fall. Yesterday, I had a great day, but by the time I got home, I was exhausted. I usually write my blog in the evening, especially when I have a busy morning ahead.

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  • How does the body heal?

    How does the body heal?

    Surgery went well yesterday, and now I move on to the next phase, true healing. This is an essentially passive process, at least the first couple of weeks. It maybe passive in that my body is doing all the work, but I can do everything in my power to ensure that it has what it

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  • Life is sweet… Enough

    Life is sweet… Enough

    It has been 7+ days since I fell and my life seems to be falling into a new normal. I don’t have any pressing concerns or insight today, so let’s head back to the 27 healthy tips.Today’s topic is avoiding added sugar in our diet. Did you know that the average American eats 17 teaspoons

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  • Acute vs Chronic Pain

    Acute vs Chronic Pain

    I finally got a somewhat decent night’s sleep last night, after 3 nights of little to no sleep. Why can’t I sleep? With the pain and immobility, I’m in a leg immobilizer from my groin to my ankle, which makes rolling over and trying to get comfortable nigh on impossible. The best news that keeps

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  • Stanford Comparative Pain Scale

    Let’s talk about pain. Pain has been categorized as the 5th vital sign in medicine, so Medicine has deemed that it is just as important as your; blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, and temperature when getting a basic idea of how you are doing. The thing with pain is that it is subjective, meaning it

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  • Migraines are such a pain …

    One of my reader’s commented on migraines and yet again I’m just not in the mood to talk about #16 and the use of EVOO, so let’s talk about migraines. Migraines are a type of throbbing headache that reoccurs and last anywhere from 4-72 hours, that may sound like it isn’t a big deal, but

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