The Bugs Got Me & Bacon Bits
Friday, September 26, 2008
My husband has been down with a respiratory thing for a couple of weeks, which I seem to have avoided - only to get something ELSE. I have applied homecare relatively successfully - using goldenseal as an antibiotic of sorts. You can only use if for a few days, but it's good to have to boost your immune system. I also took all my wellness vitamins, and some other herbal remedy and now I am practically cured, altho I still will probably go to the MD on Saturday.
The last few times I have played nurse, I did such a good job that when my husband went to the doc, the MD just reiterated a treatment that I had already started! But it's better to be safe than sorry. My mother was trained as a nurse, so she doctored us up al lot as children - so I am used to that. But I still think it's good to know as much first aid and selfcare as possible. (Check out Web MD's Symptom Checker to get a handle on what you probably have.)
Flu season is going to start soon, and since that's viral and they can't kill viruses yet, we have to cope the best we can, and prop up our immune systems. I have used homeopathic remedies and Chinese nostrums plus my wellness vitamins - and you know, it does help! I do research these remedies as best I can on the internet - where there is SO much information!
I have written an article about that sort of coping on www.associatedcontent.com/pamelamunro - if you are interested. Also another article on my latest freebie hunting. And I am getting ready an article for thriftyfun about Beauty on a Budget. We need to keep up our appearances!
Also racking up points on inboxdollars and at dollarsurveys.net - altho they do make you work for your bits of $. But if I am here doing nothing else...why not? My pin money is increasingly coming in handy. Just little bits for fun or emergencies? And I watched Kay Francis flicks all last night!
My husband sometimes scoffs at my attempts - but he also says that if he "brings in the bacon", I "bring in the bacon bits" - and the bacon bits can sometimes save the day!! How are your bacon bits doing??
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