My son thinks I'm Weird
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My son thinks I'm Weird
My son is home from college and once again he came home with a cold. I usually don't catch it, but alas at Christmastime it hit me. The timing is really bad as we leave for CA by airplane on Friday. Yesterday he watched me add liquid zinc to my coconut water and later as I was drinking bone broth he asked his dad what I was doing. His dad explained that it's bone broth that I make from turkey bones. He said something like I'm practicing voodoo and the next thing he knows I'll be sitting around a fire like in the movie Dances with Wolves (he was kidding). It made me laugh and my only comment to him was that it's better to fight it naturally than to pump my body full of "crap." My doctor told me that getting a cold is a good thing because it means that my immune system is working but I really didn't need that verification now! The last cold I had was in March of 2014. I felt like a truck hit me yesterday but I feel much better today thanks to the "voodoo" that I practice! Merry Christmas everyone!
Marcia
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style. - M. Angelou
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style. - M. Angelou
Merry Christmas Marcia,
With all that "voodoo" you should be as fit as a fiddle by Friday and ready to enjoy the trip.
Tex
With all that "voodoo" you should be as fit as a fiddle by Friday and ready to enjoy the trip.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thanks, Tex. I should be good to go by Friday thanks to all of the "tricks" that I have up my sleeve. 
Gabes, I love that quote and I'm waiting to use it on him!
Susanne, he does make me laugh. He's the weight lifter who knows how many grams of protein are in every food under the sun and I'm trying to get him to focus more on taking supplements that are good for his health.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Gabes, I love that quote and I'm waiting to use it on him!
Susanne, he does make me laugh. He's the weight lifter who knows how many grams of protein are in every food under the sun and I'm trying to get him to focus more on taking supplements that are good for his health.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Marcia
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style. - M. Angelou
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style. - M. Angelou
I still don't have a clear diagnosis but when I was diagnosed with giardiasis in early December and started treatment my husband said "great, now you don't have to be on that diet any longer". It is funny that if you want to lose weight, pretty much any diet restriction you use is acceptable but if you are on any form of elimination diet...well, that is just pure craziness. I am at peace that this is something that I have to do on my own. I have read Tex's letter on stress as well. I have had to take a hiatus from people who rile me up. They are mad but that is their problem to deal with. My husband recently lost his job of thirty years to outsourcing. We have weathered the stress quite nicely because we opted for the 'no drama' approach. He starts a new job next week and is excited rather than resentful of the change. I guess this is a lesson on dealing with our symptoms. One day at a time, baby steps and mindfulness. Crazy people are those that do not heed the signs. Thank you all for being here. It is like a really nice hug!
Good for you and your husband. Humans are creatures of habit and so we tend to automatically fear (and resent) any unexpected changes in our daily routine or our lifestyle. But despite fate's reputation for being fickle, when one door closes, another door almost always opens. And more often than not, we end up being pleasantly surprised that the changes bring benefits that we never anticipated.
Change is almost always challenging, but viewing it as an unexpected opportunity, rather than misfortune, allows us to sidestep most of the stress and maximize the advantages while minimizing the disadvantages.
I suspect that the main reason why most people in the general population don't take avoiding food sensitivities seriously is because we've been programmed (by advertising) to view food as entertainment, and programmed (by custom) to view eating as a social event. Everyone has pretty much forgotten what Hippocrates pointed out 2,000 years ago — food is medicine.
Tex
Change is almost always challenging, but viewing it as an unexpected opportunity, rather than misfortune, allows us to sidestep most of the stress and maximize the advantages while minimizing the disadvantages.
I suspect that the main reason why most people in the general population don't take avoiding food sensitivities seriously is because we've been programmed (by advertising) to view food as entertainment, and programmed (by custom) to view eating as a social event. Everyone has pretty much forgotten what Hippocrates pointed out 2,000 years ago — food is medicine.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.