colds

Reflexology is the practice of massaging, squeezing,or pushing on parts of the feet, or sometimes the hands and ears to imrpove general health.

FOR A HEADACHE:

Massage the tips of your big toes and their outer sides.

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I'm sick. I went from having a head cold to getting either food poisoning or the stomach bug and now I have a chest cold that has hit me like a ton of bricks. And believe me, if I weren't gestating I would sure as hell be downing the TheraFlu. No meds for me, so I am a miserable wretch and feel very sorry for my hubby, since he has to put up with me and "me" pregnant is bad enough.

I never got sick when I was pregnant with my son, so this is one hell of an awesome new experience. As a matter of fact, I rarely ever get sick, but Portland is a freaking humid & cold hotbed of pestilence. I can't blame getting sick on the fact that I have a toddler either since he only gets a little cough or the sniffles if anything with no actual snotty noses that last for 2 days tops. When it hits me, I am out of commission for over a week. But then again, I make sure the child gets super food quality nutrition 95% of the time but am not so good about that for myself. When will I ever learn? But, it's just that pumpkin & tofu mash sounds so awful to me........and for some reason he is willing to eat whatever I give him (we do have food boycotts from his end several times a month though...a la typical toddler).

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I've heard many times that once a child starts school they pick up every illness going around, and it's true. But not only is my son picking them up, but I am getting them too.

I've been sick more times since August than I care to count.

I can't believe that parents send their kids to school sick. Or even preschools. Sure, some of you might have to miss a day a work. But I guess noone minds sending their kids to school sick anymore.

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This year we have spent so much of it sick. I don't know if it's the region I live in or what. It seems like we get over one round of illness, and we are back into it again.

I've noticed that doctors like to automatically diagnose an illness as viral. I've had doctors to look at my kids and do no tests and say it's viral.

I understand that the medical society is worrying about the public becoming resistant to antibiotics. But I've had asthma since I was a child and I have been treated alot with antibiotics and I am not resistant to any of them.

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