Gentle Readers, From the couch, handkerchiefs everywhere, head propped up I write to tell you the story of a person who used to get every cold bug that came along. In the old days, I grabbed the Coricidin and then the Nyquil P.M. and then went whimpering to my doctor. He gladly swabbed my throat and pronounced strep or bronchitis […]
Help! Gotta have chocolate now!
Gentle reader, How are you doing with those plans to take a few inches off? Are you starving yet? Are cravings getting the better of your will power? What’s this got to do with arthritis and joint pain, anyway? The research has been done and is conclusive beyond a doubt that losing even 15 pounds (you may have 50 to […]
Resolutions, hell-o-lutions. How to keep them.
Gentle Reader, Here we are again at the first of the New Year. 2013 is going to be IT. That last doctor visit convinced me once and for all that I must do something about my weight/exercise program or I will die sooner than later. How many people do you know who begin again to take control of their health? […]
Be Well and Keep Moving blog
For the most recent post click here. This blog is specifically about taking control of your health. Stop giving your body over to doctors and waiting for them to tell you what to do, after you get sick. Stop the frustrating search for Over the Counter drugs that will fix the little things: head aches, breaking finger nails, thinning hair, […]
Diet, Medicine and Supplements for Arthritis, the back story
Gentle Reader, Before going into dietary suggestions, I want to share how I came to hold the beliefs and attitudes I have about allopathic medicine. My father was an Orthopedist. My mother was a nurse. They believed in the miracles of medicine. Mother worked for a General Practitioner during a New York City outbreak of the flu in the 30’s. […]