TUESDAY TIDBITS

Morning arrived.  I woke remembering my dream.  This doesn't happen very often.  A friend from High School that in real life I haven't seen in almost 50 years walked passed me and I thought it was Sue.  I could hear her talking to someone and said she was looking for me.  She found me and began to cry as she hugged me.  She was so happy to see me.  Then I woke up.  

In reality, there were a few times that I was overjoyed to see someone I hadn't seen in a while and I'd let them know that I was soooo glad to see them.  They were not as happy to see me as I was them.  They let it be known by being stand-off-ish.  I learned my lesson that each person is different, but in my dream, my friend Sue was truly happy to see me.  I was the one that was stand-off-ish.  

Morning time is often slow paced for me.  I sometimes do my best housework early in the morning before my back begins to hurt.    

LAUNDRY STARTED.  Everyday clothing is being washed.  Off to a good start.   Cottage cheese with strawberries and granola sprinkled on top for breakfast.  More water needed to wash this down.  These days drinking spring water is throughout the day.  

Took my morning stats.  My resting heart rate was fantastic this morning.  I think my body transitioned from weaning off of Toprol to bumping up Lisinopril/HCTZ.  My stats last night and this morning were excellent.  Resting heart rate was more in lines with what I had before going off Toprol.  That's one medicine down and two to go. 

I understand that Vitamin B6 addresses water retention/edema.  I know for a fact this works. When I wasn't on a water pill my ankles/feet were swelling up so I took B6 and like magic the swelling went down.  So I desire to use vitamins and foods to minister to my body.  I am working up a list so I can shop for the vitamins and be on the road to a healthier me.

The closest my doctor has been to treating me with vitamins is when I had a Vitamin D deficiency about a year and a half ago.  Somehow along the way our medical society is now really into Vit. D deficiencies and willing to subscribe D.  Now to our amazement it's important to raise the D levels.  It is now accepted to use vitamins to support good health.  Vit. C was used to alleviate scurvy years ago.  Because medical doctors are not nutritionist, the vitamin and food routes are not the common road traveled down.  You might get a 'avoid trans fats as much as possible' from them.  They spend only a few hours of study on nutrition while being educated in medicine.  I'm not sure if a Nutritionist even studies about non GMO foods and organic foods, food additives, or into vitamin/mineral supplements.  Perhaps a Holistic Nutritionist does.      

Would we be miles ahead to use our foods to treat health conditions instead of high dollar patented drugs where BIG PHARMA makes the big bucks when the doctors peddle them in which they get a kick back from the pharmaceutical companies?  Is that for real?    

Many medicines have side effects and when taking one medicine to help with a condition, it creates another condition in which the doctor wants to put you on another medicine plus the one you're already taking.  The vicious cycle begins.  They seem to cover up the symptoms instead of getting to the root cause of the problem in the first place.  It's convenient to say age and genetics are the cause of the problem before indicating that food and lifestyle changes are needed.

Where do you go when your body does not follow the rules and you are not a text book case? Prayer.

Blessings,

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