Detours Along the Road
It’s been awhile since I blogged, and I miss talking to you folks in cyberspace. There’s always so much to share as we travel this road to Total Wellness.
Case in point: Exactly why haven’t written anything for a while. It's...well…OK, to put it bluntly, I got sick. Yes, yes, yes. I hate to admit it but I, too, get off track and put my system at the mercy of the many bacteria floating about.
In fact, a recent article (www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/13/cold.flu.desk/) enlightens us on just how many little teenie-weenies are fighting to take up residence in our lungs, sinuses, and other unmentionable places. So, it comes down to our ability to ward off these microbes with a strong immune system and an offensive stance.
Which parts of my own advice did I fail to heed? I stopped taking my favorite immune system ally, Xenoforce, something I generally take on a daily basis through the winter. But my biggest mistake was STRESS and not listening to my body when it told me to REST. I plunged ahead like the super-mom, super-doctor, super-wife, super-friend, super-sister, super-daughter…well, you get the point.
And all the while, my body was telling me to curl up in bed with lots of fluids and to be super-careful for just me for just a bit. As we’re learning on all sorts of fronts, it’s not just “not nice to fool Mother Nature.” It’s not even possible.
Case in point: Exactly why haven’t written anything for a while. It's...well…OK, to put it bluntly, I got sick. Yes, yes, yes. I hate to admit it but I, too, get off track and put my system at the mercy of the many bacteria floating about.
In fact, a recent article (www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/13/cold.flu.desk/) enlightens us on just how many little teenie-weenies are fighting to take up residence in our lungs, sinuses, and other unmentionable places. So, it comes down to our ability to ward off these microbes with a strong immune system and an offensive stance.
Which parts of my own advice did I fail to heed? I stopped taking my favorite immune system ally, Xenoforce, something I generally take on a daily basis through the winter. But my biggest mistake was STRESS and not listening to my body when it told me to REST. I plunged ahead like the super-mom, super-doctor, super-wife, super-friend, super-sister, super-daughter…well, you get the point.
And all the while, my body was telling me to curl up in bed with lots of fluids and to be super-careful for just me for just a bit. As we’re learning on all sorts of fronts, it’s not just “not nice to fool Mother Nature.” It’s not even possible.
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