4-18-13

6:10am

Everything's been in slow mo around

here the last couple of days

between my body hurting and hubby not feeling well.

I ask hubby every day how he's feeling.

He's still trudging to work each day feeling like crap.

Some symptoms have improved but he says

he still has head congestion.  Last night

I filled the humidifier with water and apple cider

vinegar.  The apple cider vinegar is supposed

to be good for congestion and sinus problems.

I placed it in our bedroom near his side of the bed.

I hope it helps to alleviate the congestion.

This morning me and mom are going to Walmart.

My free camera cases have been shipped

and are ready for pickup.

I've never ordered something and had it

shipped to a store before so we'll see how it goes.

While there I plan to get a few

vitamins because I have run out.

Such as Vitamin D3 and Omega 3 Fish Oil.

I've been taking hubby's regular fish oil

and it doesn't seem to be helping my pain.

The difference between fish oil and Omega 3 fish oil.   

The difference between Vitamin D and D3 from

what I understand is Vitamin D is what comes

from plants or animals.  D3 is like getting

the D vitamin which comes from the sun.

1:30pm

Whew, I laid down for a nap and forgot to open the windows

ahead of time and still had my sweater on from this morning.

  It's 82.5 degrees out and 76.8 degrees inside.

I ran around opening up the windows and

turning on fans and the sweater went bye bye til tomorrow 

when it's only supposed to be 50's for a high!

I got all 5 of my camera cases from Walmart this morning

without a hitch.  I didn't have to pay for anything.

I got me some things to take to hopefully

make any body aches and inflammation go away. 

I sure do notice a difference when I go without taking

my regular vitamins & fish oil daily. 

The multivitamin I already had but wanted to show

you what I take everyday to possibly help with Crohn's Disease

along with my prescription for Lialda. 

 Yeah it's the kind that's

for women who are 50 and over.  I got it because

it has more doses of some things in it

like Vitamin A, E, B6, B12 and

it has vitamin D3 instead of Vitamin D

compared to regular multivitamins.

For the fish oil I'm trying something different.

It has fish oil, flaxseed oil, borage oil,

evening primrose oil, black currant oil,

alpha linolinic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid,   

 docosahexaenoic acid, linoleic acid,

gamma linoleic acid. 

And I got my 1000 IU Vitamin D3

which I take a total of 2,000 IU's daily when 

you include the 1,000 IU's of D3 in my daily multivitamin.

 During the cold Winter I might up it

to 3,000 to 4,000 IU's a day.

As it gets warmer and I get out in the sun more

then I will taper off taking any extra D3.

Here is some of what my Prescription for Natural Healing

Book suggests for people with Crohn's Disease

for Omega 3's, B12, Vitamin C & Zinc.

I do the Vitamin C, Echinacea and Zinc when I feel a cold

coming on.   I'll take the kids Little Critter gummies

and/or a zicam.  I give the kids one of these gummies in the

morning before school as an immune booster

during the colder Winter months and then

a multivitamin at supper time.

This Winter is the first time I have experimented

with natural products to combat sickness around here.

It seems to of worked because I don't think

anyone had a cold for more than a day or two

and we didn't get the flu.  Me and the kids

do not get flu shots.

The only time we visited Urgent Care was

for Conjunctivitis, an ear infection

and the time I had problems swallowing my food

which ended up passing anyway and was a wasted trip

but family insisted I go anyway.    

That sure beats previous years with

quite a few trips to the emergency room, doctor's office visits

and urgent care.   Let's just say thousands and thousands

of dollars was spent for medical care these past

couple of years.  This year I'm looking at 

around $100/$150.   Big difference!!  

Oh and I try to stay away from over the counter

items like cold and flu medicines and cough syrups.

Only take ibuprofen or acetaminophin over the counter

products when really needed for aches, headaches, or fever.  

For sore throats I buy peppermint hard candy.  

Sometimes I might buy cough drops

but the peppermint candy I think does about the same thing,

keeps the throat moistened and I run the 

humidifier with apple cider vinegar in it. 

 

9:30pm


OK, this is weird.  A dumptruck, a mini roller
and a blacktop spreader just arrived not long
ago and are repaving a neighbor's driveway at
this time of night.  I'm sure the closer neighbors
that have to get up early and go to work tomorrow
morning are loving the noise from all that.
I've never seen anyone get their driveway redone
this late at night like that.  Maybe roadwork because
there is less traffic but never a driveway especially
on a week night.  I'd of never know about it but because
the windows were open I had to see what the weird noises
were about.