“Everyone gets a little bloated and puffy feeling, right?  It’s a bit annoying to get up and use the toilet all night long, but no worries…..right?”
If your doctor isn’t concerned, why should you be?
It’s just a little water retention.
Reasons to be concerned about excess fluid:

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Before you reach for a bottle of pills or alcohol, think of simple and wholesome ways to relieve that deep down tired feeling.
The woman of the house is the most prone to suffer post holiday fatigue.  Please, if you don’t need a bit of nurturing today, then find someone near and dear to you who does, [...]

Are you feeling isolated and alone?
Would you like to feel connected to the world outside your door?
It doesn’t matter if you are young or old, building a support system can be challenging.
If you have reached the point of feeling isolated, you need to take quick action to plug yourself in and get the support you [...]

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Good question.
Your doctor will diagnose you with asthma when you have wheezing that reoccurs over an extended period of time.
You just have “reactive airways” when you wheeze with a cold, and it goes away.  When you return to your doctor complaining of ongoing wheezing, you are eventually considered “asthmatic”.
Asthma is considered to [...]

Well that is a stupid question.  No body wants to rush to the emergency room gasping for breath, and then spend a few days dining on hospital fare with your butt hanging out of the most unflattering attire imaginable.
“Ho ho ho?”
“I don’t think so!”
Yet, if you are shopping ‘til you drop, and then having chips [...]

The holidays are upon us.  I was raised catholic, and my memories from childhood are of midnight-mass (it was so cool).
In my adult life, I have observed and accepted many different religions.  Where there is love, I am at home.
Christmas to me means giving of yourself with a brand new spirit of good will, that [...]