“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, [...]

Do you literally have a pain in the neck most of the time?
Are you often tense?
You are in good company.
It seems to be going around.
If you have had head, neck, shoulder, or back pain lately answer the following questions:

Have you had any water to drink today?
Do you work up a light sweat with activity regularly?
Do you eat your foods [...]

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 [...]

It is a gray and rainy day on the Big Island of Hawaii.
I started the day with a conversation with a depressed (and depressing) friend.
It really set the mood for the morning.  My friends dark energy just seemed to cling to me.
When I took my daughter to the bus, the cold wind and pounding rain [...]

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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 [...]