This has been an interesting couple of months. As noted in prior posts, first I had hip joint problems and was walking on a cane throughout much of December. In January, I caught a horrible cold and was sick for weeks. The cold came with chest congestion, coughing, coughing and more coughing [...]

This is officially week two of this dag blasted cold. Fortunately, it’s easing up. Though I’m still coughing I’m no longer coughing up a lung. My abdominal muscles are relieved as well as are my internal organs which I am sure will suffer post traumatic stress syndrome when this thing finally clears [...]

Been away for a while because I was (really, still) battling a horrible cold. I was battling this thing prior to chemo. Unfortunately, about 48 hours after chemo, the thing went ballistic. I cannot say it enough, if you have a cold stay home and don’t go to work. Some of [...]

I make this post today with a very sad heart. Yesterday, I noticed the site getting a lot of attention but, at the time, I could not stop to see what article was driving the traffic. You can imagine my shock when I read and released a comment posted on an article I [...]

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, are finding that children are just too clean and as a result, they are at a higher risk of developing inflammation and disease. “Normal skin bacteria that act to balance immune response protect the body from overreacting to cuts and other injuries. Excessive cleanliness is actually impairing [...]

Remember the media’s constant references to “underlying health issues” with those who died from H1N1? Well, there may be a link to autoimmunity. As I sit here with a horrible cold — not flu, cold — I have returned to why cold/flu always hits the lungs and why some, particularly with the H1N1 [...]