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I have several philosophies about illness.

One: Unless they kill me, I’m going to recover

And the vast majority of illnesses are not going to kill me. So I don’t worry too much about them.

Two: The Three-Day Rule

I know many people that go straight to the doctor at the first sign of anything being wrong. And I’m not saying that’s wrong, that’s just not my method. I hate going to the doctor…I find it expensive, inconvenient, and a time-waster. So I avoid it if possible. By following the 3-day rule.

I wake up one day and I’m sick. Sore throat, fever, stomach funkiness, whatever the case may be. Unless I am literally incapacitated by pain (#kidneystones) or something truly seems life-threatening…I wait three days. If I don’t see improvement after three days, then I will consider going to the doctor. Most things do start to improve naturally in several days.

I’m not against vaccines, I’m just not much of one for them for myself personally (see above re going to the dr; inconvenient, etc). I do keep certain things in the house to help allay symptoms when I’m not feeling well. At the first tingle of a sore throat, I double-dose with echinacea & golden seal. That’s the most houly-ghouly medical thing I do. I feel the liquid is better than the pills. I put two droppersful of the foul tasting liquid in something that will mask the fermented dirt water taste…preferably whiskey, but orange juice or iced tea will do in a pinch.

I always have Theraflu type things around to help ease coughing and help me sleep. Until I started traveling, I always had hydrocodone at the ready in case of kidney stone pain. If I don’t have strong pain killers when kidney stone pain hits, I end up in the emergency room on a morphine drip. Traveling internationally, it’s hard to transport good pain killers in and out of countries that are stricter than the US.

I live alone, so I try to always keep a couple things on-hand to get me through sick times. Other than the things mentioned above, I try to always have canned chicken noodle soup, cream of chicken soup and minute rice, bread for toast.

I’m not a fussy sick person. I just kind of like to be alone to sleep as much as I want in a quiet room. Hmm, that sounds pretty much like normal life.

Hope you’ll take a look at my friends’ blogs as well and see how they treat themselves when feeling under the weather.

Daenel at Living Outside the Stacks
Em at Dust and Doghair
Jodie at Jodie’s Touch of Style
Sally at Within a World of My Own

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