Archive for the ‘being healthy’ Category

just what the dr. ordered

By me • Oct 12th, 2007 • Category: being healthy, being sick

 
What?????? The dentist told me I needed to relax more.
 

 
Okay, he probably was thinking more in terms of yoga and meditation practice and less in the caramel apple bread pudding and black walnut ice cream consumption, but I need to celebrate a little bit. After a week and a half of midterms and projects my [...]



temporary insanity?

By me • Jul 6th, 2007 • Category: being healthy

For the past few weeks I’ve had a very odd urge to start running. And it’s been annoyingly persistent. I’ve tried to ignore but it’s just not working. I’ve stopped trying to completely understand it. I’m sure part of it’s my body’s fight or flight reaction to the stress right now, but the other is [...]



the magic pill

By me • Feb 14th, 2007 • Category: being healthy, being sick

When I was 18 I was diagnosed as hypothyroid. It came as no surprise, there’s a long history of thyroid problems in my family. It’s completely treatable and I started taking Synthroid right away so I never really felt the symptoms at that point int my life. However about a two years ago I had [...]