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“The Crud”

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The Crud

It’s like some bad movie horror character that no one really knows how to define. So they give it this broad, sweeping name to strike fear in the noses of all those around.

For the last week, I have been fighting “The Crud.” Allergies turned cold turned annoyance turned “fake you out so you feel good for a day only to feel worse tomorrow” to just being a big snot machine. I hesitate to say I’m over it, but I feel okay today. Blowing my nose every five minutes, but I feel okay.

Yesterday, I ramped up my battle into hyper-drive. I:

— neti pot regularly, using a mixture of saline and Grapefruit Seed Extract Liquid Concentrate drops

— apple cider vinegar and honey mixture multiple times a day

— orange juice with the Grapefruit Seed Extract Liquid Concentrate in it.

— humidifier

— Vitamin C

— Sudafed

— Advil

— Allegra

All of these things in some mixture over the past 36 hours, and I got up today no longer feeling like a truck hit me. I’m still blowing my nose regularly, but I can handle that! As long as I don’t feel bad, I can handle a stuffed nose.

I work tonight. In a bar that allows smoking. I am hoping the exercise I’ll get moving around the bar will more than compensate for the irritant to my sinuses, and I’ll get up tomorrow feeling better as well. Fingers crossed!!!

So, question… what is YOUR approach to fighting “The Crud.”

*For more information on my grape fruit seed extract and apple cider vinegar approach, check out Earth Clinic’s “How to cure a sinus infection” page. I’ve not tried all the rememdies, but I found these two to help me a lot with even the common cold.

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Don’t let the bed bugs bite

“Good night! Sleep tight! Don’t let the bed bugs bite!”

When I was little, I didn’t think there was actually something called a bed bug. I just thought it was a cutesy way to say good night.

Then over the last few years, bed bug reports have been in the news. I’ve been worried about my husband bringing them home off the road sometime, after being in a hotel room with them. I never thought we’d run into them together at a studio.

On Monday night, my husband and I started noticing bites on our legs. I thought it was the blankets we had wrapped up in, so I threw them in the basement to be washed. Then Tuesday, we discovered a friend had the same bites… our only common denominator was the studio where my husband had a session on Monday.

Come to find out we all (who were there) have bites, and it was confirmed they are bed bugs.

Want to see one of my legs? These are going away…

Seriously would not wish these on my worst enemy! I’ve had enough bug bites in my life that I’ve gotten pretty good at ignoring the itch. So mine are drying up fairly quickly.  My only concern is if we brought any home with us. Will we be facing this again down the road? I sure hope not…

Time will tell.