The Beauty Denominator

I bought a product called Triple Flex a few weeks ago with Glucosamine which is used to help joint pain and I thought since it was suppose to be natural that it would be ok to use. I don’t take medications except Tylenol or Aleve and I decided to try this. It tells you to take 2 a day for quick relief, but I decided to take one a day. I took this for a week, but I noticed a pain behind my left eye down to my shoulder and at one point I thought I was having a heart attack.

I thought I was getting a sinus infection and I felt like crap. I felt horrible so I missed taking one of the doses of Triple Flex and the next day I felt better and the pain let up some, but I still felt like crap so when I remembered I took my next dose of Triple Flex and the pain returned with a vengeance. Bill’s daughter is a nurse and she mentioned that they gave the Glucosamine to their elderly dog that’s why I bought it to start with.

I thought we could both use it for our poor old joints so when I took mine I gave him his. I had noticed he wasn’t like his normal self either and thought we were both just sick, but I didn’t give him his last dose when I took mine and if I hadn’t noticed how much better he was acting after 2 days without that stuff I never would have made the connection so I promptly stopped and each day I have gotten better and so has he.

I could kick myself because you never know how supplements will react in your body not even when they are supposedly natural. I’m sure many people take this product without side effects, but for myself and my Shadow apparently we were both allergic to it. My advice would be to check with your doctor before taking any supplements, but even they can’t be sure how your body might react so when taking anything new keep a record of anything different that occurs with your body.

When I’m sick I am so grumpy and I don’t like being around anyone because I know I might say something without thinking and hurt someones feelings because when I’m grouchy I just don’t care until I start feeling better and then it’s too late because the damage is done.

Usually when people are stressed they do the same thing and we may think that others that love us will understand and maybe they do, but they are still hurt regardless. I could very easily become a recluse with all the mood swings I’m going through lately and strange aches and pains.

I know I have been worried about the new baby coming and hoping everything will turn out good for my Son and with all the planning that’s been going on and getting everything done before we take off for Kentucky I made myself sick and haven’t felt like answering comments or posting.

For those of you that need answers about reciprocity I will get to those later this afternoon. This is my first post since Friday and I do apologise. Hopefully after we come back from Kentucky I can once again feel human and helpful.

This is the weekend and I will be very busy so I doubt I will be on here much. For those that left a comment and needed information about reciprocity I will be back Monday, but hopefully you will find your information before that. I have been trying to get a zillion things ready so I’ve been preoccupied.

My Grandbaby is due at anytime now so I will be getting things ready to travel out of state and when that happens I will not be worried about this site at all, but I will be delighted to help when I return. This must take less priority right now because there has been a few complications so I am on alert. My very first biological Grandson and I’m excited that he will draw my Son closer to me.

Everyone has some sort of addiction some are good and some are bad, but who has the right to say my addiction is worse than theirs. Living in this life is a learning experience and how we overcome our particular addiction is up to the individual because we have choices, but my choice may not be the same as yours and vise versa. An addiction is anything compulsory that makes you feel good that you just don’t have the will power to give up.

I have tried living healthy in the past, well some of the time, actually not very much. It’s so much easier to tell someone else how to live healthy than to do it yourself. I always have the best of intentions and then I stray or revert back to previous bad habits or addictions like my smoking. I did quit for a period of time and actually felt better, but I missed it, so right back I went. I guess I enjoy smoking more than feeling good, go figure. I have absolutely no will power in some things.

They say a glass of red wine is actually good for you if you can stop at just one. If you have an addictive personality that might not be such a good idea because 1 can very easily turn into 2 or more. I like the cocktail hour, but I can’t drink wine because I get a headache, see that’s something else I could be doing that’s good for me if I could drink it. However I have no problem with vodka, but it’s not conducive for healthy living, but it does help me get through menopause.