Staying positive
January 26th 2009 03:18
While we were in Cromwell Pharmacy last week (we've been on holiday in Central Otago), I noticed the book, Natural Remedies That Really Work, on the counter, and especially that it was recommending Cranberry Juice for urinary tract infections, something that I’d already had recommended to me by a friend I've met through work.
The book looked interesting and seems to weave a decent path between the extreme of believing everything about health remedies and believing nothing. The pharmacist said she’d bought the copy from PaperPlus, just across the mall, so I went over and asked if they had it. The young lady gave me the impression that serving customers wasn’t really what she was there for, particularly when she couldn’t find the book on her computer (I’d given the title slightly wrong). I suggested we do the old-fashioned thing and look on the shelf - which didn’t seem to amuse - and so we did, and there it was.
Obviously with all these natural remedies you’ve got to be careful that you’re not working against the medicines you’re getting from other sources, but I don’t think extra help, in the way of cranberry, will do any harm. Last week I was having to have eight capsules a day for thrush as well as the other tablets I'm already taking. I’ll start rattling soon.
On page 109-110 of the book, which is written by Dr Shaun Holt, and published by Craig Potton (2008), there are the following questions in relation to staying positive when your health is under par.
What can I do to achieve the best possible outcomes?
What are innovative responses to the situation?
What do I need to know to reach a productive conclusion?
What can I learn from this situation that will help me in the future?
What is an interpretation of this event that will motivate me to continue to strive for excellence and success?
I'm not sure that I find these questions entirely helpful, but being positive about your health is worth considering. It's very easy to get down when things aren't going well, and carrying on in a way that's relatively normal when your body isn't working the way it normally does can be a considerable achievement of mind over matter.
The book looked interesting and seems to weave a decent path between the extreme of believing everything about health remedies and believing nothing. The pharmacist said she’d bought the copy from PaperPlus, just across the mall, so I went over and asked if they had it. The young lady gave me the impression that serving customers wasn’t really what she was there for, particularly when she couldn’t find the book on her computer (I’d given the title slightly wrong). I suggested we do the old-fashioned thing and look on the shelf - which didn’t seem to amuse - and so we did, and there it was.
Obviously with all these natural remedies you’ve got to be careful that you’re not working against the medicines you’re getting from other sources, but I don’t think extra help, in the way of cranberry, will do any harm. Last week I was having to have eight capsules a day for thrush as well as the other tablets I'm already taking. I’ll start rattling soon.
On page 109-110 of the book, which is written by Dr Shaun Holt, and published by Craig Potton (2008), there are the following questions in relation to staying positive when your health is under par.
What can I do to achieve the best possible outcomes?
What are innovative responses to the situation?
What do I need to know to reach a productive conclusion?
What can I learn from this situation that will help me in the future?
What is an interpretation of this event that will motivate me to continue to strive for excellence and success?
I'm not sure that I find these questions entirely helpful, but being positive about your health is worth considering. It's very easy to get down when things aren't going well, and carrying on in a way that's relatively normal when your body isn't working the way it normally does can be a considerable achievement of mind over matter.
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