Lets Chat about Health

CONGRATS KATHI!!!!!

First of all – Kathi, did I misunderstand, or did you just share that you are….with child? If so, CONGRATULATIONS! (Sending hugs your way!)

Yes, this can all be overwhelming (just like homeschooling 😕 ) and we need to make choices for our own family that we are most comfortable with. If my health wasn’t so affected by the modern western diet, I’d rather go to Vatican City at least once in my lifetime with the money we could save! 🙂

Parents have sooo many decisions to make for their family – God will be with us and will grant us peace.

Yes, we’re expecting #7 in October.Thank you for your congratulations.We’re excited!

I know that making all these decisions is good for us, and I have no plans to take backward steps, I will just need to continue with my gradual pace.I like to take the time to research as I go anyway.

I suppose I’ve learned so much lately about being frugal (tends to happen a little more with each new baby) that sometimes the cost of being wholesome, natural, raw, crunchy, organic, etc. seems like I’m wasting money…when in reality I’m just making wise choices for my family.

I’ve enjoyed this whole thread, and I will take all of it into account.

…just wondering out loud here, how many of you do have blogs? I started blogging back in July, and it’s amazing how many wonderful women I’ve “met”.

Have a good midweek day everyone, I know we have lots to do!

Kathi

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Heather,

Oftentimes, headaches are from 1)stress, 2) allergy, 3) infection (sinus).

If it’s a headache caused by stress (which causes stressed muscles), my husband will massage my upper back, shoulder, and neck muscles, putting added pressure on heavily stressed points (you can actually feel the tightness in these areas). This relieves an unbelievable amount of stress. Along with a little rest, this alone can take care of the problem. If the headache is real bad, he will also rub some ‘muscle rub’ (we use Xtra-Mint Muscle Rub made by The Common Sense Farm – for relief of aches and pains in muscles and joints – that contains castor oil, beeswax, sweet almond oil, lanolin, eucalyptus, wintergreen, menthol, peppermint, clove bud, and nutmeg oils) into these stress points and carefully around the temples. A good foot massage is an added bonus. 🙂 At times, if it’s a mild headache, I’ve just used Natural Calm ‘The Anti-Stress Drink’ which is simply a magnesium supplement that helps relax you, freeing you from stress. It works nicely and is actually recommended for a nightly bed-time drink for busy mom’s! 🙂 (I actually use it for my asthma, too – it works!)

You might want to consider logging when you get headaches (log day, what you’ve eaten in the last 12 hours, what you’ve been exposed to that you aren’t normally, etc.) because many times headaches are due to something one has eaten or has been exposed to that cause an allergic reaction. For allergy headaches (which shouldn’t happen that often once you realize specific triggers), I pretty much do the same as above.

For sinus headaches, I also follow the same prescription above, but I include gargling with salt water several times throughout the day to draw fluids, and increase probiotics for the infection (and/or other infection-fighting natural approaches).

A biggie for me is getting plenty of fluids. I find that when I’ve been in the sun too long and/or haven’t had enough water to drink, this triggers a headache.

If the above does not work for me – quite honestly, I simply ‘OFFER IT UP’ and wait it out. It’s very meaningful – offering it up, when I think of the awful sufferings our Lord lovingly endured for our sins. It’s an opportunity to be united with Him on the cross. VERY powerful.

For my children’s leg pains (which seem to be when rain is in the forecast – something with the air pressure, I’m guessing), I just put a hot water bottle on the painful area (calf, knee, ankle) and wrap a blanket around it. They fall asleep so fast after that. (These leg pains happen at night for them.) One of my dd’s get’s it quite severely sometimes, so for those times, I rub in a bit of the muscle rub mentioned above in the area that hurts. (I do not use the hot water bottle then – I just wrap her leg(s) in blankets.)

We do not do any over-the-counter or prescribed drugs – except for a necessary asthma treatment (via nebulizer) now and then, only to avoid a trip to the Emergency Room. Drugs are a reactive approach to healthcare. They only mask the problem and cause other harmful side-effects. I’m a big “Why?” person – that is, I ask why am I getting this/that symptom, then I avoid whatever triggered it.

I hope this helps. It works for us. 🙂

In Christ,

Rebecca

I’m sure you knew what I meant, Heather (being a woman of faith), but I feel a need to clear my words of any possible misunderstanding.

“….. just like one’s faith walk, it’s something you need to come to on your own – nobody can push it on you.”

I know that it is only through the prompting of the Holy Spirit that brings us to God. I was referring to other people in our lives.

I knew what I was thinking, but you know how sometimes you go back to your words and they just didn’t come out right? 😕

In Christ,

Rebecca