As you know I am a registered nurse.  I am western trained.  Yes I am also a huge proponent of natural medicine and healing.  I live in both worlds pretty nicely.  So when I have pain I am open to the methods of both worlds to help my body heal.

About 18 months ago I injured my right shoulder.  The deltoid muscle and ligament to be exact.  It hurt when I was sleeping…. like a nagging tooth ache.  Pouring a cup of coffee (yes I drink coffee) it felt weak.  My husband, a physician, offered me a round of prednisone.  I resisted until after months of suffering I had to give it a go.  It didn’t help.  Advil worked some but not enough to be worth the tummy risk.

I am blessed to have a wonderful chiropractor, Kay Anderson, attend my yoga classes.  Several of our students who are dealing with some sort of pain went to see her professionally.  They came back to class and shared a little secret with the rest of us.  For those dealing with inflamation she had suggested they take something called Ultra Inf-Zyme Forte; a dietray supplement of complex and proteolytic enzymes.  Ok.  Basically these are digestive enzymes.  So how do they help inflamation?  The information I was given is that when taken on an empty stomach (very important) they go to work on any inflamation in the body.  Sounds interesting.  So I tried them.

24 hours later my shoulder did not hurt AT ALL!  I’m serious.  My husband was suspecious… so we watched my progress with one eye brow raised.  A week went by and still feeling good.  I took the three tablets morning and evening – on empty stomach, until all 90 pills were consumed.  That was three weeks ago.  My shoulder is still feeling great.  I can tell there is still some healing going on, but there is no ache or sleep disturbance what so ever.  I’m thrilled.  It’s worth a try if you are dealing with inflamation… I don’t see them, I am not invested in the company (although it’s not a bad idea), I have nothing to gain by you buying and trying these.  Only that I can feel good about passing along information about something that has helped me and many other people I know personally.

There are several on line companies you can purchase these from…. Here is ONE such company… or you can contact Dr. Kay Anderson for more information.

HOW TO MONITOR YOUR BEHAVIOR: To know if you are on the path of respect and consideration use the following to monitor your behavior;  1)  If you met in person would you be same?  If not, why not?  2) If you just met this person in a social situation would you say what you are saying here online?  3) Would you be proud of your behavior if your family knew this side of you?

WE’RE ALL WORTH THE EFFORT:  Raise the bar for yourself and others.  Life is short… wasting a moment doing, saying or being something you will regret is a sad use of your precious time.  The person you are communicating with via a social networking site might very well be the one sitting across from you in a future job interview…  a job you could use to feed your family.  Karma has an odd sense of humor.

How men treat women will certainly change the way they are treated back; and visa versa. I’ve always said the sure fire way to get a man to act like a child is to treat him as one.