i am FINALLY beginning to feel like a normal person again, after being sick for almost 3 weeks with a stupid cold. i got a fantastic night's sleep last night without the aid of any sleepy pills, save herbal tea.

i saw a naturopath physician yesterday. i have stuff to take at each meal now - a liquid vitamin b multi that tastes like a$% at breakfast, fish oil (liquid form - straight - disgusting too) at lunch, and a packet of probiotic mixed in water at dinner (this is the only one that doesn't taste nasty). i had a bunch of ear infections as a kid, which in those days they treated with antibiotics. i guess now they have other ways of treating them, and often recommend parents to avoid dairy products with their kids. anyway, antibiotics evidently really wreak havoc on one's immune system, and the probiotics (which includes acidophilus, which is the active culture in yogurt) help restore the cultures that the antibiotics destroy. i think the probiotic supplement is temporary, but the others may be forever. *yuck!* but if it improves my crappy immune system, especially if i ever want to have kids in the future, it's worth the yuckiness. it seems like i'm always getting sick, and i'm tired of it. i had to buy the supplements at a special clinic. normal health/vitamin sections in grocery stores can't carry the items, because they're much stronger (and a lot more expensive) than what grocery stores sell, and you can only get them with a prescription. vitamins & fish oil usually make me nauseated, which is why the dr recommended trying the liquid form. people often have trouble digesting tablets. i've been able to stomach one day of the stuff, although the fish oil didn't feel that great. i'll just wait & see...