Crankiness? What’s with the word? Oh well it’s about me feeling erratic since yesterday. Not in the mood and was lazy yesterday and today woke up feeling so weak. I went to bed early last night and it seems that I still didn’t have a good sleep. Something keeps bugging me so annoying I don’t understand. I really hate what I’m feeling today. Stuffy nose, sore throat and muscle pain. What the heck why? We just stayed home the whole day yesterday anyway.  Checking in my kitchen feeling’ like there’s no good food for me to eat. All crap for me what are inside our cupboards and fridge. Oh no I hate this day. I just started it with opening my laptop while sipping hot lemonade with honey. I hope this day will finish well when it comes to my health. I got very itchy nose and I’m sneezing from time to time.  I’ve been treating my hay fever allergies for 3 days now but no to avail. Argh what I should I do? I want to go out but my saving account nearly empty. My pocket is sick. I need to earn. It’s draining because of school holiday. Oh this day no good sorry Lord.

Finally I’m doing well after almost a month of  being sick. The worst was my cough. As in so bad that I lost hope of finding the best cure. I was experiencing asthma symptoms. Whizzing and little bit hard breathing. I was opted to use inhaler that my husband used to use when he’s having asthma attacked. I felt strange because my attacked usually in the dawn. I started to feel back and chest pain every time I was coughing. Phlegm was all plainly clear. No traces of bacteria. I was hysterically worried because it made my days miserable. I can’t go out in public and socialize with friends. I mostly stayed inside the house which was so boring.
I’m fortunate to have a friend who was become an angel sent from above to tell me that a certain medicine for me was right there. With just one day of taking the herbal medicine I felt immediately okay. The next day I still took the medicine for precautionary purpose and that was it! Everything’s good until now. Thank you Lord for sending the angel. And thanks to the health shop where I bought the medicine with deep healing power. It was a syrup that has Manuka honey and propolis mixed with echinacea purpurea extract. The medicine’s exact name is Proplis Herbal Elixir from Comvita and made in New Zealand. It was actually a dietary supplement. Whatever it was, I got healed.

Since yesterday I really don’t feel that good. Slight headache once in a while and my nerves are aching. I just ignored it but today it’s terrible. I feel like I’m going to have flu. I want to lie down but kids wanted to play in the park. Tried to cheer up myself by bringing picnic stuff, food and drinks and of course my camera. We had some few pictures taken. While I’m sitting down and watching the kids playing, I felt so cold. It is sunny day but I think the wind is really cold. I’m not sure if it’s only my feeling. I continue to read the Harry Potter book last edition but I can’t deny the weakness and pain I felt in all my muscles. I took some precautions this morning and hopefully it will work. I just don’t wanna get sick. But this is the sign if I’m going to be sick. You think it’s time? Because once a year I get sick. Oh no many plans will be canceled. Kids will be upset. Part-time on Friday oh no. Okay think positive! I will not get sick and I will take all the precaution I knew will stop it.

I’m not used with a very cold weather temperature as what Melbourne Australia has to offer. People here is all the time ready for the sudden weather change. After one year of living here, I thought I’m already well-adjusted with the weather. I was very confident that I’m healthy and I can tackle whatever the changes of the weather. I was wrong. Now I’m sick. I mean I catch a very bad cough that no matter how I tried to cure, the more it gets worst. Many sleepless nights, my abdominal muscle is aching due to the dry and hard cough that last for more than two weeks. My duty as a mother of three all boys kids were affected. I can’t attend to their activeness. I used to be playful with them but now they’re bored on me. They always said “please mommy through your cough away”. I learned from my mistakes of being confidently healthy. I have to be careful and watchful from now on. I ignore the fact that weather triggers many health problems. No wonder why my Migraine triggers most of the time.
I found a site that offers a free service that alerts you in advance of flare-ups for migraines, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and asthma. Unfortunately, it’s only available to everyone in Canada, the USA (lower 48 states) and the UK. The name is MediClim.Com. If you sign up, you’ll get email alerts the day before your health problem may be aggravated due to changes in the weather. They should offer the service nationwide even if’s a free service.

I had a quick dental check-up yesterday. Actually, I thought the dentist will start to do the root canal treatment, because with my first check-up, she told me that I have a root canal infection that needs to be treated with my next appointment. After a day with what the dentist did with my first check-up, I felt a terrible pain with my affected tooth. Just imagine, I need to wait a week just to book for another appointment because it’s only every Wednesday that she’s there at the clinic. I don’t like the idea of going to another clinic and face another dentist. I want to stick to one that I already used to. So the pain started Thursday and it last until Monday. The pain only stop after taking pain-reliever every six hours. I’m not used to take medicine like anti-pain and etc., but that’s the only choice I have to do just to get rid of the worst pain. I can’t sleep because it bothers me a lot. With five days of pain, I lose weight which is too bad because I’m working on gaining weight. Tuesday, the pain slow down even without pain-reliever until yesterday. So the dentist check my tooth and I explain how I felt. The abscess that keeps coming back and the yucky pus which is always present.
You know what the dentist told me? I have to give up my tooth. It has a crack inside that let the bacteria gets in which is causing the pain. Root canal can do nothing. Tooth extraction is the solution. I felt bad. I don’t want to loose my tooth. Are your teeth guys still complete. Is it still pair with the other side? Oh no. I hate the consequences if my tooth being pulled. All my teeth will start to move and the alignment will be broken. Do you know what it means? Maybe some of you don’t know the reason why losing a tooth is not really good especially if it’s a big one. It’s a big deal for me. I don’t want to lose even a single tooth. I’m always careful with my oral hygiene but why this is happening to me? Arrrg!
This coming Oct.22, I have another 1hour appointment with my dentist. She will pull it out.
Are you familiar with dental implants? A surgery that will replace a missing tooth with a false tooth. The procedure is so scary. I don’t know if I’ll take the risk. I’m so scared. That’s an option anyway and I need $3000-4000 for that procedure. Can you imagine that? I was given an information about dental implants. I’ll gonna post and share the information later on.
I’m still hoping that I can till keep my tooth. I’m feeling fine now. Yesterday was just a free check-up because she only look at it and told me what to do next. I was given an anti-biotic prescription in case the pain will come back. I didn’t buy it because I’m feeling okay. No more pain, no more abscess and no more pus. I’m still hoping that I can go for a root canal treatment. I want to save my tooth. Oh dear…please.

Yesterday I had my first dental check-up here in Australia. I felt a slight pain with my tooth that has a temporary filling. My last dental appointment was November 2007 back in the Philippines. My temporary filling is really overdue. That supposed to be three weeks after being placed, but you know we became busy after then. I had an abscess on the gum that keeps on coming back. The dentist perform the x-ray and remove the temporary filling, clean it and change with a new temporary filling. The dentist told me that an abscess on the gum is caused by an infection of the root canal and if the root canal will not undergo treatment, the abscess will really keep on coming back unless I have to give up my tooth. As for now, it’s under observation. If there’s a good improvement with my next visit, then the root canal treatment will start. But, if it will get worst then bye bye tooth. I’m always careful with my teeth but no matter how we’re careful, tooth will get old, tooth will decay. I also hate the teeth discoloration. You know, dental is too costly especially here in this country. We spent more than 400 bucks including my son’s tooth filling. There’s still more to go. We need to protect the other teeth to avoid paying much more in the future. I don’t like my oldest son’s teeth alignment at present and hopefully it will be corrected after all those milk teeth will gone. Anyway he’s just 8 years old. I don’t have idea yet what is this root canal treatment and how it will be done. I will make a research for it.

When I was a little girl as little as 5years old I already dream to become a flight attendant. Whenever I saw an airplane I will look up and said that’s my airplane and then my friends were laughing. I said one day I’m going to ride that airplane and travel around the world and I will let you all ride with me guys. And then, they just said “wow really you’ll going to take us?” “Of course you’re all my friends!” That’s a funny cute memory of my childhood. Those times that I dream for something we can say only in the mind of a kid.
During my high school days, I take it seriously and told my Mom that I want to be a flight stewardess and after high school I will enroll in a flight attendant school. But Mom said, a flight attendant career is not an easy job because I will study all the language and it’s also dangerous because if an airplane will crash I will die early and she doesn’t want to lose me. So, doubts is all what I felt. That’s the start of me being confused on what career to pursue. I didn’t got an encouragement. But I understand why my Mom gives me that kind of discouragement. Because we can’t afford to pursue my dream. We can’t sustain with it financially. I tried to think of something to pursue but still an airplane always appear on my mind. Pursuing a flight attendant career is not anymore on my mind but I still dream to travel around the world with all the beautiful places. But before that, I will support whatever dream my kids want and let them focus on one thing that they truly desire to avoid confusion.

I’m weak, tired and grumpy. Not because of stress but I suspect I got the winter gastroenteritis. I sleep last night with a little tummy ache and the grumbling sounds of it. I just ignored the feeling but still it doesn’t give me a complete rest. My tummy so noisy and early in the morning that makes me wanna run to the toilet. I felt like vomiting and I really hate it. I have mentioned with my previous post about my son feeling the same vomiting . With the research I have found about winter illness called winter gastroenteritis, we got some of the symptoms but indifferently. My son keeps on vomiting but he doesn’t have diarrhea. In my case I just vomit the water I drink early in the morning but my gosh toilet keeps on calling me. I’m feeling weak and dehydrated already. I want to sleep but I’m bothered so I just sit here having confession while drinking warm water.
I’m still observing the symptoms because it’s still not confirmed. This maybe also because of the combination of food I eat yesterday. Vegetable salads with hot marshmallow chocolate for lunch, banana for snacks, and vegetables again for dinner, chocolate biscuits and milk an hour before sleep. You think that would be a possible cause? I’m still thinking with gastroenteritis that can be pass through the family members. Do you think my son had passed it to me? My tummy is still aching by this moment but tolerable as well as my bowel movement.
I didn’t even got the chance to go to church because of my illness. It’s the second Sunday already. Forgive me oh Lord. Last Sunday the weather is bad and now I’m feeling bad. Doh!
Oh my goodness. I can’t blog hop that much, I can’t drop entrecards that much and even can post that much. Ouch! My tummy…ayayay.. Bye for now because I need to go the toilet again.

We went to Church two hours ago to attend mass. I was never expected that the weather will freeze me that bad. I just wear dress and put on a cover on it. It’s my first time to test how it feels to conquer the super cold wind like wearing just what I have. Gosh, it really cause me back pain and I don’t understand it. Just lucky that hubby brought extra jacket and I put it on while walking until reaching the Church. It’s the wind that really freezes me. Thanks God the Church is not cold inside that gives me warm feeling.
After the mass and we were ready to go home I’m glad that Mr. Sun is already coming out and the wind is not that bad already.
I came to realize that cold weather can harm our health if we don’t protect ourselves we can catch pneumonia. Like the pain I felt with my upper back. If I will just ignore it I don’t know what happen. I put on warming ointment on my back to ease the pain. Next time I will make sure I will be ready with whatever weather attack especially windy and cold.

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