My son and I are on yet another round of antibiotics, this time for strep throat. I’ve always been a bit cautious with antibiotics, I suppose because my father is an immunologist and rarely drugged us as kids. He sort laughed off that notion it seemed everyone else had that if your nose runs, all you need to do is call the doc and load up on some antibiotics. My father argued that antibiotics did nothing for viruses, the cause of the flu, most sore throats, bronchitis and the common cold. If anything, he said, taking them unnecessarily could arm …read more

You have heard me complain about feeling less than well a lot these days. I am sorry about that….its not my intention to use this as a forum to whine about how lousy I feel. OK that is my intention when I need it….but I have been doing it far more than I would like to.
A few days ago, I wrote about how I have yet another illness….this time the heinous cold/flu thats been floating around, and I had not had much in the way of relief. Nor did I know how to go about …read more