It's been forever since I posted but I really needed the break. Remember when I wrote about having a kidney infection way back in December? Well, the kidney infection cleared up after the medication took care of it but other health issues followed. I visited my doctor twice, and the physical examinations that she did and the multiple tests that she ran all came back negative, so the good news is that there was nothing seriously wrong with me. But I continued to have inexplicable symptoms and I wasn't feeling well. My doctor came to the determination that the antibiotics that I had taken, which were very strong, may have brought on side effects. Antibiotics are remarkable at fighting infections, but because they can't distinguish between good and bad bacteria, they can wreak havoc on your healthy bacteria, which causes an imbalance. Apparently, it can take up to six months to recover from damage done by antibitics.
My doctor recommended that I take probiotics to help restore balance. I popped over to the pharmacy and the pharmacist recommended what to take after checking my file to see which antibiotic I had been prescribed. I was skeptical at first, but after several weeks of taking a probiotic every day, exercising regularly, keeping stress levels low and eating food that will help restore my damaged gut health, I am feeling great! My gosh, it worked. I only have about a couple of week's worth of probitics left to take and then it'll be up to me to continue eating and living well. So that's pretty much what was going with me for quite some time. It's been a long and tiring and trying journey, but I'm grateful that things have turned out well.
Now, enough about my troubles. Let's get to the funny stuff because we all could use a laugh from time to time. It's good for our health! Enjoy and have an amazing week.
