This woman was concerned that her bi-polar daughter might be pregnant.  She had her tubes tied a few years ago, but was now displaying all of the symptoms of pregnancy.  So the mother came in to ask if it was possible she was pregnant.  Knowing that I’m not allowed by law to give medical advice, I was skating on thin ice.  So I told her that I had a girl friend who had her tubes tied and got pregnant a few years later anyway, so yes it was possible.

So then she asked what should she do.  I told her to buy one of the early pregnancy test kits and use it to find out if the daughter really is pregnant.  I told her that there are other medical conditions that could mimic pregnancy, but she should do the test kit and then call her doctor.  She thanked me for my advice and told me that she hoped it was one of the other medical conditions and not pregnancy.  I kept my mouth shut at that point, other than telling her to consult the doctor.  To the best of my knowledge the other medical conditions that can mimic pregnancy are not good at all.  I think pregnancy would be preferable!

After the woman left I apologized to the pharmacist for not asking her to come and counsel the patient.  She was within earshot the whole time.  She told me that I told the woman exactly what she would have told her, but next time to call her into the conversation.  She was nice about it, but I felt bad anyway.

I like the spray salad dressing that they have available. You can really control the amount of the dressing this way. There is nothing worse that putting way too much dressing on your salad and then it becomes a soggy mess. A nice find spray is perfect!

Makes me feel like my eyeglasses aren’t doing their job correctly, and when I complain to the eye doctor she tells me that my vision with my glasses is fine. Very aggravating.

Geezum beezum pets are expensive!

I thought that was doing two good deeds at once – giving the cosmetology students a “practice” head to work on, and donating the hair to the organization that makes wigs for cancer victims.

I loved my new shorter hair do, it did make me look much younger, and I got lots of compliments on it.  But, I am thinking about letting it grow out again and donating another round of “haircut” to Locks of Love again.  That is a relatively painless and inexpensive thing that I can do to improve the quality of life for a cancer victim.  I think it will take me about two years to get the length I need to donate to them – if I recall correctly they only accept hair that is 11″ long.  I’ll have to double check on that, it might be 9″, but I’m pretty sure it is 11″ that they need.

They were trying to convince me that the road to better health was through taking their 23 vitamin pills every day, and to use their colon cleansing product.  I suffer from Irritable Bowel syndrome, and I was simply not interested in taking anything that was going to have me spending even more time in the bathroom.

To be honest, the one and only time I tried the Shaklee vitamins, I threw up.  I was mortified!  My doctor told me that natural vitamins are often more difficult for the stomach to digest, so I stopped taking them.  Every time I tried natural vitamins since then I have become extremely nauseous.  So, I am wary of any product that has anything to do with my digestive system.

That being said, there are a lot of people “out there” who are convinced that the only reason that they are healthy is because of their “natural vitamin” regimen, and their regular use of a colon cleansing product.  I think if it works for them, that is wonderful!  Just don’t try to get ME to use it!