So far, so good, no news. The New Chapter Holy Basil and Stress Advantage have been easy on my stomach. I take them with my meds, and I also split my vitamins in half every day w/ my meds (half in the morning, half in the evening) so I just added them to that regime.

I also have come down with a virus that is going around, it’s not a traditional sore throat/head cold/cough sort of thing… it’s a creeping crud sort of thing that sneaks up on you, 4 weeks of intermittent intestinal cramps, headaches, misc. abdominal unhappiness, and bouts of super-tiredness. I hadn’t heard of anybody puking with it, but I did, and puked up the herbals this morning. One word: YUCK!!!! Those things are freakin’ nasty to puke up. OMG, I’m getting nauseous just thinking about it.

I did notice in the shower today, that my face has this sort of film or residue on it… kind of how it feels if you haven’t showered in a couple of days?? like a layer of dirt and dead skin. Except I have been showering every day, and I soak my face with a wet, hot wash cloth and then scrub it in the shower with cloth & soap. In a couple years’ time with this daily ritual in the shower, I’ve never had this filmy residue build up. On the contrary, my face comes out super-squeaky clean!! But today, it really hurt to scrub it, like the filmy layer didn’t want to come off. Owww!! I don’t know if that’s a side-effect of something I’m taking??? I put some shea butter on it tonight and will switch to Aloe gel tomorrow. (That stuff cures everything!!)

Otherwise, given that I am sick, and being sick royally f***s up one’s head no matter what… it’s really impossible to say if the herbals are helping. Earlier this week I was thinking that they were? but now I’m like, nuh-uh, no way. And they suck to puke up. ##

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