miss_michelle with regards to eating, i invite you to read up on macrobiotics (a great book is the macrobiotic way by mishio kushi) and ayurveda principles.
i think that just reading that macrobiotics book, and perhaps for women, the hip chick's guide to macrobiotics (by an american comedian who is macro), those two books will help give you some really great ideas on what to do with your diet if you are up for some new ways to change your mind, body, and all in a good way.
even if you don't take it all in, you can pick up things that would appeal to you and leave those that don't.
for me, it was a success to have stumbled upon macrobiotics and has helped me a lot. i had my anal fissure for almost four years and was ready to drive off a bridge here......i was set up to get LIS and fistulotomy but after doing macrobiotics hardcore, in a month it all changed for me. don't get me wrong, it wasn't an overnight cure but i kept up the macrobiotics hardcore for six months and then slowly blended back a more healthy diet for me. now i am finding my way back to macrobiotics because i have just been eating out of control. and over the last five days that i have been back to eating macro my way, i have lost about seven pounds. (of course, i have been jogging for marathon training but it's been a big help...finally i am going to be under 200 lbs
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i know i have my little skin tag (i call it laverne and when it gets big, it also becomes laverne and shirley)....my CRS advised not to get rid of it. to him, it is more trouble to get rid of it rather than manage it. i wonder sometimes but after i found a Godsend in Vicks Vapor Rub, when Laverne and Shirley act up, i put some on it and it helps me sleep and in a couple of days the bitches settle down! hehehehehehe
are you using soap to wash your butt? stop.
are you using anything with witch hazel? stop.
are you straining? stop.
are you using baby wipes? start, if you are not.
keep the area dry at all times with a blow dryer and then add a nice little thin coat of palmers cocoa butter.
stay away from spices and caffeine - although some days you just have to indulge!!!!
okay big hugs,
happyass