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Honey vs Sugar
Sugar and I go together like cupcakes and brownie chunks, like Big Wheels and Radio Flyer, like pistols and vodka; we’re made for each other! Then, Husband goes and throws a kink into thangs. While on...
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Poop, There It Is
Let’s just jump right it, shall we? Today we’re gonna talk about diarrhea. Poop, there it is… Ahem. I will try like heck to keep this post above a 12-year-old boy’s funny-bone level. You have my...
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Water Benefits 101
When I was a kid, neighborhood moms mixed pitcher after pitcher of sweet fruity-flavored Kool-Aid for thirsty growing bodies. As they handed out the paper Dixie cups of our generation’s drink, I was...
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Water Benefits: (H)201
The last time we talked about water, I left you with this advice: DRINK UP! Did you? Let’s expand that theme. What do you consider before deciding what to drink during the course of the day? Is it...
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Perimenopause Can Suck It, Part Six: A Waning Libido
The Perimenopause Can Suck It series is one of the most popular on this site. I’d like to believe it’s because we’re all either on the crazy train or about to board. Either way, you can gain useful...
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Temporary Melancholy or Depression?
Temporarily and briefly suffering sadness for no apparent reason makes me a walking definition of melancholy. It happens so rarely that when it takes its leave, it has the ability to switch off my...
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Run For Your Life: Coping With Injuries
The Run For Your Life series continues! Catch up here: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Running injury? Let’s talk about how to cope when an injury either curtails your running schedule or...
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Baby, It’s Cold Outside
I am not a fan of cold weather and if at all possible, I won’t run in the cold (under 50°). Thankfully, I currently live in an area where we get a few days of warmish weather mixed in with the cold,...
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Perimenopause Can Suck It #7: The Kegel Edition
CAVEAT: Some material within may not be safe for work, as it contains frank talk about lady’s Southern regions. Yep, perimenopause can still suck it. She’s hanging around, trying my last nerve some...
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The Essential Foam Roller
Do you foam roll? Do you roll the foam? Do you have any idea what I’m talking about?! No? OK, don’t be embarrassed. Let’s break it down. A foam roller is essential for anyone with muscle pains,...
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May Is Melanoma Awareness Month
As a melanoma survivor, I feel a strong responsibility to share this post every year. It’s important information that can save your life. If you’ve read this before, whoohoo! If not, please take a...
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Required Summer Reading: Secondary Drowning
I’ve written about drowning before and how the actual process of drowning doesn’t look like you might think it would (if you missed that important post, you can read it HERE). Today, let’s take a look...
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Depression Facts and Stats
October is National Depression Awareness Month. Even though I’ve written about depression before, I thought I’d take a moment to talk about it again. FACTS: 1) Most people who are depressed, about...
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Begin Here: Cancer Resource Websites and Links
While I have offered my Patti-ized version of breast cancer advice, this post is a pure resource page for those who have no idea where to get start gathering solid info about cancer. Some links are...
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Miaderm Radiation Relief Cream
Cancer treatment can hurt, but you can incorporate tricks, tips and products that might help you get to the other end as painlessly as possible. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links....
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The Power of Turmeric
Have you heard of turmeric? Sure you have, it’s so trendy and hip these days. How about turmeric tea? ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through the Amazon...
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Perimenopause Can SUCK IT #14: Scratch That Itch
Perimenopause is a wild ride, as we have seen HERE and HERE and, aw hell, just know it’s W-I-L-D! We’ve got mood swings, weight gain, muscle loss, joint pain, insomnia, sexual adjustments (oh...
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Melanoma Awareness Month: Check Yo’Self!
As a melanoma survivor, I feel a strong responsibility to share this post every year. It’s important information that can save your life. Melanoma is on the rise. This is a scary cancer (aren’t they...
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Tired of Suffering From Insomnia? 5 Tricks to Help.
Being treated for breast cancer is no joke, y’all. While the docs are trying to save your life, some of the drug side effects can try your last sleep-deprived nerve. OMT is suffering from insomnia! If...
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How-To: Make Your Own Electrolyte Replacement Drink
As many of you know, OMT! is a distance runner. (BRAGGER!) I started when a coach at my elementary school asked me to join the track team. Me? Track? I had never considered it before, but because my...
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