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Ways to Save at the Doctor's Office and Pharmacy

11 Ways to Save at the Doctor’s Office and Pharmacy

October 9, 2018
Joni Smith
Budgeting, Health & Fitness

We all could use some doctor deals and discounts. You’re in luck! There are doctor deals and discounts out there. You just have to know how to find them. Here are some ways to get the best deals for medical appointments, prescriptions, and health care supplies. 11 ways to save at the doctor’s office and pharmacy Make Sure Your Doctor is “In Network.” First off, you want to go to an in-network doctor so your insurance pays the most possible…

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How I cured my hyperthyroidism naturally

How I cured my hypERthyroidism naturally

April 27, 2018
Joni Smith
Health & Fitness, Life

Disclaimer: I’m putting this out here in the hopes of helping others who may find themselves in a similar situation. I’m not a doctor. I can only speak from my own experience. I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in August 2017 and, by March 2018, my thyroid levels were back in the normal range. When none of the usual thyroid treatments worked… “So I hear you’re our problem patient,” said my endocrinologist as she walked into the room. I shifted on…

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10 Reasons to Give Yourself a Massage with a Foam Roller

10 Reasons to Give Yourself a Massage with a Foam Roller

March 21, 2018
Joni Smith
Health & Fitness

If you’ve been exercising, or doing a lot of yardwork and housework, or even sitting at your desk for hours on long workdays, you may have a lot of sore muscles– and the thought of a massage might sound heavenly. However, we’re trying to be financially smarter and save money wherever possible, so those weekly trips to the masseuse may not fit into the budget. But health is very important too, and I subscribe to the saying “Your Health is…

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Hyperthyroid medicine

December 15, 2017
Joni Smith
Health & Fitness

Hyperthyroid medicine sucks! As far as I know, I have never had an allergic reaction to any kind of medicine- until now. Three weeks into taking methimazole and I broke out in huge, itchy, red hives all over my body. Here’s a leg photo: My endocrinologist prescribed the medicine to me when my thyroid uptake results came back inconclusive and I wasn’t a candidate for RAI/thyroid oblation. When my rash broke out, she had me stop taking the medicine immediately.…

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Hyperthyroidism?

October 12, 2017
Joni Smith
Health & Fitness

I had my first appointment with my endocrinologist today, and it turns out that I actually most likely have hyperthyroidism- not hypo. This seems strange to me because I already have most of the hypo symptoms… More blood tests and we’ll see where we go from here. I find it interesting that the best treatment for hyperthyroidism is to make you hypo and then take meds to regulate it for the rest of your life. Also, I found out that…

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Whisper Walk 5k 2017

September 18, 2017
Joni Smith
Family, Health & Fitness, Life

The Whisper Walk is for ovarian cancer awareness. Every year, our family walks in memory of Justin’s grandmother, Mary Katherine Quanty. Ovarian cancer is said to “whisper” because the four main early symptoms are very subtle and can easily be missed if you don’t know what they are: bloating difficulty eating or feeling full quickly urinary changes pelvic or abdominal pain Learn more Go Team Proud Mary! “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” -Shakespeare

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Morning exercise

September 5, 2017
Joni Smith
Health & Fitness

If I’m going to exercise, it’s got to be in the morning or I won’t have the energy to make it happen later in the day. And it has been so long since I exercised regularly that I knew I needed to start off doing something that wasn’t too hard so I wouldn’t give up yet would also give me some results quickly. Pilates was the natural choice. It’s low impact, fun, almost like meditation, and I don’t want to…

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Hypothyroidism Diagnosis

August 29, 2017
Joni Smith
Health & Fitness

Because I am leaving my job at the end of this month (only two days away, aaah!), I decided to get my yearly doctor visit in while I still had my current insurance. They called me with my blood test results and told me that my thyroid levels were usually on the low side of normal, but this time they were especially low (.05), and it’s supposed to be between ~.4 and .5… They wanted to re-test it so I…

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